Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXIX, Number 33, 6 December 1944 — He Moolelo No Opukahaia [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He Moolelo No Opukahaia

No ka ike ia ana o kana mau buke kula kana mea nui loa iloko o kona wa mai—me he ala aia no oia iloko o ka halekula kahi i a'o ai—a maka'u loa na kumuame na makua, iko lakou hoomaopopo ana, eia, na'e ua lohi loa ko lakou ike hoomaopopo ana i keia pilikia i loaa i ke Kaula I OpiO-r-

O ka nui o kona noonoo, ka mea nana i hoololi aku i n-a mea-i paahana o kona poo, e lilo ai i kumu ma'i nona—a ma ka pule hope o. lanuali, 181S—ikaik a loa kona ina'i a maha iki a'e no a loaa hou, a koke no na makua ina e loaa hou iaia ka oluolu—hoouna koke i kona aina me ke kali ole a hiki i ka 1819 i hooholo ia ai— Eia na'e o keia .mau hoolala a na makua no ke Kaula opio—ua pohp wale—a o na manaolana

hauolī iloko o ke Kaula opio, ua haūle pa-hu wale ia man upu ame io, mau manaolana ana, e ike hou ana oia i ka ulūwehi ame na kāpakai aloha o kona onehanau—A ma ka mahina pu-anuanu hau o ka mahina o Pepeluali—paii kona ike iā ana maloko ona paia o ka pela pu hoi kona holoholo pu iwaena o kona mau hoakula, no ka mea—aia oia maluna o 'kona wahi moe he kanaka opiopio ma'i nawaliwali loa— - i

He oiaio—ma ka aoao o kona moe mauleule o ka make—kona hoaloha pilipaa, Samucl J. Mills, Jr.—Jkona mau m-akua, Mr. ame Mrs. Mills, Sr.—kana mau kumukula, Messrs, Whitney ame Daggett—ame na makua Peresi_ dena Dwight ame Amherst College Rev. Herman Humphrey— "ame na maku-a Misiona—"

O keia na makua apau nana i malama maikai iaia ame na hoomanao kiekie hoi a alakai iaia 1 keonnimana hanohano a i kanaka kaulana no kona aina, ' "The Royal Wisdoxn Prince of Hawaii."

A i kona hoomaopopo ana ua kokoke mai kona manawa—kauoha oia i kona hoaloha, kona hoa-han-au ame ka leo nawaliwali ma. lie— ... . | "John!" makemake au e ike ia Hopu, Tenul, Honouri ame George —a ua hooko ia keia kauoha me ke kali o!e—a uā hoea mai kona mau hoahanau Hawaii ma ka aoao o 'kona moe ma'i nawaliwa11—me na hiohiona kaumaha mgihiīia © ko lakou man helehelena paleahi, wahi a Thomas Hopu me 1» leo malle akahele ma k a iakou olelo ponoi i maa ia lakou ma ko lakou aina hanau nei. "Eia makou imua ou e ka Punfi» 1 hele Opukahaia—Ka liua uina.! " \ H* tr»au Mohlona ulumahiehie' ° hauoli, me kahi minoaka ma i kona mau papalina, iaia i nana #i me na maka o ke aloha maluna o kona mau hoaliaiiau— ana lioi i komailio mai ai m& ka olelo Beretanm i mea no na makua e iohe ai i kana mau olelo hope loa me ka leo <j ke kanaka" nia'i nawaliwali loa. "Hauoli au, ua pau ka'u haaa— eha oukou no'u—hoi a'o i ka malamalama o ke Ak\ia ame ka ■

naauao i ka lahur—&oomaha iki " oi» i»aajiei me ke ano paupaua ho—ana i hoomau hou mai ai— "Me kela mau mea ekolu —Ka manaoio iiHwiieiio o ke Akua—ka manaolana o ka malamalama o ka naauao, ame ke kuikahi o ke Aioha, a moe pu iho me a'u ma ko'u wahi e kanu ia ai—Aloha i ko kakou Makua Alii ame ka aina." Me keia mau olelo hope a ke Kaula opio loane Opuloahaia— pill iho la kona mau maka a kuu maiie ihola kona aho hope loa, oki ae la ka Uhane ola ihai kona halekino a'e a hoi aku la i ka mea nana i haawi mai—a kuu iho - ia ina luhi ame na inea, a hoomaha no ka wa mau loa, a hiki aku i ka la hookolokolo nui o kela ame keia Ao.— (Aole i pau)