Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, Volume II, Number 18, 12 February 1863 — He puole kupanaha. [ARTICLE]

He puole kupanaha.

E ka Hoku o Jsa Pahipiha e:—Aīoha oe. A ma h* la 4 oka malima o JDek. 1865, oia hoi ka la poaha, akahi oo au a ike i kekahi mea kupaoaha e haaa ia ana mi Moaoalaa oei, oia hoi kela puolo kupanaha i hoike ia maluna, na kekahi wahine o Poahdanotuio; a oaa mea iloko oua puolo nei, he lauoho kanaka, ahe koha, ahe hana lepo; na pulehu ia kria mau mea ike ahi a moa, a hiii pa iā me ka lehu ahi Oke kanaka nona keia tttau mea, he kaoaka ua make. Ike awakea ooila nei, ua lawe keia wahine iua puolo nei, a hookomo ia iloko oka punawai o Kaohiai ma, a huna ia ae la malalo o kekahi papa pohaku. Ika lawe ana nae a ua wahine nei i iia puolo nei, ua ike ia aku kona iawe ana e kekahi mau wahine, ra6 ka paa oka puoio ma kona lima, me kona kolo hele iloko o ke kikania, me ka aiaal* wa o kona mau maka mao a maanei, ia ia e hele ana a hiki i ua punawai nei. Ahoi aku la ka wahine nana aa puolo nei, ahikii koua hale t alailk, Iknk ae la ka manao . iloko ooa mau wahine nei f a olelo aka fa kekahi wahine i kekaīu, "ehele kaua e nana i kela puoio a Piiahoanoano i lawe aku la, a hoo iho la ilokoo ka punawai o Kaohiai mi." Ae aku la no hoi ttekabi wāhine, a o ko laua pii koke aku la no ia, me ka inanao e ike ma> ka ike ano o keia puolo a Paahoanoano i lawe aij a huna iho I ka hiki ana 6 ua mau wahine !a i ka pnnawai, i nana iho auanei ko laua hand, e ku ana ka ea oka lepo, a huli iho la iaua me ke nao anaiho mao a maanei, aohe nae he «rahi mea a loaa iki, nolaila, holo kiki aku la kekahi wshine, a hai aku la ia Kaohiai ma, ka poe boi nona ua ponaWai nei, nolaila, oa ākoakoa mai na meaa pau, me ka hiili nui ana i ka mea i ike ia ma ka lima o Piiahoano «ao, it la i heb ai iaa punawai neL : I ka lohe ana hoi o ka wahine nana keia paolo, hoio kiki mai la kela, a hiki ma ka panawai, kahi o ka leholeha kaoaka e piha ana; a ia manawa, piha loa ae )a ka mea nonakapunawai i ka huhu, me kona ninau aka i oa w*> hine nei nana Hā piiolo« "he oiaio a nei, ua la* we mai oe i kekahi poolo, a hoo ilokoo kuu punawai ritei ?" Aole, wahi aka wahtne< Eiahoi ka mea kapanaha i Ua Pt>abdlĀ9ft» no neij i na kanaka e imi Hei iloko o ka punawai, noho paa !oa ihola kela malnna o kekah» papa pohaku, ma ke kke oka punawai ( a o ka papa pohaku no ia i hāna is ai ua poōlo la. A maopōpo iho la ika mea nooa' ka pa~ nawai, ame ka poe a pau, aia no malalo ona ka paolo, noka mea, ua hoopaa loa oki ka noho ana maluna o kela p«j>a pohaka, noiaiia, kipāku koke ae ia iakou ta ia. loa wahmenei hoa kaawaleaē ma kahi e, i nao iho auaoei ka hana o kekahi Drahioe, o Kaai kona inoa, oka loaa ihd f la no ia ooa paolo nei; ama keia loaa ana nae # lilo koke ae la no ka paa ika mea oona ua ponawai nei, aka t i wehe ia ae ka hana # e waiho ana na mea ioo oke kanaka make iloko. Aoo ka losa ana oua puolo oei* iele koke o mai ia ka naoa i hana keia mea ioo, a aaaieome iho la t»e Kaohiai, me ka oklo mai oaeo oa wahine kkoino nei, "aole pela ka'a pwltf, he okoA do na, ahe okoa no ka'a." KapmHaha oo ka ho», wahi a ka nea nona kti ponaWai, a« 1« ofeSe akii; i i maī rtei boi 06 aoke au paolo, eia no ka ho» he piolo no kaa. Ma keia haOā an* a keia wahine, aole ao ia i |»ii ika pooo, ame ke aioha to, no ka mea, ke bana nei «a ina n*B* ioo waie, m ka hoopilikia wale ako i ka pmio o ka lehoi»' hu. E like me ke kioo okoa, ōoa mea iao «ahe i la oui imoa o*a, a me aa as*ka he lehuleha* a pela wau i eianao ai y e waiho ia oia kahī kaawale a ka Uoka o ka Pakipika, i ike raai ai ka pee e lawe ana i koa kino, i ole ai ē haaa aauopo, a we ke kahihewa, e Hke tqe keia wahiae. <J- W. P.