Ka Lahui Hawaii, Volume I, Number 26, 24 June 1875 — Kauka Mai Lepera. [ARTICLE]

Kauka Mai Lepera.

Ua helnheln an me ka mahalo i na olelo weliewehe a ka Hanokamo ff"T«TiW Kala&ina —e pifilana ika hrole kuian i#|> Mohabeer, aole «loaa ka "Palapala as' hnia lapaan. Pono iho la no keia. fea nae hoi Wu ninau4a oe, he |FPais- - Ae** no anei ko Kajika C. T. Ko ka mea, i ka'u ikemaka, oia ka pahikuhiku aka oleloa, ahe mea pono ol© no hoi % ka loaa ana oka " Palapala Aē " lapaan i , ka poe ike ole; a i kapoēhiki ole ke hōike i ko lakou makankan imna o na Aha ninaninau a ka Papa Ola e hoonoho ai e nana i ka -makankan o ka poe e noi ana e lilo i poe kanka. E pono e oluolu ka Paresidena o ka Papa CMa e hoonoljo i . Aha nihaninau no ka makankan o Kauka Akana i ka oihana la-

paan. Ke manao paa nei nei aa, e&e lea ia'na, aole loa i loaa iaia kahi ike iki no ka oihana lapaan. Nni kona kaena no ka hiH iaia ke hoola i ka " Mai Lepera," ua hoao | ia oia ma ia hana, a ua maopopo kona hoka | a jne ka hiki ole iaia ke hoola ia mai, a tia lilo kana mau olelo kaena i opala. Eiimamai lepera a ka Papa t Qla i hāawl ai ia Akana e lapaan iloko o eono malama. Ua hoao kona akamai a ua hoka, no ka mea, aole hookahi mai i hoolaia. Ua pomaikai nae o Kanka Akana, no ka mea, na loaa iaia hookahi dala no ka la, a he nkn noi loa ia no ka poe o kona ano. Ua aneane paha he umiknmanaalima poe a Kanka Akana i lapaan ai no ka mai lepera ma Honoluln, aole nae i ola. Ua hoouoaia mai ia poe a pau i Kalawao, Molokai, wahi a keia poe. Iko Kauka Akana wa i hoomaka'i e lapaau ia lakou, penei kana olelo : " Hiki no ia'n e hoola keia "mai lepera," alua mahina pan no; haawi mai &< - noka āala, alaila, kuai aku i ka laau a hoopau no keia mai." Paulehia ka manao o ka poe i maiia a me ko iakou mau makamaka, o ka haawi aku la no ia i ke dala, a hala na mahina eliia, aia o Kalawao ka ilina. He lehulehu ka poe e noho nei ma keia Panalaau Lepera i hanaia pela. He omo-koko maoli ka hana o keia ano, a ua kupono no e hoopauia kona noho kauka ana malalo o keia mau kumu. A ina ka Loio Kuhiua e makemake e ninau pono no keia mau hana a Kauka Akana, he nui na hoike nana e hoike mai ka oiaio o keia mau mea i oleloia.

I kona wa i noho iho noi ma Kalawao, ua heleoiaa olelo aku i kekaKi poe mai kuouoouo, ua hiki iaia ke hoola ia lakou, ina e loaa mua mai ho kanaha, a kanalima dala, i mea kuai I»au—aia k& maalea lau £ ninau no ka oiaio o keia mau mea ia Hon. H. Kuihelani, a me Hon. K. Kēpoikai o Waiinku, Maui. E ae anei ko ka Moi Papa Ola i ka poe o keia ano e hele iwaena o ka lahuikanaka me na &lrio alapahi, e alakai hewa ai i ka | poe uuku o kahi ike, me ka lilo o ka lakou mau dala ? Ke manao paa n«[ au, aole pela kā manao oka Papa Oia, nolaiK e ninaninau pono ia ke ano ike o keia pake; a ina ua maopopo aoie oaa ike, alaila, e lawe koke ia ka "PalamU Ae M lapaau i haawi hewa ia iaia. h kanaia ka pono ina e haule n% lani. Mo ke aloka 00. Kauamoamuuu Molokai» lune 7, 1875.

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