Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XI, Number 35, 31 August 1872 — Na Misionari pepehiia ma Eromanga. [ARTICLE]

Na Misionari pepehiia ma Eromanga.

Nani ka paakiki o na kanaka ma Kn>manga, e pepehi ina misionari Bmtania. 1 ka la 20 o Novemaba, M. H, IS3S, ua haiiukuia o Kev. ioane Wi!liams laua oMr Hartsa e lakou. Ua mahaioia o Rer. Mr. WiN liams ma Ehelani, no kona mnnno ikaika e holo io ia nei, e hoohaumana i na kanaka pegana ma na mokupuni, ina ka moa«ia Pa* kipika Hema. Pinepine ka hoao ana e hoohuli mai i na kanaka ma Aromanga i ka pono o ka Haku. aoie nae hiki. Xo ka hiki ole ona haole, ua hele kekahi mau misionari kannkn, a noho lakou malaiia kekahi mau makahiki, a kuhi lakou, ua n>akaukau na kamaaina e hookipa, a e hoolohe i ke ao ona o na misionari Beritania. Nolaila, i ka M. H. 1557, ua hele 0 Rev. G. N. Gordon a me kana wnhine, a noho iwaena o iakou i na makahiki eha. Alaila, ua aia ku e mai iakou i keia mau kuma misionari, a pepehi ia laua a make loa. 1 Ua la 20 o Mei, M. H. 1861, oia ka wtf o keia hana ino ana. I keia wa, ua hiki hou mai ka lono, o ko iakou pepehi ana i kekahi rnisionari Benti-' nia hou. Eia ;ikala 25 o Feberuari i hala ae nei, ua pepehiia a make o Rev. J. D. Gordon. Nonoimai kekahi kanaka ia ia e hele i kona hale, e ike i kana mtu keiki mai. Ua heie koke no elike me kona hele mau ; aka, ī kona hiki ana ilaiia, ua mnke e na keiki. Huhu koke ka makuakane ia Mr. Gordon, i aku la ia ia, •• ua make ka'u mau keiki ia oe, no kou pule onaana ana alaila,; pepehi koke oia ia Mr. Gordon me kona koi; hpi. Oia nei Uūlima o na inisionari Beritania i pepehiia, i ka huhu hala ole, e na kanaka o' Eromanga. ' I ka malama o Mei. ua holo aku ko lakou moku misionari, (" Day Spring" kona inoa) i i ua mokupuni la ; he mnu rnisionari kekahi. Nolaila, e lohe auanei kakou i ka moolelo o i keia hana īno ana. j Ua paakiki ko Nuuhiva poe kanaka ; he poe kaua lakou ia laknu iho ; a make ko lakou enemi, ua ai lakou i kona io. He lohui I hoomaloka, a mokau oie i ke Akua o ka iani., Aka, aole lakou pepehi i na misionari Beri* lanm, aoie i nu misionari Amerika, aole i na misionari Farani,aole i na misionari Hawaii. t He 19, na makahiki ka noho ana o Rev. James Kekeh ma iwaenao lakou. aole pepe- ; hiia kekahi kane, kahi wahine, kekahi ohua ; 0 lakou ; aole no. Aka, ua paakiki lakou I ma ko lakou aoao kahiko, kakaikahi ka poef 1 huli mai ia lesu Kristo.