Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XII, Number 23, 7 June 1873 — No ke kanu Laau. [ARTICLE]

No ke kanu Laau.

0 ka ulu nui ana o na laau ulu makekahi wahi, he mea ia e oluolu ai ka nanaina a e makemake ai hoi ka naau i ka ohuohu mau mai o na helehelena uliuli. Aka, ina o kahi olohelohe, aole i uluiae na laau malumalu, a oneanea ke kulana, e like me na aina pamaloo ano alialia, •aole ia he mea oluolu ma ka nana ana aku. oka pomnikai ona ululaau, oia no ka mau o ka uliuli o kona mau lau, nana e huki mai ka ea, e haule iho ka ua. Ua hoomaopopoia kēia mamuli o ka maa. 0 ko kakou mau kuahiwi a me na mauna i keia wa, me he mea la, ke olohelohe mai nei, mamuli o ke kua ia ana 0 na laau ulu i mau wahie, a mamuli paha o ka hehi a me ka o-e wale ana a na bipi, lio, hoki, miula, kao a me na hipa e holo nei maluna iho. Aia wale no ke koe o na ulu laau o kakou, a kauia i kanawai e papa ikaika loa ana, ai ole "ia, e like aku auanei ko kakou kulana ipe ka mokupuni o Santa Caruza, i hoike ia mai penei : " Ua hoikeia mai ka lilo ana o ka moIpipuni o Santa Caruza, kekahi o na moIpipuni o Inia Komohana, i aina panoa, a lilo i aina haule ole mai o na paka ua. Ua oleloia, o keia mokupuni, he mala pua ia o na hooluolu ana ma kona nani a me ke kehakeha i na makahiki he 20 1 hala. Ia wa, ua uhi paapuia ka aina e na lau nahele a me na ulu laau he nui loa, a ua haule mai na paka ua a nui, niamuli o ke omo ana mai o ka uliuli o kona mau ulu laau. Aka, ma ka hele makaikai ana »ku nei a kekahi Keonimana, i ua wahi mokupuni la ana i ike e ai,i na la mamua, he kihapai oluolu, aka, i keia wa, ke ku la oia rne ke ano pamaloo, a he hookahi hapa o ua mokupuni la, he waoakua haalele. Ona ulu nahele a me na ulu laau, ua pau i ke oki ia ; o ka haule ana mai keia o na paka ua, ua papaia ; a o na hiohiona o ke oneanea, ke pahola mai la ma kekahi aoao, me ka panee awiwi mai; ano na mile ehiku, he lepo wale no ke puehu ana e like me na kapa one. Ua haalele ia na hale a me na mahinaai, a ke kiai aku nei na kanaka, no ka panee mai o ke olohelohe, ka poe ike ole i ka mea e pale aku ai, aka, o ko lakou mau mala pua, e lilo auanei oia kekahi o na olohelohe. Ika nana aku, he heiehelena 0 ka panoa ke hiki mai ana. O keia hopena ino, ua manao na kanaka, no ka luku nuiia ana o na laau o ke kuahiwi i kekahi mau makahiki i hala." Ma ka Ahaolelo aku nei o Amerika Hui i hala, ua hooholo lakou he kanawai, e malamaia ai ka ulu ana o na laau. Eia ke ano nui : O kela a me keia kanaka', e kanu ana he kanaha eka aina i na laau ulu, aole e oi aku mamua o ewalu kapuai ke kaawale o kekahi mai kekahi laau aku, me ka malama ia mau laau kann no na elima, a ulu pono, e loaa iaia he palapala kuleana aina no na eka he 160, ma kekahi wahi e ae i noho mua ole ia, ke ukuia mai he umi dala. Aia he mau hooko kaawale e ae iloko o ke kanawai, i malamaia ai ko ke kanaka kanu laau kuleana, a aole hoi ma ka imi apuka wale mai. Ke manao nei makou, e pono e kania 1 kanawai no ko kakou mau laau, i ole ai e pau aku i ka make, mamuli o ke oki nui ia ana i mau wahie a me na mea pe pehi e ae e hooneoneo ai i ka ulu ohuohu ana mai o na ulu laau.

Halawai ike hope loa. —Ma ka hora 3| 0 ka auina la Sabat», (tpopo) ua oluolnia ! e na ekaleeia o Kawaiahao a me Kaumakapili, e hui hou na mea a pau maloko o ka Inakiui o Kawaiahao, e hoolohe i na leo ao 1 na makamaka o kakou e au aku ai i keia loa, no ke aloha i ka poe e ooho ana iloko o ka malu o ka make, ma na mokupuni o Maikoniaia Nolaila, aohe mea i koe ike konoia e hele e lohe hope loa ia lakou, a hooonauna aku e lawe i ka olelo maikai