Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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‘Ae.
It’s right across Hayashi Store, that’s where Waiki‘i Village is. They brought the homes
from Waiki‘i.
So, when Waiki‘i settlement was closing down, they took the houses that were good and
made a little village
Village.
Hayashi store across, Small Waiki‘i Village.
They call ‘em Waiki‘i Village.
Interesting. All the ranch houses were brought down basically
Only the foreman’s house stay back there yet.
Oh. That’s the one house that’s still there
The big house.
Oh.
We used to go through Saddle Road to that village.
Yes.
I remember, they said the Russians used to be up there.
Yes, that’s what I’ve heard, Russians were living, working up there. I guess because
before, even when you were young and when you were working, they were growing corn
or feed out here
Yes, corn. I picked corn too.
You picked corn
Yes.
What was that like Big fields of corn
Yes, acres and acres of corn. Big Pä Kila was a corn field.
Here’s Big Pä Kila. It’s a big area. It says on this map that the total acreage of Pä Kila it
says, it’s 3,640 acres. You get smaller paddocks along…
Then Small He‘ewai.
‘Ae, here’s Small He‘ewai, that was corn too
Corn field.
Pu‘u Päpapa
JY: Pu‘u Päpapa 3. [looking at the map] Then let’s see now, Small Pä Kila, Number 5 and 6
used to be corn field. Does it have that too
KM: Yes. Here’s, I see Number 7, and here’s Number 1 to 3… Let me just see, Number 9, 2,
4, 5 and 6 right here. Numbers 5 and 6, let me turn this map around for you.
JY: Number 7 used to be a corn field too.
KM: Wait, I’m going to just turn the map right around.
JY: Number 7.
KM: Oh, so all of these numbered lots actually, you recognize
JY: That’s all the corn fields.
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