Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XVII, Number 13, 30 March 1878 — Na Hee Nunui Hooweliweli. [ARTICLE]

Na Hee Nunui Hooweliweli.

Ua ike mauia keia ano hee ma ka moana a ina na kapakai o Amerika a ma Europa no boi, a o keia hoi na ano hee nunui i ikela ma ka honua nei. He mea mahalo nuiia hoi e ka poe naauao, ke nana aku i ko lakou nunui kupanaha, aka imua o ka poe i hoonaauao oleiu, he mea weliweli a mnka'u nui loaia. Penei hoi ka hoike ana mai a kekahi mea ikemaka : ' Ma ka !a 22 o S?patemaba 1577, ua pa maila kekahi makani ikaika me ka ino nui ma na kapakai o Sana loane ma ka inokupuni o Nu Founelana, a iloko oia wa ino nui, ua pne maila kekahi o keia ano hee nunui ma Katalina, ma ke kapakai akau o ke Kaikuono 0 Teriniti, a kau loa i ka maloo. Ikawa i pahola aku ai ka lono no keia inea kupanaha, ua holomoku nui mai na kanaka oia wahi. a ua lilo iho la uahee neii mea makaikai nuiia. He umi ka nui o kona mau aweawe, a he elua oia mau aweawe he 30 kapuai ka loloa o kela a me keia, me na pikapika aole i kanamai, a ona aweawe i koe Ewalu, he 11 kapuai pakahi ko lakou loloa, a he like no hoi na pikapika me kela mau aweawe loloa elua. Ika manawa hoi i pae mai ai o keia ia hooweliweli i kula, he ano unlehu kona nanaina, aka aole i liuiiu a Kahuli aela a keokeo loa. He mea maopopo loa, ke paa kekahi mea kino iloko o na puili ana a keia kupueu, aole manaolana i koe no ka pnkele, aka, e haeh:e liiliiia ana oia a lilo i mea ole. He mau maka nuinui kona, he aneane e piha ke kapuai okoa ke anawaena. Aia hoi ma ke kulanakauhale o Nu loka, kekahi o keia ano hee nunui, a ke malamaia nei hoi maloko o kekahi pahu aniani nui, i hoopihaia me ka wai, a ua lilo no hoi i mea makaikaiia. Ua hiki no hoi i keia ano hee ke hoopiho i ka moku he mau hanen tona, me ko iakou ikaika nui. Nupepao Kikane^