Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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And turkey.
Yes. There’s the Turkey Pen, I think there’s, you’d shared with me though, guinea hen
like that too. People were still living there, when you were working the corn
Yes.
But not the Russians
No.
They were gone already. Did you hear…
Only few people was left.
Few people
Yes.
Do you remember who was living up there
Yes, had this Nakamoto family, Yagi… [thinking] Shoji, had this young boy used to work,
Nishi, and that poultry guy, Sakado. [thinking] Ishizu was from there too.
Ishizu
He was a pond man.
Ishizu
Herbert.
Pond man, so he took care the
Pump.
Pump like that, water like that.
Yes.
Oh.
Before that he was taking care the orchard.
What kind of orchard they had
They had all kind, apple, plum, walnut, cherries.
Wow! All up at Waiki‘i
Yes.
You know where the school house is Was the orchard along there or out
Below. When you go up Waiki‘i, when you go by the stable.
Yes.
In front, across the road is an orchard there.
Oh.
And in between the orchard and the boss house, used to be where they used to keep
chickens.
[looking at map] Lets see, yes here’s chickens right here.
Chicken Pä.
Chicken Pä. Kind of on the Waimea side of Pu‘u Ku‘ikahekili. I guess the manager or
supervisor’s house is the one that’s still there right
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