Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 25, 18 June 1864 — Ola mahunehune ma ka moana [ARTICLE]

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Ola mahunehune ma ka moana

E ka Nūpepa Kūokoa e ; Aloha oe:—Ua hiki paha ia oe a rae kou Lunahooponoporio ke hoomanawanui e hookomo iho ma kekahi Kolamu o kou kino puipui holookoa, no kekahi pilikia poino i loaa ma ka moana penei: Holo a ku Ia kekahi mau waapa mai Niihau aku a Kauai, ma Hanalei no ke kalepa; aole nae hoi i loaa ka pilikia poino ma ia holo ana, no ka raea, he oluolu no ka makani raa ka moana, aka, ma kekahi puie ae, hoomakaakau lakou e hoi mai, oia hoi ka poaha, la 12 o Mei nei, aka, no ka mahuahua ana māi o ka makani, a ua kupono ole no hoi ka hoomau ana aku i ka holo, nolaila hoi, ua pae ae lakou ma Nualolo ia la, a noho malaila ia mau la ; a ma ka poaono h,oi oia hoi ka la 14, hoomaka lakou e hoi raai i

Niihau nei, me ko lakou ike nd nae i pono jole o ka hana a ka makaui, aka, no kn manao pabn o kaulana ole ke akamai o ke keiki Niihau ke hoi i ka la malie, nolailn, hoouiu ai no hoi e holo, aka, i ka hōlo'" ana mai hiki ma\raena pono oka moaha lipolipo o Kaulakahi, popoi ia iho la kekahi waapa e ka ale, a huiihia īho la ka waha ilaio, a lana ae la ka auwae kahi uuku. A ike mai la hoi ka lua o ka waapa ua make keia waapa, kiola lakou i ka lakou mau ukana iloko a ke kai, a kii aku la e hoopakele i ke ola o ka pae i loohiaia eka pilikia. O ka nui nae 0 ka poe māluna o ua waapa la i make ai, he 13, ke huipuia me kekahi wahi keiki uuku, a opiopio no hoi, iluna no ke alo, aole 1 huli, aka, he mea menemenenae i ko'u ma. hao ka lohe ana no keia poino.

Ke manao paa nei hoi au, ina aole ka lua 0 ka waapa, a oia waapa waie no ka waapa 1 hoi mai mni Kauai mai, a pela la hoi keia loohia ana e ka poino, ina paha ua pau loa lakou i ke ale ia e ka opu o ka moana, a owai la o lakou e pakele mai i ahai lono, nana hoi e hai mai ia makou no keia make ana ? Ke manao nei au aole. Eia no hoi; ina no aohe mea nana i hoopakele i ko lakou mau ola, alnila, ina paha ua haleu iho makou i ka manao kuhihewa, M aia no i Kauai kahi i noho ai aka, ma ka hoio ana mai hoi o kekahi poe mai Kauai mai, a iohe- ia mai nae ia lakou, u aoleekala i hoi mai ai." A heaha la ka mea e loaa ia makou ia wa ? Eia wale no, o ka oleio ua make, me ka loaa ia makou o ia wahi i-a he alamihi. Eia hoi ; no kuu manao he mau maleamaka ko lakou ma Kauai, a me na wuhi e ne o keia mau mokupuni, ā pahaohao paha lakou, me ko lakou ninau iho, " owai la keia poe Niihau i poino, a ua pakele i ka lua o ka waapa ?" Noiaila hoi, ke hai pakahi aku nei ko oukou makamaka i na inoa pakahi o lakou a pau, a eia no ia : Kaaukuu, Kalana» Kepuoiki, Kawala, Kaika, Mahuiki, Puni, Kaikuuhine, he poe kane lakou ; a o Kaniupoloula, o Kamaleahuilama. o Puuiki, he poe wahine ia,a o kahi keiki uuku no hoi, a me kekahi kanaka o Liniaioie koua inoa ; a oia iho la hoi na inoa pakahi ma ka waapa i make ai. Eia hoi na inoa oka poe maluna o ka waopa nana i hoopakeie ia lakou i ka make : O Moopuna, Kamalikehakeao, Kaoieu, Kaneiolouma r Kehau, Kalauakaino, he poe kane lakou; a o Kewa,a me Niihau.he inau wahine laua. Ao ka huina nae oko lakou nui a pau he 22. Ano keia pakele ana ae hoi o keia poe mai ka make ae, nolaila, ua hoomanao iho au i leekahi wahi olelo kahiko penei: Pomaikai ke ola na ke Akua, mai ku no ko aka-iki ia'u." 0 ka waapa nae i make ai, a me na ukana a lakou a pau, ua pau aku no ia i ka lilo i kd hohonu o ka moana, a koe mai no nae ke ola, ame na wahi mea e pili ana ika ili; a ua hoomanawanui noke Akua ia lakou a pae ma Ua aoao hikina o Niihau nei, ma kahi i kapaia o Kii. O keia poe nae, no ka aoao Katorika kekahi poe, a no ka aoao Hooie Pope hoi kekahi poe. Mai hopu nae keia poe ika laau a Kekuaolealani, ia "Hooleheiehekii." a me kuu wahi makuahunowai hoi ia ,4 l>aumihi," ka ua mea hoi he holo i ka wa makani nui, 0 aha ia no la hoi ke noho a malie, ku ne no la hoi hoi mai ana. Oko kanaka mau iho la no ia he hooio, me ka manao i kaulana ai ka inoa no ke akamai ika hookele. Iku no hoi ke akamai i ka hapa makani,aka, ina e 01 ae ka ino o ka makani mamua o kou akamai, alaila, ke manao nei au, aohe e hiki i kou akamai lee hoolanakiia la oe iho. " E Hoonani ia ke Akua ma na lani kiekie loa, a he malu hoi ma ka honua, a he aloha no i kanaka." Me ke aloha no. P. R. Holiohana. Kihalanui, J\ r iihau, Mei 21, 1864.