Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 40, 1 October 1864 — Wahi Mooolelo no Kaai. [ARTICLE]

Wahi Mooolelo no Kaai.

E KE KUOKOA :—Ua make iho nei oia ma ka la 27, hora e 7 o kakahiaka paha, o Sept. nei o ka M. H. 1864, a o kona mai i make ai, he naau-hee, ua pahu mai kona wahi a holo a hui pu ma ka eke uha e waiho mau ai ko laila mau ukana, malalo pono o kona kumu laau, he mai kahiko, ua loaa no ka ! ia ia i kona wa e noho ana ma Waikapu i Maui, ua manaoia ua loaa keia mai ia ia mamua iho o ke kau Hepera nei, i ka M. H. 1853, he 11 paha makahiki ka pili mau ana o keia mai ia ia, a ola no nae i kahi manawa, a pela no i na makahiki a pau i hoomaopopoia'e la. A ma ka la 18 aku nei, ko makou halawai pu ana me ia ma ko makou halawai Kula Sabati ahiahi o ua la la, a ma ka la 25 Sept. ahiahi kula o makou, lohea ua mai oia, a ma ke kakahiaka o nehinei lohea ua make, a ua hoolewa ia kona kino e ka "Ahahui Kaahumanu" ma ka hora 5 o ua la la.

A ua oleloia, ua pilikia no ia i kona mau la e kaa'na, 6 la, aole loa he heme lepo, no ka

mea, ua paa paha ia mea, a no ia mea ua kauoha ka Mea Hanohano C. Kanaina ia Kauka Poka e nana ia Kaai, a ua nana no ia ma ke ahiahi o ka la 26, a ua manao ke Kauka he mai ola ole. A no ka manaoia he pono paha nona ka hele ma ka Halemai, a no ka lana o ko ua Kaai nei manao he pono ke hele malaila, a nolaila ua hele no. A i kona hiki ana malaila, a maia hope iho paha elua hora, alaila, wehe na Kauka i kona uha, a nana ia na mea e pili ana ua ino, a ua hanaia no a paa pono e like me ke akamai o ia poe. Malaila no ka! na hanai W. C. Lunalilo ia wa me ka manao menemene a me ke aloha, a he mau hora paha ma ia hope, ono ua Kaai nei i ka wai, a ua haawiia no, a ma ia hope mai, pule pu laua o C. Kanaina imua o ka Haku e like me ko laua manaolana ia Iesu Kristo, no ka mea, me he mau mea manaolana la laua i ko ia la make ana no ko ke ao nei. A no ia mea ua make paha ua Kaai la me ia manao no. A o ua o Kaai la, o ke keiki no ia a Keaho, oia ko Maluae kaikaina, a o Kaaka kona makuahine, a o Mahuka ka muli o ua o Kaai nei. Ua hanau oia i ka A. D. 1808, i ka wa no o Kamehameha I i Oahu nei, oia ka wa e kau ana ka Hokuwelowelo i kapaia he Hoku puhi-paka, o ko Keliimaikai wa ia i make ai, ko ua Kamehameha I., kaikuaana. A mai laila mai a keia wa, ua 56 paha kona mau makahiki o ke ola ana, paa no. Ua olelo nuiia keia poe ua kupono i ka iwi-kuamoo o Haalou ka mea nana mai o Namahana laua o Kekuamanoha, a nolaila ua pili no mai laila mai a ka lakou mau pua, a make iho la no iloko o ua mau hale Haku la. A no ka mea, ua noi ka Mea Hanohano C. Kanaina i ua Kaai nei i mea noho pu me kana 'Lii i mea hooponopono i kana mau mea ai, pela kona noho ana a hiki i keia i hookaawale ana.

He mau hoa holoholo pu laua me makou ma ka ulu-niu i Kiope, mai Keopo a Papaula, i ka wa o ko Kamehameha I., mau la e ola ana ma Kailua, Kona, Hawaii. Aka, ua haalele aku makou ia ia ilaila i ka A. D. 1821. a ua noho na 'Lii a pau ma Oahu ia wa. A o Kuakini wale no ko Hawaii alii. A ua mare ua Kaai nei ia Kaupena a Alapai laua o Hanapi, a aia paha ma ka buke mare a Rev. A. Tatina e maopopo ai ia, aka; ua pau nae kona hale palapala i ke ahi. A ua loaa no ia ia he mau keiki na laua, eha ka huina, ekolu keiki kane, hookahi kaikamahine, elua i make, koe o Kamaka a me Simona Kaai.

