Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 10, 5 March 1864 — Mahiai limalau ma Ahualoa, HAMAKUA, HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

Mahiai limalau ma Ahualoa, HAMAKUA, HAWAII.

E ka Nupepa Kuokoa e ; Aloha oe :—E waiho iho oe ma kahi kowa kaawale o kou nniani kilohi o kou lahaaheo no ka hoomaemoe ana. E like me ka mea i haiia maluna. Ua hoomaka ka mahiai limalau ana ma ka mnlaina o Mei 1863, a hiki i keia malaina o Dec. oia hoi ka malama pau o keia makahiki, maloko nae o keia mahiai limalau ana, oia hoi ka (mahiai kalo), he like ole nae ka inahiai kalo ana, o kela wahi keia wahi; aka, makahiki o na hua nui e kau anoano ae'la maluna, ua okoa loa ka mahiai ana. Ua puhi mua ia ka makawela maniua, a mahope hoomaka ka limalau, rna keia limalau ana, ua l'O a oi ae ka poe i komo iloko o keia hana maikai, he man elemakule kekahi, he mau opio kekahi. Aia nae ma ka hoomaka ana oka Hokua mua—e haawi ia 100 makaiua a ka mea hookahi, ina 150 makaua a ka mea hookahi oia no ; aia no ia i ka munao like ana. A holo like ka haawinao kela mea keia 'men, ilaila e kuu pau ai na keiki kane i ko lakou ikaika nui, me he mea ala e hoouka ana iimua o kekahi kahua kaua, me ke alualu aku i ka enemi kipi o ka aina, oia hoi ka wi o na kau i hala ae, me ka hoopuehu aku ia ia a lilo i mea ole, me he opala'la i mua o ka inakani.

Aka, aole virale no ma.keia wahi ka hoomaana o keiamea he limalau. Aia ma Honokaia, Kaao, Paauhau, Keahua, ua lawa like keia haawina inaikai ma keia mau wahi i hai ia. Aka, ua emi mai paha ka hana ana o na wahi i haiia aela. Ke hoomau nei no na keiki o Ahualoa i keia hana me ke kanalua ole, ua hoolilo ia ka wela o ka la o ka makalii i mea ole, pela hoi ka ua, ke anu, ke koekoe i mea paani, a i ka nana ae ma na wahi o ka aina i mahiai ia, me he mea ala ua palau ia ka ili o ka honua, ka ua mea he owe» la i ka maka ke nana aku. I keia wa hoi ke nana hou aku, auwene! mc he mea ala ua uhi ia ka ili o ka honua i na waihooluu uliuli lipolipo ka ua mea he uliuli maikai ke alawa iho, aole he wahi hoohalahula aka maka ke ike aku. Ma keia wahi ke waiho nei a'u ina mea i haiia malnna, a e kamailio hou a'u no na keiki 0 Ahualoa, no ka pau ana o ka mahiai ma kai, no ke kupono ole o keia mau mahina i ka mahiai fna kai, aia hoi uā noonoo na kamauina ka poe i ike i ko mahiai ana o keia wahi. 11 £ huli « mahiai i mau mala laau i loaa ona hoopulapula huli o keia kau mahiai ae," aia hoi ua huli like ae ke alo o na keiki o Ahualoa iloko o ka ululau ohia, kahi hoi a ka mainu e hoomoe ai i kona punana, me ka inu i ka wai momona p ka lehua, kahi hoi a ka nahele hihipea i hoo{>ulu ia i ke ala onaona o ka maile me ka awapuhi, i haliia i ka lau o kaieie me ka kupukupu. Iloko o keia v mahiai ana ma ka mala laelaau, aia hoi ua ana eia kahi e mahiai ai, nona ke kakahiaka mua, oia hoi 29 anana ka loa 21 anana ka laula, me ka waele a pau ka nahelehele me ke kua ana ina laau kupono ole ; a i ka hoomaka ana i na laau e kua, me he mea ala o ka na keke, a me ka paapaina o ka pahi a me na kapuai wawae o ke kaua Lio a. Murata ike kaua ma Elau, ka ua mea he owe o ka lau laau mao a maanei. Ua pau ke kauwahi i mahiai ole ia e ka poe 1 hele aku i ka aoao mau o ka honua, i ka mahiai ia i keia wa e ka poe i haiia maluna. He nui no na mea i koema keia kukulu manao, aka, ke hooki nei a'u maanei, me ke kapa ana i ka inoa o keia Ahauui *" Ko Ahualoa Ahahai Mahiai Manaopaa." Me ke aloha i kou Luna Hooponopono me ka mahalo aku i ke Kilohana Pookela oka Lahui Hawaii. Na kokahi hoa oka Ahahui Mahiai Manaopaa, me ke aloha no ina hoa paaua o keja mea he mahiai. Ua Lai no. Wm. E. K. Mualoa,, Hamakua, Hawaii. l)tc. 291863.