The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-07-12

the land of Kaala close to the Gov
eminent road leading from Hama
kua to Laumaia and Kalaieha.
No witness goes quite to the ex-
tent thus claimed. Some, how
ever, take the line from Iolehaehae
to POOpuaa or "Ahuapoopuaa" and
thence to the agreed point "Laho-
hina." One witness, kahue, and
Walk following him, takes this
line on from Poopuaa seward to
hill called PuuIOa several miles
seaward and beyond the settled up
per boundary of KaaIa. This same
witness carries the line OF Humuula
to the ice pond "Waiau" on the
summit of Maunakea and enlarges
On both its sides to dimensions far
beyond those testified to by other
witnesses. Mr.. Whites map of
Humuula made in 1862 agrees with
this testimony in running the line
from Iolehaehae to Poopuaa.
On the other hand Simmons and
others give the line as going from
Iolehaehae direct to the Kaula
gulch where it enters the woods.
Opposed to either of these views is
the testimony of Nakupuna, said to
be 100 years old, who takes Kaohe
to Iolehaehae, and says that at Wal
kulukulu Humuula Joins Kaohe.
This point, Waikulukulu, is a
water-hole in gulch into which
water drips, as its name would in
dictate, not far from a hill caIlt d
"Puukalepa. This hill is east of
Iolehaehae about a mile distant.
This last testimony would take all
the disputed territory from HUI
muula.
This view is sustained by Mr..
Lyons testimony. He says that IN
1853 when he surveyed KaaIa and
Kaiwiki for Hon. John Ii, who was
guardian of Leleiehoku I'd, he went
through the woods following the
Kaula gulch till he struck the main
road and the kamaainas pointed out
to him two peaks as the boundary
Of Kaala. One was Iolehaehae and
that he took a sight on, and the
other was one to the east of ID
whose name he cannot give. The
inference is that it was Puukalepa.
1t could not be Poopuaa, for that is
not eastward OF Iolehaehae. Mr..
Lyons, in obedience to Mr.. lis in
structions, ran the upper boundary
of Kaaia straight across Just above
the woods and did not take into
Kaala the territory up to Iolehae-
haze and Puukalepa, Mr.. Ii saying
that above the line of forest on the
mountain the land belonged to the
Government and Mr.. Lyons marked
it "Kaohe," knowing that there
was a large Government land of
that name there.
1t is significant that tnt Neigh. reg 51f
ing lands of Kukaiau and Kohola-
lele have been established as rum
ming up beyond the woods to a line
of three tufa cones, or hills, Puu-
kea, PuuOkihe and Iolehaehae, and
it would seem natural that Kaala
originally took in its share of this
territory and ran from Iolehaehae
to Puukalepa. These four hills or
cones are conspicuous landmarks
and can be seen at long distance.
The kamaainas of forty years ago
were less likely then to be mis-
taken as to the correct boundaries
of lands than those of these days.
They lived on the lands pursuing
their occupations under the chiefs,
of gathering feathers, canoe making
and getting articles of various
kinds from the mountains. 1t was
such men that informed Mr.. Lyons
that the territory in question be-
longed to Kaala, and we are
strongly impressed with the idea
that it was Kaala. Now, if it was
Kaala it was not Humuula, and if
it was Kaala it is Government land,
because it was voluntarily left out
of the royal patent for Kaala, and
may we'll be considered now as
part of Kaohe. Where the testi-
mony is conflicting the Court may
resort to intrinsic evidence. And a
strong feature in this case is that as
Kaula gulch is admitted to be the
boundary up to the mauka limit of
Kaala, it is natural to suppose that
the main branch of this gulch con-
tinued to be the boundary as far as
it went. This will undoubtedly
carry the boundary up beyond the
line of Poopuaa and very likely as
far as Waikulukulu. Unfortunately
no one has actually traced the gulch
to this place, but we are not made
aware of any other course which
the storm water in Waikulukulu
could take seward except down
through a gulch which must come
out in the we'll known part of Ka-
ula gulch.
The question is not easy TO de-
termine, but we think on a review
Of the whole case that the Com
decision should be sus-
tanned on this point. The only
other point in dispute is whether
Humuula on the slope of Maunakea
TO Omaokoili hills or only
rOes as far as PuhuluhuIu- The