Ka Elele, Volume 8, Number 16, 6 October 1853 — No ka Flete. KE ALH O FATUHIWA. [ARTICLE]

No ka Flete. KE ALH O FATUHIWA.

I ka rna'Janta o Maraki i ha’ia ae nei, ua hiki mai o Makounui, ke alii o Fatuhiwa, ma ka moku okohola, o Tamelane kona inoa. — Ua hele mai oia ma Ilawaii nei, e imi i kekahi mau kumu mi«ionari, «e bde, ae ao aku i kona poe kanaka. Oia ke alii nui ma Fatuhiwa, a he umi na lii ma'lalo iho ona ; a ekolu tausani kanaka paha ma kela mokupuni.— O Puu kona lroa hele <naai, naaii Fatuhiwa mai. No Lahaina o Puu; na holo aku oia ma ka oioku okohola, i kekahi makahiki mamua’ku nei ; a ku kona moku ma EaUihiwa, ua haalele oia i ua moku la, a noho mauka, me kolaila alii, me Makounuu A ua moe oia me kekahi kaikanaahine ana, a lilo oia he hunojia kane o ke alii. Ekolu makahiki kona noho ana ilaila, alaila holo pu mai laua me ke alii, e imi i mau kumu no kela aina. Aole nae make hewa ka laua imi ana, no ka mea, ua loaa no; a ua hoi aku no laua, nre kekahi mau kumu i aloha nui ia e na hoahanau ma Hawaii nei. 0 ke kaua pinepine, oia kekahi hewa nui 0 kolaila poe kanaka. Nolaila, ua kauoha o Puu ia Makounui e hele mai, a e loaa i keliahi mau kumu mieionari, a na lakou e ao aku i na kanaka i ka hewa o ke kaua, a o na .hewa e ae uo hoi be nuā wale, Nui na moku haole i ku malaila, a nui na kanaka, no na aina e mai, i hele iuka. No Hawaii nei kekahi poe ; no Tahiti kekahi poe; no Aitutake kekahi poe; a no kekahi mau aina e ae, kahi e uoho ana na Misionari, 'kekahi poe, Ua maikai ko lakou launa ana, •uu maikai ko lakou lole, a noiaila ua mahaloia lakou. Ua noo aoo o Makouuui, a ua hoakoakoa i kona poe alii, a me na kanaka, a ua kukakuka pu, a ua holo like ko lakou manao, e kii mai ko lakou alii nui, laua o kona hunona kane, i mau misionari, a hoi Uoke aku. Penei ka lakou olelo ia iaua; t; Ina e hoi ole mai olua iloko o na malanaa elima, mai ko olua holo ana ’ku, alaila e mauao naakou, ua make olua.” Nolaila i kona hiki ana mai i Lahaina, a i Honolulu nei, ikaika loa kona manao e ioaa koke i kekahi inau kumu, a hoi koke aku i konaaina. 1 ka malama o Mei, ua akoakoa ko Hawaii poe Misiouari raa Uonolulu nei. ia mau la, ua halawai j»ir.eplne na luna o ka Ahahni Misionari o Hawaii, a knkakuka nui lakou no keia kauoha mai Fatuhiwa mai. Ua koho lakou i komile, e imi i ka inoku hoolimalima no keia hana. Ua koho hoi lakou i komile e imi i na misionari, a me na kumu, o holoaku 1 Fatuhiwa. Ma ka lokomaikai o ka Haku, «a loaa ka moku kia elua, Beritania, o Roy*list kona inoa, a o Harris ka inoa o ke kapewa. Elua tausani dala ka uku hoolimalima i

ua moku nei, a me ke kapena moku, a me I na mea a pau e hooholo ai i ka moku ; a lawe hoi i na kumu a pau, a me Makounui ma, a me ko iakou ukana a pau, a hookuu ia lakou a pau ma ka aina o Fatuhiwa. Make [>ono no keia hooiimalima ana i ka moku. Eia na inoa o na misionari i wae ia; o Rev. James Kekeia a me kana wahine; no ka ekalesia ma Kalmka, Oahu. O Rev. SamueJa Kauwealoha a me kana wahine, no ka ekalesia ma Kaanapari, Maui. O Lota Kuaihelani a iwe kana wahine. no ka ekalesia ma Ewa, Oahu ; a o Isaia Kaiwi, a me kana wahine, no ka ekalesia elua, ma Honolulu, Oahu. Oia ko kak »u poe hoahanau i aloha nui ia, a i wae ia, a i holo aku hoi me Makounui i Fatuhiwa, i ka !a 16 o lune 1853, ma ka moku “ Iloyalist.” Eia hoi kekahi. O Mi. Eiekne!. he hoahanau haole, no ka ekalesia 2 o na haole ma Honolulu ; oia kekahi i holo pu, me ka manao e kokua i na misionari e ao aku, i ko iaila poe kainka. Ua akamai oMi Bicknel e hana i ka hana o na kamena. O Rev. B. W. Parker, ke kumu misionari ma Fvaneohe, oia no kekahi i hele pu, e kukakuka me lakou i ka hoomaka ana, a i ke kukulu ana i ke kuahu mua i ke Akua maoli, ma kela aina naaupo. E hoi mai paha o Mi Pareka ma ka moku ana i holo aku ai.