Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management
Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management
AL: KM: BL: AL: KM: BL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: BL: KM: BL: KM: AL: KM: AL: BL: AL: BL: AL: BL: KM: BL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: Oh yeah, all that. Hämäkua. Opening gates all the way [chuckling]. [chuckles] Yes, yes. So when you got into Parker Ranch, you know on the Nohonaohae nui Hill down, on the bottom By Saddle Road, the intersection Yes. You went up and all of the gates up to Waiki‘i Yes, there were all gates there. Yes. We lived up there, there was a sub-camp there. They grew a lot of corn. Yes. I’m going to open a map okay, and maybe I’m going to slip in and sit on this side by you here. Is that okay Okay, sure. That way we can see the map together. No, no problem. I’m just going to slip right around. [Register Map No. 2786] The map is good because it’s all Waiki‘i and it has the old names of Corn Field, Mac Hill… He remembers all those names. …Chicken Run and what, like that. This is Register Map 2786 and it was surveyed in 1917 and you have a copy of it in your packet here. We better move this out of here little bit. Thank you. You alright I’m fine honey. That’s good. Don’t worry. You’re going to enjoy this map. Yes, yes. Yes, they’re good maps. I’ve been looking at them. Right down here [looking at map] , this is the road that goes up. This is the hill they called Nohonaohae nui. Yes. Okay. You come up, here’s Pu‘u Mahaelua. Pu‘u Mahaelua, yes. Okay, good, so now you know where we are. You know the Mutual Telephone Company… Yes, yes. Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina” Kumu Pono Associates LLC A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:366
KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: BL: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: AL: KM: The wireless…those houses would be right around in here. Yes. Okay, here’s the main pu‘u in Waiki‘i. Hill Fence we call that. Okay, yes, has all the different names all around here like this. You came up now in 1932, then In ‘32, yes. Okay. Let’s see, He‘ewai, Small He‘ewai, Tree Line, Mac Hill. Now, you were saying the corn like up here, this is Pä Kila Paddock up here Pä Kila yeah. Okay, so now you know where we are. Uh-hmm. Turkey Pen. Turkey Pen, that’s where I worked there. Okay, so you worked at Turkey Pen Yes, uh-hmm. Okay. What was your job then when you went up to Waiki‘i Start an egg laying chicken farm and taking care of turkeys, too. Yes. I can tell you a story about the turkey farm. Okay. Most of the turkeys, because they grow corn in all different areas. Yes. Well, also they grow oats in the spring, but not for the grain. When the oats grow up, starting the grain, then they cut ‘em to make hay, oat hay for their race horses. It’s the best hay. They were raising horses. So, that good feed went to the horses Yes, the feed here and the corn field. Around there would be a lot of turkeys. Oh! But they’re wild, they don’t get…about end of August they’ll have too many. They go at night, a guy goes down…one of the guys, two, he rides around. He stop from one section and go whatever he goes to the day, he look for where the turkeys roost. Yes, yes. At night he’ll have his helper and they take a couple of kind of long bamboo, and we call ‘em ‘aho in those days. ‘Aho yes, the rope on top Yes. Had a loop on it. A loop, yeah. Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina” Kumu Pono Associates LLC A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:367
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The wireless…those houses would be right around in here.<br />
Yes.<br />
Okay, here’s the main pu‘u in Waiki‘i.<br />
Hill Fence we call that.<br />
Okay, yes, has all the different names all around here like this. You came up now in<br />
1932, then<br />
In ‘32, yes.<br />
Okay. Let’s see, He‘ewai, Small He‘ewai, Tree Line, Mac Hill. Now, you were saying the<br />
corn like up here, this is Pä Kila Paddock up here<br />
Pä Kila yeah.<br />
Okay, so now you know where we are.<br />
Uh-hmm.<br />
Turkey Pen.<br />
Turkey Pen, that’s where I worked there.<br />
Okay, so you worked at Turkey Pen<br />
Yes, uh-hmm.<br />
Okay. What was your job then when you went up to Waiki‘i<br />
Start an egg laying chicken farm and taking care <strong>of</strong> turkeys, too.<br />
Yes.<br />
I can tell you a story about the turkey farm.<br />
Okay.<br />
Most <strong>of</strong> the turkeys, because they grow corn in all different areas.<br />
Yes.<br />
Well, also they grow oats in the spring, but not for the grain. When the oats grow up,<br />
starting the grain, then they cut ‘em to make hay, oat hay for their race horses.<br />
It’s the best hay.<br />
They were raising horses.<br />
So, that good feed went to the horses<br />
Yes, the feed here and the corn field. Around there would be a lot <strong>of</strong> turkeys.<br />
Oh!<br />
But they’re wild, they don’t get…about end <strong>of</strong> August they’ll have too many. They go at<br />
night, a guy goes down…one <strong>of</strong> the guys, two, he rides around. He stop from one section<br />
and go whatever he goes to the day, he look for where the turkeys roost.<br />
Yes, yes.<br />
At night he’ll have his helper and they take a couple <strong>of</strong> kind <strong>of</strong> long bamboo, and we call<br />
‘em ‘aho in those days.<br />
‘Aho yes, the rope on top<br />
Yes. Had a loop on it.<br />
A loop, yeah.<br />
<strong>Mauna</strong> <strong>Kea</strong>– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”<br />
Kumu Pono Associates LLC<br />
A Collection <strong>of</strong> <strong>Oral</strong> <strong>History</strong> Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:367