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Piʻolo ʻo Iolaire mai ke kapakai aku me kona kia e u ana i waho o ka wai, a ua hoʻopakele ʻo Donald Morrison.
I ka ʻae ʻana o Kelemania i kahi kaua kaua ma Nowemapa 11, 1918, hoʻomaka ka demobilization i nā pūʻali koa Pelekania. Ua makemake nui nā luina maʻamau, a me ko lākou poʻe luna, a ma luna o nā mea a pau, nā kālai'āina. He mau haneli kaukani o ka poʻe ʻōpio, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o ka hoʻopaʻi koʻikoʻi, i kekahi manawa mau mile mai ko lākou mau home, pinepine i kēlā me kēia lā i ka pilikia o ka nalowale ʻana o ko lākou ola i nā mahina i hala aku nei, i ka manawa i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai ka hoʻoweliweli mai ka "Huns", he mea pahū. .
Me he mea lā ʻo ka makaʻu o ka ulu ʻana o ka manaʻo ʻole i waena o ka lehulehu o ka pūʻali koa, ʻaʻole hoʻi i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka mea i lilo i mea hoʻoikaika nui ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia ʻana o nā koa a me nā luina mai nā kūlana. No laila, ua auwana nā koa i hoʻoneʻe ʻia i ka home ma kahi aupuni lōʻihi a ākea. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i pau maikaʻi kēia "huakaʻi lōʻihi i ka home" no nā mea a pau. ʻO nā luina a me nā koa o Lewis lāua ʻo Harris ma Outer Hebrides he hana ʻino loa.
Hailing from the Outer Hebrides, holo nā luina (ka hapa nui) a me nā koa i Kyle o Lochalsh. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ma kahi o 30, 6200 mau kānaka o Lewis a me Harris i hoʻopaʻa inoa ma kahi o XNUMX poʻe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hapa nui o nā ʻōpio kūpono.
He kauhale ʻo Kyle o Lochalsh ma ke komo ʻana o Loch Alsh. ma kahi o 100 km komohana hema o Inverness a pili iā ia ma ke kaʻaahi. Ua hōʻea nā luina i Inverness, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka lawelawe ma ke kahua o Orkney o ka Grand Fleet - Scapa Flow. ʻO ia, a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka holo ʻana o ka mokuahi kūloko, ka inoa nani ʻo Sheila, i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā mai Kyle o Lochalsh a i Stornoway ma ka Lewis a me Harris, a ma ka lā hope o 1918 ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua tausani mau kānaka demobilized i ʻākoakoa ma laila. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia kanaka kahi ma luna o ka moku.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 100 mau ʻōpio e kali hou aku, ʻo ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe o ka huhū a me ka huhū, he pōʻino iā ia iho. ʻO ka luna o ke kai, ʻo Lieutenant Richard Gordon William Mason (e noho ana ma Lochalsh), ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e hana me nā kaikunāne kai hoʻolauleʻa i ka makahiki hou a ua hoʻoholo e hoʻohana i ka mea mālama kōkua ʻo Iolar, ka mea i hoʻonoho ʻia ma ke awa. lawe i na luina. ʻAʻole i hōʻike mua ʻia kāna luna, ʻo Lieutenant Walsh, a me Mason mai ka Royal Navy Reserve) ua manaʻo ʻia kahi hana halihali nona. I ka ʻike ʻana o Walsh he hoʻokahi haneri kānaka āna e kanu ai, ua kūʻē mua ʻo ia. Ua pololei loa kāna mau manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa - ma luna o ka moku he 2 wale nō mau waʻa ola me ka hiki ʻole o 40 mau kānaka a me 80 mau lole ola. ʻO Mason naʻe, makemake nui e pale i ka pilikia ma nā koina āpau, koi ʻo ia. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i manaʻoʻiʻo i ka manaʻo ʻaʻole i kāhea ʻo Commander Iolaire i Stornoway i ka pō a he koi nui ke awa ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻokele. ʻOiai ʻo nā luna ʻelua e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ana iā lākou iho mai ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana, ua hōʻea mai ʻelua mau hale kūʻai me nā poʻe i hoʻoneʻe ʻia i ke kahua. Ua hoʻoholo kēia i ka pilikia, - ua hoʻoholo maoli ʻo Mason.
figuratively speaking, "defuse" ke kūlana. No laila, 241 poʻe i kau i ka Iolaire. He 23 kanaka.
Aia ʻo Kyle o Lochalsh ma kahi o 60 mau mile moana mai Stornoway. No laila, ʻaʻole ia he lōʻihi loa, a ke hele nei ke ala i nā wai ʻino o ka Minch Strait, kahi i hōʻike ʻia e nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka wā.
