Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Kehena side like that
Yes.
That whole zone, the mauka zone, and you know you get to Hoepa or Kahuä, you see
where the old, there are ‘auwai and stuff you know.
Yes. And old Peter Kainoa who was a cowboy at Kahuä, told me many years ago, and he
was brought up in that area. He said that around Hoepa and, they planted the Irish potato
mauka of the road and the sweet potato makai of the road.
I guess Irish potato, some was going out for shipping in the old shipping
Oh, they packed it down to Kawaihae, yes…
[pause] …And you look at Mauna Loa too, pretty awesome! Just amazing, last week I
was up on Mauna Kea and the snow was still so thick. Just beautiful!
She’s just like a gracious queen, a beautiful lady and he’s the old craggy guy.
Are there family analogies here [chuckling]
No, but I’ve always kind of felt that she was so smooth and gracious, and here’s the old
man, craggy, grouchy, testy. I’m surprised that there hasn’t been an allegory to that in
Hawaiian history.
Yes, but doesn’t seem to be, you know. Interesting. Rally, have you been up Ahumoa
Not for about two years.
You’ve been up to Ahumoa section like that
About two years ago I think, Ahumoa.
Have you heard about there being graves
Not that I know of.
Okay. When you folks were out in the field here, were there places that were pointed out
by some of the old cowboys. That were just, you know, “This is a place where you sort of
leave alone.” Did you ever hear of any heiau on the mountain I know, you folks were
talking about the heiau at Ka‘e‘e earlier. Were there places that
Not that I know of Kepä, I never heard of any.
No, no kapu places or stay away from places. Only the Bee Hill.
This is it [chuckles] I’m glad the bees were cooperating with us today.
But I told you about the bones at Kahuä didn’t I In the cinder hill.
At Kehena hillside
No, not Kehena. That’s on the other side, this is back, Rally. Where were those bones
You know where Wishard’s house is
Yes, yes.
That hill directly below that, on the Hawaiian Homes side of the fence.
Yes.
Hoepa.
Yes, they’re all in there because that’s gravel, easy to bury. And old man Kainoa did tell
me that a sickness came up to those people. Now whether it was that they died so fast,
and maybe they put them in there. I don’t know, and he didn’t say. But I was trying to put
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