Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXXVII, Number 19, 13 May 1898 — HE WAHI MEA KUPAIAANHA. [ARTICLE]

HE WAHI MEA KUPAIAANHA.

Ma ka Poalua nei, oiai kekahi poe lapana e hoomaemaē ana ia loko o kekahi pa ma Waikiki, i lilo ae nei ia Konela Makapolena, mai ka Waiwai mai o Bihopa, ua loaa aku la kekahi mau iwi kanaka i ua poe IaPana la maWko o kekahi ahua lepo (one) i uluia iho e kekthi kumu kiawe. Ua paeli keia poe lapana ma kahi a ua kumu kiawe nei i ulu ai, a i ka hiki ana i ka hora 12, ua hoi ua poe la e Paina awakea, a ma ka hora 1, hele hou mai la no ka hana. Ia lakou nae i hele mai ai, ua ike lakou i ka hooluliia o ke kumulaau a lakou i paeli ai e kekahi puahiohio nui i wili hele ae iloko o ka ulu kiawe. Ma keia wa pu nohoi ua ikeia aku ka īele-le mai o ka amaama ame ke awa iloko o ka muliwai. Ua hoopuiwa loa ia ua poe lapana nei no keia mea. Aole i liuliu iho, aia hoi ua kulai pu ia mai la ua kumu kiawe nei ilalo e ka puahiohio,

a mahiki ae la kona mau aa nunui iluna. No keia mau aa hoi o ke kiawe i hoomahiki ae mailoko oe o ka lepo he mau pua iwi kanaka a lele ana iluna. Oiai hoi na lapana e holo ana, ua Pa aku la ke kua o kekahi lapana i mea, ikona huli ana mai nae i hope e nana ai i ka mea i pa aku ai i kona kua > ik » iho la ia he iwipoo

kanaka, a ua piha loa ia oia i ka maka'u. Ua olelo ae kekahi poe he heiau keia wahi, a o ka inoa oia heiau, o Puu-o-Niihau.