Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Yes.
And so they did, and never finished digging the gulch so it ends just down here.
Yes.
Waiki‘i flats. And so in my lifetime, my father’s sisters would come from Mountain View
and they were young. They’d spend the night with us. And they would swear at night they
heard somebody outside the house, and they were sure it was the menehunes. And
that’s what I remember.
Yes. Now that gulch, do you have a name for it
No.
Do you remember the name ‘Auwaiakeakua
Yes, it’s supposed to be ‘Auwaiakeakua.
‘Auwaiakeakua, yes. And literally akua can have several meanings. One of them is gods
or ghosts, so the ‘auwai, the ditch made by the akua.
Uh-hmm.
Oh. And you think, so that’s this gulch right there, yes.
Yes.
And so you heard from young time, that it was the po‘e menehune trying to bring water
out to this dry land area here.
Uh-hmm.
Interesting yes. All kinds of stories. This hill that’s just below us here, this main hill. Have
you heard the name of that hill
[speaking to one another].
This little pu‘u…Ku‘ikahekili or Kahekili Do you remember hearing it
[no]
No Not used already. I’m going to ask for a little kökua, Billy, kauka, do you have some
thoughts about some questions or something that might be of help. Come join me please.
If it’s okay I’ll stay here ‘cause I’m not as photogenic as they are.
[chuckling]
The interesting thing on the trip up here, maybe a twelve minute ride according to my
method of driving to Waiki‘i, with AhFat Lee. Just very quickly brought out two or three
really salient facts. And I think one of them might relate to today’s discussion, but you can
find record after record after record of a man who was a teamster. He drove the big
wagons with the horses and mules named, Hulihia. So that when today, you mentioned
that Hulihia is your uncle and his last name was Levi. And that’s something I didn’t know
until today. And that Levi is from Kona.
That’s right.
Then the other name that would surface would be another teamster named Kanaloa. And
today AhFat told me his last name was Ho‘okano and that was another joining, ‘cause
even the work records on the ranch. A lot of times, for instance there was a man who
was named Pö period. That’s all they called him and it turned out to be Kaliko
Maina‘aupö, his father. So you kind of have to piece…
Oh, Kaliko’s house, Maina‘aupö Is that…
Mauna Kea– “Ka Piko Kaulana o ka ‘Äina”
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:538