Ke Au Okoa, Volume V, Number 8, 10 June 1869 — Ka Laau kanu Ramie. [ARTICLE]

Ka Laau kanu Ramie.

He mau pule i hala ae nei ko makou wehewehe iki ana'ku no keia lanu k.mu hou ; a no ko mnkou ake nui e hoohoibdi aku i na laau kanu ano waiwai, e haawi mai ann i ka poe mahi, be pomoikai nui, nolaila, ua makeno makou, he meo pooo e hoomoakaka lon ia in mau mea. He u'ui wnle na nina o kakou e waiho p'a* laleha wale mai nei no, me ke knou ole ia i kekahi muu kump lnaa, e huli mai ni i ka pnmnikai. Aole paha oka mauele ame ka palaleha, ke kumu nui e waiho wnle mai nei o kekahi mau eka aina o kakou, he nui wale. Aka, Eeknhi kumu hui p*ha o ka waiho wnle nnn pela, no ka lona ole pahn o na kumnpaa nui e hiki ai ke honla i kekuhi mau hana nui e loaa nui mai ni ka waiwni nui i makemake ia. E like me ka hoala ana i nu mahina ko ; a o ka mnhi pulupulu paha ka meo emi iki mai, a he hiki t»o in i ka Hawnii, ke kunu ; a o ka hoomaikai loa r.na'ku i ka hnole «ku ame ka hoounn ana'ku ina aina e. Oka mahi pulupulo nna nae, he mea hiki ia i kannka pui; dala hapn mai ke hooholo pono no; a o ka he.omau ana'ku no nae ka mea e holo pono loi si, a ohi no i na huu Innn. O keia mau mea nne, ua kamaaina no kai'ou me ka hana a mo ke kanu ana ia mau niea ; a ein boi keia laau kanu hoa, ke hoea mai nei. Ua manaoia, ua kupono loa ke kanu ia nna o mea kanu ma ko kakou n°i moo kula ; a heahu hoi ke kumu e hiki ole ai ia me» ? He mau ainn maikai ko kak'ou, he momonn, he palnhalaha mnikai, a he ainn nc> hoi i ike ole ia o ke anu paokiki, a me kn hooilo kupilikii. Aole mau mea eae a makou e ike ai, he kupono ole ko kakou nei mau aina no ke kanu ana i k a laau Ramie. Wa ka nupepn a Wini.o kn iho nei, ua hahai ia malaila kekahi mau mea hon, e pili ana no ke kanu, ka ulu ann, a me ka hanaia nnn o ua laau k«nu Rnniie nei, o me keia kekahi nmii nieo, e pili ana i u.n niea la: O ka lepo lon, e kanoia ai o ua laau nei, o ka honua m(.monn palupalu mai* kai, a he hiki no nae k« ulu ma kela lepo keia lepo. Oke kupono nae oka hßna ikn lepo a palupalu. Ke kupono ka hanaia ana, e ulu hikiwawe mui auanei, b e emoole no hoi ke kokolo ana iho o na a-a, me ka hiki koke ana mai o ka wa o o ku'pono. Ma kahi o na lepo ma-u pilipili, he kupono ke hoauwaha oe n kiekie, he ewalu paha kopuai olnlo, a he fha kapuai 'oluna, me ku auwahn mawaena konu o kela a me k«;ia hoopuopuu loloa ana. Ma knhi lepo innma a maloo, ua maikai no ka mahi ili-wai like ana,O ke kanu, he hoomoe loihi e/ua iniha malalo iho o ka lep», a he ekolu kapuai, ke knawale mai kekahi aku a i keknhi. He hiki no ke k»nuia mai kela a me keia maoawa ulu oka makahiki, nko, ika w»nnwu wela loa, he mea kupono ke hooma-u mau ia ka lepo, ( a ke hoom"lumalu ia iho hoi ka luau konu i ke owakea, a hiki wale i ku m-mawa e hoomaka ae ai ka ulu una. Ke ulu ae ka n»helehele, e pono e hukihuki ia. 0 ka waele una me ka ho, aole paha i kupoiio loa, a malia paha pomo ka laon kanu. 1 na nue, un wnli pono ka aina« ka hanaia ana aole e mnkemake ia ka waele ana. ka hoomalum'alu una i ka laau ke hiki mai i ka wa wela, i ko makou, aole ia i kupono loa ma Hawaii nei, no ka mea, he mea kakaikahi loa ko ike ia ana oia mea ma o kakou nei. Ua kupono wale no paha ia mea ma na ainn wela ino loa.) O'na a-a mua i laweia ae no ka .hoao ana, mni Meeiko ae i Looaiunn, aole i hoomako ka ulu a hula eono pulo mohope iho o ke konuia nna. Oka mea mokemnko loa nne, e hikiwnwe nna kn ulu ona, inn noe e kanu koko ia muhope iho o kn hooneo in ona mai. 1 ka monown e ulu ae ai mulunn ae o kn ilihonna, ua nne monamana. Inn e ulu ae, a eluo, u ekolu paha kapuai, e ano hauluula moi ouanei knlii e kokoke ana i ka lepo ; nluila, un makuukau tio ke oki ia ; aka, o keia ulu mua ona he liilii, a aohe kupono no ko knhi ia ona, e loao mni oi ka naau kupono i mokemake ia no ka hsno lole ana. E hiki no hoi ke mahele ia na a-a i loaa'i na mea o kanu hou akn ai ; a he hiki no hoi ke kakiwi ia a nlu mai na niaka, i mea e loua mai ni kekahi mau laau kanu hou,'n>e ka poke ana ik D wa e ulu ai ns kakiwi, he eha a eono iniha ka loa. H e hiki no ke lawe mni i na a-a, me ka hoopilikia nui ole i ka kumu oka laau. E likē me ka iknika o ke kokolo ana'ku ona a-a, pela no hoi e nunui a e maikni oi ka ulu ana ae. Iko hoomaka ana ae nse o ka laau e ulu, n aole i kokolo ikaika iho na a a, he inea pono ns ke kipalu nna.

