Ka Naʻi Aupuni, Volume III, Number 70, 8 April 1907 — Ka Ninau Hoola Ma'i Lepera. [ARTICLE]

Ka Ninau Hoola Ma'i Lepera.

O ke Ola o ka mai lepeia, Ka ka lahni lepei'a mai Hawaii a Kauai e makemake nei e loaa. rJa hoi i Honolulu nei kekahi iiaole Helevitia nona ka inoa, o Hor Wallaeh, a oia ka mea e ole3o uei he Ola iaia ka mai lepera; •aka, inamuli o ka loaa ole ana £i ia he laikini lapaau, a aole nc hoi i loaa iaia be naau paiapaia Loomaikai m-ni ua kula kauka o Europa a mai Amerika ma; paha, nolaila, ha kaualua nui is # ,kaua hooia ana no ka hiki iaia hoola i ka ma'i lepera. Hf ®°i k* P' e a makou i lohe ai, ut k©oja ae lakou he'oiaio na olele a keia Wallaeh. No makou ihe aohe maopopo ia inakon ka oieie oia man kooia ana. Aka, eia ki mea i !oaa ia makou no ka met e piii ana i ka hana a keia kana Melevitia.. Ma ka wa ī hoei ai k& lunahooponpono o keii pepa ma ELalaupapa, i ka mana ^w.a i holo aku nei na Komite Oh o xa hale elua o ka Aliaolelo Kaia-upapa me Kalawao ma Mo iokai, oia hoi ka boea ana mai (

kekahi Pake nona ka iaoa o Aoi. Ua ku mai keia Pake imna o ka lunahoomalu Senatoa Coelho o Maui, a imua no hoi o na hoa a pau o ia mau Komite, na poe kakau nnpepa a pan, a hoike mai I la oia penei : "He elua pule o ko'u lapaauia ana e kela kauka, (oia hoi o Lor Wallaeh) a iloko 0 ia elua pule, ua hihi i ko'u ma uamanalima ke aiohala e like me keia.' Ua hoomohamohala mai !a u a Pake nei i kona mau manamanalima hema. E pelu ana no na upiki ana iho o ka poho lima; a e hoomohala ana hoi i kona wa e wehe ae ai i kona npoho lima. He pinepine na hana ana a ua Ani (Pake) uei i kona mauamana ; lima ma ia ano, a ke me aku uei tia mea a pāu, L^a hoomau inai la ua Pake nei i ka olelo ana: "Mamua aku o ko'u lapaauia aua e kela kauka, aole hiki i keia uiau mauamana lima o'u ke hoomohala e like me keia a oukou e ike mai nei. He pepee wale no e like penei. Ia wa, hoopepee iho la ka Pake i ua manamaua nei a hoikeike mai la imua o ke Komite, i ke ano o ka pepee ana o ua mau manamana liina nej ona. "A o kuu mau maka, ua nunuuu mai ia, a e hoomaka iho aua na pepeiao e uleule, aka, ma keia lapaau :a ana, ua emi mai keia nununu, a emi pu ka uleule o na pepeiao'." Ua olelo mai kela kauka, iDa hookahi mahina okoa ana e la. paau ai sa'u; e ola Ioa no au. He kulaua hoopahaohao keia i ikeia e ka lunahooponopono o keia pepa, aka, he meavhoike nae i hiki ole i kaiii mea o loko o ke komite ke oielo ae, uohe oiaio o ia mau olelo a'kela Pake. He mea o;aio, he kanaka Hele vitia keia i a'o ole ia i ka oihaua kauka; a pela io no. Aka, ke hoike mai nei uae na manamana- . Hma pepee o Aui (Pake; e noho mai la i Kalaupapa, iloko wale . no ° elaa Pale o kona īawelawe , lapaauia ana e ke kanaka Hele1 viti» 1 ao ole ia i ka oihana kaul ka> a hol° ka pepee o kona mau i lima mai iaia aku. Noiaila, e t ninau kakou ma, keia wahi; aole t anei lie °i »ku ka waiwai o ba ^ lapaan a ka aiea i a'o ole ia i ka , oihana kauka, naa ke ola aua iaia > o na manamanalima pepee me na ) pepeiao e uleule iho ana;mamua ) o ka ike lapaau o ke kanaka i ao t ia i ka ike kauka, aohe nae he t wahi manamanalima pepee a pe- - peiao uleule e mahinu īho i koDa i ike. i m Ina paha ua hoike mai o Aui - Pake i kekahi mea oiaio ole'i alaila, he mea ia i ike ole ia e ka i mea kakau o keia nupepa ma ia . wa, O keaha la ka mea oi aku o E nana ma ka aoao ekolu.