Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXII, Number 17, 28 April 1883 — HOOMAINOINO I NA HOLOHOLONA. [ARTICLE]

HOOMAINOINO I NA HOLOHOLONA.

Ua loaa mai ia makou i keia pule he leta na kekahi makamaka o keia kulanakauhale, e pili ana no ka hoomainoinoia o na holoholona a me na kamalii. He hana ino loa keia, ama ka nana ana, me he mea la ke mahuahua ae nei keia hana iwaena o kakou. O ka mea nana i kakau keia leta, he kamaaina kahiko ia ma keia aina, a ua hele nui no hoi oia raa na aina e, he ano koikoi kana mau olelo, a he kupono ke lawe ia a noonoo akahele ia. Penei kana e olelo nei; "Iloko ona makahiki a'u i noho ai ma ka paeaina Hawaii, ua ike au i ka hoomainoino nui ia ona holoholona. Aka, aole i na holoholona wale no keia hana ino, ua ike au i ka hoeha kupono ole ia o na kamalii uuku, elike me ka hoomainoino nui ia o kahi mau holoholona kauo kaa ukana. He mau makahiki i hala, ia'u e noho ana ma kekahi hale ma Kamakela, lohe aku la au i ka leo 0 ka hui|)a e hiliia ana maluna o ke kino o kekahi keiki uuku, a me ka leo o ke keiki e uwe leo nui ana i kona eha mainoino, e hanaia ana ia mea ma kekahi lumi e ae o ua hale nei kahi a'u e noho ana. Holo aku la au e ike i keia mea, a i kuu hiki ana, e hoomaka ana ka makuakane e keehi i ke keiki me ka hehi ino ana, me he mea la he ilio la. Apo aku la au ike keiki me kuu mau lima, a na kekahi poe e ae o ka hale i kii mai a holoi i kona mau 1 l>alapu, aole nae i pau kona haalulu a me ka uwe a liuliu loa aku la. Eia hou no, i ka pule i hala ae, ua hele makaikai hou au ma ia wahi, a ike hou no au. E hele ana au ma ke ala ololi e hiki ai i na hale holoi, aia hoi, ike aku la au he wahine e kulou ana a e pej>chi ana i kekahi wahi keiki uuku me kona ikaika a j»u. Ehaeha loa au 1 ka ike ana i keia hana. Kahea au i ka wahine e oki, a hooikaika au e uwao no ke keiki, aole nae hikL A j>au ke aho o ua wahine nei i ka j>ej>ehi ana i ke keiki, ea ae la ia iluna a hoomaka aku ia e keehi me kona niau wawae, a oiokaaia aku la ua keiki nei iloko o ke kahi puuj>ohakiL Ina i j>a kela keiki ma na wahi palupalu o ke kino, he mea maojx>j>o ka jx>ino o kona ola. Na kekahi wahine e ae, e ku ana ma ia wahi, i hapai i ke keiki a hallhaliia aku la iloko oka hale. Ikawa a keia wahine e |>e|>ehi ana i ke keiki, pane aku la au me ka leo e kokua ana n\a ka aoao o ke keiki; aka, ua pii ae ka huhu o kekahi poe e noho ana no'u, no kuu kokua ana i keia keiki uuku, pane mai la lakou, aohe ou kuleana, na kela wahine no ia keikL •*He mea. kauiuaha loa no'u keia hoomainoinoia oke keiki uuku. Eia no keia poe makua ke noho nei iloko o ka malainalama» malaio o ka maiu o na luakihi kahi i lohe ia na leo mele hoonani, a me na olelo paipai o ke ola Kiristiano, eia nae ke hana nei i keia inau mea, a iiia no paha e ala mai kekahi m§* ka make mai a hele aku e ao ia UwKi, aole no lakou e lohe."