1969 Leta iaʻu mai koʻu kupuna kāne - Irvin Travis

Aloha Tommy,

ʻOiai ʻo ʻoe kaʻu moʻopuna mua, makemake wau e kākau i kēia leka iā ʻoe i hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i nā poʻe ʻōpio e hoʻomaopopo i kēia mau makahiki i hope.

ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei au e hele pū me ʻoe i ka lawaiʻa i kēia makahiki, makemake wau e kākau i kekahi mau mea aʻu e makemake ai e ʻike ʻoe. ʻAʻole mākou e hōʻike pinepine i nā manaʻo ma ke kamaʻilio maʻamau. ʻIke ʻoe, maopopo iaʻu, ʻaʻole hiki i kou kupuna kāne ke haʻalele loa i ke ʻano o ka waiwai no ka mea ʻaʻole iaʻu nā mea he nui i hiki iaʻu ke koi i ke kuleana. Akā, aia kekahi mau mea aʻu e "hana" i waiho ʻia iā ʻoe ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ma waena o kāua. ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole ia, he mea hiki ʻole iaʻu ke waiho i kēia hoʻoilina iā ʻoe.

Ma kahi ʻano hiki iā ʻoe ke kapa i kēia leka he mea hana e hoʻokumu i kahi hilinaʻi. I mea e loaʻa ai iā ʻoe nā pōmaikaʻi āpau, pono ʻoe e kōkua i kāna mau kūlana. ʻO ke kumu o nā kūlana inā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia wau a me koʻu hanauna e kēia mau palena like ʻole, a laila ua ʻoi aku ke kānalua o ka haʻalele ʻana iā ʻoe a me nā mea hou aʻe naʻu e hoʻohana ai i koʻu ola ʻana.

ʻO ka mua, ke waiho nei au iā ʻoe i nā mile o nā muliwai a me nā kahawai. ʻO ka helu maoli a me ka ulu mau o ke kanaka i hana i nā loko iʻa, waʻa, ʻauʻau, a hauʻoli. ʻO kēia ke kūlana mua o kēia hoʻoilina. Pono ʻoe e mālama i ka wai maʻemaʻe. Akā, pono e hoʻoholo i nā pilikia nui. Pono e hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka ʻōpala mai nā mea kanu ʻoihana i mea pōʻino i nā iʻa a me nā holoholona hihiu. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka mauʻu a me nā pest a me nā holoi ʻē aʻe mai ka mahiʻai a me nā kūlanakauhale. He ʻāpana kēia o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻemaʻe o ka wai. ʻO ka ʻohi ʻana i kāu ʻōpala ponoʻī, a me ka mea i waiho ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. E kōkua pū kēia. Ua hoʻomaka koʻu hanauna i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pane i kēia mau pilikia. Pono ʻoe e ʻike hou aku. Pono ʻoe e hālāwai me nā pilikia a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai. E hoʻoili ʻia ka wai i kēlā me kēia hihia, akā aia iā ʻoe ka waiwai. ʻO ke ana o kou kūleʻa e hoʻoholo ai i ka maikaʻi o kēia waiwai waiwai no kou hoʻohana ʻana a nau e hāʻawi aku i kāu mau keiki.

A laila, waiho wau iā ʻoe i nā ululāʻau a me nā māla ʻaʻole wale i hānai a hōʻaʻahu iaʻu e like me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe he nui no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ua hoʻolako mai iaʻu i ke ʻano leʻaleʻa e hoʻokokoke ai ke kanaka i ke Akua a me ke ʻano.

Ua hōʻike mua ʻoe iaʻu i nā mea kūpono a kou makuahine a me kou makuakāne i aʻo mai ai iā ʻoe e hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai iaʻu e mālama ʻoe i nā kūlana i kau ʻia e kēia noi. E hoohana oe i keia mau ululaau a me na mahinaai i mea e loaa mai ai ia oe na mea maikai e like me ka'u. E hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke ola a hoʻokokoke iā ʻoe i ke Akua a me ke ʻano. Ma ka hana ʻana i kēia e ʻike ʻoe i nā ala maikaʻi aʻe e haʻalele ai i nā mea o ke ʻano ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kaʻu i waiho aku ai iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole maʻalahi kēia ma mua o ka mālama ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe.

