Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXII, Number 3, 21 January 1893 — Ke Awa o Puuloa. [ARTICLE]
Ke Awa o Puuloa.
[Iloomau ia.] He nui loa ka poe loea a nui no hoi ka poe naauao i olelo, o ka ae ana aku i keia kuikahi, he keehina mua ia a Amerika ia Ilawaii nei, aka, ua pau kela kuikahi, pehea ua lilo anei o Hawaii ia Amenka? Kapanaha maoli no hoi oe e Ilawaii ponoi, ua hoike akea ae o G. W. Pilipo, ka liona o ka Pakipika, e lilo ana o Hawaii nei ia Amerika ke ae Ia kela kuikahi, pehea ia kela mau wanana ana a kuu kaikuaana. Eia ka mea i ike ia ma ia wanana ana, ua hoka wale aole i like ko'u manao, me ko'u kaikuaana, nolaila, he nui kuu minamina i ka pokole o ka manawa o ka hana ia ana o kela kuikahi; ma ia kuikahi i hanaia ai ua pii ae na kanaka Hawaii ma ke kulana me ko na haole waiwai, a pt-la no keia kuikahi e hana ia nei mawaena o Hawail a me Ameiika Iluipuia. K pono ia oe e hana i na mea e ulu hou ui na pomaikui ou e Ilawuil ponoi, ke olelo hou mai nei hoi kekahi poe, he nui io no ka pomaikai e loaa ana, aka no na haole wale no la pomaikai; no ka mea, o ka uku hana, he kupihipihi oiuilumilu uuku loa wahi a ka haole ka uku hana o na kanaka, aia no a he haole ea, alaila nui ao la uku hana. i\olaila, ua ike no o līawaii ponoi he mau pomaikai no ke ioaa ana, aka ma ka uku hana he uuku; nolaila ea| aole e haawi aku ia Puuloa ia Ame- | rika, ko olelo nei au ia oc, e hoihoi aku'oe ia manao ia oe iho. Ua helulielu au i kekahi mau manao o kuu makamaka o Davies, e hoike ana, aole pono e ae aku i kela kuikahi e haawi ai ia Puuloa, aole ka e loaa ana he pomaikai ia oe ma ia hana, a ma keia mau olelo keakea waie ana a Davies ia oe e Hawaii, he
mea maopopo wale no ia ko nana aku kakou. O Mr. Davics kekahi mea halekuai nui e ku nei iloko o HonoluUi, eia ka noonoo iloko ona, aole ona makemake e kukulu hou i kekahi haua ano nui iloko o Puuloa, uuiiuu. li kukulu ia na halekuai nui ma ke awa o Puuloa, a hele aku kekahi poe kalepa waiwai malaila e Kuai ai a haalele ia kona hale e kekahi |X)e mea dala, aole e kuai ia, oia hoi ke* kahi mau pomaikai nui e ioaa ana ia oe e Hawaii ina e wehe ia ana iu awa, e kukulu ana i mau halekuai nui hou malaila, a e loaa ana ia kakou na lole oi ioa aku o ke emi mamua o ko Honoiuiu nei. Nolaiia e ao aku kakou ia mau manao ana, aka ina e maoao ana o AmeHkn e liio loa iaia ia wahi ma ke ano he panalaau no Amerika, a na Ameri- ! ka e hoonialu ia wahi me kona mau kaoawai, ke hoole aku nei keia peni aoie loa peia; ina no c like oie ke ano o na knikahi e waiho nei, e holo aku a hoio mai na oihana kalepa, ke manao nei au he oiea pooo e wehe ia ka puka,a i komo mai na pomaikai iloko ou a HawaiL O ko*u manao, e haawi aku ka- j kou i na hoao ana mamua o ka htooie loa ana. Kia hoi keia, ina paha e ola hoa ana he umi mau makahiki hou aku, ke manao nei au e ike ana no au i na pomaikai o ke alawai oki o Pauama e eii ia mai nei; oia ke*
kahi aUoai kokoke tc« ia oe e Hs\vail r a e hiki mai uo oa hana lehulehu H»>ko nei oka ain* y a e hookuI onoono mai no ii.»ko ne-i o ka aina i na poe mikhU hana. we Keūi mau awoao %rehewehe, e hot>j pau 8i i ke kaikilua ana ao keia ni. n.»u ano nui, o ko kakou hv)flla hou una i ko kakou mau noonoo ana no ka fx>ni!*ikiii o kein l>ihui, he hana naMuao loa ia, a ke noi ae nei au, e hoo|«a loa i ko k?ik«»u hopoh«*po no keia mea.
