The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-06-13
PRESSIONS
~ valley OF Hslswa Native
Legends. Etc- Ete-

island Of Molokai. 1 landed ST Kan
nSkSkAi. The landing 81 this port i
: poorly constructed whsrf. Two Ion.
rovs Of stones heaped up IN 5 loos,
manner constitute Whist they call 5
landing. IL Vas ezrly in the morning
when I reached the landing. looked
around snd saw but two or three
houses inquired % the natives who
ezne down 70 meet the steamer WHERE
he village Vas 1 vSS told the houses
wsre hidden amidst the algArobs
groves. TwzS taken 70 the residence
q Mr.. J. NSzzrstS- j., the assistant
Sehoolmsstsr Of that district. The
rosd 10 his house wSs through u2rrow
paths hedEed in on each side by tall
SlgzrobS trees.
.Afrsr s brief scSy st Mr.. N&zsreta' :
house. 1 left 81 IN. for Hsla~-a,
shout thirty miles further TO the
no-thEzrd- Ny guide conducted me
through the kizwe trees When we
eusrred from these, We entered the
kikanis bushes which grew on both
ssdss o. the rusi for two or three miles
bsvoui HSuuSkSkSi Ga the lSnd-
z<Er6 Or mSuks side OF the road there
E-zS nothing 70 De seen but rocks
scattered over the ground by thods-
Snis. The plains Snd hill sides look
Ike S vast desert. No trees grow
there. ani the grass ySS dried by the
intense heat O. the sun This barren
lznd EXTENDED FOR nearly four or i've
miles zlo1s the shore and runs in
land 70 the mountains. Ny guide told
ne thzt in olden times, the now bar
rsn plain VS. inhabited Along the
heseh wsrs excellent fishing places
Fish sboun6s there in large quantities.
At Kzwelz- shout i've miles from
KSuuzkzkai. ! seen the first signs OF
Effe. There Sre three or four large
zao6sn houses here. The natives are
erfarad in fishing. znd every SStur-
in they sell their fish 81 the leper
settlement. The islSnd Of LsuSi lay
fsE miles 70 the southeast OF this
plscs. There i s native temple or
hsizu still standing 81 kawela. 4
few hundred yards from II there still
stands 81 old viiSiG tree which Is
said 10 be Of historic importance
Beyoui kSwelS vegetable life De-
gins The hill sides, mountains Snd
valleys, are grsener. Along the beach
: the famous sand Of Milolii- Five
miles beyond ksEels we came to Ks
uaIo. Here We found the first Chi
neSe store. standing il 4n almost $50
lated plscs- Along the beach are the
ruins q the kSmzIo sugar mill The
smoke stsck sud several outhOuSes
marx the spot where s great sugar
plantation once f0Urished-
Along the beGeh from hEwelA 20
kau-zlo are 10 less than twenty, Dep
hsps thirty. I0kos OF fish ponds. made
bE natives during the rsiZus Of the
early kau-ehznsh2s. These fish
ponds are similar In construction 10
those st huzI1s, On the hoolau side
q Oahu These are made Of stone,
Eitl sails i've Or SIX feet high and
-hr=e OF four feet vide st the top.
TIE length Of the walls varies from
three hundred 20 one thousand feet.
These Esh ponds were built st the
command Of the former chiefs OF AI0I0-
szi- and they remain todzy IN good
E-eservslti1u O. tel the rising Zeuer-
1-I01 e HzwziizrS what ir1lstri0s1S
and hzr5Eorzi1E men their ancestors
wers They were uads st 8 time
Ehsu MoIokai and the other Islands
Qf the Hawaiian group were more
u1uero1s,y Peep ed. On the uzuka
side q The road stood the remains % I
Tarious Eel1Cs- or Old heather tenn I
PIES. and also the remains Of stone Z
churches built by the early mission (
1rles- The latter stand IN marked /.
contrast with the modern churches.
The old churches were built q stones. {
ceEsutE1 EIth mud and eIav. The
uorshipuers who used 90 assemble I
within ore OF those churches could l
nos be accommodated in many Of our
modern churches In oIden times M
rives marched from their grass huts
for many miles around 70 attend ser
wee within those rEtely-buIIt e,iffices.
At P1E0o = the oldest stone church
on Molukzf Rev. Mznase L pastor.
IL was dusk when We reached the
beautiful little valley q HaiaEz- Our
rartv Ezs then distributed among the
kamAafuas- the larger number being
'iouieilei At the residence Of the Hon (
A. p P1ehaole-
HALAEA VALLEY :
Ibis valley l. supposed 70 Be the
uost beautiful spot OF MoI0kzi not I
excepting kaIze, the uOuutziU home I
4 ". r W. Meyers. agent Of the
leper settlement HalzEa valley Is I
formed By = great gorge = thousand /
fees deep HaIIEz bay At its foot i (
nearly three miles wide The val I
ley itseIf / about four miles long, |
and 81 the uaukz end / the beautiful 4
Meals falls The natives u HalaTa, /
about 80 men. women and children, /
are mostly engaged n tarD caltiva- /
-i01- Near one thousand patches Of 1
raro are cultivated which are now
nearly ripe
Gs1zins, old style HaEaiians are I
'ound here They are - far away \
from city life thar they are not con
b. the lose habits Of civil
ization- There are no sugar plznta- /
ions near By 70 call their attention
.rou hone life Men, women and 1
-hif5reu are all hard WORKERS Even
..h0oI children are to Be seen work
n IN the tzEU patches before and
ffer school
Although il i the largest village,
nth the exception Of the lepeT settle