Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 134, 14 Kepakemapa 1893 — NA LETA [ARTICLE]
NA LETA
I I ; I f Aole o roakvi :nak«nalcc c lawe 2 tc koikei j o i\a imla muuao i hoopuka ia malalo e ! keiapooeko makoapoemeakakau.! i i - " I Kokua ia iiaoaokalaiii ke Ma’i lele ka Lepera- • I Ke n«oie mau raai nei o Kainanu aole he ina’i lele ka lepera, ma: ka nana aua i kana mau kuhikuhi, a me na hoakaaka ana a hoole pu iho, aolehe ma’i lele ka lepera oia wehewehe ana ua kau aku la i ka i pua ka auwaa pananaole. Ua i nahu iho o Kamanu i ka wele- !. lau o kona alelo, penei e mao- * popo an Ma kana hoike imua ; o ke akea, he mau makahiki 1 loihi ka laha ana o keia ma’i.
a— ju_wiini_»iiTi ■ ii i >■■!!iii im iritrr nn r i—mi .miii. Ina laoi ha pela, aole anei o keia ma’i lepera he ma’i lele ia? Ina aole he lele o keia ma’i, heaha ka mea i nui loa ai o ka ulu nui ana o keia ma’i iloko o keia lahni? 0ka lawe mau ia o na ma’i i Kalaupapa a me Kalawao, he koike maopopo loa ia he ma’i lele ka lepera. A ina aole he lele o ka lepera, alaila, ua pau kahiko loa keia ma’i i na makahiki mua loa o ka laha ana. Kokoke e kanakoln makahiki o ka laha ana o keia ma’i, ke pii mau nei no nae iloko o keia lahni. Ua kuhihewa o Kamanu o ka noho pu ana o kekahi poe me ka poe ma’i Iepera, a loaa ole kekahi i ka ma’i, manao iho la oe aole he lele o ka ma’i lepera, aole pela ka mea oiaio, he mau makahiki loihi e noho ai keia ma’i iloko o ke kanaka a mahope e puka mai no e like me ka mu iloko oke ko, he maikai ka nana ana mawaho, aka, aia iloko ka mu kahi i noho ai, o ka laha ana o ka mu i kela a me keia ko, he hoike maopopo loa ia he mea lele ka mu. Ke manao nei au o na wehewehe naauao ana a Kaoaokalani aole e hiki ia Kamanu ke kulai. Ua manao anei o Kamanu, he mau eheu ko keia ma’i e like me na manu e hoole nei, aole he lele oka ma’i lepei*a? 0 ka makou ike, 6ka loaa aua o keia ma’i i kekahi kanaka, a loaa aku i kekahi a laha aku i kekahi, he hoike ana mai ia he ma’i lele ka lepera. Makai Kiu.