Ke Au Okoa, Volume VI, Number 30, 10 November 1870 — Ka ua, ka waikahe, a me ka poino ma Waimea Kauai. [ARTICLE]

Ka ua, ka waikahe, a me ka poino ma Waimea Kauai.

Ma ka anina la Poakolu la 19 o keia malamo, ike ia aku la ka huakaihele a ko ua a hiolo iho la maluna o ko mnkou apana, a hoomau iho la i na kula paooa, na puu kiekie, na wahi papu, na aina mahi, a me na mea ulu. He mea kupnnaha ko ka ua haalele an« mai i keia wahi iloko o na makahiki ekolu i hiolani oe nei, a ma ia hoonele ia ana mai o ka ua e ka wa lolohili wale, ua hoonohonobo mni la ka la kuliaoa, e apu ana i ka nliuli muuu o na kula, a ua hookau ia mni be pilikia maluna o nn holnholona no ka hune o na kula i kn weuweu ole, a ua wiwi na bipi a me na lio, a make wule mai no hoi i kekahi monawa.

Aia ka wa ua o kein wahi i na mulama hope o ka makahiki, a no kn maa oia manawa, nolaila, ua hoopapau ka poe mahi ni i ke kanu ana i na mulama mua, a hoalele wale i na malama hope no ka makau o kulai ia ka rniki a me kekahi mau mea kanu e ae e ka ua a me ka maknni, a manao ae la no hoi he w a kupono ia no ka mahiai ana ma ua wahi mahiai o na kula, aka, i ke koli ana, aole i haule mai ka ua, nolaila, mihi iho la ka poe aina i ke poho wnle no ke kanu ole ana i na malama hepe mamuli o ka manao ana ae he ua e hiki mai ana. Ame be mea la hoi, ua puka he kekahi mau manao a huaolelo kaniuhu, a hailiili paha no ka biki ole mai o ka ua i ka wa a'u i hai ae la. I ka po ena iho o na la nei, hooikaika loa mai la ka ua i kana hana, a kaukai pu mai la no hoi me ka makani ikaika ma ka hema, e lawe mai ana i na ao ua o ka moana, a kiola mai la i na paka ua he nui, a o ka ua nui a me ka makani ikaika, hooluliluli ae la i na laau a me na mea lau a pou, a iohe ia aku la no hoi na pohaku o ka !ani e " nei" ana maluna iho o na hale, a e wehe mai ana hoika uwila ma na hakahaka o na puka komo, alaila, hoomanao ue nei makou, he hooilo ua keia, aole anei ? akahi no a hoi mai ka wa ua nui e like me ia i nalowale loa, a olioli ae la ka poe hanai holoholona, a me ka poe mahini uala, ipu, a mea e ae, a pela i hnomau ai ka ua nui a hiki i ka la St>bati 23, Ika waiho ia ana o ka ninau no ka ua, ua holo no ka mekemake o ka ninau e ua mai no la hoi, a o ka pono wale no ia, a pelo no i olelo' ia ai ho nui na pomaikai ina e ua. Eia ka mea knpanaha, iloko o keia mau la ua ekolu, ua pakui ka iliu i ka noho mau i kauhale, a me ke anuanu, a me ka inoino kelekele o no wahi hele, ame na wahi kanu. He makemake hoi i ka ua, he makemake pau koke ka ! KA I ka po Poakola, aole i paa ia aku ka hoi ana mai o ka ua, a e like me ka loihi o ia po, pela no ka hookiua ana mai a ka ua nui, a i ke ao ana ae, ike ia Bku In, he mea e ka waikahe o na maoa wai elua, he keu ka waikahe, a ke lialihali ae nei i na laao maloo o ke kuahiwi a na nui ko pomaikai i loaa i kekahi poe ika wahie. Aohe au wahi wai ole, ame he ale la no ka moana, e poi ana, pela ino la no ka eeina o ka welelau o ka ale a ka wai, aole hiki i ko kela aoao ke au ma keia aoao, a pela hoi ko kela kapa, a pela no i hoomau a; ka waiknhe a hiki i ka la Sabatī, he waikahe na kahawai, a he wai *° nao" hoi e hiolo mai ana ma ka welelau o na pali. Ka poino. Nui loa ka poino o kekahi poe i keia ua me keia waikahe ana, aole i kana mai ! 0 ka poe poino noi, o ka poe i manao, aohe ua 0 keia hooilo e like me kela mau makahiki, nolaila, i ke kaawale nna ae o na lui mai ka paa ana i ka raiki, ua palau koke ia, a konu ia iho nei ika Pineki, a he nui wale oia poe aioa i paa ia hua, a o kekahi ppe hoi, ua.kann bou iho no i ka raiki, a ua ulu ae na Piūeki he ekolo iniha maluna o ka lepo, a o ka raibi hoi he aknhi kupika, a kanu boi kekahi poe i mau loi ipu haole, a he mau loi uala ka kekahi poe, a i keia ua e haule ana, ua piha ioa ua mau wahi mahi ai nei i ka wai, a ke ka nei ka wai me ka lanakila maluna ona mea kanu, a o kekalii poe loi hoi, ua poino i ka waikahe, ua uhi paa loa ia e ka lepo a me ka pohaku, a nalowale na mea kanu. A o kekahi poe i poino, o ka poe mea raiki i oki ia a e waiho ana ma na loko, a ua pau hoi kekahi ika hahau, aole nae i kuehu 'a ka opala, a i ka loaa ana i keia wt>i, oa hiki ole ke hoomaopopo, ai ke kii ia ana aku, e kanlai, ua ulu hou ae, o o na raiki hoi a kekahi poe i 00, ua kulai ia e ka makani a ke waiho nei iloko o ka woi a o na loi raiki keia i hoomaka ae ka hna ana, ua hoomoe pn ia, nolaila, ua hiki mai nei ka ua i makemake ole ia, a ua kaana ibo nei i kana pono be poino, a he pobo, ka ua mea he puni ua. Hookahi hale maanei i hina i ka makani, a hookahi komu niu i habaki ia, a he uui loa na poino ma Kekaha a me Pokii, ua uhi pu ia ka aina e ka lepo, a o na loko i-a, ua holopu iae ka wai, a ua bele ka ia i ka loa a me ka laula o ka wai. Maanei no hoi au e olelo aku ai, heanu kekuhi mea nui i biki mai, a nolaila, on make kekahi poe me ka hikiwawe, hookahi no makaweli, a hooKnhi no Waimea nka, a hookahi nn Pokii o ke kaikuahine aloha o Hon S. K Kuapuu i noho pn no me ia i Honolulu i keknhi manawa, a ua make oia i ka 18 o kona mau makuhiki, a o ka mai hikiwawe o keia poe i make ai, oia no ke anu. A o keia iho la ke kaao o neia mau ]a ma ko makou alo kuaaina nei no ka ua, a me ka waikahe. a o na kunou iho la no ia i kau ia mai ai na poino ma keia apana. Aohe i lohe ia mai nei he mou pomo ma kekahi mau apana e ao, 1 ka wa a'u e kapili nei i keia maa lalani huaolelo o ko'u manao ma ke niai o keia pepa. Me ka mnhalo no i na hoa a me ka Luna Hooponopono. R"eanu. Waimea, Makaweli, Kanai Oct24, 1870.