He ʻaha hoʻomanaʻo kai mālama ʻia ma Hanakaʻōʻō.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 9 o ʻAukake, he Pōʻalima. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
ʻO nehinei ka piha makahiki o nā ahi ʻāhiu o Lāhainā. A i mea e hoʻomanaʻo ai a e hoʻohanohano ai hoʻi i nā kānaka i hala ma muli o ia mau ahi, ʻākoakoa aʻela kānaka ma kahakai o Hanakaʻōʻō. ʻAu aku nei kekahi mau kānaka i waho, kahi e kū ana ka Hōkūleʻa, ka Moʻokiha O Piʻilani, ʻo Mānaikalani a hoe aku nei nō hoʻi nā hui hoe waʻa ʻekolu o Lāhainā i laila. ʻO ka nui o nā kānaka ma Hanakaʻōʻō, ma kahi o ka ʻehā kaukani.
Aia nō ka mākaʻi ke noi aʻe nei i ka lehulehu i ke kōkua ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kekahi wahine i hoʻāʻo aku nei e ʻaihue i kekahi kaikamahine ma Kakaʻako i ke awakea Pōʻakahi nei. ʻO ia wahine, ua piha paha nā makahiki he 55 a ʻoi, he ʻelima ona kapuaʻi me ʻelua ʻīniha. He lauoho ʻeleʻele a he mau maka mākuʻe kona.
E hoʻoneʻe koke ʻia aku ana ʻo Jacob L. “Jake” Smith i kekahi hale paʻahao ʻē aku. Aia ʻo Smith ma ke Kikowaena Paʻahao Pekelala ma Honolulu. ʻEkolu manawa o Smith i limanui ʻia ai ma loko o nā mahina ʻehā aku nei i hala. A ʻo kona kumu i limanui ʻia ai, ua lilo ʻo ia i hōʻike ma ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo a kāpilipili aku ʻo ia i ka hewa ma luna o Michael J. Miske ʻŌpio, kona luna hoʻi i ia manawa. Ua noi ka loio o Smith, e noho paʻahao ʻo ia ma ka hale o kona mau mākua, ʻoiai, nui ka mana o Miske ma ka hale paʻahao.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
He ola i ka leo kāhea.
Ke kāhea ʻia ke kamahele, he mea ia e ʻolu ai a e hauʻoli ai paha kona naʻau.
Ke Aolama 