Ka Makaainana, Volume VII, Number 3, 18 January 1897 — Page 5
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Ka Makaainana.
HONOLULU, OAHU, POAKAHI, IANUARI 18, 1897 5
alakai lalau ke ano @@@ i na malihini haole, eia nae, aole ko ka aina nei poe e hiki ana ke makapo.
Ua olelo o Senatoa eli-luawai ma ka halawai hoohuiaina o ka po Poalua iho la aohe ka ka lahui Hawaii i aoia i ka moamao popo iho i ko lakou kulana ma ke ano hookanaka, aka, ua aoia a ke hoomauia nei no ma ke ano he poe keiki lakou, a ke hoihoi kahi mea i kahi o lakou, haawi aku he hapaha, a manao ae la kahi ola e hele ai e paiua.
Wahi no a ua Senetoa la, aia wale no ka loaa o keia haawina makee i na kanaka Hawaii a hoohuiia aku keia aina ia Amerika Huipuia, aole loa ka mamua ae. Pela paha! E noke wale no paha oia a kolekole, aole loa ia haawina e loaa koke mai ana.
Ma kekahi ano, ua pololei no paha hoi oia, mamuli no ia o ke ake hoopunahele a hoomalimali o lakou haole. Eia ne, aole loa e hiki ke oleloia he lahui makilo kakou. Ua mamao loa ia ano haawina mai o kakou aku.
Eia nae, ua kapeke loa aku koua alelo a loli ae la hoi. Iaia i manao ai ua pono oia ma ia olelo ana, pa ana oia i kipehiia e kekahi hoa’loha oiaio o kakou Hawaii, oia o Lunakanawai C. F. Hata o Kohala. Ua pane ae ka lunakanawai aole loa ka lahui oiwi he lahui makilo. Ke noi lakou no kekahi mea, ua makaukau loa lakou e panai i kekahi mea no ia noi ana. Eia nae, aole loa ka pela iwaena o kona a me ko ke Senetoa poe hoalahui. Pololei!
Oiaio a oiaio loa kela mau olelo paue a ka lunakanawai hapauea i kumu a ewe ma Hawaii nei. Wahi ana i hoike ae ai, ua aneane loa e piha na makahiki he kanalima o kona noho a launa ana me na oiwi kupa o keia aina, aole loa oia, iloko o ia manawa, i ike a i halawai pu me kekahi oiwi makilo a noi ku. Ea, laau lapaau mahanahana no nei no ua Senatoa la e hiki ole ai paha hoi ke eli luawai hou aku.
Lehulehu na hale kalepa nui i paniia i ka Poaono nei, eia nae, ua puka uo na nupepa namu a pau.
Ua welo ae na hao o na luna o na aina e i ka la hoomanao kulaia aihue o lakou nei ma ae i ka Poaono nei, a ua luhiehu no ka mokukaua Aleti a me na moku kalepa.
Paa na keena oihana Aupuni i ka Poaono nei uo ka hoomanao ana ia la kulaia, a ua hauoli na poe paahana. Ua welo ae na hae Aupuni, a awakea ae, kani he 21 pu aloha maloko o ka Pa Alii. Mawaho ae o ia, aohe a ke Aupuni mau hana e ae. He keu uo a ke kamolamola a ka launa ole mai.
Huakai a ke Alii.
(Mai ka aoao ekahi mai)
maloo, a maluna o na uwapo huki o ke Kaikuono o Mekiko (Gulf of Mexico), Kikuono o S@na Lui (Bay of St. Louis), a maluna o ka Muliwai Misisipi (Mississippi River). O ke Mokuaina keia o Misisipi a hala mai o Mobile. he wahi hoolulu keia no na kaa-ahi, a o kahi keia e loaa ai o ka aina kakahiaka o na ohua o ke kaa, no ka mea, aohe kaa aina o keia kaa-ahi. Aohe e like me ke kaa mai Kapalakiko mai a hala o laila, holo mai la makou no Monogomere (Montgomery). He wahi maikai keia. O keia kahi hoolulu nui loa o na kaa-ahi; he 16 ka nui o na kaa-ahi e hiki a e holo ana no kela a me keia alanui like ole. Haalele ia laila no na wahi hoolulu like ole mamua mai o ko makou alahele, a hiki makou i Wasinetona i ka hora 2 a. m. o ka Poalima nei. He maikai keia mau aina i hala aku la i hope, uliuli a paa i na laau.
