The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-09-27
Description Of Places Recently Wis
tied by Rev. c. N. Hyde.
MANY OLD NATIVE TRADITIONS,
Some Great Conrulsion Responsible for
the Formation of the Island-IdeaI
Land for Sugar Plantations-yalus-
BILE Pssturage ON "orthern Shore.
[Concluded.)

The other locality, Kd Inlu Kaludud,
is one Of the strongest constructions
have ever seen. 1t is about twenty
four feet square as it projects out OF
the green sward. 1t is composed OF
about ten rows of small squares, ten
in each row, formed by setting up
edgewise fat stones about two feet
long. The story is that a Molokai
chiefess proposed to the King of Ha-
waii. By the terms of the marriage
contract the child was to be
given in marriage only to some
one OF the same lineage as the
King of Hawaii. But, when Of age,
the young princess was betrothed
to a son of the King of Maui. The
Hawaii moi did not hear of this act of
perfidy till it was too late to interfere
But as he was old he epjoined upon
his sons, as q sacred duty, TO execute
some dire punishment on the guilty
woman. In process OF time, an army
was gathered, and made descent on
Molokai. The Queens forces rallied to
resist the invaders, but were defeated.
Fearing the possible consequences, the
Queen told her SONS of the wrong she
had done, and the indignities she
feared. She begged them to cut off
her head and take it with them. The
body would pass for that of a common
woman, as the face could not be iden-
titled. The sons fulfilled the mothers
request. But it seems the King of
Hawaii had made his mark on his
former csnsort, peculiar scarifying
of the skin on the left thigh. His SOL
diers were instructed how to identify
the woman they sought by this de-
scribed mark. The corpse was found,
headless, but easily identified by this
peculiar scar. The body was deliber-
ately cut up into small pieces. For
each separate piece separate oven
was made, and that is the place
known as SKA InIu Ludud
These lands at the western eXtrem-
ty Of Molokai, as seen from the deck
of the steamer, seem desolate and bar
rem. True they are dry, without wa
ter, and so cannot support animal life.
But the stony hillsides, as seen from
the beach, change gradually as higher
elevations are reached. The stones
disappear. The red soil, free from this
covering, gives opportunity of growth
10 fields of lima, with a few patches
of nldnienie grass. Above the fields
of tEind we come to fine grass lands.
The nldRienie has supplanted nearly
all the native grasses, in consequence
largely of q drought in 1873, when
these grasses were killed. Pill itiulG,
however, still maintains itself along
side of the foreigner, and is valuable
pasture grass. Near the sea in the
district of Puma, Hawaii, mdnie1ie
grows very short, and is cropped so
close by the horses that it is wonder
they find any sustenance; much more
Of wonder that they seem to thrive
so well on it.
On these upland slopes Of Molokai
the nldRiente grows most luXuriant-
ly. 1t makes a mass nearly foot in
thickness, and to trample through it
is like treading windows of hay; the
old and dead stems cracking under
the feet. In this condition, cattle will
not eat it, and what to do with it when
covering hundreds of acres is one OF
the many difficult problems which
puzzles the rancher and herder in
these islands. Fire is too dangerous
an agency, and yet no other appliance
would seem effective enough. But
these vast pastures are destitute of
water. The only available resource
is piping water from mountain springs
mile and miles away. Large eX-
penses in such ways necessitates a
large amount of invested capital, pre-.
clude the settlement of large portions
of these islands by that most desirable
population, an intelligent, industri-
Gus. economical middle class of agri
culturalists. Sheep are such silly
creatures that they need constant
oversight and care. In times Of
drought they will get to the sea, drink
the ocean brine, and die. But il there
is dew or even little moisture in the
ocean breeZes, they seem to thrive on
the dry lands of Molokai. But, as
one instance of the need of an expert
mental knowledge Of the requirements
of the various localities, sheep must
be shorn in October, not in March.
The heat of the tropical sun in the
summer season, produces skin. burn
and sores that take long time to heal,
and all this is accomplished with loss
in the yearly yield Of wool.
The cattle are as fat, If not as sleek,
as stall fed steers. They are of vari-
GUS breeds, Durham, Hereford, Hol-
stein, though the Polled Angus
seems to be the variety best adapted
to Molokai pastures. The wide horns
of some of the cattle show strain of
the Mexican mustang, and the dif1-
Guilty in milking them is another
mark of hereditary wildness. The
cows of highly developed milking or
fattening breeds, on the other.hand,
are naturally quiet and content. So
content are the Ksluakoi cattle with
their native heath that to get them
away from the land it is necessary to
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 Kalse, is the peak OF
Kaulansloa, or Kauleionanahoa. |
There is on the top of this peak curl |
GUS stone that looks like the back OF |
mans 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 I cannot imagine. Judge For
nander likens that on one stone to the
double trident of the Hindoo goddess
Sivs. But it ia composed Of two semi
circles, one open at the top, the other
ut the bottom, about ak inches wide,