Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Yes. May I ask you and this is very important to the history. Here’s Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e. A little
before you were born, out below Kilohana, evidently hunting, Wilmot Vredenburg, he got
shot. His gun fell and the gun shot him.
Yes, he fell down.
So, you heard that Have you heard the name Pahua Koko or Koko
[shakes head, no]
No, okay.
No.
There’s a place right over there called Pu‘u Koko, that’s an old name though.
Yes.
Evidently, there used to be a trail that ran from somewhere along this old alahele here.
That came out towards the Kona, or Kälawamauna like that. Did you take any trail out
here. Here’s Pu‘u Kapele. Did you ever come out this way
No.
On to the Kona road
Yes. Even down to Ahu-a-‘Umi side like that or something. You ever went holoholo out
there on to the Keauhou lands
Kona
Kona side. You never went that far out
No.
I went sheep hunting once in a while.
Hualälai
Yes.
So, the land is changing. I understood that this used to be a very good area for horses. I
guess the ranch used to keep horses out on the grass lands out here
Yes.
Pu‘u Mau‘u is a little further out. Now there’s this plant they call gorse.
Oh boy, that’s up Humu‘ula side.
That’s on the Hawaiian Homes land
Yes. Was gorse out there when you were young
Definitely.
You saw gorse
Yes. But sparingly, very sparingly. You have to go and look for it.
You did
And we had sort of a…I don’t know if it’s a written agreement with Hawaiian Homes. The
ranch used to maintain, as far as controlling that.
All those weeds and stuff.
Yes, just control whatever we had, so it wouldn’t get out of hand.
Right.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:230