Ka Oiaio, Volume I, Number 1, 24 Mei 1889 — Na Hopena Hana Maikai. [ARTICLE]

Na Hopena Hana Maikai.

Iloko o ke keneturia i hala aku i ka makahiki 1789, ua hoopakele aku la kekahi kanaka nona inoa Alexander Smith, a mahope iho i kapaia o .John Adams, i kekahi pikimana mai ke piho ana iloko o ke kai, a pakele mai la kona ola. No keia pakele ana, waiho iho nei ka pikimana ma ka inoa o Smith, he £100 maloko o kekahi baneko, a nana e kii mai, alaila haawi aku. Ua waiho keia dala ma ka baneko a hiki i keia manawa, a ua pii aku kona nui, kumu paa a me ukupanee, i ka £96,000. He mea haohao paha ka waiho loihi ana o keia dala a hiki wale i keia manawa, aka, he kumu no. Mahope iho o ka hoopakeleia ana o ka pikimana e Smith, ua kepa oia ma kekahi moku o Kini Keoki IV., o ka Beauty, ka inoa, me kona ike ole he dala kana ma ka baneko. O John Adams kona inoa i kepa ai. He wahi mokumanewa keia o lakou i holo ai, a ua hoouna ia e holo i na mokupuni o ka moana Pakipika, e imi a hoihoi aku i na laau, e like me ka ulu, a pela aku, i mea hooulu na ke alii ma Enelani, maloko o na hale hoomehana ia. Ua holo ka moku a ua hiki i kekahi o na mokupuni o ka Moana Pakipika, a ua ku aku no hoi i ka paemoku Tahiti. I ke ku mua ana ma Tahiti, ua loaa kekahi mau mea a lakou i makemake ai, aka aole nae

o na mokupuni liilii, ua nui na hana ino a ke kapena i na sela; a no ia kumu, ua kuko kekahi o lakou e olahani a lawe i ka moku. I ko lakou haalele ana ia Tahiti ua hookoia keia manao o lakou, a ua hookuu ia ke kapena a me ka poe mahope ona maluna o na waapa me ka ai a me ka wai e lawa ai no kekahi manawa iwaena moana e imi aku i ko lakou ola. I ka lilo ana o ka moku, holo aku nei keia poe a loaa he mau kanaka a me ka lakou mau wahine a me kekahi mau wahine opio kane ole. Me keia poho iholo ai lakou a loa kekahi mo kupuni i ike ole ia mamua, a pae aku la lakou me na pono a pau o ka moku, a ia manawa hoopiho ia iho la ua moku la a nalo malalo o ka ili-kai. He aina maikai no kahi a lakou i pae aku ai, aka aohe nae he nui loa, o ka nui kupono no nae e ola ai na haneri kanaka. I keia wahi i noho ai o Adams a me kona poe a hiki i ko lakou pau ana i ka make, koe iho ka lakou mau mamo No ka piha loa o ka mokupuni o lakou e noho ana i na kanaka, i ka loaa ana aku mahope loa mai, ua lawe mai ke aupuni Beritania i ka poe e makemake ana e haalele ma na moku kaua, a hoonoho aku ma ka mokupuni o Norfolk, a ua noho iho no hoi kekahi poe i aloha i ko lakou home ailana. Ua hele kekahi mau moopuna a ua noho iho no hoi kekahi mau moopuna a Adams, a o keia mau moopuna kai hooia mai ia lakou, a ua ae ia no lakou keia puu dala nui. Nani a kamahao ka ke Akua mau hana. E mahalo ia kona aloha i na manawa a pau, a e lawe kakou i keia moolelo i mea ao ia kakou iho.