0 ua laau nai no hoi, he mea kupono loa na kaholoholona eai oi; oka lal® am« kn lau, ake maa aku ka bipi ika ai ana, e boopoina ia aunnei ka ai aoo i keknhi mau mea e ae. Ua hono ia no hoi e kekahi kaooka ka hanni ana i kana mau bipi me na laau, a ua hoopuka oia, ua ni aku ka waiu. a ka bipi wahine 0 haawl" mai ai ine ka mnikni, mnmna ue 0 ka honai on» i kpknhi mau ai okoa. Ikawa e pan ui ke oki ann, a nlu ae ka oiloilo liilii, un kupono ke hookua nku i na hipi wnhine, e innikai anei kn oina, n 0 ikaika no hoi ka ulu ona ne o no linu knnu.

0 kn pomaikai e loaa mai nha uin Ueia meo, he maa hiki ol« ke kanalua ia. loa "

Ua ainu i ike iu'i, hu aiim in iik»i no kn pulupulu, u niim kupono, e lioohua mni imn, he ewulu hnneri piuini» okn eke hookahi. Oke kuinukuui no hoi o kn paonn hookphi, ua hai mua aku no makou tna kela mau pepa aku nei i hala, he 60 kcneta 110 ka paona hookali). He'hiki no nue ke loau, lie tuusani paonn i ka el a ma na wahi e like me Nu Oleana, a ma ka hema aku paha.

He nui no na ono maikai o k« kanu ann i ua laau nei. 0 kekahi nae peha ona men maikni loa o kei'a laau, oia no hoi ke kanu pinepine ole ; a o ka oi aku poha, o ka hiki ole i ka ponalo ke hoopuino, no ka iiiea, aia loa aku i ka.iho ka wuiwui i manao ia. Kekahi mau mea mnikai no hoi, h<* iwakaluukutnsha hnj;a mnhope iho o ka oki nna, he Miki ke hannia mn ka mea wili a-a u Koezl, a kupono no ke knui ona ma ka makeke ; a o kekahi h<>i, inn paha e hiki i ka wa kupono e oki ni, »ole noe muu lima hana, n mau moa e hiki ni ke hoomuka koke i ke oki ann, he hiki no i ka me i niahiai ke kuli, a hiki i l-a manawn ana e makemake ni. Ma keia mau mea, a mnkou i wailio ne lu, aulo anei he men hiki i ko kakou poe muhiai ke hono liilii, me ke kiui pono unu i na inen ulu oin mea kunu hou f-A mulm pahu o hiki mai nuunei ka mannwa e nui ai ka luha ana O'a mea ma Hawaii nei ; n ke luha io in mea, aolo no o mak<'U kanalua o hiki mui no na inoa huna e kalii ni n m■■ ikni.