Mai Nu Oleana, Alabama, Karolina Hema me Karolina Akau, vireginia, Merelanai a me Penesilevania, he mau aina maikai wale no. He kaa-ahi hou aku keia.
Haalele makou ia Wasinetona no Nu Ioka i ka hora 7:55 a. m. Poalima, la 25, hiki i Nu Ioka hora 12:48 p. m.; o ke kaa-ahi no a me na kaa ohua a luna o ka mokumahu ferry no kekahi aoao o ka Muliwai Hudesona, no 11 mile e holo ai a pae ma kahi aoao, a aia i keia muliwai kela alahaka kiekie, o ia o Brooklyn Bridge; holo no na moku malalo a holo no na kaa-ahi maluna. Haalele aku makou i ke kaa e ku no pela iluna o ka moku a pii ae la makou iluna o ka oneki o ka mokumahu, e ikeia no na wahi a pau o ke kulanakauhale o Nu Ioka me kona nani nui; e ku mai ana hoi he mokupuni iwaenakonu o ka moana wai me kona nani nui mamua pono mai o makou, a aia iluna o keia mokupuni ka halepaahao, hale mai, a me kekahi mau haloe e ae o na oihana o ke Aupuni.
Piha pono ke alahaka i na kanaka. Ke pii mai nei na kanaka ma kela a me keia aoao o ke kaa me ke noi pu mai, “Makemake makou e ike i ka Moiwahine o Hawaii, ua hele mai makou e ike iaia mai na wahi loihi loa mai.” A o kahi poe hoi, e olelo mai ana, “e mea hora ko makou kali ana,” “aole makou i ai.” a nui wale aku na olelo, aole nae o’u ae. Ua hai mua au i na kupakako o na kaa-ahi, aole make ae i na poe e pii mai iluna o ko makou kaa; nolaila, i ka manawa e hiki ai i na wahi hoolulu, e kiaiia ana na puka o ko makou kaa, a mawaho wale mai no lakou e uana mai ai.
Haalele ia Nu Ioka i ka hora 1:30 o ka auwina la, a hiki i Bosetona i ka hora 8:30 o ka po nei. Piha ka hale hoolulu, hookeke na kanaka, me ka hana nui na makai e hookaawale ai i ke alanui no makou, a o Julius A. Palmer ka mea i iho ae e kali ia makou ma na kaa. I Honolulu no ia mamua a no hoa’loha oiaio ia no Hawaii.
I ke ao ana ae nei o keia la, akahi no a ike pono i ka nani a me ka nui o keia kulanakauhale; kiekie na hale i oi ae mamua o Kapalakiko. Aia a hoihoiia na maka maluna o ka piko o ke poo, alaila paha ikeia ae o luna o na hale, aka, me neia ano no la, ea, haki ka ai. Hiki mai makou i ka Hotele nei i ka po nei, e piha ana ka ohana o J. O. Dominis, a me ka hauoli lakou i apo mai ai i ke Alii, a ia makou no a pau. O ka ona o keia Hotele, he hoahanau ponoi loa ia no J. O. Dominis, na ka mua a na ka hope. He poe waiwai a kuonoono keia, a he mau banako ko kekahi poe o lakou. Ua hui makou me C C. Morino i Wasinetona, o ka hora 2 a. m. ia o ka Poalima nei.
Ua poina wau i ka hai ana aku i ka nui o na mile i holoia e makou maluna o ke kaa-ahi mai Kapalakiko a hiki i Bosetona nei, a o ia keia, he 4,179 mile mai Kaleponi a Bosetona nei, oia hoi, 5 la a me 22 hora, like me 6 ao a me 6 po iluna o ke kaa-ahi. He kaa moe ko makou, he mau rumi no e like no me na rumi o ka mokumahu Kina a makou i holo mai ai, he rumi aina, a rumi hookipa a me puhipaka, a aia no iloko o ko makou mau rumi na mea a pau.
He ano keia wahi. Hoomaka ko makau ike ana i ke anu i Wasinetona, paa ka aina i ka hau (snow), paa o luna o na hale a me luna o na kaa. Ke holo nei kane, wahine a me kamalii iluna o ka hau, a e hoao aku ana paha keia i keia wahi hana lealea, o i ia mai auanei hoi he maukauka loa ka Hawaii ma ia hana.