A ua olelo ia ua lilo mua kana wahine i hoahanau ma ka ekalesia ma Wailua, a mahope iho, lilo pu oia i hoahanau ma ia ekalesia no, a he mau makahiki paha i hala iho, paa kona manao e haalele i ua ekalesia la no kona poino pinepine malaila, nolaila, hoi loa mai laua a noho ma Maui, i Waikapu, a i Lahaina, a i Kula no hoi, a nui na makahiki o laua ilaila.

A no ke kauoha mau a kona kaikaina i haiia maluna e hoi mai i Oahu nei, nolaila, ua hoi loa mai laua a maanei, a maanei ko laua noho hoahanau ana, ame ko laua hooponopono ana ia laua me na hoahanau o Kawaiahao, a ua mau no ko laua launa mau ana me na hoahanau o keia berita, e haele mau ana ma na halawai anaina a pau o ia berita i ka wa ikaika.

A o laua pu no kekahi ma ka makou wahi hui kula ahiahi Sabati i na makahiki 34 i hala ae, o ka helu buke ma na pauku o ke Kauoha Kahiko ame ke Kauoha Hou, i unuhiia ma kekahi buke olelo Beritania e kekahi kanaka naauao malaila, a ua unuhi ia hoi e Balauwina wahine ma ka olelo Hawaii, a ua paiia ma Amerika Huipuia, a ua laweia mai na kakou, no ka loaa like o ia mea ia makou, he 50 buke o ia ano, ekolu hapawalu no ka buke hookahi, a ua nana pu makou a pau malaila ma kekahi mau aoao, alaila, noonoo ma na kumu haina olelo a ke kahuna ame na olelo pili o ia ano, o ke kakahiaka ame ke ahiahi, a pela aku, a i ua Kaai nei kekahi pule o ka hookuu ana ia wahi halawai i kekahi manawa, a pela'ku ;

A i kekahi manawa o keia wa, ma keia makahiki e haele nei kakou, o ua Kaai nei no kekahi i makemake i ka wehewehe e nana malaila i kekahi ahiahi Sabati kula, a ua like ia. Eono Sabati ahiahi o kona hui-pu ana me makou, alaila, waiho mai la kela ia makou ma keia ao kaumaha, e like me ko Kaai mau hora hope loa, i loaa nui a palua kona eha ana, a ua hala'ku la.

A i kona wa e waiho ana kona kino imua o ka Ahahui Kaahumanu, mamua o kona waiho ana'ku ma kahi mau, hai mai kana kumu i ko laua kamailio pu ana mamua o kona hele ana i ka Halemai, hai mai la ia, ua halawai laua me Kaai e olelo oluolu mai ana ia ia, a e hai mai ana ia ia, ua lana nui kona manao e hele i ka aina o ka poe ola me ka Haku Kristo Iesu.

A nolaila hoi ea, ua lana ko makou manao no ua Kaai nei, a me Nakapalau, Kikaha, a me Puuki, ka poe i hala mua. Aha lakou o ko makou hui haipule kula Sabati ahiahi, a ua like wale no ko lakou nei manaolana i ka hora e hele ana. A o Kamakea kekahi o ia poe o ua wahi kula la, aka hoi, ua oili aku nae oia ma ka puka aniani, kahi kupono ole ke komo na kanaka.

A ma ka manaolana ana o keia poe i hai ia maluna, a ke hoohui nei au me lakou i kekahi poe manaolana e ae me lakou nei, na mea hoi a'u i ike maka'i: oia o Kaahumanu

I., Kaahumanu II., Keimo, Kaleikane, Mareta Ii, Hariata Lolohi, ma ka hua o ka lakou mau hana ka'u ike ana, a ua nui wale aku paha ia ano, ma na ekalesia hoole Pope a pau ma keia pae aina, no ka mea, ua manaoia no lakou, ua make iloko o ka pono o ko lakou Haku. E like me ia i make ai iloko o kona Makua, a pela no na kaula oiaio, a me na Lunaolelo a ua Haku nui nei o ke ao nei a pau. A no keia mau mea maikai loa, ke kauleo nei au ia oukou e na makamaka, manao paha a manao uuku paha, a manao ole loa paha i ka Haku, no kona make ana no kakou, no ka lealea, a no ka hanohano, a no ka waiwai o keia ao, a e huli oukou i ka palapala hemolele, e like me ko Boraia poe, no ka mea, o keia mooolelo, he mea ua maa mau ma ka palapala hemolele, a pela no oukou a pau e huli mau ai ia mea maikai loa a hiki i ka make, no ka mea, pomaikai ka poe make, ke make iloko o ka Haku Iesu Kristo. Amene. Na ko'u lima iho me ka manaolana o ko oukou wahi makamaka. IOANE II. Honolulu, Sept. 20, 1864.