Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXI, Number 5, 30 January 1892 — Ka Makahiki Lele oi. [ARTICLE]

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Ka Makahiki Lele oi.

Ma kekahi inuu aina kahiko o fce ao nei, ua liio ka makahiki lele oi i manawa maa no ua lede e noi ai i na kane e mare. Ua inanaoia ua hoomaka ia mai keia maa ma o kekahi kanawai ia i hoolaha ia o ka Ahaolelo o Sekotia i ka 1288. O keia kanawai ano e, penei ka lieluhuiu ana: "Ke haawi ia nel, iloko 0 ke au o ka noho alii ana o ke Alii ka Moiwahine Pomaikai Magareta, he wahine opio mare ole, he lede o j ke kuiana kiekiea haahaa, ka mana ' e kamailio i ke kanaka i makemake ia e ia. Ina e hoole ana ua kanaka la aole e iawe iaia i whhine nana. e hoopai ia oia i ka puu dala he elima haneri a emi mai paha, e llke me ka nni o kona kuonoono, koe wale no a i na wa a pau, ina e hiki ana iaia ke hooia mai ua iioopalau oia me kekahi wahine e aku, aiaila ua pili ole a hoopai iaia aua lanakila oia." Ika 1606, oiai ua haia aku la o Magareta i ka make, a o lioomau ana na wahine i ko iakou pono malalo o kela kanawai maluna ae, ua hooholo hou ia he kanawai e ka Ahaolelo, e haawi ana ia lakou 1 kela pomaikai 1 kela ame keia ehā makahiki.