Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: That’s what some of the families say the name of that gulch is.
JY: Oh.
KM: So out here was corn or pasture
JY: All corn, right down. This is Number 5, Number 6 is below this. This is Number 2 and 4,
and above that is Number 7. Then they have a Number 8, then Number 10, Number 11.
And Pä Kila was corn too. Big and Small Pä Kila. And Number 9 is below the orchard.
KM: Yes, amazing. And then you go up to Pu‘u Anuanu
JY: Pu‘u Anuanu is above there [pointing mauka]. And Old Waiki‘i Mauka. This is old Waiki‘i
here [area outside of the eastern most eucalyptus tree windbreak].
KM: So, on the other side of the gum trees is Old Waiki‘i
JY: Yes. Wayne, what you call that now, Waiki‘i Makai
WT: Yes, Waiki‘i Makai.
JY: See before, it was all in one.
KM: Yes. So this road out here, when you were young, working, was all gravel and dirt
JY: Gravel, all the way.
KM: You’d go all the way to Humu‘ula
JY: Humu‘ula. [pauses] From around here, used to get that pili grass already. And Girl Scout
Camp used to have a lot of pili.
KM: Hmm. You know, back down in the village at Waiki‘i, has those bread ovens
JY: Uh-hmm.
KM: You’ve seen those ovens
JY: Yes, and had one way down.
KM: Yes.
JY: See here, the road used to go down this side [pointing out an area on Kohala side of
Kilohana].
KM: So around the hill, and not up here
JY: No, not up here, right on the side there.
KM: So too steep for the wagons and what
JY: I don’t know, only the CBs made this road.
KM: Ahh.
JY: This used to be a very dusty road.
KM: Yes. You see that hill there [pointing to Ahumoa]
JY: Yes, Ahumoa.
KM: Did you ever hear about any Hawaiian places or something on top of there
JY: No, I never did.
KM: Hmm.
JY: I forget the name on the other side, one more place, where we used to bring down sheep
for overnight, and then take ‘um down to Nohonaohae nui, the sheep.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:558