Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume IV, Number 6, 9 February 1865 — Pohaku makaikai nui ia. [ARTICLE]

Pohaku makaikai nui ia.

E ka Nūpepa Kūokoa e ; Aloha oe :— Ke kukini mama i Ua poai a puni ia-Ha-waii o Keawe, o Maui nui hoi o Kamn, o Mok'kai nui a Hiua, Oahu o Kakuhihewo, a Kauai o Mano, a leaulele mai hoi Niihau, ka aina o ka haole. No kela mau hua e kau ae k ma ke poo o keia kukulu manaoana, oia keia. " Pohaku makaikai nui ia." Aia ma lao, i Wailuku, Maui nei, ua kaa kekahi pohaku nui, mai iuna iho o kekahi o ko anei mau pali kamanina ; iloko o ka la 9 o Dekemaba, o ka makahiki 1864. Oke ano o keia pohaku, he olapalapa ma kau wahi, a palahalaha ma kau wahi, a loini no hoi; a hookahi poo nui, a hookahi poo uuku o keia pohaku. 0 ka loa o keia pohaku, mai kona poo nui, a hiki i kona poo uuku, he 10 kapuai. Oke anapuni o kona poo nui, he 13 kapuai, a o ke anapuni o waena o keia pohaku, 8 leapuni, o ke anapuni o kona poo uuku, 4 kapuai. lioko mai o ka la 11 o Dekemaba (oia ka la Sabati) oia ka la e hoomaka ai o ka poe makaikai, e hele e nana i ke ano kino o keia pohaku. Ia lakou e hiki ai ma kahi e waiho ai o ka pohaku, ninau mua aku la lakou 1 na kamaaina oia kahawai. . Maihea mai keia pohaliu ? Hai mai kekahi poe, mai luna mai oLa paii, a i kekahi poe hoi; mai lalo ae oka honua. A ina e ninau ia'leu, pehea e akakaai mai lalo ae keia pohaku ? Alaila, he puni ke kii koke ae i ka laau kalani, ia Hoolehelehekii. He kii ka ka mea o ka maopopo o ka ike ana, mai lalo ae ka pohaku. Eia kekahi kumu oko lakou manao ana, »ai lalo ae keia pohaku. Ua pii lakou e nana ma na wahi o keia pali. A mai keia la-ll mai- o Dekemaba, a hiki i keia ia 14 o lanuari, o ka makahiki 1865, ua nui loa ka poe makaikai i hele mai e nana i keirf pohaku. Ona la Poaono a pau, na la nui o Ua poe makaikai maluna o na ho, ama na wawae no hoi. Iloko o kekahi o na la mua i pii ai ka poe makaikai, ua lawe kekahi i wahi huluhulu awa, a waiho ma ke poo nui o ua pohaku la. Ai ka hoi ana inai, alaila, olelo aku la i ka pohaku, "aloha oe." (Pau ole no hoi ke kuhihewa o ka Hawaii nei piha welu. Ika noho iho no ka iloko o keia malamalama nui o ka nuhou maikai a Kristo ; a makapo iho ia no na maka.) Ano keia hana mau oka poe makaikai pela. ua hel« aku ko makou kahu ekalesia ; oia \V. P. Alexander e nana, a ua hai mai oia, he pohaku kaa mai no mai ka pali mai. Aole e like me ka manao o kekahi poe; mai ialo ae ka pohaku. Ke hooki nei au maanei ua uhi ke kuawa. » D; K. Hkwahewa. Wailuku, Maui, lan. 31, 186&