Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Volume IX, Number 31, 31 July 1886 — AIA IHEA KA PALENA? [ARTICLE]

AIA IHEA KA PALENA?

He niuau pili laula keia i kela a me keia mea pakahi, ioa no heoihana kaua a lae haoa paha i loaa iaia ina me kona mau lima, a i o!e me kona poo paha. Eia ka Ahaolelo, ua haawi ia ie hana ma ko lakou lima, a aa kauohaialakou e hana polololei me ka ewaewa ole, a e hooko hoi i na olelo o ke kamukanawai a lakoa i hoohiki ai. Ika nana aka i' na haua ako kakou mau kaawa hana kanawai, he mauuunuu wale o ka lakou mau hana e hiki ole ai i ka lahui ke apono aku. He nui wale na haawina uhaai dala me ka noonoo ole ae i na hopeua awahia e hiki mai ana. A nia īa i hea ka palena? Aia hoi i hea. Ke 1 olelo a kekahi poe, aiaa pau holookoa j ka lahui, ka aina a me na alii 1 pio ua ka aie kaa ole, alaila oia iho la ka pa-1 lena. Pau ka noonoo ana he t:auka-j nawai Hawaii, alaiia hoi aku kakou i j ke kau kanawai Lahui.

I' keia wa he kau kanawai Hawaii ko kakou, no ka mea, he lahui Hawaii a he Moi Hawaii. Aia a hiki mai ia mau la, e ike iho ai kela poe hookano e alualu hele nei i kahi pomaikai o ka la hookahi, e hoka ana a e mlhi iho ana i ka lilo okaaia me ka i'a ia hai. Aia manawa, aohe leo koikoi e puka ae, aohe okomo ana, e mea e, mea mai oe i kahi uku auhau liilii i loaa ae hoi kahi ai a mea ma, a i mau dala hoi no mea ma, ke ne mai nei la, a i mau dala no na misiona i na aina e, a pela aku. Ke hele ioa aku nei ka aina a me ka lahui iloko ona hana naaupo, a o ke knmu nui no hoi, no ka naaupo maoli no oka poe koho ba!ota. Ua ike no ia Aholo lie hoopilimeaai, he punj wale i ka epa ia mai, e lilo ana oe i mea no mea, oka ae wale aku la no ia, a i ka hooko ana iho, he neo ka mea loaa.

Aohe e ola ka aina īoa o Aholo ke kaa kanawai, no ka mea, he haiki ka ike, he palupalu ka noonoo, ahe makau wale. īna hoi e kue aku i ka ai ame ka i'a, o ka ike ole ihoi ka hana, makau loa o hoopau ia ae kahi hana aupum, ume iho ika hupe. Nolaila, e aho no ka palu kuha pela a kuu iho ka luhi.

Pela no hoi, aohe no e ola ka aina a me ka lahui ma o Kaulnkou ke kau kanawai, no ka mea, he uhauha, he puni hanohano, he hoomaunauna, he imi hoohanoheno, he manao i kona iho, he pai lani alii, hekuhihewa, he ike ola ika malama, he hoonui lilo oke aupuni, a lie ake hoonui aie pu hoi o ka lahui-

E Nahinu e/ Aia iliea ka pa!ena?eola aina o oe ka loea, ke kalaiaina, he puhi lauwili, he elelo lua, he pauaka a he puni wale; ua moe ou maka i keia mau la, ua ike no o$ i ka pono, ua ike no hoi i ka pilikia, ua hune ka aina, a eia kakou ke naku nei ī ka naele o ka aie, a aole ana paha e kaa i na aa o Koua e waiho kauliilii la ma o a maauei o nVKona. Ua lena kou kui, ua alua lauoho, oia mai nei ka kou wa piha lokomaikai nui wale, ke haawi la ka akau, lu ka hema, alaila aia aku i hea ka palena. Ua lilo he $30,000 i ka misioaa puhikole i na aintk e, a eia iho ka laina mokuahi o ka imi loaaa oukou e haawi ana no'paha oe la? Uhu/ E Kouh Hema, eia mai ka eleaiakule hoonui lilo a oukou a hoi aku, niuau pono ia mai, mai makau oakou, aohe ka ia nei he liana, he holehole i na iwi, a he kmai make maopopo. Ho! Nahale! O ke oki keia, o ke ku no a Mauī, ua like ia nei me ka moku ki!a ole ka holo pahua ma ka aoao kuhiua wale no. Heaha la ko oukou po-; maikai e Kona Akau i keia kanaka?j Hookahi wala no a ianei hana ike he hooiuii liīo, a lie imi pomaikai no hfti; ma kahi e hele ai na kohiua, wolaUa pu aku keia, a aole loa e hiki iaīa ke kupaa maluna o kona manao ponoī. Ahea ia pau kau mau haua apuka i ko m makaaiuana jx>no? E holo ana pa-

