Ke Au Hou, Volume II, Number 10, 8 March 1911 — HE MOOLELO NO KA Hookumuia Ana o na Paemoku o Hawaii Nei AME KA HOOLAUKANAKA ANA I HOIKEIA MA NA MELE HAWAII KAHIKO [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO NO KA Hookumuia Ana o na Paemoku o Hawaii Nei AME KA HOOLAUKANAKA ANA I HOIKEIA MA NA MELE HAWAII KAHIKO

HouLuuLUiA b John H. Wise

KA MOKU NAHUIA E KA MANO Oka ili oka mole uhaloa, e hana a nui, kui a aeae, aia nae a anokahiko iho kahii eha, alaila, penei e hanaai. Holoi me ke kai a maemae, mama ua laau nei i ka waha a ulika, alaila, kau, ina ike ahiahi e kau ai, kakahiaka nui holoi, e hana mau a hiki i kejsla ana. 0 keia ka laau i ola ai oka moku mano o kekahi poe, Ao kekahi kanaka ika A. D. 1863, ua holea ka io mai luna mai oka hoehoe akau a kulapaia a hemo, hoopili hou ia mai nae hoi, a ma ke kuekue aole he io, a hiki i ka peahi lima, a o keia Wale iho la no ka laau a hiki ike ola ana, iloko o ekolu malama, a maikai. LAAU KAHEA 1 ka huli ana aku a makaikai ike kulana kuliu maoli oka ike, ka hohonu ame ka rnakolukolu oka mana akua piha oka papa kahuna, e maopopo ai aole he laau kau wale no na hai, ka ko kakou mau kupuna i kaulana ai i ka wa kahiko, aka, he mau laau kahea kekahi i kukulu ia iluna o na kaulana pule, a ailolo, a a oia papa kahuna, he poe okoa no lakou, a i kapaia ma ka inoa, "Na Kahuna Laau Kahea," Ua lawe nui ia keia papa hana mailoko mai o keia mau opu weuweu ekolu. I—Ke opu mauu kukaepuaa 2—Ke kowali 3—Ka hinahina kahakai He a'oa'o nae ka rula i ka mea ma'i mamua a pono, alaila, hele ke kahuna a kahi e ulu ana, elike me ka papa laau i hai mua ia ae nei, lomilomi iho i na lima me ka uhuki ole, a pau ia hana ana pela, alaila, uine mai i hookahi

muo oka laau, hoi aku a imua oka ma , i, alalia, kahea aku me ka leo nui moakaka penei: E hai ae i ka inoa. Ua eha ia nae paha oe? Ae mai ka mea ma'i. Ua kau ia aku la i ka laau? Ae wale no ka ka mea ma'i Ua"* komo aku la? */ Ae, wahi a ka mea ma'i. A ua ola? Ae, wahi a ka mea mai. Aole nae o keia mau laau a pau ekolu kau e kii ai, aka, i hookahi no o keia mau laau i hai ia ae nei, aia no i kau e makemake ai, e lawe mai i laau nau. I keia manawa ke kahuna e lawe ai i kona kulana hana, ma ke kau ana i ka lima ma ke poo, me ke apo aba iho ma ka manawa he elima manawa, alaila, ua noa ka papa hana lapaau oka laau kahea ana. 0 keia iho la kekahi ano oka hana ana o keia laau, au e ka mea heluhelu e ike iho la i ke ano nui, a i piha nae ike kaulana e olelo mau ia ai e ka poe kahiko, a i kuluma maoli no i waena o keia lahui, a e kamailio mau ia ai ena poe i hai, aia ka laau ola oka laau kahea a pela wale aku. A i ka nana ana aku i keia ike kuliu lapaau i loaa i keia lahui, a e mau nei no ka hoomahuakala ana o kekahi poe, a kou mea kakau nae e hooia aku nei, e pau ia noonoo ana pela, e lawe mai a malatua iho i ka hooiaio kupono a e loaa no penei: 1 ke au o fia kupuna o kakou, aole no i ike nui ia na mumuu elike me ko keia au, a o ko ia wa mumuu he mumuu no i lele loa i ka

