Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LVII, Number 3, 17 January 1919 — HE HOHONO HULU PUAA WALE NO KA HOI KE KOOLAU. [ARTICLE]

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HE HOHONO HULU PUAA WALE NO KA HOI KE KOOLAU.

0 ka oi aku no o Laie, aole he hale i nele i ke kalua pnaa o keia Hapenuia, mai ka la okoa no ka a o ka imu o ka puaa no ka 1918 i pau, ame ko ka 1919; o ka hora .12 o ia po PoalUa. 1 ke ahiahi okoa uo i hoomaka mai ai na ohiki aumoana e eu, o ia hoi na kalapu himeni like ole. Hala aku ana noho mai ana', a o ke ao uo ia o ka po, aohe nao ai i ka papaa, a holo okoa na noho hale i ke alanui, hopkahi k« ka'i hele pu ana, ka ua mea he puehu o ka hulu o ka manu, a oiai no hoi ua nui na hoolilo Hapenuia, he noonoo mai auanei ka lakou la o kou puehu, o ka lakou la ka lakou la e nana, a oiai, ua nui hewahewa na Kelemaiiia pololi, a hune 0 keia kaua huliamahi. Nui ino mai nei hoī ka makika nanahu i ke ao, nohea mai lat Noloko mai pahala ka maia, a i ole no ke ko mai no. Nui ka hu'ihu'i o ke kehau o keia mau po, pela no paha apuni, o ka mea moe hookahi ka mea aloha o ka oni wale paha ia e ki-kookoo ai, aia ka po-i no o ke ao ae, ko ke Koolau inau kuhinia Hapenuia. Ea, pili nakekeke maoli ka nane a ko Ehukai! Malia no ke Kalikimaka, pela pu no me keia Makahiki Hou, o ka hu'ihu'i hoi ko ia nei. , Eia mai o Joho Liilii ka nane o keia 1919, ē ka Lunahooponopono, a nau hoi ia e kalena i kona nani, i holo ka hauoli apuni na moku, no akAhi makahi'ki holō »ule i ka nupepa, i ma< kana na ke Koolāq i ka mēa koho pololei; e hoōmaha hoi ka Ehukai, a na ke Koolau hoi keia, e oni ae i ka la o ka makemake, nona paha keia hooheno: Kuu ipo, kuu katnn, Kuii milimili—e! He kama i hanauia i Tahiti ku, i Tahiti moe; i ka hanau ana o kuu kajna e kapa mua ia kuu inoa o John Liilii>.a hui a 00, a ulu kokea, a palalauhala, k haumakāiole, a ka ia i ko-ko, a kau ia nia ka paiā, a owai au i hanauia iluna o na laau! Owai au i kn oielo a kānaka? Lewalewa o John Liilii, he laau ma kona elemu; he pohaku i kona opu; he. nani oia ke nana ia aku; he uku ia oia 1 ke kenikeni, a owai ka inoa elua o 'kuu ipo, kuu kāma? Kohoia i ka piko, i ka heni wai olu lawe malie, a loaa na okumukumu ao puāa o ke Koolau i Awalakaiehu i Kauwalepipao. Hene ke Koolau. J. A. KAHIONA.