Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIX, Number 16, 9 August 1944 — He Moolelo No Opukahaia [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He Moolelo No Opukahaia

Ua lilo hoi oia i mea kokua nui ma na hana e a'e o ka home, me kona kali ole a kauoha ia m-ai l iaia e hana, "oiai' ua ike oia be

mau meā ia i makemake nui ia, ke oki & hoolako ana i ka wahie kuke, a pela hōi ka huki ana i ka wai, a hoopiha ana iloko o na pahuwai no kahi kuke ame kahi e holoi ai o ka lole. no ka mea, aole mau paipuwai oia manawa, ua loaa iaia keia makaukau i ke •ano 0 ka noho ana o ke alo o na Alii o Hawaii nei, aole e kaukai oe a kamailio ia mai e hana. Oia ike ame ia makaukau i loaa iaia, oia kana e hana nei ma keia home ame keia ohana, nana i apn a malama mai iaia me ke aloha. Mamuli o keia mau han-a o Opukah'afe tia hoopahaohao loa ia ka l makuahine Mrs. Mills Sr. Eia kana olelo i-a Opukahaia, "Ua lilo [oe i mea kokua nui loa no na hana ano nui apau o ka home nei, me ko'u kauoha ole ia oe e hana, eia nSe, o na mea apau au e hoomakaukau nei, oia no na hana ano nui o ka home nei, a pehea i loaa ai ia oe keia noonoo ?"

"E ka makuahine aloha, ma ko'u aina ame ke Alii o. ko'u Aina, oia wale no ke kanaka hana Qle ame ke Aliiwahine. Aole mea noho wale ma ko'u aina. He okoa no ka poe ikaika hele i ke kaua me ke Alii, he okoa no ka poe mahiai, pela me ka poe lawaia, a pel-a pu hoi me na poe lawelawe imua o ke aloalii, aole loa poe noho wale, o ka poe elemakule hiki ole wale no ke hana ame na keikiliilii. O na hana apau i maa mau i ka hana ia ma ko'u aina, mai kali oe a kauoha ia mai oe ie hana i na ua ike oe ua hiki ia oe he hana, mai kali'oeN) ka hana wale no -a hoolawa mau i i ka |mea i makemake mau ia, pela l\u !i hana ai i keia hana, mc ko'u j kali ole a kauoha mai oe ia'u, jUa ike au o na mea keia i maj kemake nui ia, au e hoahewa ole |mai ai ia'u, koe wale no he wahi i hana ano hou e ae i makemake ai | na'u e hana, ua mākaukau a*u no I k-a hooko ana i kau kauoha."

"Hauolī kuu puuwai i ko'u lohe ana i ke;a ano o kou aina ame kou Alii ame na hana a na kanaka o kou lahui. Ooe kekahi o na keiki maikai loa, oiai he keiki oe na kekahio na ohanaaliio kou Aina, a pela au ame ka'u kane i hoolilo ai ia oe i ohana hookalii iwaena o ka maua mau ohana keiki ponoi, e like me lta maua keiki, John, kou hoaloha." "Ua hoohauoli nui loa mai oe i kuu puuwai e ka makuahine maikai, ame kou ohana, ko'u ohana hookahi wale iho nohoi, ma keia aina i malihini i ko'u ma\x maka!" "Me ka mamolana pu 1 loaa e loaa ia oe ka ike ame ka naauao, e lilo i keonimana hanohano no kou Aina!" Amo keia mau kukai 01010 maNraena o Opukahaia an\e ka ma-1 kuahine Mrs. Miil Sr. ana hoi i j hoike aii leeia maii mea una i lohe ame na hana a Opukahaia no na hana o ka liome, i kana kane ka niakxia Sa;nuel Mills Sr., ua ti!o !a i mea hauoli loa iwaena o keia mau makua. a he mea ano hou no ia ia laua, no keia kamaiki opio !v..\llhini o na aina liilii o ka Pakipika.

O ka laua keiki o John ka mea InmoU loa, iio iva olelo maiuUo a no kona ixoalol» ana I ai iui« k« *M|>Nu k& in<va natva i iiooi I<>a aliU 1 ka o kona mau !m«nao nō OpukahnK pix\ Atn io Hawaii, ame ka hapauui hot o koiu. iuuua\va us) iva hooisaauAo «na iaia. (Aole i pau)

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