wa polito, ska, iftft »aa & hti t &>m lewa w w&bv oka poind, a ua oioi a paewa na hookuina iwi, e hiki ana no i ka ikaika ume o keia mau laau ana kupuna o kakou ke hoihoi a ko lakou pill mua. Pela no i lana ai ka manao o kou mea kakau, aiano ke malama mailani ia mai n.ei no e kekahi poe obana keia laau i keia manawa. Nolaila, o ko kakou waiwai nui maoli ma keia papa hana laau kahea, ame na papa e aku, o ka ike oka hanauna hou o Hawaii opio, i kekahi o na hana kaulana a ko kakou lahuikumu malalo oka manaoio hana ? a hooraana ia e ko kakou mau kupuna, a e maopopo ai i na lahui mai o waho, ke kahua kahi i kukulu ia ai oka papa hana hoonui ike ? ae lu ia aku ai o na manao hoopuukahua no ke ano malamalama oJe o keia lahui a ka paa Akua ame ke kuliu hohonu o na ike lapaau. NA PAPAA LAAU KAULANA A I MALAMA IA I MAU LAAU LAAPAU I KE AU KAHIKO Q KEIA LAHUI 0 keia papa hana o na papaa ill laau, oia kekahi o na hoike kuliu a ke kanaka ke ike iho, ua hana ia ma ia mau mea e na Kauka o keia lahui no ka pomaikai pili kino o ke ola me ka hialaai nui ia, ka maemae ame ka pololei o ka lakou mau hookele ana a loaa ka maha, a pela e panee ia aku nei no ka pono o ko Ke Au Hoc poe heluhelu: I—Ka papaa Aiea me ke Naio 2—Ka papaa Kakio 3—Ka lau uwala, papaa me ke kino 4 —Ke Kawau, ke Kalaea ame ke Oho s—Ka Mili papaa ame ka hua 6 —Papaa niu, Kalea 7 ame ka mole panini B—Manena ame ka Nioi 9 —Amau ame ka Hapuu 10 —Ka Hanupoo 11 —Ke Kauwila KA RULA KII LAAU 1 ke kii ana i keia mau laau i hoike ia ae la maluna, e nana a ma ka laau ku hookahi nona iho. O ko ka Hikina papaa no ka ai wale ana no ia maloko, a o ko ke Konohana hoi, e mama ia a wali hamo mai mawaho o ke kino.

KA WIHIWiHi HANA ANA Ka Aiea me ka Naio he mau laau raalkai laua no ka mai nahu, ame ka wela o ktfnaka makua, a he kupono pu nohoi no na keiki opiQpio no ka mai ea ame ke paaoao. KA HANA ANA NO NA KEIKI E pulehu i ko ka Hikina papaa me ka apana niu, anai ka lehu a aeae hapala mai raa ke alelo, i elima hanai ana, alaila, ai aku ka hua moa mo'a.' A no na bepe hanau hou hoi, e liuika lehu iloko oka waiu a hapala aku i ke alelo, pela e liana ai a kualima. E hoomanao ia, aole he rnau laau o keia au hou i lapaau ia ai o na, keiki opio, a o ke au hoi o na kupuna o kakou, o keia iho la kekahi o na laau, aua hoolaupai ia ka aina uie na kanaka kino nunui, a omali ole o ke ola kino. KEKAKIO He like no ke ano oka ai ana elike ae nei iDC keia. a he laau keia no Aha Hookolokolo. He nui na poe aumeume waiwai i hookoia, a pela hoi me na hana ano pohihihi e aku i hooko ia ai ka makemake, ka iini. KE KAUWILA, ILIAHI AME KA MANENA O ko ka Hikina mail papaa o lakou ke ai me ka niu, a o na papaa o ke Komohana ke hamo niawaho no na mai kuhewa, a kimopo ia mai, a he laau kupono a i malama nui ia no ka huakai hele. HANUPAOA, OIA NO KA NAENAE He laau maikai keia no na ma'i fiva, anu, li, wela punia, hu'i, malohi ke kino, a eha na ami. Ahe laau malama ohana keia, a he oi loa aku kona waiwai ma ka hoola hikiwawe loa ana i na mai fiva. Penei e hana ai: E lawe i kona lau, pua a papaa, ai ainu mai ka wai, hamo mawaho, alaila, hoi owili ia oe iho iloko o ke kapa, a ke kahe ka hou oka pau ae la no ia oka pilikia, NIOI AME KA MANENA He ku i ka waiki keia mau laau, he awaawa, a oka niu nae ka hoomanalo, oka niu maloo nae, a ua olelo nui ia keia mau laau, i ka hilinai nui ia ena kahuna. Ona wahi kupono ka e huli ia ai o keia mau laau, aia ma Kalae i Molokai, Kaupo, Kahikinui ame Kula, ma Maui; Kona, Kau ame Puna ma Hawaii; Waianae ame Waialua, ma Oahu; Waimea ame Hanapepe ko Kauai.