Ka Elele, Volume 1, Number 2, 25 April 1845 — KA MAI KUIKAHI. [ARTICLE]

KA MAI KUIKAHI.

He nui wale ka poe mai ma Honolulu nei, i keia manawa; aneane pau loa na kanaka maoli a me na haole i ka mai. Eia no ke ano o keia mai, he kumu eha loa, he wela kekahi, paa ku ihu, rne ka nalulu, a me ka eha iloko o ka pepeiao. No ka nui o ka poe mai pilikia loa; aole kuke e hana i kahi ai; aole kuene e lawelawe; aole wahine e malama i na keiki. Oki loa makou i keia mau la. He nui ka poe wai-

ho wale no me ka mai, aole mea kokua ia lakou ika mea ai ame ka mea inu. Ika In Sahati neoneo na hale pule, aole kanuka, ao ka poe hele i ka pule he kunm wale no, aole lohe i ka olelo. Pau pu na haole a me na kanaka maoli i keia mai, a nolaila ua kapaia maanei he mai leuikahi. Ua lohe makou aia ma Maui, keia mai, e like me maunei. Aole nae he nui ka poe make malaila a me maanei; kakaikahi wale no; he kamahao ia, pomaikai. Hookahi kaikamahine haole i make iho nei, oia hoi no Mi. Kina ma; ua nawaliwali no mamua a loaa ia ia keia mai, make koke aku. O Mere kona inoa. 0 ka laau e pono ai keia mai, eia no, o na laau naha , a me na laaupii, o ka paakai, 0 ka epilealeu , o ke halea emeiiha oia na laau j e inu nei. Aperila21. Ua paa e mamua kela oleloi maluna; ekolu pule ko makou mai ana, aole hoi i pau; ke mai la no. Nui ka mai, aua emi no nae; ua ola loa kekahi poe, a ua pau 1ka make kekahi poe. Aole nui loa ka poe make. Ke lohe nei makou, ua holo keia mai maluna o keia pae aina a puni; ao!e wahi i koe. Ma Hilo paha ka hoomaka ana, aua hiki aku i Kauai. Kakaikahi nae ka poe make. 1 ka la 18 o keia malama, make o Punahoa, ka wahine a Kuakini, ma Hon«lulu nei, o ke kumu kono mai e make ai. Ua pau na lii i ka mai, a ua pohala ae.; O ke Kuhina ka mea mai nui, a ua oluolu iho. No ka nui o ka mai ua hoopaneeia ka ahaolelo alii. Inehinei (Sabati) ua mahuahua ka poe hele i ka pule; a ua emi ke kunu; aole like me mamua.