Ka Makaainana, Volume VII, Number 6, 8 February 1897 — HUAKAI A KE ALII. Hele Makaikai a Ike i ka Wailele o Niagara. [ARTICLE]

HUAKAI A KE ALII.

Hele Makaikai a Ike i ka Wailele o Niagara.

Ma ka Helu 4 i haia i hoike aku ai makou no ka lele ana o ke Aliiaimoku a me na ukaii e makaikai i ka Wailele o Niagara, i laweia mai e makou mai ke kahi nupepa namu mai. Ano hoi, ua loaa mai nei ia makou ka hoike a kona kanaka a hoa'loha hoi o makou nei, o ka loaa ana mai nei ma ka Auseteralia 0 ka Poalua iho la, a o ia hoi kana PalaPala Helu 4. 61, Sewall Avekue, Brookline, lanuari 12,1897. F.J. Testa, Aloha oe:— I ka bora 7:30 o ke ahiahi Poanoano nei, la 9 o keia mahina, haalele make ia Burukeline nei no ka Wailole o Niakala Falls), hike ilaila i ka hora 2 p.m o ka La Pule mauna o ke kaa-ahi, koomaha iki, kamau wahi ai, hora 3 no, kau hou ma ke kaa (kaa hoolimalima) no ka makaikai'ana i ua wai kaulana nei. Holo aku la ko makou kaa no ka Mokupuni Kao (Goat Island). Aia keia mokupuni mawaena o na wailele elua, oia hoi ka Wailele Amerika (American Fall) a me ka Wailele Kamaa Lio (Horse Shoe Fall). Hookahi no o lava kumu, o ia ka Moanawai Erie (Lake Erie) a hookahi no hoi wahi o laua e haule ai, o ia hoi o Niagara Falls He nani keia wahi Mokupuni. Maluna 0 keia Mokupuni i ku iho ai ko makou kaa a lele aku la ilalo no ka makaikai ana. O ka Wailele Amerika ke ike maa ia, iho aku la ma na alanui anaunuu a hiki i kahi e ikeia aku ai o kahi e haule ai o ka wai, aole i kana mai ke ku i ka weliweli. A'u e nana nei i keia mau mea, me he la, aia oe iloko o ka ohu kahi i ku ai, no ka mea, ke pii hou mai nei ka ehu o ka wai mai lolo mai e like me ka pakaua, a e pulu ana oe mai luna a lalo. He 1240 kapuai ke akea, a he 168 kapuai ke kiekie. Mai keia wahi aku, e ike aua oe i ka aoao o Canada a me ka uwapo hou, ke Queen Vitoria Park, aia ma kekahi aoao o ka Niagara Fall. Pau heia wahi, kau hou ma ke kaa, he mau anana wale no ke kaawale, hiki aku la makou i kahi i kapaia Cave of the Winds. He hale ko keia wahi, a mai keia hale aku e iho eku ai ma ka elevator a hiki i ka hapalua o ka pali, alaila, auau. Aole nae oe

6 auau ana iloko o ka wai, ka luu iho aea ae. Aole peia keia. 0 keia, e ku no oe a noho paha, a o ka ehu o ka wai a ka makrjai e puhi mai ana aa&l lalo mai, e ia iho la ka wai e guau ai a haukeke oq i ke snu, a pela ihp h x loaa ai koua inoa "Cave of the Winds ; " oia hoi, ke Aaa o ua Makani. /

P»u ae la keia, holo aku la mo ka Horse Shoe Fall. O kei» ka wailele m&waena 0 Goat Island a me Canada, a ua like loa ke āno 0 ka pio ana 0 kahi elele ai o -;ka/ wai ine h* kamaa lio, a. pela paha kona inoa i kapaia ai. Mai Goat Island aku he alanuipii e iho ai ilalo, a mai laila aku he uwapo, a maliana oia uwapo e hele ai oe a nana iho ia lalo 0 kahi e haule ai 9 ka wai,a e ike no oe ua like me ke poi ana a ka nalu i kumupali ka pu--OHO hou ae 0 ka waji iluna. Hala ae la keia, holo akn la ma aoao o ka mokup ni e hikl aku ai i k«hi i Ekolu Kaikualiine (Three Siskr Islands). He mau Moku<>nnikeia maluna mai 0 .ka Horse Sh oe Fall, hfv kaawale lakou a pau ms ka laina pololei, ua kapiliia nae ina uwapo mai Goat īsland mai a pau na mokupuni ekolu, a i ka maeawa ka e penaia aoa ona kaula nwea e umii ana i na uwapo ekolu, us pakika iho la ka wawae 0 kekahi kanaka pe'na, a haule aku la iīoko o ka wai, aole i loaa kona kino a hiki i fceia la.

