Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume LXII, Number 20, 17 May 1923 — KUU LEIALOHA UA HALA, HE KAIKAMAHINE. [ARTICLE]

KUU LEIALOHA UA HALA, HE KAIKAMAHINE.

Mr. Bolōnion Hanohano, Lunahooponopono 0 ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Aloha oe:—E oluolu mai i ka'u noi" i kolamu kaawale 0 ka kaua pepa i kahi poomanao e kaū ae la maluna, i ike mai ai na kini makamaka ame na hoaloha mai ka \a \ puka mai ma i3aehae a ka welona a ka la i Lehua. ITa lianauia kuu kaikamahine Mra. Melia Saili Ku Panui, mai ka puhaka mai 0 Kaukihi Pikao (k) ame Kukeaka (w) i ka la 13 o Aperila makahiki 1887, ua piha iaia na makahiki he 38 me 11 mahina me 27 la 0 ka hanu ana i na ea huihui 0 keia ola ana. Ua hoohuiia oia me kana kane 1 ka belika maemae o ka mare mo Ku Panui, i ka la 26 o Maraki makahiki 1904, ua noho laua me ka maemae 0 ko laua noho ana, ahiki i ka minuke ame ka hora i kii mai ai ka anela a ka make i ka hanu ola iloko o kona kino, i"~ka hora 2 0 ka wanaao 0 lea la 10 0 Aperila, 1923, a waiho ihd la i ke kino puanuanu, e oni ole ana i ka moe kau a hooilo na ke kane, na keiki, 0 | makou hoi 0 na ihakuahine i hoo|tteleia i ka leialoha, na kaikaina, na kaikuaana, kaikunane, ka ohana apau loa e paiauma ana i lee aloha iaia, ke kumakena, ke kaumaha, lnuluu, ame ka mokumokuahua 0 kdl naau, ka waimaka hoi e hoopulu ana i ka lihilihi, auwe minamiua wale au, i kuu luhi. Ua piha ia laua na makahiki he 19 me 15 la, a ua hanāu mki hoi he 11 keiki, he elua i hala e aku ma kela aoao mau 0 ka ūiake, ke alanui hoi ana i la mahōpe, a koe iho he 9 keiki e ola nei, he 5 keikikahe a he 4 kaikamahine, auwe kuu minamina i kuu kumulaau hua maū i na makahiki apau, a he hooulu lahui maopopo hoi, i ikeia, a he malama kane, malama hoi i ka laua mau keiki, ia makou

hoi i na makuahine ame ka ohana apau loa, a he makuahine hoi no kuu home, a pela no hoi ko laua home ponoi, kuu koapili i ka malu hale e Kaakauloko 'ame ka uwapo piha hoi, o Nawiliwiii. i na kanaka, aloha hoi ke one o Kalapi kahi a kuu lei e holoholo ai. Amve luuluu wale au 1 ke aloha iaia, kuu hoapili hoi 0 na wahi apau loa na"u e hele na ka makua, hele mai oia mahope o'u, aloha hoi ka lae 0 Kawai me Kalanipuu e au nei i ke kai, ua pau hoi kona ike ana 1 i na kukui Poahaaha 0 Hulaia ame ke ao puaa i ke kau mai i Haupn, aole hoi oia e inu hou ana i ka 1 wai 0 Kemamo, ua pau kona hehi | ana i ke one 0 Kipu, aole hoi e ike hou aua kona ili i ka uanoe o Koloa, I ua hele aku la oia i ka poli kuaka- ( ne, auwe luuluu wale au i ke aloha 0 kuu lei, nana ae hoi au i kuu mau j moopuna, me he rfiea la 0 ko lakoui mama pu kekahi e noho mai aua. Auwe ka mea ehaeha 0 kuu naau, ke noonoo ae, aole hoi oia e auau liou ana i ka wai 0 Kawelowai me Waiehu, aloha hoi ka luna 0 Aahoaka ame Nounou i ke kau mai iluna aole oia e ike hou ia Wailua, ua pau kona helii ana i ke Kalukaluokewa ame ke kula o Mailehuna, ua pau kona ike ana ia Kalalea, ka paia makani 0 Anehola, 8 lioomalia aku hoi au me kuu luhi i ka ulukukui o Koolau, aole oia e hele hou ana i ke kula 0 Kilauea, a huli aku hoi i ka wai e Nainolokama, 0 ka waiho ae a ke one o Mahamoku ame ka limū kanaka 0 Mamuakepa, kahi hoi a kuu lei e hōloholo ai, a aole oia e pulu hou ana i ka ualoku 0 Hanalei, e lei no au i ke aloha 0 kuu lei, aole e nalo, aole hoi oia e ike hōu ana 1 ka wai 0 Lumahai ame na lehua o Luuluupali, a auau aku lioi i ka wai e Wainiha, kahi 0 kuu lei e luana ai me kona mau kaikunane. Aloha ka lae hala 0 Naue i ke kai, kahi a kuu leialoha e hele ai, a liuli aku hoi nana i ka pali 0 ahi 0 Makana, he makana ka ke aloha 0 kuu lei, ke hiki mai, he hipuu kau no i ke ku'emaka, ka waimaka e hoohanini ana i kuu lihilihi, a he mea hoi a'u e poina ole ai i kana mau liana maikai i na wa apau 0 kuu ola ana,-kuu luhi .hoi me kuu mau kane i hala e aku ma kela ao, a kuu hoi ka luhi 0 keia kino, pau ka ike ana i ka ehaeha ame ka ihea 0 keia ola ana, a hoi aku k« kino no kahi mau 0 na mea apau Ko'u hoopau' ana i keia, ke haawi'nei' au i'ktiu ittahalo i ke kahunapule ame ka poe apau i akoakoa mai me ka lakou makana pua> no ke kumakena. pu ana me mākou i ka makou meaaloha, a ke noi pu ae nei au i ko kakou Makua Lani, 0 hoomama mai i ko makou naau kaumaha luuluu, ke kane, na keiki 0 makou hoi 0 na makua, ame kn ohana apau. Me oe e Solomon Hanōhano, ame kōu mrtu keiki 0 ka papapa'i ko'u mahalo nui ho kō'u holuhi ana ia oukou, owau iho ,110 me ka luuluu kaumaha. MftS. M. K. PIKAO, Nawiliwili, Lihue, Kauai.