The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-26


tie them fast to working oxen and to
bring them down to Kaunakakai for
shipment to Honolulu.
on the ridge overlooking the ocean
on the land of Kalae, IL the peak OF
Kaulanaloa, or Kauleionanahoa.
There is on the top of this peak Curl
GUS stone that looks like the back OF a
man's head and shoulders. Near 1T are
some boulders on which are the only
old inscriptions / have ever seen on
stones in Hawaii. What these marks
mean / cannot imagine. Judge For
nander likens that on one stone to the
double trident Of the Hindoo goddess
silva. But it is composed of two semi
circles, one open at the top, the other
at the bottom, about six inches wide,
eighteen inches apart, with perpen-
dicular line crossing the middle point
of each, and reaching out to level
with the extremities Of the circle.
Judge Fernandez does not mention
the similar marks on an adjacent
stone. But in this second stone the
semi-circles both face downwards in
one figure; and the other figure has
double curve for the top instead OF
semi-circle.
On this peak Is an old hOlua, or to-
boggan slide. 1t is so steep that the
descent must have been dangerous.
though the danger only added zest to
the game. The pleasure of such ex-
hilaratingly rapid motion was still
further enhanced by rising ground, up
which the holua would glide, to come
down again and up once more, with a
bump, and so on until the rider was
thrown or increasing friction arrested
the downward motion.
MoIokai used to be celebrated for
the skill of it's magicians. In recent
times Wailiilii was famous kahuna,
in his later years blind with very red
eyes, probably from drinking ava. A
female kahuna at Pukoo is now tell
ing the people that she will soon res
tore the old worship and old modes of
life, get rid of President Dole and all
the foreigners with their foreign reli-
gion and ways so distasteful TO Ha-
Waiians. Most famous of all the
prophets of the olden times was LAM
kaula who lived in the promontory at
the east end of MOlokai. His warning
beginning "Koae ala" and addressed to
the king of Maui, Kanelawalu, not to
undertake the conquest of Hawaii, is
still extant, and is as famous chant
in Hawaiian anthology as Thomas
Campbell's Warning to LOchiel."
Kanikaula's home was the slightly
promontory at the east end of Molokai,
looking off toward Maui in that direc-
ton and toward Lanai 10 the south.
A grove of trees-"'Ka ulu ]aau o
Kanikaula Islands out prominently
on the western slope of the promon-
tory, but had no time to visit IL.
Alapainui, king of Hawaii and
father of Kamehameha the ConquerOr,
at one time had planned the conquest
of Maui, but, after he had landed his
forces, he found that the aged king
had died, and the new sovereign was
Alapainui's own nephew. Desisting
from further schemes of conquest on
Maui, he sailed with his warriors to
Molokai. Kapiiohokalai, the king of
Oahu, had invaded the island and was
devastating the central sea coast.
Alapainui's forces met these invaders
at Kapualei, and the battle which en-
sued lasted four days. The Oahu
forces returned to Kawela, where an
other saDguinary battle was fought,
resulting in the defeat of the Oahu
forces. They Immediately withdrew
from Molokai, returning to Oahu,
whittier Alapainui followed them.
The date assigned to this battle is 1887.
Fernandez speaks OF the battle-ground
on Molokai as a sandy plain on which
the north winds, "a they blow, reveal
a multitude of bones and skulls.
Abner Paki, a Molokai chief, father
of Hon. Mrs. @. r. Bishop, better
known among the natives by her Ha-
waiian name Pauahi, owned land on
Moloksi. Given by her will to Hon.
C. r. Bishop, during his life, they
have by him been now passed over
with other lands, his own personal
property, to the trustees of the Kane
hameha schools. These trustees own
now 100, 900 acres on the island of Mo-
lokRi-l50 square miles. The whole
island has only 100000 acres. The
Government owns e, S97 acres, which
are valued at $4,000. But as the
yearly rental is only $1,000 it is evil
dent that land on Molokai is very
much like some of the land in New
England, of which President Dwight
says: sit Is like self-righteous-
ness-the more man has of
it, the worse off he is" Very little
has been done in the developme mt of
the island; so little arabic land il there
that there Is little inducement TO set
tiers. The COCO (estimated) population
Of Molokai has dwindled down to
1882; of these, over 1000 are at the
leper settlement. These figures only
leave 1900 for population on sea-
coast OF forty miles with breadth Of
seven miles, an average population of
of the native population and the
meagreDess of their resources forms a
noticeable feature in the impressions
of the traveller, who makes a visit to
Molokai. What have these Hawai-
ians to sell that other people want to
buy? Is il any wonder they forsake
their homes and flock to Honolulu,
where their lives, if short, are fuller of
interest than the bumdrum existence
of Molokai? One Hawaiian pastor
now has for his field the whole south
ern part of the island. Another min
listers to about a hundred in the
secluded valley of Halawa. Another
IN an adjoining valley has church
membership OF twenty nine.
That land on MolOkai can be made
productive is attested by the three
well-kept places on the island, and
there are only three. Watered by the
Niheu brOoklet is neat ranch on the