Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVI, Number 8, 19 February 1887 — Leta mai Samoa [ARTICLE]

Leta mai Samoa

E ka makamaka, Aloha nui oe. Ua loaa ia'u he wa pono e pahpala aku ai i ka'u mau mea i ike iho nei, oiai au i hiki mai ai i keia pae aina, he aina wela keia aole e pono kahi lole manoanoa, oka lole iahilahi ka mea kupono maanei. ! He lahuikanaka lokomaikai keia, he oluolu a he hookipa, he poe kanaka nana mai t ke ano ona malihini ina he pono a in.i he hewa. Ua naauao keia lahui ma na mea oke Akua, paanaau ka Haihala a me na Himeni ia lakou; eia waie no ka mea i koe īna e loaa he kanawai paa no keia aina alaila ifa maikai loa, no ka mea, aia wale no ke kanawai ma ka waha o ke alii nui aole i onipaa ke kanawa'. E!ua alii o Samoa nei i keia manawa o Malietca a o Samosese, oia na ahi e noho nei. oka hapanui ona kanaka eia mamuli o Mahetoa, ke paonioni nei no laua a hiki i keia manawa aole nae he kaua i keia manawa; he alii oluolu o Malietoa. Ua launa au me ia a kauoha mai ia'u e hele aku e hoike i ke ano o ko kakou noho ana, a ua ae aku au. Ua launa loa au me na alii nui o keia kulanakauhale o Apia nei, he poe oluolu loa na a!ii a me na alii malalo iho, a me na alii wahine.

He ano hemahema iki ko lakou noho ana, oia keia aole a lakou nei umeke, aole hoi he ipukai, e waiho ai ka ai a me ka ia, ua hui ia ka ai a nie ka ia i ka hinai launiu. Pela no ka wai iloko ona puniu; ko lakou aahu ana oke pa-u ma ka hope wale no ia, o ka poe nae i komo ka malamalama paa mau no lakou i ka lole oia hoi ka poe i loaa kahi dala, no ka mea he pii loa ke kumu kuai o ka lole maanei ekolu no i-a o ke kalakoa $i.co, oia ke kumu wahi a kekahi poe.

O ke kahunapule he pa-u no kona ke hale mai, he palule īne ke kuka tnaluna iho, pela no oi.i ke ku ma» iluna o ka a*\ai a haiolelo me ia kahiko no, aole he papale oke pro. Pela no na mea a pau. He makemake lakou nei e ike ia ka maikai o ka lauoho, a ua hamo ia i ka puna a keokeo a haia he mau hora alaila auau aku i ka wai alaila pau ae la ka puna lilo ae la ka lauoho i ehu ulaula e like me n* haole lauoho ulaula o Honolulu, ua hamo ia ka ili i ka aila niu hinuhinu ke nana aku.

O ko lakou hoomana ana i ke Akua, he maluhia loa ke anaina pule aole oe e lohe i ke kunu a me ka nakeke ona wawae, maluhia na keiki, aole hawanawana hookahi no wahi e nana ai o ke kahunapule; hookahi no au mea e lohe ai i ka nehe oka wehe ana o na Baibala a me na himeni, a pau ia mea au e lohe ai o na papa eleele e kakau ana i ke poo otelo a me na manao iloko o ke poo olelo, nui ko'u mahalo.

Ma ka himeni ana, ua himeni na mea a pau, piha ka hale i ka leo o na kane ame na wahine me na keiki. ae la au i ko kakou luakini ia'u e noho ana iloko o keia halepule, eehia loa au ina leo himeni me he mea la he poe anela mai luna mai no ka maluhia loa oke anaina. Hoomanao ae au ia Kaukeano, pela no keia mau luakini.

Ao!e no oc c ike ana i ka poe o ke anaina e holeholo ana, koe wale no na keiki e uwe ana, e lawe koke ana no ka makuahine iwaho» He mau halawai Poakolu no ko lakou nei. Na pole ohana; aia a ahlahi poeleele lohe aku au i ka ikuwa o na leo himfnl Heluhelu Baibab, lohe ia aku la na leo pule pela no na wanaao. O keia ka mahele ekahi, a mahope hai aku au i ka mahele elua, ao!e i pau loa keia mahele. Eia keia: Ua haiawai au me na kanaka maoli, ekolu lakou e noho nei i Apia nei; o Naihepalepale, he keiki na Kaiimaeka, oia no kekahi a!ii o ka Papu i Lahaina hanauia ma Kaawaloa, Kona, Hawaii. O Kalama, na Leonui hanau i Lahaina Maui t o keia ka'u mea e palapala aku n«l Rfcai i ko'o aleha ika makua-

hme Pakka, a pe!a r.o hoi ka hakwai Poakolu, oiq Keianohopoao, a kc hooki nd au i keia kakau ana.. 0«;au no kau hoa kauwa. KAL'ikaui