Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLII, Number 36, 6 September 1907 — JAMES M. KOAKANU, UA MOE I KA MAHA MAULOA. [ARTICLE]

JAMES M. KOAKANU, UA MOE I KA MAHA MAULOA.

Mr. Lunahooponopono o ke Kuohoa, | Waluhia wale: Me ka naau mukumokuahua i ke aloha makua, kela ma* ka peni e kokolo aku nei imua o kou alo, a nonoi aku me ka haahaa no'u hoi kauwahi kawaie o ka kaua hiwahiwa, ke "Kilohana Pookela," no ka hii ana aku ma na kualono, ame na aekal, o Hawaii aloha, i ka'u ukana luuiuu a kauma'na, i ike mai ai hoi l:a ohana, na hoaloha ame na makamaka. Ma ke kakahiaka o ka Poakahi nei, Augate 26, 1907, hora 7:15, elike me ka olapa ana a ka uwila ma na paia lani, pela i klkoo mai ai ka anela o ka make a kaili aku la i ka hanu oia o James W. Koakanu, a waiho iho 1& I ke kino, he hale i popopo; he pika wai ua noha' ma ka punawai, a he lepo paiaho, na ka wahine ame ka ohana e paiauma al:u, a hoonalo aku iloko o ka opu ana oie o ka honua. Ua hanauia mai oia na Kahoowahaokaiani (k) ame Nakala (w), ma Waiawa-uka, i ka I'ahamauieo o Ewa, i Feberuari 12, 1850; a ua piha laia na makahiki he 57, 6 malama, 14 la, o ka hanu ana iho la i na ea huihui o keia ola ana, a hala waie aku la. Ua hoonauaoia oia ma ke kula Aupuni o Ewa, komo ma ke kula wae a Hon. A. Kauhi, ma Ewa no. He haumana oia no ke Kula Sabati o Ewa i kona mau la kamalli, a no ka holomua ma na hawiina o ka Baibala, ua wae a'e ka Makua John 11, oiai oia e noho haiolelo ana no ia Ekalesia, ia J. W. Koakanu i haumana no ke Kula o Lahainaiuna. Puka mai ke kula wae a komo i Lahalnaluna I ke au e noho kumupo ana o Rev. S. E. Bishopa. He holomua oia ma kana mau haawina, he haumana hoomanawanui, he kuiana hoopono; a ua noho oia me ia maikai a hookuiia me ka palapala hoomaikai. He kalaiwaa kana hana loea, a ma ia hana oia i huii aku ai i kona ola mahope o kona hemo ana mal Lahainluna mai. . I luiai 24, 1871, ua hoohinia a'e oia me Mrs. Jenney Morse, ma ka berlta maemae, a hoi aku no ka I'ahamauieo, a hiki i ka haalele wale ana mai o kana wahine iaia, a hol aku ma kela aoao mau o ke ao nei. Ma ka la 25 o lune, 1890, ua hoohul hou ia ola ma ka berita laa, me Mrs. Mary Keiupaina Kaiaiii Nawaa, a ua noho laua me ka maemae iloko ō ia berita no 17 makahiki, 2 malama me 1 ia, a pauaho e mai la l keia ola, a haaleie iho la i ka hoapiii e kanikau, a e u aku nona ma keia ao. Aloha no! Ma ka oihana kamana kona huli ana i ola nona ame ka ohana, a oiai ua loihi na makahiki o ka hoomaiio ana 0 ka mai iaia, aoie no ia he mea nana 1 kaua iho i kona hooikaika ana e hull l pono nona ame ka ohana. Aoie ana keiki iloko o keia mau noho ana elua me kana mau wahine; aka, o na keiki a kana mau wahine ua iiio 1 mea nui ' iaia, a ua apo mai ia lakou me he mau keiki ponoi ia nana, a e haawl ana maluna o lakou i ka malama ana o ka makua ponoi. He kanaka lokomaikai, he puuwai hamama, a he nui ■ kona mau hoaloha kamana e noho iho ia i ke alo alii o Honolulu. 1 Ua noho haumana no ka papa Kula Sabati o Kawaiahao. [ O kana hana hope ioa, he kamana no ka luawai hou o Nuuanu, e hanaia nei, a malaila, loaa oia i ka ma'i koko awili me ka laaumake, mamuli o ke- . kahi palapu i ioaa iala; a waiho maluna o kahimoe, a hiki i kona hala ' waie ana aku la. Ua malamaia kona analna kupapau ma ka home, e Rev. Poai, o ka Ekalesia o Kalihi ame Moanalua, ma ke - kakahiaka Poalua, Augate 27, a hoomoeia kona kino palaho ma ka ilina o Puea. Ua waiho iho oia he \yahine, kona mau kaikuahine, ame ka nui I ohana, e paiaume aku nona ma keia y aoao o ka muliwai eleele. "Nana no i hawi mai, a nana no i lawe aku, e hoomaikal nui ia Kona . Inoa." Owau iho no me ka haahaa, S. K. NAWAA. I Helu 1454, Alanui Dement, Kalihiwaena, Oahu.