Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 1355, 12 December 1895 — UA HALA O LUNAKANAWAI KIEKIE BICKERTON. [ARTICLE]

UA HALA O LUNAKANAWAI KIEKIE BICKERTON.

Ma ka lioia. 10:45 o ka po Poiiiua nei, i lele loa ae ai ke aho o ke Kokua Xunakanawai Kiekie Ekahi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, ka Hon. Eichard F. Bickerton, ma kona home noho ma Waikiki, mamuli o ka hoomailo loihi ana a ka ma'i maluna Jo kona kino, no kekahi mau mahina 1- 'hi i hala ae nei. - - ■ j O Liunakanawai Bickerton, oia kekahi haole kamaaina loa, i noho loihi me kakou, ma na kuaa.ina o ka mokupuni o Oahu nei, a ma ke Kaona nei no hoi. Ua loaa iaia na haawina-o ka hiiinai ia a me ke kulaaa hanohano iloko o ka Ahahookolokolo Kiekie.

Ua hamiHiia.'oia ma "Greenwich> i ma ke kulaaakauhale pookela o j Ladaoa, Enelani, ma ka la 3 o Aperila, 1844, aua piha iaia na | 'makahiki he 51 a oi o kona ola ana. O kona lauoho ame kona umiumi, ua like me ke aiai oka hau e kau ana ma ka piko o na kuahiwi. I ka Ava he 11 ona mau makahiki, ua hele pu oia me kona mau makua a noho ma Melehona, Auseteralia, a malaila oia i hoonaauao piha ia iina lalaano nui oka ike. Ma ka makhiki 1863, ua hoomaka oia e kaahele ma Ansefceralia, ma Amerika, ma Yanekoua, Tahiti, Nu Kilani, Hawaii a m) Kapalakiko. Ua noho oia hookahi ma Kaleponi, a holo mai no Honolulu nei i ka 1864, aua noho oia me ka lawelawe ana i na makahiki mahope mai ma na hana - mikiala iloko o ka aina, he Luna Mahiko no Kaalaea ame Waialaa, a mahope hoi mai oia a nol o lawelawe loio pu me ka Aeto. I ka 1882, hookohuia oia i Lunakanawai Hoomalu no Honolu-' lu nei no 4 makahiki; 1886, hoo- | kohu ia i Kokua Ekolu no ka i Aha Kiekie, a muli o ka ana o Edwatd Presfcon, ke Kokua Elua o ka Aha Kiekie, ua pii hou ae oia ma ia kulana. I ka make ana o Makale, ke Kokua Ekalii ua kaa hou no ke eo ana oia kulana ieia, kahi hoi ana i paa iho iho la no kekahi mau makahiki a hiki i kona make ana aku la. He Loio Kuhina oia no kekahi ! manawa, i ke au o ke aupuni moi, he Lunamakaainana no Hamakua i kekaīii Kau, he hoa no ka Aha— kukamalu iEa wa o ke aupuiii alii, he lala no ka Hui Mu, a ];e--la aku. Ua hoolewa ia oia mai kona home noho mai ma Waiklki no ka ilina o Maemae.