Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VIII, Number 41, 20 February 1936 — HE MOOLELO POKOLE NO AMELIKA HUIPUIA MAI KA MAKAHIKI 1763 MAI [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO POKOLE NO AMELIKA HUIPUIA MAI KA MAKAHIKI 1763 MAI

I ka m„akahiki 1867, ua lilo mai la malalo o ke kuai ana mai a Rusia mai, ka mokuaina e ike ia nei i keia manawa 0 ma ka pili akau loa o ka aina o Amerika, no ke kumukuai o $7,200,000 dala, Ua nui no ka hooiloilo ana mai a kekahi poe i ke poho o ke kuai ia ana o keia aina, aka, mahope mai i ike ia ai he aina o Alaska i hoowaiwai nui ia me kja hulu sila, na kai lawai'a ame na lua-maina e ae. : ; ■■■ ..'■ ■ ī ka hapalua like o ka-makahiki 1897, aia hoi, ua hiki mai la kekahi lono hoohauoli loa i na kanaka o Amerika, Ika hu ana oke gula ma keia aina, īka manawa like o ka makahiki aku mamua, ua hiki aku la he 40 ka nui o kekahi poe kanaka huli gula, e kuekaa ana i na aina ame na muliwai apau o na aina ma keia aoao o ka Hema, a hiki wale i ka hoea ana aku o keia poe kanaka ma ka Muliw'ai Yukon. Ua hele aku keia poe kanaka me ko lakou makaukau apau ame kekahi huina dala uuku. Ma ka lakou paaua like ana, a iloko o na mahina pokole wale no he el.ua a oi, ua ōhi ia e lakou he Hapalua miliona dala waiwai'o o ke gula mai keia muliwai mai, a ua kukulu nui ae la i ko lakou mau hoailona e hookapu ana i ke komo ana aku a kekahi poē okoa ae maluna o keia mau aina a lakou i lawe ae la. O ka aina nui e ike ia ana ia mau la, a i loaa nui mai ke gula mailuna mai o kona mau aoao apau, aia no ma 6anada, a ma ka muliwai i ike ia ke Klondike, a e kahe like ana keia mau muīiwai o Klondike ame Yukon. Ua nui na kanaka i hele aku no keia mau aina hou i hu ae la oke gula. Like ole no ke ano oka noho ana ona kanaka ke hiki aku ma keia mau aina eli gula; he okoa loa ka lakou mau hana mai na hana maamau mai a ka poe kahiko i hele aku ai ma ka eli gula ana. Aole he kau makahiki i4ke ia ma ke'ia a?na o Alaska, a o ke kikina o ke kau mahana he eha no ia mahina. Hoomaka mai la ke kau anu mai ka mahina mai o Okatoba, a o na hana apau mawaho aku o na ipuka hale, aole e hiki ke lawelawe ia. O ke kau anu ma keia aina o Alaska, he hau no ia, a e uhi ana maluna o keia aina nui laula me ka hoopilikia maoli ana no ike a ; no oka noho ana ona kanaka; aka, he mea ole wale no nae ia i na apela pu no me na wahine, Iloko o keia mau popilikia nui apau e ike ia nei, ua nui na waiwai i loaā mai mailuna mai o keia mau aina. Oial keia mau mea ano hou e ike ia nei ma keia mau aoao o ka ai'na o Kaleponi, aia no na hana hou e ulu ana ma kekahi mau aoao o ka hikinp a ma kekahi mau mokuaina e āe o Amerika Huipuia. He makahiki mamua aku o keia hoowaiwai ia ana o ka apana aina 6 Alaska, aia hoi, ua īoaa hou iho la kekahi mea nana e hoolanakila aku ka hele ana a na kanaka maluna ō ka moana; ua hoomoe pu ia na uwea te]egarapa malalo o ka hohonu o ka moana, a u$ holopono keia m.au papaha'na hou ma ke kulanakguhale o Manhattan ame Governor Island, aia keiā mau |ina ma le kulanakauhale o Nu loka, mawaho o kona maij awa. O ka hoomoe ana i keia uwea telegarapa mai Amerika aku a hiki ma na aina o Eurc>pa| kekahi. o na hana anonui loa aku e lawelawe ia ai e ke kanaka; aka, he mea ole wale no