Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XVI, Number 7, 17 February 1877 — Hoomaikai Moi. [ARTICLE]

Hoomaikai Moi.

! . j Ke Alii ka Moi Kalakana, ka Makua • liolookoa o ko Hawaii Fae Aioa. Eia.ko makou aloha kou poe makaainana e noho ana ma keia aina. Ke noi ae nei iiiakou i ka Makua Manaloa, e hooloihi ia akn kou ola ana, a pela me kau mau hana niaikai a pau. Oiai, ua hiki mai ia mau hana maikai i keia wa oia hoi ke kukuluia ana o kekahi ahahui. Ma ka nana aku ua malnhia t na hoa i komo i ka hui, me ko lakou j haawi mai i ko lakou hoomaikai ana no j keia hui, me na huaolelo a kela a me j keia, e i ana, aole i na Moi i hala e aku, i keia Moi wale no, pela lakou c hauoli ai no na mea e pili ana no ka hui. Ua kukuluia keia ahahui i ka la 28 o Mei, A. D. 1876, ma ka apana o Tacoma, Wiishingtōn Territory, i mea nana e kokua mai, kela a me keia hoa i komo iloko o ka hui, i kona wa e loaa ai i ka mai a me na pilikia e ae, i loohia mai maluna o kona kiuo. Mai ia la mai a hiki i keia la 14 o Dekemaha, A. D. 1876, ua holopono na hana a ka hui. Eia nae, ke makemake nei makou, e loaa mai ka hoomaikaiia mai e oe, i mau aku keia hana maikai a hiki i kona hopena. Me ke ahonui pu mai hekahi o ka Makua Manaloa ma ka lani, i kumu alakai no ka makou hana. He nui no na Hawaii maanei, a o kekahi poe, ua kanimoopuna i keia aina; aole i kukuluia kekahi ahahui ia mauawa, a i keia wa, ke ike lea nei ia poe, ua maikai ia hana. Aka, o kekahi poe, ua hoomaloka lakou, ua ane like me na ilio hihiu o ke kuahiwi'a me'na kula panoa, hookahi noa lakou hana makemake o ka inu rama. A i ko lakou wa e loaa iho ai i ka mai a me na pilikia e ae, eia nae ua nele ia ike, kala ole maloko o kona waihona, a pela no hoi e nele mai ai ka loaa ana o kela a iue keia mea ana e makemake ai. He nui loa-na poe oia auo a'u i .ike iho nei, ua pau aku i ka make. No keaha la P no ko lakou inu nui i na waiona 'o kela ano keia ano, a pau aku la ka lakou mau hapaumi ma ia mea, a i kona loaa ana i ka mai, aohe ona mea nana e malauia aku, ke olē e waiho ana kona puu dala, ka mea nana e kala aku kona mau piiikia. A i keia manawa, i ka wa i ku ai ka hui, ua ike aku au ua maluhia mai na hoa i komo iloko o ka hui. Aka hoi, 0 ka poe mawaho mai o ka hui, he nui ko lakou hoino mai, eia nae he nui riala e kau inai nei, wahi a ka palapala hemomolele, a e ko no e like me ka mea i manao ia. Eha mahina i hala'e, ua hapai hou ia ka uoonoo aua, no ke kukulu ana 1 halehalawai no na hoa o ka hui, ua }iaa ia e ku nei; kona loa he 22 kap., laula he 14 kap., kiekie he 12 kap., a o kona pahu hae he 70 kap. ke kiekie. Nolaila, ua lawe mai makou i kou inoa hanohario maluna iho o makou kau poe kauwa, oia ka " Ahahui Hawaii Kalakaua." I kou'wa i noho ai i ka uoho'na Moi i loaa ai keia hui, a pela iuakou i hoolilo mai āi, o oe ke poo o ka makou hui, a o ka helu ekahi keia o ka hui Hawaii maanei, a he mea mahalo ia na na haole e hoho nei. Ekolu mau elemakule i komo mai me ka lakou mau keiki pu kekahi, aka, aole i liuliu iho, loaa kahi i ka mai, aka, ua malama aku no ka hui iaia me ke kupouo a hiki i kona lanakila ana. 0 keia elemakule no hoi, ua hiki aku paha kona mau makahiki i ke 60 a oi aku paha, ua mai ia i kona hoomaikai ana i ka hui, no ka ioaa hou ana o keia mau la iaia, me he la o keia hui ka puuhonua o kela me keia Hawaii e noho ana ma keia wahi. Nolaila, ina paha e loaa mai ana kekalu mau kumumanao, e paipai mai ana oe i na hoa i koe, alaila, na'u ia e wehewehe aku.imua o lakou, a he kumu uo ia no lakou e pau mai ai iloko o keia uui ? i old ai lakou e liio aku e like me

na hi|v* anwana. iv.n ka hi ana ku i ka lakoa mau monii niiikaniae :u.iioko o na hal 1 ra paii. Eiv kekahi, no ka hemahema loa o makou ma keia mea he hui. ua mao-. oiK» o!e na rula ku*x>no a me ke kanawai o nei f.*iea he hni, e pili ana no na hoa o ka hni, tl*e. Noiaiia, ke noi haahaa aku nei niakou ia oe. ina he mea hiki ia oe ka hiUiwi aiui mai i keia buke i kaa |H>e kauwa nei, i ioaa ke kumu alakai jx>iOīei n o ka makou hana, i ole ai makou e hn- ; hewa e like me na makapo. Oia kahi poi ia oe e ko makou Moi. ka makua o ko Hawaii Paeaina. Eia kekahi, no ko makou kuni, ina he mea kupono ia oe ka haawi ana mai i i kekahi mea iioaiiona e kau iho iuaiuna o kau poe kauwa, aole r.o ka jK>e niawaho , aku o. keia hui. no na hoa waie no i komo ilokū o ka " Ahahai Hawaii Kaiakaua." na poe iae ia no ia hoailoua, ina ; nae he nien kupono ia i kou manao i ka makou Moi ; ke poo oka makou hui. lua ua hewa keia noi imua aiaila. e kaia mai oe i kau kauwa nei. Ke hooki nei au maanei, me na hoomaikai piha a na hoa o ka " Ahahui Hawaii Kaiakaua." Owau no me ke aioha. Kau kauwa Wm. H. Kahou. Tacoma Sa\v Mill, Dee. J«5. 187(5.