Ka Lahui Hawaii, Volume I, Number 10, 4 March 1875 — NA MEA HOU O MAUI. [ARTICLE]

NA MEA HOU O MAUI.

Ua oluolu i na o ka Ekalesia o lawe aua maluna o ko lakou mau hokua iho i ke kumukuai o na puka aniani a pau o ka luakini hou o Waikapu, a ua koho lakou o ka la 28 0 Marakij e lulu dala āi.lakou maloko o ka luakini ma Waikapu, :"E lulu ena piUkana o na makua Luhakkhiko o Waikapu ke hiki aku i ka la i liai ia maluna, e kui lima pu me ke aloha me lakou ma r ka hana nui ako kakou ola." Ma ka Poalua Feb. 16, ua puni nuike akule, ma ka puka kai o Kealia nei, ua manao ia he mau lehu paha ka nui. Ua— olelo ae na kamaaina akahi no a puni ke 1 akule maanei e like me keia, aole pela mai ka wa kahiko mai. Ke wili nei ke ko, o ka hale wili-ko ma Waikapu nei, keokeo maikai ke ko ke nana iho, me he paakai la ka nunui o ka nao. Ma ka la.l o lan. 1875, ua malama ia e Sepa Kapu kekaki ahaaina lau oliva, he ahaaina lulu dala luakini, no ka luakini hou o Waikapu, a ua loaa no he mau dala. Eia ke kumu o kona kukuluana, ua oluolu loa oia e lawe i ke kumukuai o na tausani pili e paa ai ka luakini hou, ua huli ia ka nui, he 25,000 pili, ua manao ia he $200.00. Oia kekahi hana oi kelakela loa a keia kaikamaliine i hana | ai, a o ka inoa e lohe pinepine ia nei no- | na, "ke kaikamahine o Waikaj pu." oka huina nui ona dala i loaa | īio ke knkulu ana i ka luakini hou, he j $1'522. Ua mauao ia oia ka hapakolu e | paa ai ka luakihi hou.