Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXII, Number 11, 17 March 1883 — HE MAU OLULO. [ARTICLE]

HE MAU OLULO.

Ua loaa mai ia makou kekahi leta e hoakaka ana no kekahi poe olulo o ka ! Paeaina Kilibati, i ioaa i kekahi o na mokuahi e holo mau nei mawaena o Kaleponi ame lapana. Ua hoihoiia ua poe nei i Kaleponi, a ua lawe loa ia mai i Honolulu nei, maluna oka mokuahi Suez.

Aole auanei e nele ka hauoli o ko makou poe heluhelu ke ike i na olelo a kekahi makamaka, oia no o Limaikaika Makua e noho mai nei i Kaleponi. Penei kana leta: "Aloha oe, ke makemake nei au e hoakakaaku no kekahi mau olulo e noho nei ma keia wahi, a e manao ana e holo no Honolulu maluna o ka moku a malaila aku a hiki i ko lakou home ma ka Paeaina Kiliba,ti. O l hoomaopopoia, aia wale no a loaa aku o Binamu ka mea i ike i ka lakou olelo; no ka mea, aohe kanaka ma keia wahi (Kapalakiko) i hiki ke olelo pu me lakou. Ua loaa lakou i kekahi mokuahi ma ka moana, a ua laweia i lapana, ua malama pono ia lakou, a hoihoi ia mai ia nei, me ka manao e iawe loa aku i Hawaii, a loaU o Hoku Ao, nana e hoihoi ai ko lakou aina ponoi. Etima keia [K>e i loaa iloko o kekahi waapa ma j ka moana, aua aneane make; eha kane a hookahi wahine. He mau kino make no hoi kekahi i loaa aku iloko o ka waapa. Ua laweia keia poe elima iluna oka mokuahi, a i ko lakou hiki ana iluna o ka oneki o ka moku, kuku-

li iho la lakou a pau ilalo -e pule. Ua hoike ae ke Kapena o ka mokuahi TM>, oia paha ka moku nana i hoihoi keia poe i Kaleponi, he poe noho malie lakou. Ua hanauia ma ka moana he keiki na ka wahine, aka, ua make ua keiki nei. "I ka wa i ku ai ka mokuahi i ,Kaleponi, o ke Kapena mua iho nei o Hoku A(\ oia o Kapena Gelett, oia a me kekahi keonimana e ae ka i holo iluna o ka moku e ike i keia mau olulo malihini, me ka e hoomakaukau i wahi no lakou e noho ai. Loaa aku la keia j>oe Kilibati ia laua e malama ana ika pule ohana kakahiaka. Haa^iia

mai Ia na noho, a noho iho la laua; a jxiu ka heluhelu ana, himeni iho la lakou i kekahi himeni, a pau ka himeni ana, kukuli iho la lakou a pau e pule, a |xvu ka pule ana, lulu lima aloha me na malihini ; o ka lulu lima wale no, aohe; hiki ke olelo. Ua lawe pu no keia poe j i ka Olelo a ka Haku me lakou iluna o | ka waapa, a me ka buke himeni; a ua paa pu no me ia mau mea a hiki i Ia pana, a pela no me ka hoi hou ana i Kaleponi. u Ua hoomakaikai ia keia poe ma na wahi kaulana o Kapalakika Ua alakai ia aku no hoi lakou iloko o kekahi halawai nui o ka Ahahui ona Ekalesia o Kapalakiko, a malaila kahi i helelei ai na waimaka a ke aloha ona mea he nui wale. Aia na kahunapule kaulana he nui wale, na elek o na ekalesia» a me na haole hanohano he lehulehu, he anaina piha. Laweia aku nei ua poe olulo nei a i na noho mamua hoonoho ia ilaila, aole nae he mea i ike i ka la kou olela oka Haku nae ka i ike i ka lakou olelo a me ka oa mea eae a pau.

"Na kekahi makamaka haole e wehe ae i ka buke himeni a ka poe Kilihali a hoailona aku la ia hkou e himeni hoolea i ka Haku; aiaila puana ae la lakou ika leo, a himeni iho ia m& ka ieo o Otovila, a pau ka himem anaa na Kiiihaū, puana ae ia ke anaina haok

ieo hookahi no o Oionla, a himeni Ukoa ma ka olelo haole. Haawiia he mau pule no aa olulo, a pau hoihoiia aku la lakou i kahi e hoomaha'l ' Oia iho la ke ano nui o keia ieta. Ua hiki pono mai nei keia poe, a eia i Honolela nei i keia wa. O ka mana a rae ke aloha o ka Haku iloko o na oihana roisionari, oīa kekahi mea maopopo loa 3oko o keia raooleio o na oiulo o ka lahui Kilibati