Mauna Kea Oral History Appendix - Office of Mauna Kea Management

KM: You know those lines of hills, in that interview that Kahalelaumämane Lindsey, Ka‘aluea
did.
PG: Yes, Ka‘aluea.
KM: He talked about from his father them’s time, they came up Kemole, came across to the
Pu‘u Lä‘au vicinity and this line of cinder cones on that side. There was a trail that went
up there and it came out by Waiau. Did you ever go up the mountain from this side
RG: No, the only times I went was around Kalai‘eha from Humu‘ula side.
KM: Humu‘ula side.
PG: Kalai‘eha.
KM: Kalai‘eha, yes. Now this tank on the lower hill here, is that one of the old tanks
RG: Yes. From Pä Kila, they used to pump the water up to there.
KM: I see.
RG: And then the water would come down and supply the houses and what not, around here.
KM: Okay, good.
RG: And then later on, they put another pump house, just on the other side of the hill there.
That Pä Kila… [pauses]
KM: [opens map] We got the map out, Register Map 2786 [pointing out locations].
KM: Here’s Pu‘u Kahekili or Ku‘ikahekili as it’s marked on the older maps. We’re on top of
here now. Here’s what you’ve just said, Pä Kila. Here’s the Waikoloa-Pä‘auhau
boundary, coming right here. Across the road, I guess there’s a silo, I guess these silos
were… and Pig Run, you’d mentioned earlier.
RG: The silo is right down there.
KM: Yes. This is the road, this is the one right on the other side of the road. I think this is the
one you were showing us.
RG: Okay. [looking at map] Where’s the Pä Kila pump house
KM: Here’s the pipeline coming right into here, so that may be it there. See, the pipeline
RG: Yes.
KM: This is just what you’re saying. This map I think, is 1917.
PG: You know, I was talking about how they slur their vowels. Here, it’s Nohonaohae, but he
said it so quickly, it slurred right across.
KM: That’s right. And see here, they wrote it out “Nahonaohae” (Nohonaohae) Nui and Iki.
Here’s Pu‘u Heihei, I was talking about, in fact you see this right here, that’s the trail.
That’s the old route.
RG: Yes.
KM: Then back here, Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e is the one out here on the boundary.
PG: Right.
KM: Pu‘u Kapele, and here’s Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e, and here’s Pu‘u Mau‘u, that you were talking
about.
PG: Pu‘u Ke‘eke‘e is out by the Girl Scout Camp.
KM: Yes, here it is right here.
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A Collection of Oral History Interviews (HiMK67-050606) A:85