Mai keia uaau mokupuni sko, e ike āku ana 0« 1 kn waiho msi 0 ka Moanawai Ene me he moena pawehe la i Mokulei», uliuli, lipolipo a malino maikai, aohe wahi aleale ae, aka, 0 kahi e kokoke mai aua i kahi e haule ai ka Wai, ua like pu iije ka hai ana a ka nalu o na la kaikoo 0 kakou, pela okoa iho la no, he kn i - ka hoomakaukau ke nana aku. O ko Amerika aoao wale no keia a makou e mnkaikai nei. Pau keia wahi, holo kaapuni ae la i ka mokupuni a hoi oku la%io ka hotele 1 ka hora 5 p. m, Nfoe i ka Prospect House 4 pau lapainn kakahiakn, hora 10 a. m Po<jkaln, kau hou ma ke kaa no Canado, 0 la ka aoao 0 Pelekane, hiki aku la i ka iiwapo i kapaia "The New Suspenston T?ridge." Aia keia nwapo maluna 0 Ni»gara Tv!l,2GB kapuai loa, a he 19? kapuai ke kiek:e mai k» wai ae. He raau ka*»U nwea na naea 1 hoopaa mai kekahi aoao n kahi aoiu\ ho!o

na kaa malutia, a ke nana iho oe ia ialo, poniu na maka. Mai laila aku no Queen Victoria Falls Park. B[e nani keia, aohe mea a na maka e loi ae ai. Mai keia wahi aku e ike ai oe i ka nani o na wailele a ike oe i ka American Fall, Care of the Wmds, Horse Sho« Fall, Three Sister Isiandt, Goat Islaad, ka Moanawai Erie a me ke kulaaakauhale o .Niaga'ra Fall. He hale kiai.ko aei n iaaei oe e kuai ai i kikiki na kou hele ana aku ."imua, he 50 keneta (hapalua d«la) 0 ka mea hookahi, he $2 00 makou a me ke kalaiwa.

Hala hope ae la holo aku la no mua, hiki aku la i ka uwapo i kap&ia Sridge to Burning Springs. He kiai no ko laila, hoike aku la 1 ke kikiki, aeia mai la, holo hou aku la, hiki aku la i kahi o ka Waimapuna (Burning Springs), komo aku la iloko 0 ka hale a komo mai la ka mea hale e hele e naua iua wai nei. He rumi okoa aku ia. I fea hiki ana akn, e huai ».\*i ana no hoi keln e like n» uie ka huai 0 ko kakou mau waimapuna. Pau ka nana ana, paniia na puka o ka rumi, hoaia

he pepa i ke ahi a kiolaia iloko oka wai, a hoomaka mai !a ka wai e hilapa e like me ka ailamahu, piha ō loko oka hale i ka a 0 kahi mea knpanaha loa, aohe wela. Ho-o-ia kuu hainaka iloko 0 ke ahi } aehe pau i ka aia, aohe no he eleele i ka uwahi. 4 Kau ka haole 1 kona lima iloko o ke aohe no he wal«. He mea hao keia i ka noonoo oka mea 1 e nana aku ana. Ma ka moole'o ! e pili ana i keia wai, he 70 ka i makahiki i hoikeikeia ai o keia, I ai ka 1885 aku nei i nalowale | ai, a mahope mai nei i puka I hou ai.

Pan o laila, hoi hou no ka ! Vict6ria Park, kan ma ka e]eva- ! toa ao lalo 0 ka aiuliwai, he 100 ! kapnai mai luua iho, hoi hou no lwna, kan ma ke kaa no ka ma- : J kaikai ana i ke kulanakauheile, hora 1 p, m. Mki i ka holele» ai { : a pau, hooluolu, hora 5:30p. m., kan ko kaa-ahi no I hiki ila\la l ka htH*a 11 a. ui. 0 . jka Poaiua, hiki i BuruWuue j uei, hoi-A ll:4o. „ l*usi, pau uo Niagara . } & iuu liou aku ao kahi | ( uaauawa. | Maikai ka Laui, apela aome | n& wahi hokn Hawan PonoL ! Kon oia uiau, I JoSEr« Hk!^LVHI£