Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 21, 25 May 1865 — He wahi mea ka'u. [ARTICLE]

He wahi mea ka'u.

I ko'u hele ana ae ma ke alaloa mni Ha|na, a i Makawao. Lohe aku la au ika leo e kahea ana. Ku iki kuu wahi lio, a aui ae la au ma o maanei e huli una i kahi oia leo. Mahope iho o keia a-u hele ana a'u ike aku la au he muimuia kanaka e nonoho ana, a he haole hoi ke ku ana iwaenakonu o lakou me ka pepa loihi i ka lima ; e kahea ana i ka inoa o kela kanaka keia kanaka, "o" ae Ia kekahi kanaka ke hea ia'ku kona inoa, "sa"'ae la hoi kekahi, "heaha" hoi ka kekahi, a pela wale aku a hiki i ka pau ana o na inoa o na kan&ka i kakauia iloko o km pepa. Alaila, huii ;te la ka haoie e au ana i o a ia nei, ina paha oia e ike aku aoa i kana mea i m:\kemake ai, a mahope iho j ninau aku la ia : " Mahea kela kanaka hou ? " I aku ia na kanaka, "eia la J" Ninau hou mai la ka haole: •• Wai ko inoa e kanaka hou ? " Ku ae la ua wahi kanaka āpiki nei iluna (he eha oia a he ane wahi kanaka maa i ka wahapaa lealea) a pane akn la " Oepikanela," no ka lohe paoioi paha o ka haole, ninau mai la ia "wai ? " Alaih hoonui loa ae la ua wahi kanaka nei i kona leo a hoohai iho la i kahi ai, kimo oku la i kahi poo imua a raea oku la "o Oepikanele!" ia manawa. kokolo koke aku la na a-a o ka t ukmki nm ka. lae o ka haole, a ko-ha mai la ka leo kalaea. •« He ! kanaka ino!! Oe makemake hanapaa wau oe ka laau, a i eha oe, no ka tianahana ka parapero no ke (orotroro. •' No ke aha," wahi a ke kanaka » Nokea!" Pela aku ka leo a-#na oka haole u uTero oe wau Bikanen« hiki no oe pono wero wau hikanene. Pehea ka pono ? H inoino, ea makemake wau oe. Hele ! hele 1! Kanaka !!! Hoana ae la na ua haole nei i ka laau e hahau mai.

I aku la ua wahi kanaka nti. "Ua kuhihewa oe, (ie oiaio aole au i manao e hana aku ia oe me ka ino, no ka mea, o ko'u inoa io no ia rr»ai ka makua mai,' o O. E. Pikanele oia hoi keia ma ka heln pakahi ana Obeda, Ehu, Pikanele. No keia mea, ua hai pau akii nei au i ko»u inoa k ee o loaa ole boi au ia oe kc imi ke lanmee au, no ka mea he nuinui ka Ehupikanele bi roai maanei. la manawa akaaka koke iho la ka haole, huro ae la hoi kanaka. A owau hoi, hoomino iki la mai la au e ka aka-iki, a ko ae la i ke kaulawaha o kuu wahi lio e'-u haf*f aku maua : « malalo o kekahi ulukukui 1 kakau īho ai au i keia wahi nu miloko o ka'u buke hoomanao.

i E I e ka mea heluhelu e hoomanao i ke» ia oe hoi e ka mea huhu waie, e holoi koke ae i kou maina no ka mea liilii io oie e iike me keia haole puūwai palupal tt . He wahi kaao waie ibo do. Me ke aloha.

_, . .. WILUKHiIU Lahaina. liaui, 1865.