Ka Elele, Volume 3, Number 2, 15 April 1847 — Ke ano ma ka olelo Hawaii. [ARTICLE]
Ke ano ma ka olelo Hawaii.
‘ Ke olelo paka nei au, aole hoi o’u makau i ka hoole mai o kekahi kanaka pono i ka’u, ke olelo maopopo nei, he oi aku ka ino o ka nui o na kanaka Hawaii ma na kino, ma ka noho pu ana, a me na ohana hale, i keia wa, mamua o ka wa i hiki mai ai ka olelo a Kristo.’ Pehea ko oukou manao malaila e ka poe kahiko? Pehea oukou i ka wa i hiki mai o Tatina ma 5 Pehea hoi i keia wa? Auhea ka wa pono no ke kino, no ka noho pu ana, a me ka hana pono ana kekahi i kekahi ? He oiaio anei ka olelo a keia haole ? E hai mai. Olelo mai hoi oia he kawalawala a uuku na hale i keia wa, paapu i na kanaka iloko ; aole pela mamua, maikai i kela wa naaupo ; kahiko na moena, inoind, a pelapela, a hapa hoi i keia wa ; uuku na umeke ai, a hapa hoi ka piha i keia wa; he pelapela na aahu he lole nae, i keia wa, he oluolu i kela wa; he uuku ka mahiai a me ka ai i keia wa ; he nui mamua, i ka wa naaupo; paa ole hoi ka aina i keia wa, he paa mamua; he nawaliwali na kino i keia wa; he oolea na kanawai, hoohihi wale a lauwili wale no hoi, e aho mamua; a o ka mea hookahi e pau ai na pilikia o kanaka, o ka liele i ka hookama-
• kama. Pela ka olelo kupanaha a I nimake. He oiaio anei keia? Eia ke ano o kekahi olelo ana, o ka r na wahine kuaaina, ua hele lakou i na > L ulu moku, e irni i ke dala o ke kino ika moe kolohe. Pela anei ka nui o • wahine kuaaina? Auhea ka nui, oka noho pono, a o ka poe hele i ka hooka . kama paha ma kahi ulu moku ? » £ Every facility is afforded by the ve; ! of the government for conveying this man merchandise to market; and n native vessel comes into this harbor, ( Lahaina in the shipping season, th not crowded with native women from . other islands; so that hundreds and th > ands are semiannually gathered into tl i places by government helps, for purp ! perfectly well known to the whole p i eouneil, and to none more perfectly 1 i to Dr. Judd, who has the absolute cor over the freight and passengers, whieh taken on board ihe native vessels in i charge. Eaeh passenger, however, is n: i to pay two dollars for ihe coming ) returning passages, all whieh payrnent into the royal exchequer ; —beyond t . all is matter of conjecture. 1 ‘ During the time that these victim 1 their own necessities and passions ren in town they rnay be seen in great n J bers at the church, where the P ; 1 Council are worshipped, and where sti 1 gers are invited to look upon Royalty l i civilization, and wheie many are q - Iiable to mistake the display of the ws _ of sin, for ihe results of civilized indu a and thrift. After a few weeks of bes vice and religious pomp, they are ean: ; back to their husbands anel lovers, i ‘ piiee for the expenses of government • one dollar per head, their minds and he: '■ i all steeped in debauch, and their persi . all filled with disease.’