ʻAʻole hiki ke maʻalahi nā mea maikaʻi. E ʻike ʻoe e hiki mai ke kōkua i kēia hana mai ke ʻano maoli. He paʻakikī ko mākou ʻāina a me ko mākou wai, a inā hāʻawi ʻia ka hapalua manawa e hoʻōla i kona mau ʻeha mai kā mākou hana ʻino ʻana. E hoʻomanaʻo wale i ka mālama ʻana me ke aloha a loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pōmaikaʻi he nui no ka mea he mea ola ia. ʻO ko mākou mau kūpuna, a ʻo kekahi o koʻu hanauna, ua hoʻopau wale i kahi ʻāpana o kēia makana makamae no ka mea he makana wale nō. ʻAʻole pono ʻoe a me kāu hanauna e hana i kēia kuhihewa like. Ma kahi a mākou i hāʻule ai, pono ʻoe e kūleʻa i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau hopena a me ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia e hoʻonui a hoʻomohala i kou ʻuhane ponoʻī, e hoʻoikaika i kou ʻano, a e hoʻonui i kou mahalo a aloha i nā mea āu e hana nei e hāʻawi aku i kāu mau keiki.

E Tom, ʻaʻole oʻu makemake e manaʻo ʻoe ua ʻoluʻolu loa wau i ka waiho ʻana iā ʻoe i kēia mau waiwai a pau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻo nei wau he ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi wau no ka mea ke manaʻo nei wau e hoʻohana iā lākou me ʻoe i koʻu wā ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ia ka manaʻo e lawe lākou i kahi manaʻo hohonu iaʻu me ka ʻike ʻana ke waiho nei au iā lākou i nā lima maikaʻi.

ʻIke ʻoe, ua hoʻopau wau i nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala aku nei i ke kōkua ʻana i ke kaua ʻana i nā kaua mālama mālama i loaʻa iaʻu kēia mau mea maikaʻi e hauʻoli ai a hāʻawi aku iā ʻoe a me kāu. Pela no hoi oe. Inā ʻo ʻoe ka hapalua o ke kanaka aʻu e manaʻo ai e lilo ʻoe, hiki i kā mākou poʻe make i hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki mai kēia manawa ke loaʻa ka maluhia ma kahi loko nani, muliwai, a kahawai paha, a i ʻole ma kahi mehameha o kahi ululāʻau olakino āu i kōkua ai e mālama.

Me kuu aloha,

ʻO ke kupuna kāne ʻo Travis

Fenton, Missouri, 2/21/1969

 

'Ōlelo Aʻo:

Ua loaʻa iaʻu kēia leka i ka makahiki 60 a he kupuna kāne wau. Ua kākau ʻia i koʻu mau makahiki 8 ma mua o kona hoʻomaha ʻana a neʻe aku i Spurgeon, Indiana kahi i lawaiʻa ai mākou i nā lua hui ʻole ma mua o kona make ʻana. ʻO ia a me kāna kaʻa lawaiʻa 3hp Evinrude ka mea hoʻoikaika no kēia pūnaewele.

William, (Tom) Travis

Mooresville, Indiana, 2/15/2022

 

Kiʻi ʻia ma lalo nei: ʻO koʻu kupuna kāne ʻo Irvin Travis (hema) me koʻu makuakāne ʻo Pete Travis ma hope o ka holo lawaiʻa ʻana i ka ʻauinalā ma kahi lua huki kokoke i Spurgeon, Indiana i kekahi manawa i ka makahiki 1980.

ʻO ke kupuna kāne ʻo Irvin lāua ʻo ka makuakāne ʻo Pete Travis e lawaiʻa ana iā Spurgeon Indiana i ka makahiki 1980

 

ʻO ka leka lima i kākau mua ʻia mai koʻu kupuna kāne.

 

 

 

 

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