'ha ua o Nahale i SamGft, ho l'omiaioa iiaea kuikahi no tia niu olaila, a me na uaaia oea Koua. Ola ka hune luaamakaainaoa ao ke kanaka keia. Pan kuhihewa ia Hiio palikn, Eia ka kou wa % Kona Akau e haule'ai, a e lilo ai i pio Da ka hoopiliiaeaai. O ka noho o Koea Akau i na kau i hala, he maemae he inoa aala i mahaloia, aohe ake oihana aohe imi loaa no ka oiwi. Ua hala ia me ka lianoh&no nūi, Aloha wale. Ē Hamakua el Ahea ka palena? O oe ka hali pomaikai o kahi poe nele iloko oka Ahaolelo. Ikawa i ike ia ai ua koho oe ia Kaunamano, a na eo iaia Ka haliohano o ke koho balota/ olelo ae la lakou nei, na puka mai la ia woLI kaaaka o inakou, aia auanei a'hiki mai haawi aku nana e hana keia puu i aui, iaia no hoi auanei, a ia mea «h no hoi, e ka holo no ia. Heaha aku auanei ka lakou la ma iho, he uuku walo no lakou. Me ia maa kohokoho ana, ua oiaio, ke he!e nei ka wai hele ka ala, aohe ku aoho moe i ta mea he loko maikai ika hai, Ua ike no o Kaunam*BO aohe nana ke dala, o oukou a o ka lahui na ona naiia ke dala, iaia nei nae ka haawi. Ua ike no hoi oe e Hamakua ika ia nei mau hana ona kau i hala» aohe hoi e hihi he puni hoouna mai no oukou i ke kolohe i ka Ahaolelo he hewa iho ka oukoa ia W. A. Kiui Esq., ka poka pahu e puehu liilii ai ke koiohe a me na hana haihai kanawai a na kuhina poo paa. M&ikai mai no naa hoi keia, iolo iho. Aia a kuapapanui iho paha ka aie, a auhau papalua ia iho, alaila paha oukou noonoo ae.

E liele kakou i Hilo. Aloha oe e Hilo, ka aina kaulana i ka na Kanilehna He lei hoohiehie mau ia ka Seh»a o Mokaulele i na kau i hala, a i keia kau ke lei ia nei e ka u'a, ka maukauka hoe hewa, ka hoopiliwaie. tTa koho mai oukou Le mau mahoe, he like loa uo n& hana, i kekahi ke kanikani pahu piula, a i kekahi ka hoopaa. Ina kau i hala, ua helu ia oe ma ka aoao o ke aloha aina a me ke aloha lahui, a i keia kau hoi, ua helu ia kou moolelo ma ka buke oka poe. hoopilimeaai, uhauha dala, ka hoopiī uku makahiki, ka alunu pomaikai, ame na hana paewaewa he iehulehu. Ua haumialeou kulana, ua hoohaahaa ia oe. ao oeke alakai o na hana kokua hewa a pau īloko o keia kau Ahaolelo. Ke ninau nei ou kini, ka iwi ameka io mai kela ame keia pea oka aina. Aia i hea ka paleua? E pane ia aku ana no keia ninau, aka, peia iho hoi, e kali ae hoi au a ike ia ae ka hopena o ka Bila Kanawai Koa p»u dala nui, nau e leho ai e Hilo, oka lakou nei ka uu ika pu iluna i lalo. A heahu hou aku? He bila aie $2,500,000 na kokani no o ua mau mahoe nei an e Hilo. A heaha hou aku? E hoomahuahua ia ae aoa ke kokua manawalea Ika laina mokuahi oka punahele nui, a moi elua o Hawaii nei, wahi a ka olelo ia, mai ke $48,000 a i ke $72,000. A me he mea la, ia oukon no e Hilo, e piha ana paha ka Ua hiki iio, maiie o« lioi aku a mahelehele ae iwaena o oukou, pau ka pilikia, no ka mea hoi ua molowa oukou i ka hoouna mai i ka poe pono a oiaio o Hawaii, aia a lima i paumaele i ke koko o na hana ekaeka, oia iho la ka oukou makemake. Ua hala ole no o Nawahi iaua o Hikikoki.

He lohe wale, ke ake nei kekahi o na mahoe a oukou e 1110 i īlamuku, a i ole ia i Kuhina, a i ole, i Elele i na aina Kilipaki, i ahu iho ka niu a me ka hala Eia mai no a hoi aku hookahi, nana ia aku o mua, ho kanaka ae ana o loko. akahi hoi ko oukou maewaewB, aia aku no he la koho ba!ota hou e hiki mai ana.

E Puna paia aala 1 ka hala, he moani ahe kupaoa ke honi aku, me ia ano oe i na kau i hala, he ala, ahe onaona kou ! moolelo, i ka wa au i hoouna mai ai he ! Kauwila 110 Puukapele, kela laau kanlana a Kawelo. A pehea iho nei hoi 'keiamaula? Ho kupapau kou waha j olelo, he kino make, aohe ano. Ina no ! e nana aku i kela eepa pii niu o Kala- ! pana, ua like loa, no ka mea, aohe ona ! mea e pono ai ilaila. I ka Poalima, I lulai 23 i hpta, ka lt ia ana oua o E. Kekoa panaka eka Aha Kiekie, a ua ; pau kona mau pono Kifila i ka lawe ia. No ke aha mai nei hoi keia? Ko ke kolohe ika pono koho o oukou e na makaainana, a mailaila mai no a ianeī, hauhili ka >>ntna. He Jioopouopouo auan«i kaja nei, ho kanaka make ka hoi keia. He makehewa kona noho ana mai i ka Hale, he mana ole kona mau koho ana ma na ninau a pau. E aho 110 ka hoi i Puna i ke kanu awa. Ua ike no hoi oukou he kanaka kolohe keia, haalele ika oihana laahia, hele i ka haua pono lehelehe a kupapau pule ole ia, a mailaila ae a Hilo, helu kuapapauui ia aa a ula inai ua hoopii lehulehu, a mai hailuku ia o oE, Kekoa ika pohaku. Mo kela mau paewaewa lehulehu, he mea ole ia ia oukou. E ike iho ana nae oukou kt? pai u ili aku, anio ilio ana na a-i o oukou a leholeho. Aole i p&u.