Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Waiki‘i. And just like the other one ‘Auwaiakeakua, you know. On that old map I gave
you, the one from 1859.
Yes.
It even shows a place, a little bit down, just below here. If you read, the map was all in
Hawaiian, yeah
Yes.
One section says “Aina mahi” you know. Cultivated land yeah, or cultivating land.
Yes.
At some point po‘e kahiko time and you’ll see when I pull together this history. When the
old kama‘äina in the 1860s were giving testimony about the boundaries of the lands.
They describe you know…
Yes.
…how come ‘Auwaiakeakua or ‘Äina mahi you know, or where so and so.
Yes.
Even along Ke‘ämoku side going down has plenty caves evidently, along the lava.
Oh, yes.
People shelter there and stuff… [pauses]
Funny, we don’t see anyone around here. Who’s working
Lucky’s truck I think, was over at the office area.
How many men does he have working with him
I don’t know. Probably not that many. Did they make…I know the water line came over to
Pä ‘A‘ali‘i, Pä Kila, I guess.
Yes, and on up.
On up. Did they make a water line come over to this side too
Yes.
Had
Yes.
And so that was how they were able… But you folks, your water at your houses,
catchment
No.
No. From that line
Yes.
Oh, for real. The houses had water up to it
Yes.
Wow! You had hale li‘ili‘i or inside
Hale li‘ili‘i.
Hale li‘ili‘i. The water was for…
For home use.
Home use. But this was the primary area where the houses
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