Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 39, 25 January 1934 — Na Ilikini Ilihune Waiwai o Oklahoma [ARTICLE]

Na Ilikini Ilihune Waiwai o Oklahoma

* He Moolelo oKa Aihue Ame Ka Pakaha; Mai Ke 1 Keena Mai o Ka Ahahui o Na Pono Ilikini 1 Gertrude Boiimin, Charles H. Fal?ens, Matthew K, Sniffen

Me Ka Nana Qle Ina £aiha He Kane a i Ole he Paha Aoie No Hoi i Na Makahiki j He mau mahele q ka makou noii ana e hiki ai ke wai-j hoia aku no ka maikai loa, e ka noonoo o ka wahine, a ke waiho nei makou na Mrs. Bonnin ia e hoakaka aku no na hihia ekolu mahope ae nei: Ma kah* e kokoke ar»a 1 Okalahoma lloko o ke kalana o Tulsa, o Millie Neharkey, he mea i aihueia he mau la mamua o ka piha ana iaia o na makahiki i ku ma j ke kanawai, eia| kp kali aku nei i keia wa i ka, manao o ka aha e pili an t i kana hihia, mahope o ka hana holoholona hiki ole ke manaoioia. Oiai he nui loa kona waiwai ma kona kuleana ponoi iho, eia oia ke ola nei mamuli o ka lo~ komaikia mai a 1 kekahi, maloko o ka home o kekahi mau Hoalohh Tlikini, oiai kona waiwai ua hipuuia a paa iloko 0 ka aha m£ koiia hewa ole. O keia manao mai ka nupepa The Phoenix. o Muskogee, Okalahoma mai, o Now r emapa 1 2. 1923, e ikeia āi ka moolelo elike me ia mahope ae nei: "Hc moolelo hoopaha'oha'o o ka- ohumu e apuka a e pakaha ia Miliie Neharkey, he keikimahine o 18 makahiki, 1 na aina no lakou ka waiwa,iio o $150,000 ka i loaa mai malalo o na hoakaka ana i hookomoia iloko o ka Aha A- ■ pana o Amelika i nehinei e Edwin Booth, kokua kuikawa , 0 ka Loio Kuhina. e noi ana e hoopauia ka īaikini loio e' Robert F. Blair, he loio kaulana o Tulsa, a kapae iaia mai ka lawelawe ana iloko o na aha fedelala. | "Ua kakiia o B!air me ke kolohe a ohumu ana ma ke kakau ana i waihoia ae a i kakauinoaia. e Lunakanawai R. L. Williams i hanaia mahope o ka noii ana no ka mana- ' wa i oi aku marhua "o' ewalu ma'hina" e"lcā""poē"**ō' ke K.eena" Kanawai t> ka Hana īlikini. Ua'haawiia ia Blair he 20 la e waiho ae ai i kana pane. "Iloko o ka hoakaka a ke Aupuni e olelo nei \ie t>liu'mu ka i hanaia; mawaena o Blair, Grant C, Stebbir& ku f ! peresidena o ka' Hui Aila Gladys Eelle, ame A. B Lccs«., ' o Tnlsa. e apuka i ka waiwai o kela keikimahlue ī Ka wa 1 oiia e piha ai niii makahiki ma ke kanawai. | ■ . j. Aihaeia Ke Keikimahine ' "Ua oleloia un hoohanaia o Blair e Stet>bins e kokua i ka hooko ana i kana hana e apuka i ke keikimahine Ilikini a ia wa liookahi e hoowalewale ka, inoa mua i ke keikimahine e i kekahi palapala e hoamana ,ana iaia ma ke ano i īoio nona. "I ka hoao ana e hoohana i na mea e pili ana i kela ohumu a ma ke koi ana a Stebbins, aihueia ke keikimahine a l&we awiwiia hiawaho o k& Mokuaina e na limahana o ka hui a laweia i Cassville f Mohigan,kahi i loaa ai ia B1air ke kakaninoa ana ia e kela keikimahine o ka palapala kuai e hoolflo ana i ka aina ia Stebbins no ke kumukuai o hookahi \j'*ale no kaukani dala. "K T o ka rtiea e pili ana me ka aihue keikimahine ua oleloia hooiniua ke keikimahine a ona i ka waiona, a ! hoomaka'uka'uiii a ke'ake'aia mai ke kamailio ana me ko- ' na kahii mua a i ole me na luna aupuni Ilikini ame ka mao- ! popo ole i na maiiao oloko o na palapala kanawai i waihoia aku imua ona e felair no kona kakauinoa ana mai. Waiho Iloko ō Ka N&aupo | "l'a kaki piiia o Blair me ke ku ana aku imua o ka | aha apana o ke ialana o Tuba a olelo aku oia ko Millie | Naharkty kokua a hoopau aku la i kekahi hihia ame ke- | kahi mau hoopii e waiho ana iloko o ka ahn i hookomoia | no kona pono a i|nahope kue ikaika loa i ka hookomo hou I ia o keln maii hihia. j "l'a kakiia |oia, mahope ō ka hanaia ana o ka aelike I me kola keikimahine no ua aiiia, o ka hui ana me ia iwa In- | depeudenee. Kaijjsas, kahi ona j laweia mai ai e Reesc a hoI poeleele iaia mailka ike ana i na mea i hanaia maluiw. ona. I V *i ka wa i loaa aku as e kt keikimahine i na luna au ' puni iloko o k« kh» v lō. lawei» oia muia o ka Umo apann \ ka $ kue na U io \ hoolimahn u \ Blai! \ ki komo nu o aupuni e kr nke*a. e pau*