The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-03-29
HAWAII AND ITS PLACES OF
INTEREST.
rFrom tie HHo R,cora. /

nected with the same, when any are
known, as may he interesting 10
tourists and Others visiting our is.
land. We expect to treat of places
in and about Ililo Town.
HALAI hill.
The town of Eiiiu nestles on The
slopes, between the Ialai Hills and
the sea. These hills are evidently
of volcanic origin, but when the
cones were thrown up and under
what circumstances, we have been
unable to find out, as there is no
tradition respecting that event. Suf-
fee it to say that tradition tells of
them rs being in existence away in
the dim past, when Maui, the demi
god of llawaians aud his mother
were all powerful AT that time
these hills were smooth cones, with
out Craters, and the following le-
grnd tells how the two nearest ones
came to be followed out.
There were living then the two
sisters, Illna-i-ke-ahi, goddess of
fire, and l1lua-i-ka-ua, goddess of
rain or water. Ilinaikeahi lived in
the cave which lies back of the Wal
anuenue falls, with her son Maui.
During scene of long protracted
| drought, the followers of Hinaikeali
were much distressed for food and
| complained to their Ilina. She, in
order to relieve them their "pililiia, i"
| ordered them to hollow out the first
hill and prepare and heat n hig i"tu
there. Thus the cone was followed
out and a huge imu prepared. After
everything was ready, the attend
ants asked Hina where the food was.
She pointed out the places where
the taro, potatoes, pigs, and dogs
were to be cooked and then climb
ing on to the red hot pile of stones,
ordered them to cover her up and
finish the imu, which they did and
sitting around awaited results. Not
long after commotion was ohserv-
ed at the sea coast and soon Hina
w"s seen emerging from the waters
of the bay. At the spot where she
rose, fine spring of fresh water is
to be seen bubbling through the sand
and water and which is called to-day
Hina-ika-auauwai, or the spring of
the bathing Elina.
Hina then wended up her way to
Halai Hill, where she was received
with rejoicing by her hungry people.
She then ordered them to uncover
the imu, and ere they had finished
uncovering the same the savOry
smell of cooked provisions greeted
their sense of smell. And in their
eagerness to get at the same, the
most of the dirt from the seaside ot
the hill was torn away and scattered
over the plain leaving that side OF
the hill lower than the other, as its
present appearance shows. Wher
the hungry people reached the pro
visions, they found the whole inter,
lor filled with an enormous amount o
roast pig, dog, potatoes and taro
Thus was their hunger appeased anc
as they sat around the hill eating
their fill, the cry arose, "Lai n,
keia la O Jolly is the day, "Ou
good allii has filled our aching stom
| acls," and the hill was ever aftel
known as "lIa Lai," the jolly place
Soon after, Hinaikaua, the young
er sister of Hinaikeahi, was beseigec
by her retainers to give them food
{ as her sister had done for her peo
, pie. So she ordered the secont
cone ts be followed out and an int
prepared, as had been done by hel
, sister.
This was done, and when all wa
| ready, she repaired thither with he
t husband, and both ascended the iml
A and were covered up. Her retainer
Il sat around awaiting their chiefs ap
n peArancc, as her sister had done
e After waiting many long hours, the
proceeded to open the imu, and il
digging it away opened the cone /
the bottom, as the second hill no,
appears. But they found nothini
but the cooked bodies of Hina an,
her husband. In despair they wall
ed, Hina was ''honu" (tortose
S always slow of motion and too laz
C to leave the imu. So the hill wa
: called "Puu Honu," or the Hill O
n Tortoise. But the end was nc
e then. Hnakaua's spirit rose int
d the heavens, and being enraged :
+; find that her sister had snccecde
better than she did, caused tren
!. endous rain to fall, with the inter
: tion of drowning out her sister, VIII
e lived in the cave. AT that time a
d the water that fell into Waianucnu
e basin came from the small spring
. running down the rocks on the lei
n hand side of the basin. Hinaikeal
/. tried in vain to dry the kapas sh
2 was making, but rs day after da
passed and there was no let up T.
the rain, she called on her son Mat
for help, and he went on the wal
path to slay the watery goddess
! Hina. Hearing her footsteps o
:" the leaves (the sound of rain falling
on the leaves is audible long di.
tance), he went forth and met Hina
ikaua, on the fat of Kukuau, plac
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