Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

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So that we can look at the mountain.
Yes. Is this a good place
Yes, anywhere around here. This is fine.
We’re just going to talk a bit.
Start with, you see that tree plot, [pointing to] Pu‘u Lä‘au
Yes, Pu‘u Lä‘au
Yes. Okay, there was a fence line from Pu‘u Lä‘au that came over to Kemole.
And Kemole is
Gee, too bad the sun is not right, but Kemole is [looking]…
There’s a gulch. You see the gulch
Just on the Honoka‘a side of the gulch.
Honoka‘a side of the gulch. Okay.
Kemole. There were three big paddocks from Pu‘u Lä‘au to Kemole.
‘Ae.
There was Pu‘u Anuanu, Kemole 2 and Kemole 1. The bottom of the paddock more or
less, was along just on the horizon of this kikuyu grass along over. That was about the
bottom of the paddock and those cattle, the water, was all down at the bottom. There was
no water above. From mauka they would have to come down and drink water. That water
was from way over Kemole 1, came from Makahälau.
I see. Now, was that earlier than the line that was in the ‘60s
Yes.
This was the early
[thinking] Early ‘30s, even ‘20s maybe at least.
Okay.
And then in ‘65, that’s when we put in the Pu‘u ‘Öpelu line that ran up along that tree plot
over there, right straight up almost in line with Pu‘u Lä‘au fence. That water was up there,
and then from there, we called the place ‘Aipalaoa.
‘Ai
‘Aipalaoa.
Oh, so what, they eat bread up there [chuckles].
[chuckling] I guess so. Then, by gravity over to Hänaipoe, and there was no water at
Hänaipoe, same thing there. The Hänaipoe cattle all had to come down to get water at
the bottom of the paddock. Okay.
Okay.
And this was all ‘a‘ali‘i at one time.
‘A‘ali‘i. For real Amazing!
And then we bulldozed it and dragged a chain over it.
To open it up, to improve the pasturage
Yes.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:70