Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLVIII, Number 23, 7 June 1912 — HE LEKA MAI NA AINA MAMAO MAIA [ARTICLE]

HE LEKA MAI NA AINA MAMAO MAIA

(KaiaeiA mai e K. •. i ; Oka leka mahwp-e ae nei. na kakaaii 1 ntai ia f Sam K. Nshi«>a Kii i<eattl€ : mai, mahope iho o ka haīa q ke- ! kalii mau pule loihi arai kona h*&)«!* j ana iho i ka aīoa āanau ne: me kaoa ■ aiiiwahine, m.\ ka laua haakai makai- > kai. e bo<*kaka aea hoi i kekahi aau | mea ano oui a laua o ka ike ana ma f keia haaiai aka nei no iu aīaa e, a e l ii!o ana ao i mea na ko ke Kaokoa f«oe | helahelu e hauoli ai. ma o ka holomui \o na keiki Hawaii e nobo mai la n_a i ka aina mahhini, elike me ka iaua o '«ka ike ana. | &EATTLE. Mei 16, 1912, Aloha oe: I — Eia maua i keia knlanakauhale e no- , ho nei, ua aneane e piha ka elna pule ; maanei, e hui pu ana me na keiki Ha- : waii, me ko makou piha hanoli. Eia he heluna nui o &o'n mau hoa | kula maanei kahi i noho ai, he poe Ha- ! *araii wale no, he hookani pila no ka i lakou hana me ka himeni, a he nui ka ; lakou loaa ma la hana, a ua mare kei kahi mau keiki o lakou i na wahine | haole, me ke ku a hoohihi maoli i keia j aina, aohe wahi manao iki ae e huli , hoi aku no ka aina hanau. [ Ua loaa no hoi na apana aina o ke- ! kahi po«, a ua ku a kuonoono maoli ka [ noho ana, a wahi a lakou o ka hoike mai, ua pau loa ka imnao ana e | hoi aku nu Hawaii, o kahi keia e aoho |ai a waiho na iwi i ka aina malihini. I ka makaikai makou ma kekahi aoao aku nei o ka moan» kai akea, no kekahi man la, a o ka huli hoi koke ana mai la no ia, a kakau iho la i keia leka nau. He wahi hana papa kela a makou o ka hele makaikai ana o Port Blakeley ka inoa, oia kekahi o na wahi olopapa nui hookahi o ke ao nei. Ua lilo maoli na mea a'n o ka ike ana i mau mea hookahaha mai i ka manao. Nui no na keiki Hawaii e noho nei ma kela wahi, a i wahi e hiki ai ke hele mai kekahi wahi a i kekahi, maluna o ka mokuahi e hele ai. Ua ku a hoohihi no ka manao o na Hawaii e noho nei ma keia aina, o ka hana papa no ka lakou hana. Aole he pilikia o na kanaka Hawaii i ka hana ma kela wahi, e loaa ana ka hana i na manawa aj>au. Na kekahi poe keiki Hawaii o Port Blakeley i holo mai i Seattle nei, a hui pu me makou, a me na keiki hookani pila no hol e noho ana ma Seattle nei, o ko lakou koi mai la no ia ia nwkou e holo no ko lakou wahi, aohe hoole ana aku i ka lokomaikai o na kamaaina, o ko makou kau no ia maluna o ka mokuahi, me ka hoohala ana he mau la malaila, a o -ka hoi koke ana mai nei no ia, Aia malaila he elua mau wahine Ha-; waii me ka laua mau kane, a ua liio laua i mau makuahine no na keiki Ha-, waii malaila, a o ke ano o ko lakou noho ana, he oluolu me ka pipili o na 1 manao aloha kekahi me kekahi, e he- j wa ole ai ke olelo ae, me he mea la he mua a he hope ka noho ana o ka aina niakua ole. Nui na meaai malaila, a i ko makou hooa ana aku, ua kaluaia ehia puaa, elike me ke ano mau o na Hawaii, a ilaila i hoomakaukauia mai ai na mea- i ai apau elike ine ka kakou iloko o na manawa ahaaina luau, e laa ka inamona, ka limu eleele, ka i'a maloo, ka alamihi, ke i'amaka, a o ka poi palaoa no hoi ka poi. Loaa no ka opelu maloo ame ka nehu maloo maanei nei ame kekahi mau meu lehulehu e ae, e hoohalahala ole ai ka manao o ke kanaka Hawaii ke noho maanei, ua loaa na mea apau, i oi aku no paha imua o Hawaii. Luana iho la makou, he hookahi hana o ka himeni, ka hookani pila no hoi, a piha maoli me ka hauolu Nui ino ka palai ma keia wahi, he pale wawae ia mea he palai, o ka ulu ia a hoea i kahakai. Ma ko makou hele ana i ke kamakoi, loaa ke poopaa, pela no hoi ka papa'i kuahonu nunui. Eia maanei ka i'a kohu opelu, a he opelu no paha, a pela me ke puhikii, he ono i ka Bimakn. He nui na ono like ole ma keia aina, ke kamano no hoi e lomi ai me ka ohia ame ke akaakai, a wahi a keia mau Ilawaii o ka olelo ana mai ia makou, aohe mau meaai koe ma keia wahi, ua nui maoli e wae ai a pau ka makemake. Nui ka lokomaikai o keia poe ia makou, a ua aie nui no hoi i ka lakou mau hookipa ana ia makou, a ua pomaikai keia poe Hawaii o kakou o ka hoolilo ana i keia wahi i wahi no lakou e imi ai i ko lakou pono o ka noho ana. Ua lawa kaua no keia manawa, a malia o loaa he wa kaawale ma keia hope aku, kakau hou aku i na mea hou,o ka maua huakai makaikai. Haawi aku i ke aloha o na Hawaii apau maanei i ka lahui o kaua. Kou hoaloha. S. K. NAINOA.