Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 30, 23 July 1864 — Naonao aki. [ARTICLE]

Naonao aki.

£ ka Nupepa Kuokoa e ; Aloha oe : —E kamailio iki au no na hua nona ke poo i kau ia maluna, no ka mea, ia'u e noho ana ma Kapaka, Koolauloa, Oahu, lie mahiai īpu ka hana, a pela no hoi kekahi poe o makou, ua owela ke kula i ka mea he palau ia me na o-o, ame na bipi. Kanu kahi poe he pulupulu, kanu hoi kekahi poe he binati, he ipu aimaka ( ipu haole) hoi ka kekahi poe. I ka nana nku, ua ulu maikai no na mea kanu, ua kolo ka īpu a kekahi poe, ua loloa ka pulupulu a kekahi, pela no hoi na mea kanu e ae, aka, eia ka poino nui, o na ,l Naonao aki," maloo ka ipu a kekahi poe, pela no hoi ka nui o ka mea kanu, pau loa i ka inaloo a kumakena no hoi.

Ma keia mea, ua hoomaopopo iho makou ī ke kumu o ka malooana, me ka minamina kumakena i na mea kanu, me ka olelo iho, " no ka nui loa palm o ka ua o keia mau la, a no na la wela loa paha i hala ae nei, a loaa iho nei i keia ua oka maloo no ia." A no ka haohao no i ke kumu o keia maloo o na mea Uanu, nolaila, hele aku la au ma ke kumu o kekahi nmu kulanaipu o ka'u mala, a huli ae la au a nana, a ike iho la au, o ka Naonao ke kumu o ka maloo ana o na mea kanu; aki ia ne no ma ke kumu, a o ka mnloo no ia; tausani, tnusani na Naonao ma ke kuinu hookahi e hoopoino ana, oia no hoi kela Naonao poonui. He mea hou no hoi keia i īke ia i keia manawa. Aole no hoi pela ko'u īke ana i na kau mahiai i hala'ku, a he keu iho nei ka hoi keia a ka moonihoawa ino i keia manawa. Ina e mau loa keia mea he Nnonao, Auwe ! Eia no maanei o u Kumuhea he kanaka ino."

Alaanei wale no paha keia mea he naonao ? A ma na walii e ae no anei leekahi. Ua lohe wale mai hoi au. he mala ipu ka ka Mea i Mahaloia J. M. Kalanipoo Esq. ma Pupukea, »a hua ka ka ipu, a ua aneane ka e 00, aia hoi, ua pauloa i na naonao. Auwe ! Aia hoi he mai ahuluu maluna o na mea kanu, ahe Opiuma hoi keia mea he naonno. A eia no ka ninau ia kakou : Pehea la auanei e pau ai na naonao, a hoopoino ole i na mea kanu, i ola pono ai lakou ma keia hope aku ? Ao ka mea i ike ika mea e pau ai lakou, aia ko'u manao me kona, a e haawi no au i ka mahaloii nona a nui. J. L. Kekanakaahiiahu. Kekio, KapaUa, Koolauloa, Aper. 18, 1864.