Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LIX, Number 15, 15 April 1921 — O WILLIAM KEAUMAIKAI BACLE, UA HALA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

O WILLIAM KEAUMAIKAI BACLE, UA HALA.

i E Mr. Lunahooponopono o ko Kuokoa, e oluolu hoi i wahi kowa kaawale 110 keia molelo: Ma ke k&kahiaka o ka Poalua i hulii, Maraki 29, 1921, ma kona liome ma Keaku, Koloa, Kauai, i pauaho mai ai o William Keaumaikai Baele i keia ola ana. Ua loihi no ka nianawa o kona onawaliwali a,na ahiki wale i kona liala ana aku la ma kelā home nani ma-o. Ua hanauia oia nia Koloa, Kauai, mai ka puhaka mai o Apikaila, kona mama, ame Keaumaikai ,kona makuakane, ma ka la 26 o DekēmaJ>a, 1855, a make ma ka la 29 o Maraki, 1921, a piha aku la iaia aa makahiki he 65, 4 maliina ame 3 la. Iloko o kona niau la opio, ua, hoonaauaoia oia ma ka Halekula Alii o Kahehuna ma Honolulu, Oahu, a oia leekahi o na haumaua holōihua o kona papa lAa na haawiha i a 'oia a na ke kauoha a kona māma āloha, Apikaila, iaia e hoi i k,a aina hanau ,oia iho la ke kumu nui i huli hoi aku ai i ka aina uo ka hooko ana i ka leo o kona makuahiiie.

Ua raarcia oja.ia jJCekuaiwa, kana wahine mua, a na ka make i hookaawale ae ia laua ,aolo uae i loaa kekahi hua ia laua. Ma ka makahiki 1905 ua hoohuiia oia mo Mary Keliiwaiwaiole ma ka mare, ahiki wale no i kona make ana i ka la 22 o Feberuari, 1918, aolfe no i loaa mai kekahi pua ohaha mai ko laua puhaka mai. Aole uo he kulana ano nui i lawelaweia eia iloko o kona ola ana; aka, ua hahai oia i ka hana a kona mau kupuna, he "mahiai" a maluna oia o keia kulana a na ka wili mau o ke ouawaliwali ma kona kino ke leuniu nui o kona waiho ana aku i keia oihana i ka makahiki 1920, ma ke ano he mea paa aelike niahiko me ka Hui Mahiko o Koloa, Kauai. O "William K. Bacle kekahi o na kanaka Hawaii i haalele mai i keia ola ana i komo ke aloha i leona aupuni ITawaii; kona hae, a moe aku la no i ka moe kau' a hooilo me kona liae ILawaiii He kanaka heahea, he hookipa, a he puuwai hamama a na ia nei ka hana kaulana i lawelaweia ma Koloa, Kauai, iloko o ka mahina o Augatc o ka makahiki 1920 i hala aku la, ka haawi aina kaulana i hana ole ia e kekahi poe waiwai o kakou nei. Aia ho apana aina ma Poipu nona ka nui o 10 eka. Mailoko ao o keia. huina, i maheleheleia iloko o : ua apana he nui wale-, i haawi makana aku ai oia i keia mau apana pakahi nona ka nui o ka apana hookahi he 80 kapuai akea a- he 150 kapuai loa i kona* mau ohana, kokahi o kana mau moopuna, ame kona mau hoaloha ma ka haawi lilo loa ana aku ia lakou. Ua lilo keia. mau hana a keia oiaio 0 Koloa nei i mea mahalo īiui ia mamuli o koaia hana i na hana haawi aina 1 kulike me ka ka Mioi Kanieh.imeha 111 i hana ai a na keia mau hana a ia nei i hookaulana aku iaia apuni o Koloa nei. Ho haawi aina ae nei no ka kekalii poe aolō hoi o ka lilo loa, o ka ia «ei haawi ana, he kuhi Hlo loa a ili aku i k&. lakou mau pua no ka manawa pau ole.

Ma. ka niake ana aku la o keia kaiuaka ko 'iko 'i o Koloa nei, ua nelfe iho !a keia apana i kekahi kamaaina maikai. Aloha walol L r a waiho iho oia mahope nei he hoahanau, he mau'moopuna, keiki, hunona, kaikuahine ame ka lehulehu wale o kona ohana e kania-a ma\i nona. ī ka auwina la Poakolu ae i malamia ai kona lioolew a, hope loa, a ua oleloia, o ko iA nei kekahi o na hoolewa nui loa i malamaia ma Koloa. Ua hoomaka ka huakai mai ka home aku ahiki i ka halepula o Koloa. Na ka Makua Uhane o Koloa, Rev. K. Kiaulili i malaina kona anaina haipule hope'loa me kona hoike.pu ana ae i ka moolelo o keia kanakn. He ku i ke aloha ame ka walohia na manao i hoopukaia mai no Wlilliam K. Bacle ,a i ka pau ana o kēia anaina, ua nee aku ka huākai no kahakai o Poipu, a' maloko o k.ona. pailina oiiana i hoomoeia aku ai oifc me kana wahine i *hala mna ina-o, a moe aku la i ka moe kau a hooilo e kakali aua i ka o-le no ke ala hou ana. Ma kona manawa-i mauliawa hope loa ae ai i kona hanu hope loa, o Apikaila, leaaa moopurnawahine, wale no me ia, a oiai ke kupunftkane e wailio oni 016 ana ua kahea iho la oia no kekahi manawa,

a i ka pane ole ana ae o ke kupunakane; ua pilia oia i ka maka 'u a na liolo ku 1» i kekahi hale okoa aku, a na M!rs. Chandlcr'i liele mai e lioomaopopo i ke kino puanuanu o Bacle. He lioaha,Tiau kahiko oia no ka Ekalosia o Koloa, a ma ia lioomaua kahiko no oia i ku ai a moe wale aku la. He kanuka nialaiua a aloha ohaua oia, he heahea, lie ohiolu a he piha lokomaikai. i'omaikai wale ka poe e moe aua iloko o ka Haku! Oiai no oia f e ola ana ua hoomakaukau inua ia kona kiahoomanao, a iaia i hoomoeia aku ai aohe noonoo hou ana, a.ku nō ia mea. Kc haawi nei makou i ka makou boomaikai i ka lunahooponopono ame kou mau paalalo. O makou no me ka luuliiu, WM. PL'A BACLE, abigajl p. bagi>:,M«S. B. K. RODBIGUES, GKORGE MOORE. B. N. KAHALEPUNA, Koloa, Kauai, Apr. 15, 1921.

K. BACLE.