Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXII, Number 6, 10 February 1883 — NA HOOMAKEAKA. [ARTICLE]

NA HOOMAKEAKA.

Ua mai loa ia anei oe? waKi a ke-i kahi kauka i ninau aku ai i kekahi o kona mea mai. Ae, wahi a ka pane Oli ana ko alelo? t pane hou aku ai ke kauka. Aole he hikt ia u ke j hoike aku, wahi a ka pane, no ka mea, aole he hiki i kekahi alelo ke hoike ae ika nui o ka ehaeha e kau mai ana maluna o'u. O "hemo ke alelo' ka inoa kapakapa o kekahi kauka kahiko oke kulanakauhale neL Ua kamaaina ia kauka ikoHonolulu nei poe. Penei ke kumu oka loaa ana iaia ia inoa. I ka makahiki 52 a 53 paha, i ka wa 1 anai mua ai ka mai Kamola Poki ma ke kulanakauhale nei, e noho ana oia ma ke ano kauka Aupuni ia wa. I kekahi la ua hele aku oia i ka hale koa e nana i kekahi poe kanaka i manao waleia ua loaa na hoailona o ua mai la maluna o lakou, a iaia i hiki aku ai ilaila, ua ku mai la oiama kekahi wahi kaawale a kuheaaku la "hemo ke alelo," a mai ia \va a hiki loa i keia wa ua paa loa ia mau olelo ana. Ua olelo ia he hopohopo loa oia ke hookokoke aku i kanaka, a nolaila oia i ka kaawak ai a kuhea wale aku no. Ua ai nooe, wahi a kekahi makuakane i ninau aku ai i kana keiki. U wahi a ka pane. He wa mahope iho ua ninau hou kona makuakane, e Keoni, aole oe iai ? U wahi aka pane. Hu ae la ka aka. I kekahi mau la aku nei, lawe ae la kekahi makuakane i kana wahi keiki uuku hanai, a hoikeike aku la imua o kekahi o kona hoa'loha ma ke ano hooio, a haawi aku la i kekahi ninau i ua wahi keiki uuku nei penei: E Davida, ehia manamanalima o kuu iima akau? He umi, wahi a ka pane. Pii ae la ka ula ma na papalina oua makuakane nei a ninau hou aku la me ka leo huhu, e Davida, ehia ou lima? He umi wahi hou no a ka pane. Ukiuki ioa iho la ka makuakane a hehe iho la ka aka a kona hoa'loha.