Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KL: Yes, my uncle.
KM: Yes. His Hawaiian name was Kahalelaumämane.
KL: Something like that, uh-hmm.
KM: Your family has a very interesting story and sort of ‘ohana to you, Larry Kimura
KL: Yes.
KM: Larry, in 1966...
KL: Larry and Maka‘ai.
KM: That’s right, Maka‘ai went and stayed with him. Well, he did an interview with your Uncle
Ka‘aluea.
KL: Yes.
KM: And his papa was Lindsey, his mama was an Ka‘inapau.
KL: Yes.
Learned about Mauna Kea localities and trails to Mauna Kea from his father:
KM: And he told a story about your family’s travels up to Mauna Kea. Did your papa talk to
you about Mauna Kea at all
KL: He showed me about the trails and where to go…. [thinking] Well, I was working already
for Parker Ranch. I left Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a, and I had to come home, Kona to Hu‘ehu‘e. I
used to ask him, and he used to tell me where and where, you look for this marker, you
look for that.
KM: Yes.
KL: And then when I went, I went with Willy Kaniho, up Humu‘ula, he was my foreman.
KM: Oh. This was a little after World War II, or around that time
KL: [thinking] After.
KM: Yes.
KL: When it was the war, everything went stop, pau. No more we taking pipi in the boat,
because of the war, they were kind of afraid.
KM: Yes. So when you went work for Parker though, was war time, I think, yeah
KL: Yes.
KM: And then pau war... So, when you would come home, you spoke to your father about…
KL: Yes, he tell me what was what.
KM: You know it’s interesting, I have a couple of maps here. Let me just pull out one for now.
This is Register Map 2786 and it sort of shows a portion of the Parker Ranch lands.
Here’s Kemole over here.
KL: Yes.
KM: Makahälau is down a little further.
KL: That’s right.
KM: Do you remember, did dad talk to you about the trails up this side (the Waimea side), go
up the mountain
KL: Yes. And when I went there he also showed which trail to come up, Makahälau. Go
around, go up by, oh, I forget that name of the other place… [thinking] Holoholokü.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:172