Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 29, 22 July 1865 — No ke Kokinela (Cochineal) [ARTICLE]

No ke Kokinela (Cochineal)

0 ke Kokinela ka mea e ulu nei maluna o ka Papipi, a ma Mesiko kahi i loaa mua ai. Ika manawa i lanakila ai oka poe Sepania (Paniolo) ma Mesiko, i ka makahiki 1523, ua ike no lakou i na kamaaina e hana ana ia mea i mea hooluu. Ua manao ia, ua kokoke 200 makahiki o ka manaoia ana o ia mea he hua, aole ia he mea kolo, pela ka na kanaka o Europa. (Ja aneane like pu ka nui me ka bale, ahe ulaula kona ano. Ma Mesiko wale no e loaa ai ia mea mamua, aka, ua hoeuluia no kekahi ma' Honedurasa, Kuatimala, a ma Karolina Hema, a ua lawe ia aku no hoi ma lava ama Sepania. Ua kahiia mai ua mau mea ia i manaoiahe mau mea kolo mai ka papipi mai, a ho-oia iloko o na eke, a mahope iloko o ka waiwela, alaila, kaulai ikala a maloo; ma ia hope iho, hookomo iloko o na eke ili, a hoouna aku i Enelani. Elua haneri paona oka eke hookahi, a he 70,000 ka nui, alaila lele ka paona. Hookahi houluulu ana iua mau mea la ika makahiki hookahi. Ika makahiki 1852, ua nui ioa na mea o ia nno i hoounaia aku i he 22,006 haneriweta. 1 ka wa e hooiuu ai i ka lole, ua kuiia ke Kokinela a aeae me he pauda la, alaila, hooia iloko o ka waiwela me ka lole, a oia km mea e aweawea ula ai ka iole. Ua pii ioa ke kumukuai o keia mea ī keia manawa, a he nani hoi ka lole ke nana iho ina e hoo» luuia.