Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume II, Number 1, 9 Malaki 1881 — Na Hoopunipuni o ka La. [ARTICLE]

Na Hoopunipuni o ka La.

[ No ka hialaai heluhelu o ko makou poe lawe pepa, ke hooharaaraa nei makota i na 4c-olaffini-flaahope-ae— no-ka—1 wetiea— iuei-aheiu— =- , e kalaia makou mai na mea pili hoomana a pau, ua lawa ka lakou kaenailio ma na awai, me ka manao maikai, ke hookapek'e ia aku nel nōUuk^u.] He hoopunipuni ka lono e hookohuia ana 0 Nalimaapa i kakiana maia kopala Hoolehelehekii no ka Pamalo no ka Papa Ola. Aohe oiaio o ka Iono e hoololi iaanā ka Papa Ola a loli i Papa Make. ~ ^ " He palau ka oleloia e ia~kekahr~Ijurra A.upuni e noho nei hookahi no ona kino, aka, 4 nae nna-man-poo — — A He apuhi ka olelo a na kalaiwa kaa, ke ku mau nei no ka lakou okeni, aka o ka oiaio nae, ua heielei kahi mau hoahaka o ko lakou mau puliki — ma ka hiamioe loa ana o kekahi poe holo kaa ma Kahakaauiana. 0 kela olelo e i ana, o ka Papa Ola, Papa Hoopaelimahana, Loio Kuhina, u me ke Kuhina Kaiaiaina— o keia au holomua o Hawaii nei — he mahaoi wale ia aohe oiaio. He pukahee ka oleloia aohe ai o na pake 1 ke akulikuli me ka pepeiaolaau. Nawai ia olelo wahahee he muki wale aku no ka honi a ka haoie. Ua ike maleou i ka hooma-u ia ana o ka ihu o Balakaai me ka puupuu kalopaki a Aikiwipalo. - ■ He hoopunipuni ka oleloia ua loaa kekahi rnau i-a o kou nei i ka mai hepela mai na hinu ae o Kahakaaulana. He wahahee ka mea e oleloii nei he Lelewa o Pali, a no Kalaepohaku hoi o Ke-lo. f He waha-v/ai ka oleio ia, he kupono ka iau ape i hee holua no na wahine, o ka oi o ka nani, o ka alualu opuu maia ke kupono i kamaa hele lepo no keia mau la ukeiekeie. He hoomaoe wale no ka olelo ia ae o Hoolehelehekii ka laau a Kekuaokalani, o ke paewa nae o kukulu ke kii o Ka-hua. He pukahee ke kaena ana ae na Kiwalao -o Keaweuhaolu, — o Keawekuiniho ka olelo - , ae p&opao-a mai au ko maiama ipuhuiu. He waha wale ka olelo ae o Kuikaa ka mea e maloo ai ka puu, o k&Hr>iaku o ka -nani ma ka lawena olelo : Keko&ie ulu ī ka pali, laau moe wai o ka nahele. He hoopunipuni ka oleioia ana, kohoia 0 Namaia, Nauiu. Napala, Nalimu Nawai, , Naolu, a me Naniu 'i komite hoouiu Laimi Aohe oiaio ua hanaia kekahi raau naaukake mailoko ae o na io ioie i awiii pu ia , me na io )iio; a rne ka io puaa. Aohe oiaie ua kipa mai ,kekahi kanaka io makou nei a oieio rnai la he moeuhane kana 1 ka po nel, a īke aku Ja i na Moi a pau o Hawaii nei i make e haku ieihuiu hooluu nui ana no lakou. Aohe oiaio ua hai ia m^i makou e kahi mea, ua nuku wale ia kekahi kaala e noho halekuai nei ma Alanui Papu e kekahi opu keemanu, Aohe oiaio eia ia makou kaleia e fili ana

i kela mau kaiko honihoni malu me kela poe wahine o na pa hoomalu, mahope o na hauna pepa leaiea ana, malokO o ka hale i pahu air ka mai samola poki. Aohe pololei o ka olelo ana, he naau ko ka iole — o ka mea hiki wale no, o na Opae ka la' i kau ko lakou weli i lea maka'u, no ka mea, ua lele ko laleou naau a kau i ke ppo. He palau __ka olelo ia ana, ua pahu ae ka hepela makai ae o kahi o Kimo Kukona ma Kulaokahua, - no lea mea, he hewa loa ka mea loaa i ka mai ke hoike ae malalo o kahi mau kahuna o Kapaakea i lapauia a puka na kauna puupuu kipakupaku maluia. — Ina- e-hoop u ka 1 a ke ka h i inau . mea. oiaio. ole i keia Ia,.e kapaia ana he hoopunipuni ; ina he makahiki ke kahiko, e kapa ia ana he epa ; a ina he kahiko īoa alaiīa e kapa ia he kaao. Kupanaha !