Eia hoi keia, ina e lu>»ho!o ia keia enan io, alaila rw ko kakou Makuahine no e heie a hana pa i keia kaikahi kalepa ano nui mawaena o Hawaii a me Amenka, a ma ia hana ana, ke manao nei au e holoponu ana no ia mau hooponopono aupuni ana, aole pono na kekahi haole e hana ua hana U, mamuli auanei pono ole, aole no hoi eae ia mai ana, aia no a ike mai o Amenka ia Hawaii ponoi, emoole loa ua loaa koke no, a e lilo auanei ia loaa ana I mea e haaheo ai oe e ke kanaka, he ole'.o oiaio no keia. Eia hoi kekahi, mai haohao oe e Hawaii i ka Amerika mau hana inaikai, a hooiuanao ia oe iloko o na makahiki he kanahiku-kumaiuaha i hala iho l/i, heaha la ka Amerika mau hana pakaha aina ma Hawaii nei, iloko o na manawa i olelo ia ae nei maluna ? Aole loa, nau no e Hawaii i uhauha i kou pomaikai a Amerika I haawl mai ai ia oe.
Kiu hoi keia, ina e loaa ia Ilawaii na pomaikai inalalo o keia kuikahi, mai manao kakou e lele inai ana ia pomaikai iloko o ko kakou mau hale pakahi, aole pela, nau 110 e kii aku, oia hoi e hele aku aua kakou e hana me na haole Amenka, a e loaa la oe ka uku pii e like no me ko ke kanaka ikaika a mikiala hana, a ma ia hana ana a ua mau kanaka la ilaila, o palua auanei na pomaikai e loaa ana ia oe e ke kanaka Hawaii, aole oia wale, he mau"!tausani dala e loaa ia oe ilaila, e hookomo ia ana iloko o kou waihona lahui liawaii, pehen, aoleanei i pomaikai ka aina? Aole au i ike i kekahi kumu e hiki ole ai ke ae ia o Puuloa o lilo ia Amenka, aole loa aKahi. O kahi kumu wale no paha e manao ia nei, o lilo auanei o liawaii ia Amerika. O ko'u manao, e kapae loa aku kakou ia inau noonoo ana, aole kakou he poe kamalii e uwe wale ai, ua kanaka makua oe e Hawaii, e pono 110 e noonoo nui i keia mau pono e
loaa ana ia oe; pe!a no, ina ae wale kako-i i na olelo keakea wnle a kekahi poe haole e like me l)avida, aia a hoao a ike alaila, maopopo no ka mea a na kuhina mua i olelo ia oe e lla ,vaii mamuli o kela kuikahi panailike iloko o na makahiki ehiku i hala aku nei, ua hoemiia ke kumukuai o na lole, noka mea, mamua o ke kalakoa muumuu o na wahine, aia a hookahi (lala alaila, ua lawa, aka mahope mai a Jiiki mai i keia manawa, elua muumnu waliino i ke dala hookahi, pela no mamua, he elua elala mehapalua no ka holoku kalakoa o ua wahine, a pehea i koia wa, ina e hele aku-oe iloko o ka halekuai o Fi.shel, e loaa no ia oe he eha holoku kalakoa maikai loa no ia mau dala elua me ka hapalua; pela no na pai kalo, mamua he 40 paona pakahi he hapaha walo no ke. kumukuai, a i keia wa, he hookahi dala. Ina e heluia aku na pomaikai o keia mea he kuikahi auwe uo ka hoi, aole anei hauoli ?
Nolaila mai hoohuikau wale kakou i ko kakou noonoo me ka nana pono ole i kona mau kihi a pau, oia hoi, e haawi ae kakou i kokakou mau noonoo ma ke kaapuni ana i kona mau aoao a pau me ke akahele loa, a ma hoi e iike me ka keia peni e holokake nei ka manaoo keia ninau e pono no kc ae koke aku, a ina hoi aole pela, he okoa no ka olelo a he okoa no ka hana ana, alaila e hoole aku no. Me ke aloha ika lahui. J. Haole.