The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-06-30

ue pulleQ up Tue tree, water OOZeQ OUT
from beneath its roots. He dug out the
place, and thus was formed the inner
spring. A fish-pond was formed below
the spring, and dozen or more taro-
patches irrigated from it.
After the conquest of Oahu by Kameha
meha l. in 1895, he gave Moanalua,
Kapunahou aud other lands to Kameei-
amoku, one of the four great chiefs who
had raised him to the throne, and who
had aided him i'll all his wars. This
chief was notorious for having captured
the little schooner Fair American, and
having massacred the crew with the ex-
ceptlon OF Isaac Davis, in revenge for an
outrage committed by Capt. Metcalf, of
the Eleanor, some months before. Ka
meeiam0ku died at Lahaina in 1902, and
hislands descended to his son Hoapili, the
most intimate friend OF Kamehameha l.,
who afterwards became Governor OF
Maui. Hoapili resided several years at
Punahou, near the spring, and during
the Con1ueror's second residence on
Oahu, from 1904 to 1871, he also and his
wives frequently visited this charming
retreat. Hoapili gave Punahou to his
| daughter Liliha, who married Governor
/ DUH, anu Ou lll6lI ICbuIA llOlA
| in the Blonde in 1926, they frequently
resided here.
In December, 1929, just before starting
on his fatal sandal-wood expedition, Boki
gave Punahou to Rev. III. Bingham.
In 1881 Kaahumanu caused stone
wall to be built, extending from Punch
bowl Hill, across Punahou, nearly to
Moiliili, in order to protect the cultivated
| lands above it from the cattle and horses
grazing on the Kuiaokahua Plain. Part
of this old wall still exists between
Punahou and Piikoi streets. A large
rock was placed on each side of the
Manoa road by Governor Kuakini, to
| form a gateway, of which the smaller
rock on the Eva side still remains. The
larger rock on the other side, about ten
| feet in height, and weighing several
tons, in spite of its historical associa-
tons, was broken into pieces, about 1857 +,
and used in building the wall enclosing
the old Clover pasture" The story OF
! the moving of this rock, as told by DR..
Judd, is as follows:
When Kuakini, alias Gov. Adams,
! had called out the people OF this district
| to build the wall, he assigned the section
| adjoining Punahou to the Hulumanu,'
or body-guard to the young king, Kane
hameha III. The big rock was then eX-
! humed from its bed ION the west side OF
the road leading to Manoa Valley, oppo-
site the old Cow Pen y, and rolled upon
framework OF ships sparS. The young
! king then seated himself upon the apex Of
the rock, and gave the word of command
when rock, king and all were lifted upon
! the shoulders of the Hulumanus-numer-
Gus as ants Juggling at kernel of corn
and carried down to its place"
The advantages of Punahou, as site
for boarding-school, were observed as
early as 1880, for in that year the Rev.
Reuben Tinker, while riding past, re-
! marked to DR.. Baldwin, his companion,
That, sir, is the site of the future col
lege." And long before Mr.. Bingham's re-
turn to the United States in August, lS40,
he had offered the land for this purpose.
In 1881, Mr.. Bingham built the old
house - OF adobe, behind the site OF the
! Presidents house (near clump OF hau
trees), where it stood for over thirty
years. To this cool and quiet retreat he
often retired from the heat and noise OF
the plain.
The land lying between the faro
patches and the gate was planted with
sugar cane in those days, and the famous
"bathing pond afterwards enlarged by
Mr. Rice, was first eXcavated to serve
as a storage reservoir for the purpose of
irrigation.
The wall along Punahou street was
built in 1886 under the direction OF Mr..
! E. O. Hall assisted by Mr.. II. Dimond,
while the remainder OF the enclosure
was completed by the natives under Mrs.
Bingham's supervision.
The need of school for their children
had long been felt by the missionaries
(who were themselves men of liberal
education), and no hardship of their lot
was so keenly felt as the heart breaking
separation from their children, sent
away from loving homes at tender age,
to distant land for their education.
At the General Meeting of the Ameri-
can Mission in May, 1887, it was voted
that the enclosure of the premises be
completed, but that the erection of build
ings be deferred until there should be a
definite prospect of a teacher for the
school.
The great financial crisis OF 1878 in
the United States compelled severe re-
trenchment in all the Missions, so that
after another discussion in 1889, the sub
iect was again dropped. But in the
General Meeting of May, 1910, it was re-
solved "That it was expedient to estab
ish a boarding school at Punahou, that
the sum of one thousand ISL ,000) dollars
be appropriated to commence building
with, that Rev. Reuben Tinker be in
vited to take charge OF the school, and
that DR.. G. 2 Judd, Rev Lowell Smith
and Mr.. S. n. Castle be a committee to
carry these resolutions into effect" Mr..
Tinker, however, declined to serve, re-
turning to the States in October, 1910, SO
that nothing further was done that year.
At length in the meeting of May, 1841,
the school was definitely founded, the
sum of two thousand dollars was appro-
priated for buildings (Which was supple
mented by private subscriptions, and
Rev. Daniel Dole with his wife, who mad
Just arrived, together with Miss Marcia
Smith, were appointed teachers.
The first Board of Trustees was then
chosen, consisting of Messrs. Armstrong,
Chamberlain, Dole, Emerson and Judd.
During the year 1S4l, the site was pre-
pared under Mr.. Chamberlain and DR..
Judd's direction. cellar dug. and the
old one-story adobe thatched buildings
erected. enclosing two courts open on the
louar eide Four additional rooms were