Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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Does somebody live here
I think they have a caretaker here. You know, they have another station on the ranch,
Ke‘ämoku, and that’s where I first worked when I came here. And I knew the area just
like my hands. About a year ago there were a group of people that wanted to go out there
and they wanted someone to go with them to tell them the stories…
As we drive up a little further, there’s a gate with a big old iron hinge on it. And I’ve seen
these hinges all over Parker Ranch. I was wondering how long these hinges might have
been in use, and when they were being made. I’ll point it out when we go past it.
[gathers around Rally]
This is Mänä
Mänä.
Rally just pointed out in the eucalyptus over there, that’s where all Tootsie them, all the
Parkers are all buried, up until Smart.
Smart is buried at Pu‘u ‘Öpelu.
This was the old Mänä section, and all of the walls we’ve been seeing are basically tied
to it.
And was that a water tank on the pu‘u over there
Yes.
They had a pump, power
The power came in lately, after Hawaiian Homes came in then the power line came in.
Originally the tanks were there and there’s a big cistern on the other side of the hill. They
have a donkey engine, they used to call it, “donkey engine.” That pumped the water to
the top of the hill and from the top of the hill it ran gravity out to the other side.
So this water from Pu‘u ‘Io spread out across that way towards Holoholokü or
To Kemole.
Kemole section
Yes.
Okay.
But now I understand, up almost to Waiki‘i a place they call Old ‘A‘ali‘i.
Yes.
And then that line comes back along the bottom of the mountain over here, above
Makahälau, and to Hänaipoe. It goes to Hänaipoe.
Yes. Amazing! You said ‘Ai Palaoa was the highest section in the system
‘Ai Palaoa, yes. They say that that water comes across all above ground and it gets so
hot that the cattle cannot drink the water.
Hmm.
The water goes into tanks, and then from the tanks to the trough…
[departs from Mänä House]
We used to walk the cattle from here, around this area to Keanakolu.
These were the yearlings, the young, you would run out when you were swapping
sometimes
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:625