The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-06-13


waterfalls clustered 50 closely 70
: gether. At this point one could no
help being struck with the grandeur
snd majesty Of the view presented
: The sides OF the waterfalls are dense
" covered with mountain evergreen;
whose fragrance mingleS with the
sir.
The natives Of Halaws tell > strange
/ story in connection with the falls o
MoSuls. Although the basin of the
falls is over forty feet deep Snd be
/ tween three and four miles from the
nearest sea beach. they state that
/ when Queen Emms died the fSll WIS
I covered with sand resembling thst OF
| the SeSshore 50 that the way was
| blocked IS far IS the pool. The sand
I hiss since been washed sway by the
wSter until row no trace OF it re-
mains.
LASIRAULA.
LaniksulS wSs prophet or ma
kSula, who lived in = kukui grove in
the plain shove HalSwa. The kukui
grove is still standing, although d.
minished 10 less than half its original
@4AE- x ~ - - A-AAAAAN
ed with lSntSnS bushes, horses cannot
penetrate on Seeount OF them With
in the kukui groves wSs buried,
over century ago, the remains Of
LanikSula, the CREST prophet of MolO-
kSi. The story goes, thSt he died s
victim 10 the strategy Of Polo, another
Snd lesser prophet Of MolOkai. Lani-
ksuls saw his end was nigh and he
brought together his three sons. He
asked them how they could best con-
ceal his bones so that other chiefs
might not use them for fish-hooks.
The eldest recommended giving his
bones 70 the sharks. The second son
sdviSed breaking up Of his bones and
feeding the pigs with them. The
youngest son suggested better pl&u,
which was accepted By their father.
HIS plan wSs 70 dig s deep hole with
IN the kukUi grove, lay his bones at
the bottom Snd put layers Of pahOS,
or shSrp-edged rocks, on top, 50 that
whoever attempted 10 unearth the
bones would have his fingers cut by
the stones. Agricultural implements
were not imported then. Laniksula
favored this plan, snd his tomb is
located smoug the kukui trees. 1t IS
5 plSee often visited by strangers, but
the lsntana bushes hsve shut out the
tomb from view. 1 made two attempts
70 see the grave, but failed each time.
THE kooLAU SIDE.
One day Mr.. van Geisen and ten
native boys took me to the mountains
overlooking Kalawso, st the Ieper
settlement. After four hours walk
over hills and down valleys we arrived
st the top Of the ridge Of Haupu.
When We reached the divide the
sea was ST our feet. The precipiee had
eSved in about half way down the
pail II was i sight l can never
forget. | wss standing as it were on
the edge OF 5 precipiee 900 feet high, /
which separated the leper settlement I
from the happy world without The
trail leading down 10 the little ham .
let Of PgShsUuui Is such that not one
out Of q thousand would dare 90 down. +
Il = even worse than the path leading .
up % the top Of Makaua- on Kauai, .
dangerous s. that one Is, yet I was .
told that aged HaEaiians used to plant .
melons and gourdS at its base, and .
they still bring up heavy bundles by .
that very path
kalzEao was about six miles from .
where Ee stood Between were the .
valleys Of WaiIsu and PeIekuuu.
These places, although now not fire.
guentiy visited, were once thfekIy .
populated steep precipices, some
rising 70 over three thousand feet .
high extend zII the way from where .
re we're 20 kalaEa0- The hslaIau .
side q Kauai, PERCEPTIONS as that may
seem % visitors, * nothing in com .
pGTISou 70 the hOOlau pals OF AOIO- .
zEI- Indeed IL seems Is If il Is one
side OF 3 volcano, while the other half .
has been demolished and buried By
the waves \ student Of geology /
could not conceive Of auy other posi- .
bic cause for 80 abrupt an ending on 4
that side OF MOl0kai A small ex-
-inet volcano i found at KsIawao,
and the ancient legend SAYS that
Madame Psls first dug hole there, .
but when she discovered watsf she .
It and left for Kilauea,
Hawaii
On the side OF the pail Of Haupu,
about - feet from the edge, there 4
grows 3 solitary tree known Is al. 1t 4
resembles pine in appearance. The 4
natives claim it to be as rare as kalsi- 4
pahoa wood and equally As good 10 .
It's medicinal qualities These woods 4
are held in superstitiOus fear BY the
natives Sc idols were carved from 4
their trunks in olGsn times The Ka-
lzipohOa tres Is nearly extinct, but
one native on MoI0kai claims that the 1
root still remains, and be i the only
one who knows where to find it 1
There are only two al trees known on 1
AIolOkai, one Of them growing on the .
side Of the HAupu Pail 4 native
named WahileinO, who BY the way Is
the only person around HalzEa who
izres scale those heights, one day
went down and got an Az tree for a
certain person at Hal2Ba- He des-
eenied by means Of q rope- When I.
the wood WIS brought 70 HalaEs, the 4
Did native folk began TO show signs
u fear, - they said il was s saerilig-
i0us act The younger generation how
ever, paid no heed and no injury Of
my kind happened
On our return 70 Honolulu our party
paid . visit 70 KaIae, the home Of Mr..
Meyers.
JAMES y. K KEaLA-
Honolulu, June I, Iss2