Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume II, Number 21, 27 July 1881 — KO KAKOU OIHANA LETA. [ARTICLE]

KO KAKOU OIHANA LETA.

He mau makahiki loihi ka noho ana o A, P. Brickwo'od fisq., ma ka oihana Luna Leta Nui no Hawaii nei ; a ilokoo ia mānawa, ua mahaloia kana mau ham*. Aka,aia iloko 0 ke ola ana o ke kanaka, e hoea mai ana he mau ulia i moeuhane- oieia ; pela no i hoea mai ai he ulia maluna o keia makamaka. Ua haimuaaku makoup ka nalowale ana mai ka oihana leta aku„ he huina dala,he elua tausani a oi ; a hiki mai i keia la, aole 1 loaa ka.meheu o ia puu da]a a ka lehulehu i nalo aku. Mamuli paha o keia kumu, ua oluolu i ke Alii ke Kahu Aupuni ke noi ana aku' ia Mr. Brickwood e hoihoi ae i kona | palapala hookohu ma ia oihana. a me ka hookohu ana aku o ke Alii i ka Mea Hanohano Jno. M. Kapena ma kona wahi. O na mea i hoomaopopo ia nO kela oihana i na la i hala iho la, ua hemahema loa a lauwili ; a mamuli o ia mau kumu i nalo ai ke dala, a i maopopo ole ai hoi i ka Luna Leta Nui i pau, kahi i nalo ai. He aloha no ko makou ia Mr. Brickwood a me kona mau hope ; aka, oiai ua heinahema ko lakou malama ana i ka waiwai o ka leuulehu, a ua poho hoi ke aupuni ; nolaila, o ka hopena o ia mau hoohemahema, oiā no ka hoonoho aku i mea makaukau. Aohe mea nana e hoole i keia, o;ai, o ka rula naa ia ma nn

aupuni a pau, i maluhia ai ka waiwai o ka lehuiehu. O ka Luna Leta H'ou, oia no kekgihi o na Hawaii Ponoi i ike molaelae ia ma na kihi a pau o ka aina hanau, a hoea loa i ko na aina e. He kanaka oia i hoaoiaa ua hooiaio ia kona kulana no ka papa helu ekajii, ma kana mau h»na a pau i lawelawe ai malalo 0 ke aupuni a mawaho ae ; e hoike mai ana, uā hanau ia oia no kc kulana kiekie. Ua lawa iaia ka naauao, a aia ma ka welelau 1111311 manamana lima ka mākaukau nmKa lawelawe ana i- na oihana i kupono i ke kulana o ke kanaka noeau, Ua hehi oia 1 ka papahele o ke anuu kiekie ma ka olelo haole, a he kuhipuuone ma ka hoolala ana i kona mau noonoo. A inaluna ae o na mea a pau oia kekahi o na kanaka kupono loa no ka noho na oihana ana o ko kakou aupuni. Ua haaheo makou no keia hookohu ana a ko kakou Makuahine Alii, Hawaii no Hawaii. O David Manaku, oia hoi kekahi o na kakauolelo hou, he Hawaii Ponoi no, aia oia ma na meheu o kon'a haku hana a ma,kou i kamailio ae la^kahi i ukali ai, a me he la, ua ike ia'ku ka mawehe ana mai o na kukuna olino o kona la e hiki ai ke puana ia — he Hawaii no iea papa ekahi. O na lima lawelawe e iho, o Mr. P. Wainee me Mr. Nuha, ua hoike maliko laua makaukau ma na mea i ike ia iloko o keia mau la pokole. He elua mau kakauolelo haole ; o Mr. Peterson, oia kekahi o na oi ma ka malama ; buke o Ha.wai nei ; a nana no hoi i nowelo i nei a ,eaa ai kela makalua i hakahaka o i

ka waihona o ia oihana ; he kamaaina ia ua 1 kupa ma ia oihana. O Mr. J. M. pat jr. I he lima hana hou, ma keia oihana, aka ao- I he paha kanaka i oi aku ka malama i ka po- I lolei /namua ona. Ua kohu pono laua. A I aohe he mau mea kanalua ; eia wale iho no I ka mea i koe — na Hawaii e hookele ia Ha- 1 waii e like me ka hiki. Me ke Alii, ke au- 1 puni a me na makaainana ko makou hoo- I maikai.no keia aui hou ; a me ka' Luna Leta Nui hou, me kona mau hope a pau, ko | makou .mau hoomaikai ana. " I