Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-08


pule. Their palace was near the foot o
" Punch Bowl. which is called in the bool
Puawai, (the correct native name is puo
waina,) and OF which IL is said: ether,
winds n steep and perilous path down tn,
very front where few but the bravest mer
like to trust themselves in times Of peace. ;
This will be news TO the many ladies and
children in Honolulu who have often
walked up to the top Of Punch Bowl.
Near the palace was fountain where
Pele sometimes appeared and conversed
h. with the young King. On one occasion
awhile at this fountain he expressed him
|kself displeased with the evident neglect OF
'9Pole, and she Immediately appeared in n
Rgrcat rage and foretold him his sad end.
Nctc. As farewell gift she presented him
IA spear forged in her own volcanic fires OF
&hilauea. Anyone who has seen the brit
Rtle and porous lava in the crater OF XII
%auea would not value very highly a spear
smade of it, even by the goddess Pele
q The palace was situated in an orange
Igroye, but there were no oranges grown
;son these islands until years after. There
swas also near by "a great algaroba tree ="
Nm which the lizard sang dreamily. Mod
Fern Hawaiian lizards are not melodious
Fund the algaroba Tor mesquit) tree was in
Etroduccd here at Il comparatively recent
sdate. Tho bleat of the far away noun
Atain goat was heard and yet there was
fnot CONT on the island of Oahu. Busy
fbces also used to light on the honeysuck
files, but there were neither honeysucklcs
5here to be Int upon no bees TO light ON
them; and the most "squatty" OF all Haw-
Gaiian trees, the h0u, is called the "great
shau and the "tall hau." Konahuanui
speak is called Waolani The "babbline
sstreams had "Howering banks" in those
days, and below the Pail was the "Howery
Eplain Of Koolau." All of these beautiful
alowers are now extinct. Honolulu harbor
land its passage, were, according to our
Eauthor, formed by the Nuuanu stream
land was "thc work OF centuries" This is
II new theory. 1t is claimed by other
scientists that the surrounding coral reef
Twas the work of many centuries and that
sthe fresh water from the Nuuanu stream
prevented it from encroaching onto what
bis now the harbor.
Kalani went to Maui and, after sustain
ling Il disastrous defeat Mt the battle of
lkapaniwai, returned to Oahu. After his
return he was attacked, according to the
STORY. by his uncle, Keao, King of Kauai.
\ The battle took place in the Nuuanu val
Icy and Kalani and Keao engaged in
personal encounter when an earthquake
shock rent the ground between them and
they were separated by n wide chasm.
kaiani threw his spear at Keao and the
latter reeled and fell into the pit. The
sOahuans were victorious and the conquer
led army joined Kalani So much for
romance. History says that the first
encounter took place at Waimanalo Koo-
;lau and that the Kauaians were attacked
!by Kalani. second battle was fought
lat Eva in which the Kauaians were badly
defeated and Kaeo or Kaeokulani (whom
:the author calls Keao) with few others
themselves but were discovered
land slain. The authors account of the
fight also says that the Kauaians marched
ito battle with 50 the stirring music of flies
and numerous carcubita drums" There
instruments were Of the writer's own
amused herself with her companions and
with short canoe voyages near shore. To
describe one visit to tho "K-iouai Pele
the fountain previously alluded to, and
two short canoe trips song TBS s4 pagegge
the book 1t tells principally of her OK
|perience with fairies, mermaids and terrible
sea monsters. The author evidently in
tends to give his readers some idea Of
'Hawaiian mythology, but it is about nine
parts imagination to one part mythology.
In one of Kupule's little sea excursions,
while lying still in the canoe she felt an
,"When about to paddle from the spot she
became aware that it was rythmical vib-
ration beating unsteady against the bot
'tom of the canoe" What could be more
ridiculous.
The description of the battle of Nuu
anu will no doubt prove interesting to
.sreaders at a distance, but the only portions
familiar to residents of Honolulu are the
snames of the battle and the leading actors.
NEARLY all of the account is pure fiction.
dkaiana, who deserted Kamehameha, land
led on Oahu at Honolulu, passing Kane
ihamehas army encamped beyond Diamond
Head, says our author. But Kaana really
slanded his army on the Koolau side of the
,isand and joined Kalanikupule by cross
ling the mountains to Honolulu. The plan
lof the battle in the Nuuanu valley was
certainly queer one and as different from
Fauthentic accounts ms it could well be.
when the Oahuans first began to fall back
sthey moved along the mountain on the
fnorthern side of the valley, consequently
BIT was not supposed by the Hawaiians that
!" Kalani" designed retreating up the val
Hdistrict of Waialua, and thence, perhaps,
Ito Eva bay, where he might have had
Hcanoes stationed to take him and his army
! TO Kauai. This plan was feasible, etc" 1t
Swould be almost impossible to make n
+ greater geographical error. A stand was
amade near the pail where the entrance was
ESQ narrow that only ten assailants could
Eight abreast. The formation Of the
country has changed il the author is cor
4rect, for there is no such entrance now.
HThe few who stood by Kalani in his last
8stand fell with him, and Kupule, who was
overlooking the battle from the side OF
|3Waolani tKonahunnui) ran to her dying
|Ss'kekei moi" and died by his PROSTATE body.
= Kalanikupule is described as young
! |man of eighteen or twenty, bold warrior,
of fanltless figure, wise, kind hearted and
possessing all the attributes of an ideal
. prince. Kalnnikupule wns in reality one
= Of the most treacherous and crafty OF Ha-
waiian kings and is described by naviga-
tors who SAW him before his defeat us APP
: pearing "old and dcbilitated" When his
army was annibilated in the great battle
r in the Nuuanu valley he made his escape
! 10 the mountains, and several months after
was caught at Waipio and brought to Ka
Imehalneha who sacrificed him to his wal