Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume III, Number 37, 10 September 1864 — I ko Lahaina mau Iwa. [ARTICLE]

I ko Lahaina mau Iwa.

E Aloha no oe e ke Kuokoa :—E ae mai oe ia'u e huli alo, a e kamailio aku i ko'u mau hoa o ka iu o ka la, a me ka makani Kauaula o kuu aina—ka Lai o Lele. He nani hoi ia, ua pau ae la ke kalokalo ana, a me ka " hoouluulu ana ia laka, e laka, e maliu mai a ae oe pono au—e," nolaila, e huli ae au a kamailio aku i kuu mau hoa hooinainau o ka aina lai nona ka inoa i hai ia'e la maluna. Auhea oukou, ua pa-e aku nei paha ka lono koiuiu ilaila, e ahai aku ana i ka olelo, ua kukuluia ma keia Kulanakauhale Alii, he Ahahui kokua lahui, nona ka inoa hanohano o "Ka Ahahui Kaahumanu." Ua kukuluia ua Ahahui la, mamuli o ka hooikaika ana a Ka Mea Kiekie ke Alii, ke Kama Aliiwahine o Hawaii, V. K. Kaninaulani, Ka Mea Hanohano Lady B. Pauahi Bishopa, Ka Mea Hanohano Lilia Kamakaeha Dominis, a me kekahi poe e ae i hahai mamuli o ka na'Lii wahine alakai ana. Ua hoomaka ia ua hana nei me ka luhi nui o na'Lii, a, ke holo pono nei ka hana ana, he ekolu a eha paha na hoa o ua Hui la i make iho nei, a o kekahi o ia poe, ua ilihune ; aka, ua kii aku ua Ahahui nei, a ua malama aku, a ua kuai i na kahiko maikai no lakou, (na poe i make,) mau kino kupapau, me ka hoolako i ka pahu kupapau a me ke kaa kupapau nana e alako a hiki i kahi e kanu ai, me ka hahai pu o na lala o ua Hui nei iloko o ka hoolewa ana. O ka nui o na lala o keia Hui, he aneane paha he 1,500, a o ka nui o na dala i loaa he $1,300 paha. I ka ike ana i keia hana maikai, nolaila, haupu e au, halia i ka moe —e, i ko'u poe a me ka Ahahui o ko'u one hanau, oia hoi ka Ahahui Aloha o ka malu ulu o Lele. A na ia haupu i kono mai ia'u e kauleo e aku i ko'u mau hoa o ia aina, e nonoi mai i ka Peresidena Nui o ka "Ahahui Kaahumanu," e lilo lakou i Lala no keia Ahahui, ma ka Apana o Lahaina, a pela no hoi i na Ahahui e ae o ia wahi, e hoolilo i hookahi ohana lala o ia Hui ma ko kakou aina a e huli like mai kakou e kokua i keia hana maikai, aloha lahui, i kukuluia e ko kakou mau haku o ke kino, oia hoi no ke kokua ana i ka poe ilihune, a me ka poe i eehiaia e ka nele. Me oukou ke aloha, me a'u hoi ka haihaili. Petr K. Kalakini Mokuaikaua, Honolulu, Sept. 8,1864.