Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXX, Number 11, 14 March 1891 — KA OIHANA MAHI. [ARTICLE]

KA OIHANA MAHI.

Haiawai pu iho la makou mekekahi haole i noho loihi a kamaaioa ma keia paemoku, a mahope o na hooheie kaenakamailio ana, ua laula lea aku la i»a olelo no na mea pili mahiai o ka aina. Eia kana pane hope ioa:

"Ud lana kua man&o, ma keia mua koke iho ke hoomau ho;j ia aku kc kuīkahi o Hawaii nei me e like me keia e paa nei, e lilo aku a.;a kela mau kula panoa o Kula,, Maui, i lua waiwai nui no ke aupuni. Ua kukulu au i ko'u manao koho, a me kuu iini nui no hoi e loaa he waiwai kalepa nui no keia aupuni, ka laau kilika (mulberry) e ulu hihiu ia ma Makawao a ma na w<hi e ae e pili kukoke la i ka mauna o Haleakaia. Ua uiu ac ia laau waiwai loa me ka lawelawe lima ole ia aku a ua mohaha nunui kona mau lau me na heLhelena ola maikai o ke kumuiaau ma kela mau lepo. O ka laau fiku a ine ke piki, he kupanaha no hoi ko'u ike ana ia laua e ulu hihiu ana ma o a maanei o na awawa o Makawao; i ko laua kau hua, me- e ko'u makahehi nn aku. Ua hiki ia'u ke ike i kek«thi lala fiku he mau hua w*lj no e huonaloana ina lau iwaena o lakou. Ina oka ulu kujanaha ana o keia mau laau huaai waiwai loa a hoopa ia e na lima nnhiai, aole e komo mai o Kaleponi me na wahi e ar e hoolawa ia Haw u ii nei me na huaai o keia ano. O na ohia kua hiwi no hoi kekahi, he hiki no u ke hana ia a lilo i mea ai hiki ke hoomoa moa no kekahi wa loihi e l:ke me ka apala. Ina e hoohoihoi īa ka mahi ana i kela mahele o ke awawa o Nuuanu me luna o Kiluhana a m»* īa huli aku o Ewa ma a hala mao o Waialua, piha ke awa o Honolulu i na moku kalepa waiwai. Ma na wahi e like me Puna, o ka niu ko laila o ka maia a me ka uhi." He oiaio he miu waiwai nui loa keia aka mahiai e haha ai. Oka mea apikt wale no i kahi poe, o ke ake i ke daia loaa koke mal, nolaila, pau na aina i ka hoohmalima me ke kuai hoolilo loa ia hai, a he kakaikahi ka poe e paa nei i na kuieana ponoi ma na wahi i hoike ia mamna ae. O ka hipanui paha o na kanaka e noho mai a i Kula Maui, aia malalo o na hoolimalima. Ua kaahele ia kela mau kula punoa e ka poe ike ena ka hoowaiwai i ka aina, a no laila mai paha keia wahi hunahuna manao i hoike ia e kela keonimana maluna ae.