Ke Aloha Aina, Volume II, Number 20, 16 Mei 1896 — Ua Ike Mau Makou. [ARTICLE]
Ua Ike Mau Makou.
Ke ike mau nei makoii I na olelo hoike, no ka pilikia maoii i loaa i ka hoioholona i Mongoose, Ua pau na moa, oi paUhu, i& hua 4»anu t na Ima Uaih ai, 'oa Jiisil kope i ka e keia hokaholona, i kuhikenaii e ki poe mahiai ko o Hawaii nei, he enea ai aku ia i wol iole maoli o na malako. Heaha ka waiwai o ka mahiai ko ana, ke kii ke kanaka i ka hoioholoi\a ai i ke ko a hookomo iloko o kana mala*c ? A hieaha hoi ka waiwai o ka mahi raiki ana, ke kii ka Pake , i na manu ai i ka raiki e hookomo iloko o kana mau loi raiki ? A heaha hoi ka pomaikai e toaa mai ana i ka Lahui Hawaii nei, e mahi ana i na laau hua ai, e like me ka maia, ka apala, ka pea, ke kuawa, ka alani, ka ohia, ke kope, ke kulina, ke pine*a me na mea hua ai e ae, ina e hoopihaia ka lakou wahi e mahiai ana i na miiiona o na iole Mohgoose ? A heaha ka pomaikai e loaa mii i na pee hanai holoholona a me na manu laka, e like me
ka pouu iia hipa, na fcrop& me iia oioau palaliū, neae, |kaka & me na hua a Ukoii, ina lia pfba kahi a lakou e Wnai ana. ika 10 miliona ona Mongoose ? Be hookahi wale t»o ■ haina, waiwai e loaa mai ana, alka, he Ua ike iho makou mfeloko o ka'nupepa Hilo Tribuu* % i na! olelo kue hoino loa e pili ana no ka mea a keia holoholona e Kanala ma Waimw, » pela ma na Kona o Ha*aii, >] peia ma Puna, Hawaii. 1 ! Ua hele nui keia ano holohok>na i Hawaii n£a na wahi a pau loa o ka aina, aia lakou iloko o na lua, na ana, na mawae, na poopoo, na a»a, a aia hoi iloko o na puha-laau, a aia iluna ona laau,*» ma na pali, a ma na kuahiwi no hoi. He mau haneri ona miliona ko lakou heluna i keia la e oia nei e hoopoino mai ika hana a ka l&hui e huli ana i wahi ola nona. i A eia ka ninau. Nawai keia i Mongoose hoopoino i lawe mai?| oka pane pololei. Na na poe mahiai ko no o Hawair nei, mao joseph Marsden la, kela haole no e noho mai nei he Komisina no na Ululaau ame ka hoopae holohokma lapuwale. Ua hoounaia keia Joseph Marsden mamua aku nei, e ka poe mahiai ko, e hele ma 1 nia Komohana, a ma na wahi e ae, no ka huli a iawe mai i keia holoholona Mongoose, i mea ai aku i na iole Hawaii e ai nei Ike ko Aua hala he mau ma. hina loihi loa iata mamua ae o kona hoi ana mai, a o kana ukana i hoi pu mai ai, oia kekahi mau pahu ua piha ina Mongoose kane a wahit\e, i mea hoolaha aku ma na mahiko. Mamua aku o keia wa a Jo--f>eph Marsden i hiki mai ai me na iole Mongoose, aole i ikeia ia mea ma Hawaii Aka, aole |i hala ae he 3 makahiki Ipe mai, ain hoi, ua laha nui ae |Ia keia holoholona ino loa, i imanao ia he holoholona maikai e na poe mahiai ko. Eia ka Lahui ke auamo nei ina poino a ka Mongoose a Joseph Marsden i kiiai, maimuti o ke kauoha a na poe mahiko o Hawaii nei.
' A heaha hou aku ? Eia no ua Josef>h Marsden nei ke hookomo mai nei ina hoioholona ino lapuwale loa, i mea aha ia ? I mea hooopiha wale i ka aina tme ka lapuwale. Heaha ka pomaikai o ka aina ina rana? A heaha hoi ka waiwai e loali ana iiia beetle ? Ke hoole loa nei makou, aole he pomaikai, a aole np ]ie waiwai o Hawaii nei ia mea, aka r nawai la e hookomo mai nei
ta 'iii&' tao paliualelo? N» Jfoßph Marsden no, ka Agent a ke Aupuni Repubalika'hooiiohoai, ehookomo mai ina holoBolona lapuwale lo&. Ua nui ko makou kamailio ana ma tceta mea, no ka mea, eia ka lahui ke hakoko mai nei i ke ol* o ka lahui a me ka Waibona Aupuni. Me he mea ia, ua hiamoe maoli na I*unahoolco o ke Aupuni. Hookahi a iakou mea makaala loa o ke komo nui mai ona dala! Aka, oka hooulu in* hana hou maiuna o ka aina, oia ke kahua loaa nui p ke dala s ka Waihona Aupuni, aka, pehea nae hoi e hoea mai ai, oiai e noke ia ana na hana kanu o ka aina e keia poe holoholona ino ? A eia no hoi ka Agena ke hōomau nei no ia hana? He mea pono ina Kuhina o ke Aupuni e ahr ae mai hiamoe, a e hoopau fcoke i ka lawe ana mai ina holoholona hoopoino i ka oihana mahiai o ka aina.