Ka Elele, Volume 2, Number 8, 23 July 1846 — AUHEA KA PONO LOA, O KA HOLOKU A O KA PUKIKI PAHA. [ARTICLE]

AUHEA KA PONO LOA, O KA HOLOKU A O KA PUKIKI PAHA.

Ekohi kunaka e kamailio pn ana, o Uawaii, oKahele. a o Kawao. Olelo o Ilawaii renci, “ea, nani ka pono ole o ka halepu!o o kakou.” 1ke aha la? wahi a Kahele, •I ka noho ole: pono ole na pukiki o na wah ine ke noho ilalo; pilikia, a moku loa kekahi. Ae aku la o Kawao, he wahine ia r wau no ka’u mea ike. Pilikiakuu pukiki ke noho ilalo. Pela ka olelo ana, a komo ae kekalii Iiaole haiiohano; i iho la ia, “heahā ka puI'.oii e komailio neir”' ī ne la o Hawaii. i ka pono ole o ka pukiki ke noho malalo ma ka moena. Hu koke ae la ka manoo o kela, peni, “lapuwale loa ka pukiki, he mea make no na wahine Kawaii; ppnp, iki ka pukiki i na wahiue haole, ua wiwi na kiao; aole ku pono iki i na wahine Hawaii y he kiho nni, puipui, momona, pono olē, pilikiia i ka pukiki, o ka holoku ka pono loa; he oluolu, aole wela, aole pilikia. Plolaila e kiola loa aku na wahine Hawaiika pukiki, a e aahu i ka holoku.” Pehea keia I-.aole? Pololei anei? Lohe o* Ilawnii ina i kana, i iho la, pono loa kat n;ai:ao okeia haole. Olelo llio ’a o Ka\vao r jna pan ka rkemake o koonei wahine i ka holokn: he mea hilahila ia i keia wa. Aka, he oiaio kn olelo a keia haole, o ka iioloku ka mea oluolu loa. Pehea ko oukpu manao e r.a wahine Hawaii? Auhea ka pono loa, o ka pukiki, a o ka holuku paha?