Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 113, 9 August 1893 — NA LETA [ARTICLE]

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f Aole o makoa maUeraate e Ia\rc i te koUeol onahala no n& manao i hoopuka ia malalo o kela poo o ko makou poe Eaeakakau. I He Pane ia Henry Lonoikokala HaweweM, Hakanolelo o ka Hui o na Kalo Helea we o Hona Akan, Hawaii, no ka Elua o ka ManawaMa ka Hawaii Holomua o ka la 22 o īulai i ike iho ai au i ka leo kanikani-a-au o Kawewehl o Keauhou, N. Ua ka pono i ka pana a “Pikoiakaalala, ke keikī pana lole o ke kula o Keahumoe,” aole oe e pakele, ua loaa pono, he kolohe, he epa, a oi loa aku ka huna ana I ka Inoa, akahi no a loaa pouo, ela ka o ‘ £ Aloha Aina u o H. L. Kawewehi no ia. Ua eha io oe, e eha no a pono, he pee, Alaila, ua pololei ka ? u i olelo ai, o “Aloha Aiua,” aoie ia he kanaka ī hanau ia e ka wahine, o na kamaaina o Kona ko’u mau holke; oxai, aohe kana o Kona nei o «Aloha Aina” kona inoa, he ole loa no, pela no hoi ka hiki ole i na ualo ke hooliloia i kanaka, e like me ka*ua “Aloha Aina” la e olelo nei; o ka Iehova i nīnau aku al ia Adamu, pehea olua i ai al i ka hua o ka laau? Na ka wahine au i haawi mai. Ka ku wahine hoi na ka nahesa, a e ike ia ko lakou hoopai ma aa Palapala Hemolele, u Ina ua hoopai ia lukou, alaila, no ke aha e hoopai ole ia aī o H. L. Kawewehi 5 ka hoopaī e like me ko ka nahesa? Manao wau, kupono no, he wa ko na mea a pau. Aole au e olelo ana he kanaka waiwai au no Kona nei, aka, ua hiai nae ia J u ke olelo, ua kuokoa au no T u iho, mamua o H. L. Elawewehl e noho hoopiii wale nei S- W. Kawewehī, be wahi kilu umeke, a ipukai ko’u no'u ponoi. Ua noho io au ma ka hale o J. L. Kaulukou, aole ia hale nou, na’u i kapill ke piiī, pena a paa, no na dala he ($84.75) ko'u mau lilo ponoi, a haalele aku au na oukou e ai ia pokeokeo, aka, he wa no e hiki maī ana, e hoihol hou ia mai ai ia mau lilo o'u. Pela no hoi, auhea ke alakai hewa 0 J. JL N. i na kanaka o Keauhou me Elahaluu? Ina pela, ke ahewa la no oe i ko alelo ponol, olai, o Kawewehi no kekahi i hoopiiia e C. Kaiaiki, a haule mai nei ka hoopīi a ua C. Kaiaiki , la. Hu no hoi i kula ka ike o ua taata, a pela au ī hoomanao ae ai i keia wahl laulima a kahiko. Hokai ua lio makapaa 4a Hu hewa i ka umu nanahu ea Auwe ehehene! Make hou oe ia’u, ke olelo neī oe, he kanaka poo ole ma ke kanawal, pela no, i ka wa 1 hiki mai al ka haku, hana i na hana mana imua o kanaka, aole nae lakou i manaolo iki, pela mai noa hiki i keia manawa, pela no oe e H. L. Kawewehi, ua manao au, ua pau loa paha ka lolo Lahainaluna iloko o kou poo, ke hamama mai nei ko waha a huna ī ka kaua kumuhana ma kahi malu, i ole e ike ia mai ko pee eka lehulehu. Nplalla, o ka olelo kaulana a ko'u kaikuaaua Kamehameha I, imua a Lannkila. Ea, ua uui kou pauku klno uole nae e hiki ke hana, a I ole malama hoi i ka makua, o-ka ona a me ke kuai waīona oīa ka hua o ka luhi ana o S. W. Kawewehi ia oe, a oi loa aku ko miala plnepine e hoopunīpuni ai ia C. Kaiaiki a ioaa kahi kiaha gin; aole Ioa,pelaoJ. N. K. he i-a ia no Kakaauki, e like me keīa hooheno ana: O ka moe a ka i-a o Kakaauki Oiaio, oia paha e E pa wai au a, e klpa kaaa—a He keu ko’u mahalo ia oe, no ka paanaau o ko’u mookuauhau, ae; o ke kuauhau o na lii mai ka po mai,

aole loa la e nalowale, he mea maa mau 1 na kahu ka hoopaanaau mau ana. , Aole a*u olelo no J. 'W. Kelilkoa, olai, ua apono mai oia ia ? u ma na ano a pau ma ke awa o Keauhou, ma ka la 29 o lulaī, 1893, me ka olelo pa ana la oe i ka hupo, a owau ka naauao. Ua olelo oe he kanaka i hoonaauao pono ia, pela no, aka, he kauaka nae I pnka pono ole, © hiki ai ke oleloīa, he kanaka hanau hapa, aole e like me I). P.Namauu, oia maoll ka Lahainaluna oiaio, aole o oe, alaila, pehea iho la auanel e hiki ai ia oe ke puihu ia J. N. K.? Ke olelo hou nei oe, aole au e lawe aku ina olelo pilikino; auwe! hilahiia ka la me ka mahina, ua ike no ka ho makaa wale, pehea iaaai e paio mal, nolaila, me keia mau a-Ia paa, o lohe ananeī o Kauai i ka uiaa oko lae no ka wa elaa, me keia mau mea, ke hoalu iki nei au I na ki o uwehone, uo ke kall ana ī ka pane hou ia mai. Aloha oe e Henry Lonoikokala Kawewehi, kakauolelo o ka hui aloha aina o na nalo keleawe oN. Kona, Hawaii. Ua makaukau mau au me ka hamare ahi a ka amara, e hoolel malnna o ka hao oiai e wela ana. Joseph Nihiaumoe Keoua KooMOAOKALANIKAUIiELEIAIWI. Peresidena o ka Hoi Hoohuiaina o N. Kona, HawalL