Ka Elele, Volume 3, Number 5, 1 Iune 1847 — NO KA PIHA E O KA ELELE, AOLE I PAHA KEIA MAMUA. [ARTICLE]

NO KA PIHA E O KA ELELE, AOLE I PAHA KEIA MAMUA.

Kohala, Mul, 3; 1817. Auhea oe e kuu hoahanau, ka Elele; He wahi ninau ko’u ia oe. Penei ke ano. Ua hooliloia anei na kanaka o Oahu i poe lawehala no ka olelo wale, me ka hewaole? akahi no au a lohe i keia hana kupanaha! Eia ma Kohala nei ke liana ia mai nei! Lalau me ka lima ikaika kekalii makai i wahi kanaka oonei, aole no ka hewa, no ka huhu no. Kahaha nui iho ia kekahi hoalauna o ka mea i lalau hewa ia, a i aku la ia i ka makai, “aka! ua lohe au he kanaka huhu oe, akahi no nae a ike maka’'! O kona alakai ia ana aku no ia e ka makai imua o ka Lunakanawai; a hoopai koke iho la ia ma na elak $ 10! Ekolu hana e like me keia i hanaia i neia mau la i hala koke iiho nei! Ke kahaha nei . au! Ua hewa ke kanaka ma ka olelo wale, he $10, oia ka uku! E aho paha ke okiia ke elielo o kanaka; ea! Eia hoi keia, penei ke kukala ana i ke Kanawai hou i ko Kohala nei, aole e hiki ke kuai aku, aole hoi ke kuai mni, ke ole e haawi mua ia aku he $12, 50, i ke Kiaaina a lo:ia mai ka palapala ae mai! Ina he . kaula ilihau paha a kekahi e hiki ia ia ke kuai aku a loaa mai he kaula ihhau hou ae; aka, ina e kuai aku i ua kaula nei i mea e; ua hewa, a e hao wale ia kona waiwai no ke Aupuni! A inehinei, ua hopuia e ka makai, elua kanaka no ke kuai mai i wahi kaula ilihau, a lilo aku he palulo e me kekahi lole i aahuia e ae! 1 keia 1» no hoi, hoopilikiaia mai nei kekahi poe no ke kuoi ana, penei, he halo pili ko kekahi a he wahi waiwai e ae ko kekahi, nranao iho la laua e kuai. Aka, ke hooweliweliia mai nei, e laweia ko ohia waiwai hoolimalima a j)au no ke Aupnni, le hana olua me ka ae ole mai o ke Kiaa'mal

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