I na la mamua iho o ko makou haalele ana ia Kapalakiko, ua nui na poe agena o na kaa-ahi i hele mai e noi no ko ke Alii kau aku ma ko lakou mau kaa, e ake ana kahi hui e lilo iaia, a pela no hoi kahi, e aumeume ana a i ka lilo ana o ke Aiii i ka Hui Pullman, kapaia iho la ia kaa-ahi o ka Royal State.
Ma keia alahele a Kalani mai Kapalakiko a hiki ia noi nei, elua mokumahu holo muliwai me ekolu kaa-ahi.
O ka La Pule keia, la 27. E like me ka’u i hai aku nei ia oe i nehinei, he oiaio no ia.
I ka holohau aku nei makou i keia la; piha na alanui a me na wahi holohau i na kanaka, o o kaue, wahine a me kamalii iloko o ke anu. He mea ole loa ia i ko onei poe, ua like me ka hee ana o ka ualu, pela okoa iho la no keia. He wahi haua lealea io no, aohe nae oe e ike i ka lealea o oe wale iho no ke holo; aia a he wahi poke pua mamua o ko kuka, alaila, e ike auanei oe, e holo ana i ka lala a hoi ae i ka muku, i ka loa a me ka laula o keia kahua palahalaha.
He anu, aole i kana mai, ua like ko papalina me he hau (ice) l i hoopiliia mai. O na lima a me na wawae ua like pu me he la he mau haneri kui e houhou ana; aole oe e ike heaha la ka mea a kou lima e paa ana. Iloko o kou paa i na kapa hulu mai luna o ke poo a hiki i na wawae, he mea ole loa ia; aia ka hau malalo ae o ko mau kapuai, aia hoi ka makani huihui ke kipehi nei i kou mau papalina, me he la, aia oe iloko o ka pahuhau kahi i noho ai, aka, oia anu nui, he mea paani wale no ia na ko onei poe. He mau tausani paha ka nui maluna o ke kahua holohau i keia la.
I ka hora 7:30 iho nei, hele aku nei makou i ka hoolohe himeni. He hui himeni keia no Italia mai, he 250 ko lakou nui, mai na poe hookani pila a na poe himeni. Maikai ka lakou himeni ana. Piha ka hale he mau tausani paha, no ka loheia ana paha hoi kahi e hele ana ke Alii.
Auhea oe, eia makou i ka loa a me ka laula o ke Aupuni o Amerika, a iwaena hoi o na miliona kanaka o keia Aupuni, me ka hana a lawelawe ole ia aku, aka, na lakou iho no e ohiuhiu mai nei, a ke puapuai mai nei ka wai huihui mai loko mai o ka wai awaawa.
I keia hora ke hoopau nei wau i ka’u kalekale ana a no kahi manawa aku, alaila, e aole aku no wau ia oe a oi palua ae mamua o keia.
Ua nee mai nei makou mai ka Hale Paka mai, a eia makou i kekahi hale okoa e like me na hale e hoopuni la i ka Hotele Hawaii, o ka pupuka hoi o ia, he nani keia, ekolu papahele ke kiekie.
Ke hoouna aku nei wau i keia mau apana nupepa i ike iho ai oe i na kalaiolelo ana a ko onei poe hoolaha nupepa e pili ana i ke Alii, no ka mea, mamua loa aku nei, ua hoolaha ae o Hon. G. D. Gilman (Kanikela Hawaii e noho nei i Bosetona nei) no ko ke Alii ino, oia hoi, ka hupo, pegana, hookamakama a me ka hoomanakii, a o Kapena Julius A. Palmer ka mea nana e pane mau, a o ia kona enemi a hiki i keia la. Ua puni nae na poe onei ia Gilimana, aka, i ka ike pono ana iho nei o ko onei poe a me na poe hoolaha nupepa, ke olelo nei lakou he kanaka hoopunipuni loa o Gilimana Iieko o keia mau la ekolu wale no o ke Alii ianei nei, ua lehulehu loa, he mau haneri paha, o ua poe kuonoono a kiekie o ka aina i hele mai e ike i ke Alii, me ka haawi mai i ke Alii i ko lakou mau hoomaikai he nui, hoouna mai i na pua; na makana, a me na kono pu mai no ka hele aku i ko lakou mau wahi.
Kou oia mau,
JOSEPH HELELUHE.