Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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‘Ae. Where were you born
In Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a.
At Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a. Now your name of course, Kamaki Lindsey. Your papa
My papa.
Was Kamaki, Senior, is that correct
Yes.
Papa was from this ‘äina here, Waimea
Waimea.
This region. You folks have a long history on this land
Yes.
Waimea out to the ranch lands, Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a and out to Hu‘ehu‘e
Hu‘ehu‘e.
Okay. Now, I understand that when you were born, you worked, stayed for a while at
Pu‘u Wa‘awa‘a but then, you actually came back and worked with family out at
Breaking Pen.
Breaking Pen. Is that Puhihale side
Yes.
Puhihale section, Waimea. Were you also out here at Waiki‘i
Certain time of the year, we move out and do certain kind of job. Or else we go out to the
other side, Humu‘ula side.
Humu‘ula
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With Willie Kaniho.
‘Ae. Was Willie Kaniho kind of the foreman, the Ranch Foreman that you were working
with
Yes that’s right, under him.
You started quite young
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Thirteen, fourteen years old! And you had a special skill that papa, I guess, and you
developed
Yes.
What was that skill
Was mostly, he was a horseman, trained horses.
Yes. So that was part of what you did out here
Yes, that was mostly my job.
Now when you stayed out here. Did they keep horses out at Waiki‘i also
Yes, they used to have horses.
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