ia j na manao ikaika o ke kanaka, no ka mea, aia kekahi kanaka nona ka inoa o Cyrus Field, ka mea nana i hoomoe i keia hana nui, īka ike ana ona kanaka oihana lealepa o ka aina i keia mel, aia hoi, ua hooholo iho la lakou e liaawi i na kakoo ana ia Field, a ua kukulu ia ae la kekahi ahahui nui no ke kakoo ana i keia hana. Ua haawi pu mai na aupuni o Beritania ame Amerika Huipuia i na kakoo nui ana, haawi mai la ke āupuni i na moku nō ka lawe ana i na uwea-kepau no ka hoomoe ana no lalo oka moana. Ika makahiki 1857, ua haalele aku 3a he elua mau mokuahi ia Irelānd, me 1,500 mile pakahi o na uwea kepau. 'Ua pono keia hoouka ia ana o keia ukana maluna o keia mau mokuahi no ekolu la. Mahope mai o keia, ua hoomaka iho la na kepau e mohalā. Ua like keia me he mau hana hoonaaikola i na aupuni ame ke kānaka e hooko ana ia hana nui. Huli, hoi hou aku la keia mau mokuahi no loko o k,e awa me ko laua mau hae ma ka hapalua oke kja. Ua hoolilo ia ma keia hana he hapalua miliona dala; ua loaa hou mai la he mau puu dala hou a ua hoomaka hou ia keia hoao ana i kekahi makahiki mai. U|t hoomaka aku keia holo ana o ua mau mokuahi la a hiki i ko laua hiki pono ana aku mawaeiiakonu moana, a oia hoi ka manawa o ua ukana kepau la i mohala hou ae ai, Aole i hoi hou mai keia mau mokuahi no Ireland aka, hookahi o laua ua holo aku la no ka aoao hikina, ā o kekahi no ka aoao hema, a e hoomoe ana ua mau moku la i keia mau paipu-kepau ia laua e holo nei, aia ma ka aina o Ireland ame Newfoundland i hui ae ai na poo o keia mau uwea-olelo hoomoe moana la. Holopono iho la ka hoouna ia ana o ka olelo malalo oka moana,—a oka mea i kaulana ae, ua hui o Europa ame Amerika, malalo o ka'mana o ka uwea olelo telegarapa. Ē hoonani ia ka inoa o ke Akua ma kahi kiekie loa a he malu hoi makma o kā honua apau. Aka, eia hou āku no he mau hookuihe ia ana o na noonoo. He umikumamawalu la ma ia hope mai, ua pau iho ka lohe ia anā o na olelō maloko o ka uwea telegarapa la, a na keia mea i hookaumaha nui loa mai i ka noonoo o Field, aka, aole no nae oia i haawipio loa i kona mau manaolana. Iloko o īulai o ka makahiki 186Q, ua hoomoe hou ia iho la he uwea telegarapa hou. I keia manawa, ua hoola ia iho 1a kona paā mau ana me ka loatff|ou ole o kekahi mau kula. I keia manawa. aia 'he mau hanen o na uwea teīe j parapa e moe ana ilalo o ka papaku o ka hohonu me ka ike ole ia. Ēia ke hoouna ia nei na uwea olelo oke aloha koka'i ame na uwea ble!t> o ke aloha mawaena o ka noho ana o na lahui, a e lohe mail ia ana na hana a na aupuni like ole i kela ame keia manawa, Ma keia ano iho la i hoomaka ai ka holomua ana o na haīia a na kanaka, ka hoopokole ia ana o na makemake mai kekahi aina a kekahi, a e loaa ana ka lanakila maluna o na ninau i ike ia ka pomaikai maluna o na lahui, ame ka hooholomua ia ana o na hana oihana kalepa i ka hookomo ana aku anie ka hoouna ia ana mai mai Ēuropa mai aku paha , I ka makahiki 1871, ua hoopoino ia kekahi hapa o ke kulanakauhale o Kikako e ke ahi, a ua a keia ahi no 48 hora, Ua hoomaka koia ahi e a i kekahi po, a ua olelo i'a, ua hoomaka mai keia ahi maloko o na pa malama pipi o ke kulanakaiihale, ma o ke peki ana a kekahi pīpi i ka ipukuki aila i hookau ia no ka hoomalamalama ana i ka pa holoholona, (A©!s ī