Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LIV, Number 10, 10 March 1916 — O GEORGE E. MINER UA HALA. [ARTICLE]

O GEORGE E. MINER UA HALA.

Mr. Solomon Hanehano, Aloha oe:— E oluolu oe e hookomo iho ma kahi kaawale o kau pepa, a nau ia e uwila aku i ka hikina ame ko komohana o ka la i ike mai ka liui ohana no ka ma kou men aloha nui he papa, ua hala. Ta haalele mai o George E. ko makou paj>a aloha, i keia ola ana, i ka la lō o Feberuari, 1916, i ka Poa-< kohi, ma ka hora 8 o ke kakahiaka, a uweaolelo ia mai Wailuku mai i Honnluhi nei, e ha'i mai ana i ka ukana luuluu ia makou; ua-hala, ua haalele mai ko makou papa aloha ia makou i kana poe keiki, he umi e ola nei, i keia ao. Nolaila, ua hala, ua nalo oia mai ia makou aku, mai kana poe keiki aku, ame ka ohana no apau. He mea nui kana poe keiki iaia, holo mai oia i Honolulu nei, he mea ole i kona hele e ikf i kana poe keiki a moopuna. He kanaka ohana nōi o Geor£e E. iMiner ma na wahi like ole o ka honua, he inoa kiekie kona mai na alii mai, a he koko nlii kona; ua ike ia e na lii i hala aku. Ua pili o>a me na lii like ole, a ua hanau mai no ko makou papa mailoko maī o ka poe k.oko alii, ajta ua hala ko makou j»apa, aohe o makou papa a mama i koe. aole hiki ia makoū ke pai aku iaia, no ka mea ,elike me ka olelo 0 kn Huke Nui, he mahu ke ola o ke kannka i pua'i ae a emi iho, peia no ko ola ana o ke kanaka rna keia,ao. E hoi ke ki.'io i ka lepo, a o ka uhane i 3<a mea Nana i haawi mai. l'a j»au kona ike ana i ka nani o Makawao, ame ke ea hu'ihu'i o ia home. Ke hea mai nei ka ua ulalena ame ka i"i ukiukiu o Makawao i ko makou pa|»a aloha, e hoi e ike hou i ka nani o ia uka, kahi a kuu papa e alo ana i ka va ;iine ka makani; aloha, aloha wale a! Na makou e alo aku me ke kaumaha nona, aloha ka makua! Auwe ko makou niinamina i ka makua! Ua piha ia«a he 83 makahiki ame na !•» keu; aole makou i ike i kona make ana, o na keiki wale no e noho ana me ia i kona alo. Nolaila, o makou o na ohana maanei 1 ike ole i kona hanu hope, ke ma'Kilo aku nei makou i ka poe o ka hikina ame ke komohana, ko Makawao, ko Wailuku, i ka launa pu ana aku me ko makou mau kaikuaana, e noho mai la ma Waihiku iloko o ka ehaeha, a hoolowa pu nna aku iaia ahiki i ka lua J<uj>ajiau, ka home o na mea apau. Nolaila ke noi nei makou apau i ka llaku lesu Kristo, Nana e hoomama mai ia makou apau iloko o na ehaeha, no ko makou j>apa aloha. O makou iho no na kekahi mau keiki: Mrs. Annie M. Kennedy, Mrs. Louisa Mossman, Mrs. Lilly Kekua, Geo. Miner, Billy Miner, Eddie P. Miner, llarr\; Miner, Charley Miner, Josia Miner, Johnnv Miner. — i