Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXVIII, Number 35, 31 August 1889 — Na Kanaka Hawaii MA Loko Paakai. [ARTICLE]
Na Kanaka Hawaii MA Loko Paakai.
Ma ka oluolu o Hon. Jos. U. Kawainoi, oa toaa mai ia mikou ke kope o ka ku a A. Frroaodex, kekahi keiki Hawaii i kipa makaikai aka i ke kahaa o oa Moremooa e ooho mai la i Loko Paakai. a oa kaoa letac hoike i oa manao oei o kaoa hoakai oooa iha SaJt Lake C«y, Uuh, July 21889. Ua haaleie maaa ia Kapalakiko ma ka la 19 o keia mahioa a bok> oo Loko Paakai, ke kahua o oa Moremooa e kau nui oei Iko maoa htkt aoa aku ilaila, me ka ohaoa o Sam he hookahi la o ko makou ooho pu aoa a haalele mai la ia maiia. Ia maua 1 noho iki ai malaila, ua haiawai aku maua me na poe Hawaii e noho nei ianei, a ua ikemaka i ke aoo 0 ka noho ana. Aohe maikai c na hana ana kumu Moremooa i oa kaoaka Hawaii, he oui ko iakou piiikia e noho oei, a ua kuhihewa iakou he aina maikai keia Ua Duni !oa lakou i ka olelo a oa haole Moremooa ma Honolulu, a ua haanui aku lakou a hu mawaho o ka paleoa kupooo. Ua telegarapk aku nei au i ke Kaoikela Hawaii D. A. Makihile ma Kapaiakiko, oo ka noho pilikia loa o keia poe Hawaii ma Loko Paakai neiO ka nui o na kanaka Hawaii i keia wa maanei, he 75, a he eiwa poe 1 loaa kahi papai hale, a o ka hapanui o ka lahui he mee iwaho oka nahelehele me kahi huluhulu, eia hoi, aole loaa la iakou ka hana, he nele ioa hoi i kahi mea eai ai, e ole maua loaa ia lakou kahi pai palaoa a hala ae ana ka la. E haalele ana maua ia Loko Paakai nei ma ka la 28 o keia malama a hoio aku no St. Paul a me Chicago a hoohiki ioa aku iNu loka. He wahi inomo loa o Loko Paakai nei, nui ka wela a me ka lepo, a nui pu ka mai ma keia kulanakauhale. Maikai no ko maua ola kino, a omai mai no i kekahi wa, ma ke aia a makou i holo mai ai mai San Francisco mai a hiki i Salt Lake City nei. He uo° (dcgree) ka nui o ka wela, a epono oe e hooiaha aku i kekahi niau huaolelo o keia, i mea e papa aku ai 1 kekahi poe Hawaii no ka holo hou mai lanei. Ua mihi loa na Hawaii e noho nei ma keia wahi no ko lakou holo ana mai ianei, me ko iakou kuai hoopoho ana iko lakou mau waiwai ma Honoluiu ama kekahi wahi eae paha. A e heie pu aku oe e hookomo ma ka nupepa Kuokoa i mea e ike ai na poe inoremona a pau i ka iakou mau hana lapuwale. No ka manawa ko'u mea e kakau aku nei ia oe ma ka peni kala, manao au, aia a hiki maua i Nu loka, alaila, palapala hou aku la olua. Ina oe e palapaia mai la'u, alaila, e kakau iho oe penei : Care of Wiiiiam Dimond &Co., San Francisco Cal., a na lakou no hoi e hoouna loa ae ia'u ma Michigan, no ka mea e noho loihi ana maua malaila, he mau pule paha, aka, hiki no ia'u e teiegarapa mai ia lakou i ka wa a'u e makemake ai. O ka nui o na kanaka e hoi aku ana ma keia moku aku, he 12, oia ka'u mea 1 pane aku nei i ke Kanikela, aka, he mea ia e pau ai kuhihewa o ka poe 1 ike ia Loko PaakaL Kekahi poe o lakou, he hopepe ina haole moremo na, he kukuii aku imua o na kahu, aka ua nui ko'u kakaolelo ana me na haole moremona i keia mau la, a ua inaina loa lakou ia'u i keia wa. Ua koi ika ika aku au ia lakou no ka hoihoi ana i na kanaka Hawaii ma Honolulu. Ua hoole loa mai lakou, nolaila ko'u mea i telegarara ai Ike Kanikela. Ke hoolala nei oa haole moremona i hui ano mahiai e hookauwa kuapaa ia ai na kanaka. Ua olelo aku au ina kanaka, aole iakou e ae a hooko aku i na manao lapuwale o kela poe haole, a ua huli mai ka hapanui ma ka'u olelo ana ia iakou. Mea aku au ina poe mea aina, aole lakou e ae 1 ke kuai ana i ko lakou mau waiwai paa a hoolilo aku ia mau waiwai i ioaa mai ai no loko o kela hul Ua manao na haole moremooa, e hookauwa kuapaa i ka lahui Hawaii maloko o kekahi aelike, he 50 makahiki ka loihi e haoa ai malalo o kekahi hui. Ke ano mau ona hiole i piha 1 ka hoopunipuoi a me na hana ioe, noiaiia, e hoolaha ikaika aku oe 1 mea e ike mai ai na mea a pau, me ka oiaio o keia. Owau oo me ka mahala Awkaham Fernaxdlz.