Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVI, Number 41, 11 ʻOkakopa 1918 — O MRS. HANNAH KAAEPA LOWE UA HALA. [ARTICLE]

O MRS. HANNAH KAAEPA LOWE UA HALA.

Solomon Hanohano, E3q., Lunahooponopono o ke Kuokoa, ha ahailot»o alno ka hiwahiwa hoi a na mamo o ka po:—E oluolu mai ma na papalina lahilahi o ka hiwahiwa a kaua, e hookomo iho i keia 'inau aloha hope a'u no ku\i kaikuahine wahine alolia, i ike mai ai hoi na ohana ame na kini makamaka aloha o maua ma keia mau paemoku aloha o maua ma keia mau paemoku. UAifo*lele mai o Mrs. Hannah Kaae•pa i keia ola ana ma Puumaile Hilo, Hawaii, ma ka po Lapule, hora umi me ka hapa o Sepatemaba 29) 1918, mahOpe iho o kona kaama'i ana no eono mahina, Ua hapau ia kuu wahine aloha ma Kainaliu, Kona, Hawaii, ma 21 o Maraki, 1873, mai ka puhaka mai o Makanoe ame Kaaepa, a oia no ka hanau mua o kona ohana, ua piha iaia he 45 makahiki 6 mahina ame 8 la. Ua hoonaauao mua ia oia ma ke kula o na ■ kaikamahine ma Kona, i ka 12 o koiia mau makahiki, ua nee aku oia n° nolulu, a komo aku oia no ke Kula o Kawaiahao a puka pono mai, ua komo hoti nku ola no ke kula a'o humuhumu ame lihilihi o Makiki a puka pono mai me na palapala hoomaikai.

Ma ka la 17 o Mei, 1897, ua holo pu aku maua nie ko maua makuahine Makaaoe no Lokopaakai, Uta, me na kaikaina ame na kupuna q maun, no ka hooko ana i na hana lawelawe (aila) iloko o ka liale laa. Ma ka la 12 o Feberuari, 1899, ua kolio iIL kuu waliine aloha i elele mai Lokopaakai aku no ka ahahui lahui (National Couticil of Women) o na wahine ma Wakiuekona, no ka hooikaika | ana e aeia na wahine o Hawaii nei e ' koho balota elike me na o ka Mokuaina o Uta. Ua. holo kino opiopio aku oia no kana misiona ko 'iko 'i no Wakinekona me, Sister Lucy B. Young, a noho pu oia me ka Moiwahine Liliuokalani i aloha nui ia, a ua hooikaika a kakoo nui ka moiwahine iaia; aka, ua haulehia ka manaolana o kana misiona, ma ke koho ana o na elele o ka ahalmi 235 ae, 262 hoole. Md ka la 9 o Dekemaba, 1899, ua haalele n%i ko maua makuahine aloha Makanoe ma Lokopaakai, ua hooholo iho mauai aole e mare maua i ka lahui ilipuakea, aka, e mare kaikunane a kaikuahine no maua. Ua mareia maua maloko o ka Halelaa o Lokopaakai e Peresidena Johh B. Windor, ma ka la 31 o Augatcf 19,00; ua hanau mai na maua he 10 mau keiki, he eono keikikane a he eha kaikamahine, a he 8 a maua mau keiki i hala aku ma kela ao, a kuu wahine aloha i hoi aku la e hanai a e malama ae ia lakou, a he elua mau keiki i koe me a'u, keikikane, Sāmuela, 14 makahiki, kai* kamahine, Hiilei, 11 makahiki. Ua haalele iho oia he inau kaikaina ma Honolulu ame Laie, lie nui ma Honolulu aine Laie, he ohana nui kua, Hilo ame Puna. Hookahi hora me hapa mainua o kona ha|llele ana mai, ua nonoi mai oia ia 'u e kuka pu maua no ka mea e halele mai ana oia, ua alo-, ha mai oia i na ohana apau, na makamaka ame na hoahanau; ua alolia i>u mai oia i ka Paeaina Samuel E. Woolley ame ke Kaula losepa Kamika, kekahi o kona mau olelo hope, "E papa, aia a ike aku oe i ke Alii Kalanianaole haawi aku oe i kuu aloha ma na wawae, e oluolu e stand by hini, stand J>y the Church, and stand by the flag, good bye papa till we meet again," a haule ; aku la oia hiamoe, a moe aku kona kino i wailua ina Homelani, aole i hou mai. He kaikualiine wahine aloha ohana, aloha keiki, a oi loa aku he aloha a he kakoo ikaika )loko*o na liana Kristia- . n.o, aole e poina o losepa aina i kana mau hana pono, aole no hoi e poina o ,Laie, aole no hoi e poina o Auwaiolimu, ! a pela pu no hoi me ka apana o Wai- | kiki, i kona hooikaika iloko o na hana Kristiano e pono ai kona lahui. "O ka ! wahine noho pono, he papale alii ia no kana kane." Ua kapa mau aku au iaia ma ka inoa kapakapa, '' Honest Hannah," no kona hoopono a iini liiah i na i hana haipule, a oia no kekahi o na kai- ! kuahine alakai a makaukau iloko o na ! hui manawalea ma na loina o ka euj anelio iloko o ka Ekalesia o Kristo. i Ua moe aku oia no ke kali ana 110 koha ala hou ana mai i ke kakahiaka o ke ala mua ana. Me na hoomaikai nulia oe e Solomon ame na limahana o kou keena. Owau iho uo me ka eh^elia, GEORGE KAINA LOWE. Hilo, Sept. 30, 1918. W. 8. 8.