("He Nane", Nupepa Kuokoa, October 19, 1889)
My beloved home is spelled with 15 letters, and here are the lines of the riddle:
1, 2, 14, 15, the name of a sea creature.1
3, 15, the name of a sea creature.2
2, 3, 4, the name of a sea creature.3
1, 6, 7, the name of a sea creature.4
13, 14, 15, the name of a sea creature.5
5, 8, 10, the name of a sea creature.6
9, 11, 13, the name of a sea creature.7
These sea creatures are all common in the whale-inhabited seas of Waikane8, and if the sea creatures are all gathered together, you will have my beloved homeland at Helani waterfall on the face of Ahulili’s cliff. What is the name of my beloved home?
If you answer the name of my home correctly, you will receive a prize of five postage stamps.
J. P. I. Kaumakapili
Honolulu, Oct. 7, 1889.
Riddle answers
("Haina Nane ", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 9, 1889)
Regarding your riddle by J. P. I. Kaumakapili from October 19, the answer is below, although the 1 was incorrect9 and should have been 12, 6, 7. Here is the answer: “Kauapeepapohaku.”10
Sam. K. Kaohiwaena.
Hu’ehu’e, Honolulu, Oct. 21, 1889.
The answer to your riddle by J. P. I. Kaumakapili is this: “Kauapeepapohaku.”
Miss Ella Kahaepalani.
Honouliuli, Ewa, Oct. 26, 1889.
Below is the text of the original articles:
HE NANE
He 15 ka nui o na hua, o kuu home aloha, a penei na hooheno ana :
1, 2, 14, 15, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
3, 15, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
2, 3, 4, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
1, 6, 7, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
13, 14, 15, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
5, 8, 10, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
9, 11, 13, he inoa no kekahi i’a.
He poe i’a kupa wale no keia no na kai kohola o Waikane, a ina e hui ia na i’a a paa, e loaa no kuu home aloha, aia la i ka wailele o Helani, i ke alo pali o Ahulili. Owai la kuu home aloha ?
A i loaa pono ka inoa o kuu home ia oe, e loaa no ka uku makana he 5 poo-leta.
J. P. I. Kaumakapili
Honolulu, Oct. 7, 1889.
Haina Nane
O kau nane e J P I Kaumakapili o ka la 19 o Okatoba iho nei, eia iho ka haina, eia nae, ua hewa ka 1, he 12, 6, 7 ka pololei, a eia ua haina nei, “Kauapeepapohaku,”
Sam. K Kaohiwaena.
Hu’ehu’e, Honolulu, Oct. 21, 1889.
O ka ka haina o kau nane e J P I Kaumakapili oia keia: “Kauapeepapohaku.”
Miss Ella Kahaepalani.
Honouliuli, Ewa, Okt. 26, 1889.
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