Ke Au Okoa, Volume IV, Number 42, 4 February 1869 — Mokupuni o Niue. [ARTICLE]

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Mokupuni o Niue.

Ua manao mnkou, be pooo e hoike aku i ka palapalu o Rcv. W. G. Lawes, kekahi Misioasri e noho la ma ka Mokupuni o Niue; no ka mea o keia ka mokupuni i manao ia ilaila na lima haoa e kii aku ai no kakou nei. O ka,la i kakau ia ai keia palapala, oia ka la 2 o Dcc, 1867 n i pai ia ai ma ka nupepa Friend o Apenla, IS6S ; a peoei na mea i kakauia : " Hauoli p»ha oakou ke ike iki iho no ka mana hana maanei. Ua olioli no wau e hoike aku, a pela hoi; e hookomo pu oukou i ka oukou mau pule no nei kekahi. " O ka eono ae nei keia o bo maua mau makahiki maanei o''maua."o ke aoo o ia o wau a me ka'u «ahine, no ka mea, aohe Missiouari Europa e ae i noho maanei. He mokupuni ku bao wale iho no keia, ua aneane e alike al'ke ka loihī mai Saraoa mai, KBrutonga, a me Tonaga. Aohe no hoi keia moknpuni i noho hui me kekahi Pae aina e ae—oia hoi, i na Pue moku noho Alii e ae a pau elike ine ka hapa nui o na moku o keia ano, a ma keia me» aole keia mokupuni i hui malalo o kekohi alii o kekahi mau Pae moku. He uuakua loa makou. Aohe o maua palapala hoike no kekahi mokupuni e ae e pili mai ana. Ekolu holo ana mai o kekahi moku kuna mai Samoa mai i loko o ka makahiki, aka, aobe nae he maopopo pono o ka manawa e ku mai ai. He kipa ia «nai no hoi e kekahi moku mai Tuhiti mai, a i ole ia mai Raratonga mni aka, he kakaikahi nae ko lakou holo m >i ia nei. He maa mau no keia wahi i ke ku ia e na moku okohola no no mea ai, aka, elua wale oo mau moku okohola i ku mai ia nei ikeia mokahiki. Ua-noho mua mai na kumu Sanoa maanei, mainua o ko maua hiki ana mai, nolaila, un hoomakaukau mua ia ke kahua. Ua hopu mai na mea a pau i ka hana a Karisto, e ol:» ana lakou i Misionari oo lakou. Mai ia wn mai, a hiki i keia manawa, ke holo mua nei ka mauo He 1,100 ooe iloko o ka ekaleeio. He hale kula ko'u no ko niakou mau kumu kanaka, he umikumamalua ka nui o ka poe opiopio o ua kula nei knhi e ao 'a ai lakou no na hana maikai o muli aku. He okoa ko lakou nei 01010 mai ka olelo mai o na Smnon a me Tonga ; ua hui nae nn olelo a elun iloko o keia olelo. He pono e innhele ia ka olelo a ke Akua. Ua pau ia'u ke Kauoha Hou, a i keia manawa ke lawe ia mai oei mai Sidane mni. Ina loan mai iau mamua o kau hoouna ana aku i keia leta e hoouna pu aku no au i kekahi kope io oe. Ko unuhi nei au i na Halelu, Iloko o keia hana nui, anhe o'u kokua, a ke mnnao nei au e hiki koke inai ana mo inaun kuu wuhi inuli loa. O kekahi mau mea o k& Baibula i uiaheleia o na Mokupuni Hema nei

o ka Polunesia kekahi mea i kokuu nui loa m»i ia'u i ka nnuhi ana. " Ua kohu pupule na kanaka o nei i ka helo rna na moku, —he nui pahn ka poe i biki aku i Hawaii ma na moku okohola pela aku. Ua ake nui ia ena hoa o lakou maanei ke lohe, i kekai' wahi mea no kekalii o lakoa. Ua lawe aku na poe kuai kouwa o Peru 200 poe kanaka opiopio niai nei aku, aole kekahi o lakou i hoi mai, ua lohe maj noe makou aia kekahi mea o lakou i Honolulu o Mose kona inoa. " He nui ka poe i holo i Samoa i na wahi mahi pulupulu olaila. Ua hoi mai kekahi poe ua hoomaamaa ia ina hewa o Eim>pa. A o keia poe kanaka ko makou mau alai no na hana a ke Akua. "Ua lohe mua paha oukou i ka iii ana o ko makou moku M;sionari hou " John Williams, iloko o Januari iho nei Eia no kona koena ma kuau waihu nei. Ua kuai ia iho nei e Capt. Hng;es,—O Mei ae nei kona malama e hoi mai ai, aole nae i hoi mai nei."