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Never heard anyone talk about a heiau in the vicinity of Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e:
AL: Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e, yes.
KM: In this, I brought you a paper today, I was mentioning the kind of work that we do in
things. This is a, this has a story that I translated from the Hawaiian Newspaper in 1865.
An old Hawaiian man was telling a story about Ahu-a-‘Umi.
AL: Hmm.
KM: And he said there were four heiau on the mountain lands. Ahu-a-‘Umi was one, all from
‘Umi’s time, he said at Pu‘u Këke‘e had a heiau. Did you ever that
AL: No, nobody said anything.
KM: Okay. One heiau was on Mauna Kea, but the name of the heiau that he gave was, Hale
Mauna Pöhaku.
AL: Oh
KM: Interesting yeah, almost like Hale Pöhaku
AL: No, I never heard that.
KM: You never heard that, okay. The fourth heiau was near the top of Mauna Loa.
AL: Oh
KM: Pöhakuohanalei.
AL: Pöhaku
KM: …‘ohanalei.
AL: Oh yes, I’ve seen that name.
KM: That’s right, on the map you saw the name. Okay, so these four heiau. When you went
out to Ke‘eke‘e side like that or Ke‘ämoku, you didn’t hear someone say had heiau or
anything yeah
Saw stone settings in the Pu‘u Kanakaleonui vicinity; his cousin also told him of a burial in the vicinity:
AL: The only one where had some stone settings, is in Pu‘u Kanakaleonui.
KM: Yes, yes.
AL: Down on the side of the road it would be down there, they got some stone settings there.
I don’t know what it is.
KM: Now, was this on the mauka side by Kanakaleonui, pu‘u
AL: Yes, pu‘u. There’s a road that goes around, if you go on the mountain road.
KM: Yes.
AL: They go up there, Kanakaleonui used to be makai, the road mauka then as you go up
little bit or when you drive around you can see.
KM: Yes, yes.
AL: Then my cousin, you mentioned Lu Hing Lai, he was a guide there, you know.
KM: Yes, yes.
AL: Further over there is [thinking]…
KM: Keanakolu
AL: No, before that.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:393