Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2001 — Ua paʻi ʻia he puke e pili ana i ka "Old Plantation" a me ka ʻohana Ward [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ua paʻi ʻia he puke e pili ana i ka "Old Plantation" a me ka ʻohana Ward

Na Manu Boyd

I OIHOI WALE nō nā mo'olelo o ka wā i I kipa mua mai ai ka po'e malihini i nēia pae'āina aloha o kākou. Mai ke au a I Kamehameha, ua māka'ika'i nui mai I kēia 'ano po'e e ho'owaiwai ma nā pā'oihana hou ma Honolulu, a he au ia i

ho'ohui 'ia ai nā 'ōiwi me nā haole ma ka male 'ana a ma ka ho'oulu pulapula. Ua kupu mai nā keiki "hapa haole" ma muli o ua 'ano male 'ana, a ua kūkulu 'ia he lāhui 'oko'a iki o ka Hawai'i, no ka mea he Hawai'i a he haole pū lākou. Ma Waihale ma Maui, he 'āpana 'āina ma Honokōwai ma ka 'ākau o Ka'anapali i noho ai he wahine i kapa 'ia 'o Kamakana, he mamo ali'i no Ka'ū mai i lawe hānai 'ia e Keaweawe'ulaokalani, he ali'i no Kohala, a ho'onoho hou 'ia

ma Maui. I kona wā 'ōpio i male aku ai 'o ia iā Jean Adam Previere, he Palani no Palani mai, 'o ia kekahi o nā haole mua ma Kā'anapali, Maui. 'O Rebecca Kaikilani Rrevier kekahi o nā keiki na lāua mai, a i kona wā mākaukau, ua male 'o ia iā James Robinson, he haole. Puka mai nā keiki he nui, a 'o ka 'elua, 'o ia nō 'o Victoria, he keiki u'ilani, a he hapahā ona koko 'ōiwi. I kona wā male, ua lawe 'o ia i kāne nāna, 'o ia 'o Curtis Perry Ward no Kentucky ma Ameiika, a ma ia 'ohana ka mo'olelo

kaulana i pa'i 'ia mai nei. 'O " Victoria Ward and Her Family" he puke hou na Frank Ward Hustace III, mo'opuna kualua a Victoria. Kaulana ia inoa i kēia au no nā hale kū'āi i kūkulu 'ia ma ia 'āina 'ohana o lākou.'O Ward Centre, Ward Warehouse, Farmer's Market,

Sports Authority, Pictures Plus a pēlā aku kekahi o nā hale kūkulu ma laila. Ma uka ala, ma kahi o ka Neil Blaisdell Center e kū nei, 'o ia ka 'āina i kū ai 'o "01d Plantaion," ka home 'ohana 'o Victoria a me Curtis Ward, a me kā lāua po'e keiki. Kūkulu 'ia 'o 01d Plantation i ka M.H. 1881 ma kai o Kulaokahu'a (Thomas Square) ma ke alanui Mō'ī. Na Mary Jane Fayerweather Montano, he

hoaaloha o ka 'ohana, i haku i mele no ka hale, i kapa hakahaka 'ia e ka 'ohana 'o "Ku'u Home," a na David Nape ka leo mele. Aia nō ma ka 'ākau e hō'ike 'ia maila ke mele, he punahele mai kona wā i lohe mua ai. Ua kū'ai 'ia ka 01d Plantation e ka City and County of Honolulu i ka M.H. 1958 me ka mana'o e kūkulu i hale hō'ike'ike 'aha mele. I ka nahā o ka hale kaulana. ua kaumaha ke kaiāulu me ka hala 'ana o kekahi wahi kama'āina e ho'omana'o ai i ka nani o ka wā ma mua. ■

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Pua wale mai nō ke aloha Ka paia puia i ke 'ala I ka wai hu'ihu'i aniani Ko'iawe ka huila wai Aia i laila ka 'i'ini Ka 'ano'i a ko'u pu'uwai Oid Plantation, nani 'oe Home pumehana i ke aloha I ka 'olu o ka niu I ka poii o ke onaona Nahenahe ke 'aia o nā pua I ka pē 'ia e ke kēhau Ho'oia'i nā manu i laila Ho'oipo i ke oho o ka niu Luhe 'ehu ka palai i ka nu'a Ika'oiuo ka Old Plantation

Often I love to think Of a corner sweet and dear Of water cold as crystai Drawn softly by the old wind mill 'Tis there I love to ponder Where my heart yearns ever to be Old Piantation, beautiful art thou Home warmed by love Dweiting 'neath the shade of the coconuts In the heart offragrance Gently permeates the fragrance of fiowers Sent forth by the falling dew Happily the birds with their love notes Make love to the piumes of the eoeo palms Tenderiy droop the siivery ferns on the terrace In the shade of the Old Plantation.

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