Ka Lau Oliva, Volume III, Number 7, 1 July 1873 — No ka Mai Puupuu Hepera. [ARTICLE]

No ka Mai Puupuu Hepera.

Aole gaha me&ma keia aupmi i lohe ole i ka hikīpiou ana mai o ka mai pinipuu Hilii, (small-|(ox) ina Ica apana o Kona, Oaho, o k* mai'ahulau no ia nana i luku nui kalahui ma ka makahiki 1853. Aole i poina ia kakou ka popilikia nui o kela makahiki. E laha hou ana anei'keia mai V A e luku hou ia ana anei kanaka elike me ka luku ia ana i kela makahiki ? Aole paha j>ela. Aia no nae ma o oukou la, e ka lehulehu, malalo o ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, na mea e akakuu mai ai keia mai, me ka laha nui ole aku mawaena o kanaka. Ina e hana oukou me ka naauao, me ka hopohopo ole, aole e pilikia nni ka lahui. Ina e hookuli oukoni na olelo a ka poe i hoonoho ia e malama a e hooponopono i ke ola o ka lohulehu; ina e pee oukou, a huna i na mai, a holoholo rne ka mai i o a ia nei, he mea ia e poino ai na mea he nui. Iloko iho nei o keia man niahina ua h»kalia loa ka laha ana o ka mai puupuu "ma keia apana o Kona ; aka, ano ke'lohe ia 'mai nei na hiki aku ua mai nei i Hilo, Hawaii, a aia paha kekahi i Maui. Elua mea nui e malania ia i keia wa e pono ai. () ka mu», e o na mea a pau ; e o koke. Mai puni i kekahi kanaka e wahahee sma ia oukou, he makehewa km.-o," aole inakeliewa; o ka niea nui hookahi ia nana e paie aku keia mai. Oka lua, oia ka hookaa wale koke ana i ka poe mai mai waena aku oka poe ola. Ua iioomakaukau ka Papa Ola . i wahi e noho ai ka poe mai, ma Kahakaaulana. makaio Koholaloa. Ma kahi a ka Papa Ola, a me ko lakou mau hope, e hoonoho ai i na mai, e noho paa malaila, aole wahi pono e ae.

Ma kekahi ia iioko o ka j>ule i halaae nei, ua holo kekahi lawaia maluna o ka waa ina waho ae o Koholaioa; ike aku la oia i kekahi poe inauka, e noho ana ma kahakai; iioio aku la keia maluna o ka waa me ka manao e iauoa aku me iakou la; aka 9 ua kahea e oiai iakou, A Mai hookokoke mai oe, he poe mai puupuu makou." Pane aku ia koia, " Ahe, a pehea'oukou ? " I mai ia na mai, u Kahaha, ea, ua maikai loa makou, ua oia, he mau la hoomalu wale 110 keia, aiaila hookuu ia aku makou me ka maemae. O hoi a hai aku i ko kakou poe, mai huna i ka mai, a mai makau i ka iaweia mai i keia wahi. He maikai loa ko nei noho ana, he nui ka ai, ahe malama pono ia." Oia iho la ka ike a ka poe i hoao i ka maiama pono ana i na rula oka Papa Ola no ka mai puupuu liilii. He waiwai ia no oukou a pau ke malama ia ike. Mai hana naaupo oukou ia oukou iho. I malama ia hoi ko oukou ola e ka Makua.