Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLIII, Number 13, 27 March 1908 — LOAA NA IWI ILOKO O KA HEIAU Ma Keei Kona, i Loaa ai he Heluna Nui o no Poo Kanaka ame na Iwi. [ARTICLE]

LOAA NA IWI ILOKO O KA HEIAU

Ma Keei Kona, i Loaa ai he Heluna Nui o no Poo Kanaka ame na Iwi.

Ma ka huli hoi ana mai nel a Mr. A. Gartley ame C. H. Cook mai ka N laua huakal makalkai aku nei i Kona Hema, Hawaii, ua hoike mai laua 1 ko laua hele ana e nana i ka heiau o Kamaiko roa Keei, a loaa aku He heluna nul o na iwi kanaka maloko o ka helau. Ma ka man«io waleia, o ke kumu i nul loa ai kela mau po« «anaka ame ko lakou mau iwi, mamull no ia o ka mohaiia ana o ko lakou maū ola iloko 9 kela helau i ka wa i hoopaula al ka *norha ame ka ai kapu ana o na kanaka ia manawa. Aia kela heiau ma kahl kokoke ioa i ka aekai, ma ka aoao makal o ke alanui aupuni. He palahaiaha ke kahua o keia heiau, nona ka nui o 200 ma ka 120 kapuai. Ua nahaha ka aoao makal ame \ca aoao hema a koe no ke koena iho o kona mau aoao me ka malkal, ā i ke kiei ana aku iloko, e ikeia.aku ana no he mau keena llilii he ekolu ko lakou nui. Aia keia heiau mawaena o Napoopoo ame Honaunau ,a oiai keia mau keonimana e makaikai ana i keia heiau, ua loaa aku la ia Mr. Gartley he pohaku ano kulanalana, a 1 kona wehe ana ae, ua loaa aku ia na poo kanaka ame na iwi. 0 ka moolelo a na kamaalna I hoike ae ai he mau iwi kela no na kanaka o Kekauaokalani, ka poe 1 noaīa kaua 3tipl ma|i ia Llholiho i ka wa 1 hoonoala ai ke kapu, a ua paa pio hol kela poe i ka wa e hooukaia ana ke kaua o Kuamoo. 1 kulike ai no hoi me la mooielo, ua laweia kela poe kanaka a pepehiia maloko o keia heiau, ma o ke ki ia ana ma ko lakou mau poo. Ma ka nanaia ana o keia mau poo kanaka, he nui -u-ale o ia mau poo i loaa |iku na puka l>nka, a ua manaoioia, pela kela poe kanaka i pau loa ai i ka make, oiai maloko o ka huke moolelo a Alekanek(*lo, ua loaa mua aku ka pu ame .ia l.iko poka ia Lihollho he mau mahina iku manuia o ka hoouka ia ana o keia k.iua o Kuanino,