Ka Naʻi Aupuni, Volume I, Number 119, 14 April 1906 — Ke Lei Nei Au i [Illegible] HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I. Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii. KA LIONA, A I OLE, O KE PUKONAKONA O KA MOANA PAKIPIKA. [ARTICLE]

Ke Lei Nei Au i [Illegible]

HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I.

Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii.

KA LIONA, A I OLE, O KE PUKONAKONA O KA MOANA PAKIPIKA.

T';\ hoikeia ae la keia ka mea kakiau, i mea e hjki ai ke hoomnopopoia, a hoea i kn-V\ B. 1786, fca \va iku mai ai o Portlock ame Dixon eliko n;e ia I.hoike mjna ia ae nei, he 80 ka nui o na makahiki o Kahekiii ia wa; a hei 50 ka nui o ko Kamehamelia mau makahiki. Mea MahOpe iho o ke ku ana keia mau i ole, ma manawa e aneane amj„ia wa f iia ku inaLla ma kupuni o Maui, ma ka la ?8 o Af ei, 1786, he eluai man moku manuwa Farani, ma!a!o o ka nohoalii kiekie iu ana e La Perouse Olelo o Prof. Alexander ma kana' il ßrief History of the Hawaiian People," na ku mai keia inau mokn ma Honuaula, Maui Hikina. Olelo hoi o Aberahama Fornander mfi kana huke elua, "a a Lahui Polunfsi:i, 7 ' aoao 230, ua ku mai ia mau moku ma kahi kokoke i Lohaina. Ua kulike keia manao o Mr. Fornander ine ko ka kakau moolelo Jarvep, Aua olelo ae hoi keia mea kakau moolelo, he poe kanaka Farani na haole inua loa i hehi i ka lepo o Maui. Mai hea mai la ia nianao i Inaa ai i keia mea' kakau moolelo, aoīe i ikeia. A he mea makehewa nohgi ke kamailio ana ma keia wahi o ko Kamehameha moolelo He nui a lehulehu loa na moku o ko na aina e i ku inai ai i Han-aii nei mai ka M. H. 17St> a hoea i ka 1790, ka makahiki a Kamehameha i nee ai no ke kaua ana ia Maui. Ma ka malama o Aygate, 1757, ku mai la ka moku 1 No/>tka," e noho alii naoku kiekie ia ana e Kapena Meares, A oi&H moku keia nana i lawe aku o Kaiana, i K'ahiki. oia hoi i Canton, Kina. Ua oleloia he ekolu poe kanaka Hawkii i holo pu me Kaiana ma keia huakai i Kina, ma ke kulanakauhaleo Canton. Ua hoikeia nohoi ma ka wa i hiki ai o Kainna ma ke kulanakauhale o Canton, ua hookipa maikai ia aku oia e na haole Pelekane e noho analmalaila. He kanaka kulana hiehie maoli no o Kaian* ma kinii mau ano a pau, pela ka mea i hoikeia nopa. A i kona he)e ana mi na alanui o Canton, me kona papale mahioie ma k*na poo a me kona kapa ahuula hoi maluna iho, na lilo 6ia i mea nana nui ia me ka piha mahalo nui ia * *«a haole' Pelekane |me 4ii ka* - maaina ia wahi. A i kona hoihoiia ana mai i Hawnii, nei» na 6 ni moku o Kapena Meares i kapili ti, oia hoi kl moku i noho alii moko kiekie ia e Kauena Donglatt i hoiho) mai iaia i Hawaii nei. Ma keia hoi ana mai o Kiiin«( aii Eim mii, ua haawi mai la kona mau ma Oaeiion iaia i ka blpi» ke kao, ka |>elehu: e laa hoi na kumu leini meka aiani; na pm me ka pnmia ame na waiwai e ae he nui. (R HOOM%riA 4RO t ANA.>