Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, Volume I, Number 11, 5 December 1861 — No ka pepehi kanaka ma Hawaii. [ARTICLE]

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No ka pepehi kanaka ma Hawaii.

Ua iohe mai nēi uiākou, Ua looa kekāhi o na kanaka ua na i pepehi ia John Ely, (Keoni Pāilaka,) a me kana wahiiie, fne ka, īioomainoiho i ka makuahunowai. ;itē kaiiaki wawae kukue ia, a ua iiēhi oiā i-leona wawāe iloko o ke koko, mē ka hele'i o ā fa nei ilokfr o ka hale, a ua loaa kono inaii inēheu wawae malaila. Jē!ua na kanaka wsw;ae kukue ma Makahauaioa, āka, ma kā irā#|% akau ke kukue o kekahi. a ma Ka wawae hēma ke kukue o kekahi, a nolaila, ma ke ano' o kā mo heu, uā ināopopo loa ka ineā nana i pepehi i ua poe la. Ua mahāola he kanaka, hoti no naua i kokuā i kē kaiiaka Wawae kukue, aole nae i loao. Ua inanāo kēīa poe e ioaa i kekahi puu dala a ua elemakule nēi i ahu āi, a ua inanaoia ua loaa no hē $2,000; aoie nae i hiaopopo loā lā. Ilē iiāolē ihāoli no ia, a ua alo aku ka lohe lie $20,000 a kue nā dala niaoli e waiho ana ma kona hale, ā nolailo no kela |&>iiio nui o lakou. ».