Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVII, Number 39, 29 Kepakemapa 1888 — KA MOOLELO O RUKEKERA. [ARTICLE]

KA MOOLELO O RUKEKERA.

KA MOOI.KLO ONA I HOOLAA IA AI MA KIKAKO, ME KA HOIKE ANA I KA OIAIO MAOLI.

O na leta oko makou hoa kakau leta ma Kikako, ua heluhelu laula ia me lea iini nui; a ua hoala ia ko lakou manao ma o kona hoike pono ana la i ka moolelo kue Moremona a hoopihoihoi o Rukekera, ka mea i hoolaha nui ia ma na nupepa o Kikako. O ka weliweli o ia moolelo eehia, aole ia i hoike ia me ka piha pona Ua hoike po kole na nupepa i keia olelo keaka hoopuiwa; a nolaila, ke ho»ke aku nei makou i ka oiaio no na mea i hoolaha īa i ke akea ma na mea i hoolaha ia ma na kolamu o na nupepa o Kikako, oia keia malalo iho:

**E oluolu oe e hai mai ia'u i kahi e loaa ai ka Hope Kanikela Beritania," oia ka ninau a kekahi wahine helehelena haikea i kofta hookokoke ana i ka luna oihina Oihiona, he aneane i ka hora 9 o ke kakahiaka, alaila, opa ae la oia i kona poo me kona lima a hina iho la ma ke alahele. Ua halihali ia ia aku la oia a ma kekahi hale kauka e ku kokoke ana, a hanai ia i kekahi laau hooikaika kino, ia manawa i pane mai ai kela, ua maule ia oia i ka paupauaho alka ai ole no na la eha. Nolaila, ua haawi ia iaia he ti, a i kona pohala loa ana, ua lawe loa ia aku oia i ka halemai. "laia e noho ana ma kekahi noho e kokoke ana i ka pakaukau o ka luna koa, ua hai aku oia i kona moolelo we liweli no ka inaina o na Moremona iaia. Hai aku la oia, o Likiheko Tunahula Rukekera kona inoa, elima makahiki i hala kona noho pu ana me kana kane o Toma, ma North Shields, Enelani, e kokoke ana i Newcastle ma Tvne, a me ka laua mau keiki elua. Ua piha na makahiki he 14 o ke kaikamahine. "O ke kane, he alakai papa no iaja manawa ma ka ekalesia Metokisata, a o kan;i keikikane, no ka ekalesia hou, a holo pu aku la oia me kekahi mau hoahanau Moremona no Amerika roalalo o ka malu o kekahi Lunakahiko

Moretnona. Aloha haalipo aku la ua keiki nei i kona mau makua me ka ae aku e palapala aku ana yia ia laua Ua loihi ka manawa i haia ae aole laua i lohe no ka laua keiki, a nolaila, haalele iho la ke kaoe i kana wahine a 1 kana kaikamahine me ka uluhua a pihoihoi o ka naau, a holo atu la i Amenka e huli 1 kana keiki. Mahope iki mai o kona haalele ana aku ia Enelani, ua loaa i ka wahine kekahi leta mai ke keikikane mai, me ka i ana aku ua kaili ae la na Lunakahiko i kona mau dala a pau T a no ko lakou kiai mau ana iaia aole hiki uua ke hoili aku i ka leta mamua. Aka, mahope, loaa iaia kekahi poo leta mai kekahi wahine mai i hiki iaia ke kakau aku i kona uiakuahine, i aku la oia ua maikai kona ola kioo, a e hoi ana oia aia a lawa kona mau «iala. Hiki aku la o Rukekera ma Ogden, Uta, aka, me ka wa loihi loa aolle i lohe kaoa. wahine i kekahi mea e pili ana nona. "Uai loaa iaia ka hana ma kahi o Joseph Holbett t he kanaka mahiai, aka, aole hiki iaia ke heiliili i kana mau dafa a fawa e hoouna aku i kana wahine no ka uuku o ka uku i loaa laia, a mahope iho hooholo iho la oia i kooa manao e komo ma ka ekalesia Moremona, 1 ua ao la ma na rula mux Emoole a lako ou i ka waiwai noi; no laila, hoouna aku la oia i palapala kikoo daJa no (kokoke piha $40) i kina wahine me kt olelo pu aku, aole

e iiuliu a e hoi pu ana oia qic kana |kdkL I ka lawe īaini o Una kta i |ka hale kta ua haehae ta aua hana ta iho b ke dala ma ka lii>a o kekahī tnisionari Moremona, a he ieta pu kekahi e olelo ana o ua lUia U oia Wooa ukU moka a hiki aku i Nu luka, a mai Ku loka ae a bikt» L Aupaakai, a e pooo iaia ke bapet'z.j i> a e heie koke mai ma ka moku e lawe mai ana i na ohua Mcretnooa. Aole oia i kanalua no oa ieu la a ma!arua iho la oia i ke kauoha. "Ekolu oko makou !a i kali « m» ia wahi no ka o'elo heoholo no ka uku kaaahi, alaila, hoomaka makou i ka hele huakai ana ena ia ala loihi a hiki i Ogden. He oiaio, o na kanaka e manaoio iloko o na moo!do hoopunipuni a huikau e like rae oeia ke ano, ua naaupo a nele i ka naauao a noonoo maikaL No ka mea, oka poe i ao ia a he noonoon«"o naauao ko lakou e hoole koke lakou i keia ano opala, oiai ua piha i na mea kulike ole. *?***■)