Ua loaʻa paha kekahi mau koa kahiko i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ma muli o ka iʻa i ʻai ʻia ma ko lākou wā ma Wiekanama.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 22 o Nowemapa, he Pōʻakolu. Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu, ʻo Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Aloha nō nā koa kahiko ʻAmelika o ke Kaua Wiekanama. Ua loaʻa aku nei kekahi o lākou i ka maʻi ʻaʻai ma ka pūʻali wailena ma muli o ko lākou ʻai ʻana i ka iʻa maka a i ka iʻa paha i moʻa maka ma Wiekanama. Ke ʻai aku i ka iʻa i moʻa pono ʻole, aia nō ka mea omoola, a ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa ai ia mau koa kahiko i ka maʻi ʻaʻai. ʻO ka mea ʻāpiki, aia wale nō a hala he mau ʻumi makahiki, a laila, ʻōʻili mai nā ʻōuli. ʻO ka pilikia, i ia wā e ʻōʻili iho ai nā ‘ōuli, ua pau paha ke kino i ka ʻehaʻeha, a he mau mahina wale nō paha koe, a ʻo ka make nō ia. Inā lapaʻau koke ʻia, ʻaʻole e pilikia ke kanaka. He 700 paha mau koa kahiko i loaʻa i ia maʻi ʻaʻai, i hele aku i ke Keʻena Kuleana Koa Kahiko ma nā makahiki he 15 i hala. Akā, he hapa iki wale nō kai noi aku i kōkua, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike he pili ia maʻi i kā lākou hana ma Wiekanama. A ua hōʻole aku ke Keʻena Kuleana Koa Kahiko i ke 80 pākeneka o ia mau noi. He 41 mau noi i kēlā makahiki aku nei, a i kēia makahiki nei, he 60 noi. Akā, he ʻekolu hapahā a emi iho o ia mau noi, ua hōʻole ʻia.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Noho maialile ka ua o Hilo, ʻelua wale nō māua.
Na Kanuha i hoʻopuka i kēia ʻōlelo i ka wā o ke Kahunapule Titus Coan i nuku aku iā ia no ka hana kūpono ʻole ma ka Lā Kāpaki. E hōʻike ana ʻo Kanuha, ʻo lāua ʻo Kiaʻāina Kuakini nā mea nui. ʻAʻole ʻo Coan. A inā aia nō kekahi o lāua, ʻaʻohe wahi mea a kauoha aku o Coan. A i kēia wā, he pane kēia i ke kanaka e kuhihewa ana, ʻo ia ka luna. E hōʻike ana ia ʻōlelo, e hāmau, ʻaʻole ka luna ʻo ʻoe.
Ke Aolama 