Ko Hawaii Ponoi, Volume I, Number 9, 13 ʻAukake 1873 — Ua hiki anei ka mai Lepera ke hoolaia ? [ARTICLE]

Ua hiki anei ka mai Lepera ke hoolaia ?

He ninau nui keia na ka lahui holookoa e noonoo nui ai, mai ka ia hiki a ka la komo. 1 1 ka nana aku. ua poho ka manaolana o na : kanaka Hawaii, no ka loaa ole o ke kauka l akamai nana e lapaau a ola keia ano mai, a ! no ka mea hoi, ua koi akea ae no na kauka I haoleakamai i hilinaiia hoi e ke aupuni, ao* le no e hiki ke hoolaia keia ano mai. _A no kesa hiki ole, nolaiia, ma kn hui ana i mai nei,o ka Ahahui Euaneiio o ko Hawaii ! Pae Aina ma Honolulu i ka malama o lune j i haia aku nei, ua koho lakou i ka la 18 o j I lulai, i la hookeai a nonoi aka i ka lokomai-1 i kai o na Lam e aloha mai i keia lahui piii-; i kia i ka lepera, no ka mea,. ua pau ka ma- ; ; naolana ana i ke ola o na laau iapaau o na kanaka, a hookahi wale no laau lapaau i koe, oia ke aloha wale mai no o ke Akua. Maanei ke nonoi aku nei au i ka lokomai- j kai o ka poe heluhelu o Ko Hawaii Ponoi e ! ! nana akahele mai i keia : " Ua hiki anei ka ! mai lepera ke hoolaia, aole paha ?" Ua hiki no, aia ma Hana, Maui Hikina, i kekahi kanaka o Mule kona inoa, ke lapaau ; nei oia i kekahi poe i loohia i keia ano mai, j a ua pau lakou a pau i ke ola, koe nae kona i hookuu ana. ia lakou, o kekahi o keia poe, I ua hele a hui aku hui mai, hui kalo i ka na-1 w9oraka,' aoie oia e kapa hou ia aku hē ka-"j" naka mai, aole nae i hookuuia. I ka wa i ; hanaia ai ka poe i inoino ioa i ka laau, e i puka mai no na mea koloano e (worms,) ua I huluhulu kekahi, omolemole hoi kekahi, e i oni ana no lakou a pao, a ku no i ka weii- i weii ke nana aku. j Ua olelo ua kauka nei, aole keia he mai j iele, aka, aia no keia ano mai iloko o na kanaka a pau loa, a mahope aku, e puka raai no. Ua hoaoia hoi penei: Ina he iwakalua mau kanaka maemae e hamo likeia i ka la- ; au i ka manawa hookahi, a pau kekahi mau hamo ana, e ikeia aku no iakou uwe ana i i ka weia, a koe waie no hookahi o lakou, aole īke i ka wela, a oia no ka mea i loaa ole i ka mai, a ina no hoi e hamo pinepine ia keia poe iie umikumamaiwa i ka laau, e pau ; ana no ko lakou ike ana i ka wela, he hoailona hoi ia o ka pau o ko lakou mai. Ua loaa mai kana mau laau a pau, mai na lau ; nahelehele mai o lea uka waokele. He mau hoike na kanaka koikoi a pau, a ! me ka poe mai i lapaauia, o Hana no keia ! mea. Ua iohe mai hoi au, aia ma Kailua, Kona Hawaii, kekahi wahi elemakule, (he makuakane |®ha ho Hon. Simona Kaai,) ua pau kahi poe i ka hoolaia e ia. A hookahi wale i no ona pilikia, o ka nawaiiwali ioa, aka, ke ; ; ao nei oia i'kahi poe i mau haumana nana.: ! O ka lau no o ka naheieheie kana laau. Aia no hoi ma Lahaina, Maui, kekahi ha-; 1 pa haole o Manuela Sylva kona inoa, ua la-' ; paau oia i kekahi kanaka i loohia i keia mai, i : a ua ola, he kanaka oia ua makaukau loa i 1 ka laweia i Kalawao, Moiokai, aka, ua mahuka ua kanaka pei a noho iukao Kaanapaj li, na Manuela no i lapaau a ola, a aole oia e 1 kapa hou ia aku he kanaka mai i keia wa. i He mau laau haole hoi kana, ua hai mai boi kekahi kanaka ia'u, i kona lapaau ana i kana keiki ponoi, ua ola, ua makaukau ua keiki nei e laweia aku i Kalawao, eia nae, ua ola e. Na hai i. kuhjkuhi mai iaia i ke ano e hana aku ai, eia na laau : O ka Barani maikai, ka Penikiia, a me ka Pota Siurae.! Ua koe nae kona ike i ke kawili pu ana, a ! ; he wai lehu ka wai e auau mau ai i ke ka* I kahiaka a me ke ahiahi. A o ka laalama wale njp j na ruia ka mea e hikiwawe ai ke ; ola. A maanei hoi, ke hoike aku nei au i ka olelo a kekahi kauka haoie, i noho no ma I Lahaina mamua, oia hoi o Dr. C. L. Wolf. j laia e iapaau ana i kekahi mau mai, ua ole- j lo aku !a oia i kekahi haoie, -ina oe e inu a j hamoia i keia iaau. e puka mai auanei | mailoko mai o keia mau kiokio, kekahi mau ! ta|&kolo liilii, ī ano like me na peolua," a ' p#a io no, aka, hopu e i« kela no ka paiapa* lakauka ole, nolaila ua pae ka lapaau aaa.! U? iohe no hoi au, he inau lau naheiehele | n« kekahi mau laau ana, oia hoi ka iaigo, | n|laila i kapaia ai kona inoa o kauka laigo,' wahi a kanaku. Ua «ieio no keia knuka, ua ! hiki no keia ano mai ko hoolaia. h iiana lu»i e t,:i lahm iu I) K.aiuuk'ilani

e kukala leo nui «ei maPoko o na nupepa, ua hiki no ka iaia ks lapaau i keia ano mai. m A nolaila, aole anei e hiki i keia poe ke j ku a a liele ae iwaeaa n ka poe i i loohia t keia ano mai e lapaao ai ? a © waiho;| ao anei a leoe uuku loa mai, alaila, haawi na hoola_ana. sl Ua lawa au maanei, a ke haaw'i aku nei | aa i ko'u mahalo piha ina 'lii a na se!a,; a me na paahana o ia moku. ;] KIHAPIILANI. !! Lahaina, Maui, Aug. 6; 1873. [Maikai no keia mau hooakaka aoa maluna ae. Nolaila, he pono e hoao ia keia mau n kauka eka Papa Ola, i pau ke kuhihewa, !na he oiaio ko lakou ike. L. JH.]