Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 19, 12 May 1888 — HE LETA MAI FATUHIWA MAI. [ARTICLE]

HE LETA MAI FATUHIWA MAI.

Apaiana, C.ilbert, Oct. iS, 1887. Mr. l\ireka, Aloha ot: | Eia nu me ka'u wahine ma ka pae āina o (l:libati me ke ola kino maiwai. l lookahi 0 makou mahina ma ka moaea n>ai Honolulu mai a hiki i ka p.ietnoka O Ruk s malaila o Logana a me kona ohana me ke ola kino maikai. Ilaalele makou ia wahi a holo aku no Ponape, malaila o Rana, a o kana uahine ua holo aku no Manila, oia kekahi aina o Sepania. Ua hopu pio ia 0 Mr. oont\0 ont\ a ua lawe ia e ka manuwa Sepania. Haalele makou ia laila a holo loa aku no ka paemoku o Ciilibati, a hui pu me Maka, Kanoho, Lono, Kaaia a me Kapu. 0 ko Kapu kaikamahine ua make, a kc ola nei he bcbe na Ema i hanau inai. Ua noho ka ahahui ma Tabituea, a ua hooholo ia aha i ka maua wahi e noho ai e lawelawe. i ka hana, a hooholoia ir.a Apaian au e noho ai me ka'u wahine, a o Paaluhi ma hoi no Tabituea, a ke niakaukau nei au e lawelawe 1 ka'u hai euanelio iwaena o na kanaka ma Apaian nei, a ke hoomaka la no hoi paha o Paal ahi e lawelawe i ka hana ma Tabituea. He nnikai na hana ma Tabitauea, a ua hoopiha ia ka luakini nui malaila me na kanaka he 800 aoi aku. Iloko o ka luakini hookahi he 700 hoahanau, a hookahi no a'll luakini i ike oia ka luakini ia Kaaia e noho nei, a koe aku no kekahi aoao 0 ka aina aole i hiki aku na kumu. He hula no ma kekahi aoao o ka aina. Ua hoi mai kekahi poe mai Oahu mai a olelo ina kanaka he hula no ma Hawaii, a nolaila he hoopunipuni na misionari i hele mai nei papa i ka ona, hula: aole hele o a.t misionari e papa aku, a me na hana ku i ka pono. \ O keia wale ae la no paha na mea !hou 0 ka aina malihini. E iiaawi i ko'u aloha ina hoahanau a pau o Kawaiahao, a me ka hui opiopio, a ke haawi pu aku nei ko'u wahine i kona aloha ia oe a me kou ohana a pau, a pela no hoi kona manao hoo-1 kahi, e pule oe i ke Akua no maua, a j pela pu no hoi makou e pu!e ai no na j ekalesia a pau ma Hawaii, a pela hoi ke aupuni. E oluolu oee hoouna mai i nupepa' Kuokoa na'u ma Apaian nei. Owau iho no me ka haahaa, kou pokii iloko o ka hana a ka Haku. Rev. M. Lutera.