Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume X, Number 40, 7 October 1871 — Paahana. [ARTICLE]

Paahana.

I ka la 21 o Augnte i hala iho nei, na make o Paahann ma Olna, Puna, Hawaii. He wahine kupanaha keia. Ua iilo i wahine na Kau. ma Olna.i ka wa liahiko loa, i ka wa aole hiki mni na Misionari—Menei ka lilo ana : Ua olelo kona haku ia Kau, " Eia kau wabine—e lawe oe ia ia i wahine nau, n d malama īa ia ; a mai hnalele a make." Ua 16 paha makahiki o Panhnna ia manawa—a ua noho pu laua a hiki i ka makahiki 187L Aole i haolele o Paahana i kana knne, nole hakaka, aole kue, ua noho maiie loa me ke akahai. Aole mare ia laua e ke aupuni; aole i ke kahuna; ua mare ia nae e be Akua, a ua pili paa loa i na makahiki 55 paha. Aole pela kekahi poe i mareia mamuli o ke kanawai i keia wa. He mea hilahila loa, a he mea hewa nui hoi ka haalele kane, a me ka haalele wahine, i keia mana* wa. Eia hoi kekahi inea kupanaha no Paahana : Ua hanau i na keiki he kanaha-kuma-maiua ; he 21 keikikane, me 21 kaikamahi* ne—hookahi hanau mahoe ana—o keia mau keiki 42 ua hanau ola ia iakou a pau—a ua make hoi lakou a pau. He mau hora ke ola ana o kekahi—a he mau la kekahi, a he ma-. hina akoa hoi kekahi. Eia hoi ka mea mahalo: Ua komo o Paahana iloko o ka ekaleaia mn Hlio, i kaia 4 e Maraki, 1834—a ua noho hihia ole i na makahiki 37, me na malama keu elima, me na ia 17. Aoie hookolokoloia kela wahine i ke ka-1 nawai o ke aupuni—oole-hoi r ke kanawai

j ekalesia—aole hoi i lohe makou i ka haohao |a me ka wawa 'nona. Ua mau kona heiuhelu i ka Baibala, ka pule i ke Akua, ka hele i ke Sabati me na halawai, ke no akahai i na mea auwana, a me na manawalea jokomaikni. J kona wa e ola ana, ua pili io lesu la ; — i ua make iloko'o ka Haku, a ua pomaikai. Auhea onkou na wahine Hawaii ?'Ehia i waena oukou i makemake e hoohalike me Paahana ? ma k» mare ana, ma ka hoohanau ann, ma ka hana ana, a me ka make ana ? E hoopaa loa oukou ika berita mare; ka berita ekulesia, a me na hana maikai a ka Haku, e like me Paahana o Olsa. T. Koana. Hilo, Sept. 13, 1871.