The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-07
D.. Carnlclael's signal Success
As an Explorer.
ARE PICTURED ROCKS INSIDE
Prot. Aiesandev's Opinion-A saori.
flee stone Nssr waiaIua.
kaiakaua's Notes.

W. 'di hiNiAd'lf NHt NulA'u SltteS
quarantine surgeon, who is sta
toned In Honolulu, called on Profess
sor w. ID. Alexander, at the Survey
department yesterday. and made
known the discovery OF IN ancient
cave In the vicinity OF Koko Head.
The newly discovered cave Is in the
Maunalua district on this Island, and
is located near the coast and about
half way between Koko Head and Ma
kapuu point. Pictured Rocks were
found inside the cave. and at Profess
sor Alexander's suggestion, DIR. Car
michael and his party will make an
other visit to the cave TO study the
characters inscribed there for the pur-
pose OF ascertaining If they are SINH
lar to the pictured lodges OF Kauai
and elsewhere.
DIR. Carmichael has been scientifical-
ly inclined since his arrival In Homo
lulu and proposes TO make the closest
study Of his discovery. Professor Alex
ander is positive that the existence
of the cave in the Koko Head country
has never been known to historians.
short time ago a party consisting
of b. +. Dillingham;. Governor A. s.
Cleghorn, Major Curtis p. Iaukea and
Colonel Whyte OF Seattle. were riding
over the plains, back some Ave or six
miles from Waialua, when they came
to a natural bridge, crossing two raw
ines. On beyond, one or two hundred
yards. was found large stone, and
near by three large holes. A little fur
Their on were the indelible marks OF
an ancient city.
This is known To have been the
stamping ground of Kokoa, the Canni-
bal chef. He was widely known
throughout Oahu as Kalo Aikanaka.
The stone, where he executed his vic
Tins and the holes in the earth, were
the ovens in which their bodies were
cremated.
The late king Kalakaua in his Leg
ends and Myths Of Hawaii" has this
to say of the Cannibal chief and his
settlement:
1T may be assumed that near the
close Of the seventeenth century, Kalo
Aikanaka, the chief OF the cannibals
of Halemanu, and his people landed
at Waialua, Oahu. They came from
Kauai where they had been living for
the previous ten years or so. They
are said to have come to Kauai from
one OF the Southern Islands, which
our tradition does not mention, in
double canoes, and as they were in a
starving condition, it was thought that
they had been blown thither by ad-
verse winds while journeying to some
other Islands. They lived at first on
land near the foot of the mountains
back of Waimea, then in a secluded
valley in the mountains of Haupu
Kalo Aikanaka was OF chiefly proper.
tons, and his muscular limbs were
tattooed with rude representations Of
birds, sharks, and other fishes. His
features were rather OF the Papuar
cast. His people were somewhat dark
er than the Kauaians; they were ex'
pert fishermen and swimmers"
The execution stone used by thu
Cannibal chief was exceedingly inter
esting to the members OF Mr.. Dilling
hams party. The descriptions wer,
very similar to that of Gilbert Farqu
bar Mathison, who made a visit to tn,
stone in the year 1922, and has thi
to say about It: 81 had expected Il
find a monument of great magnitude
instead of which saw nothing bu
a fiat stone. resembling an Englisl
tombstone, about five feet broad b!
six or seven feet in length. The sur
face was very smooth and upon 1t
discovered many rude representation
of men and animals, similar to thos
which have from time to time beef
met with and described among tn
Indians OF America. Many were de
faced, and in others ! could trace n,
resemblance to any known objects
either animate or inanimate; tn
stone itself was very imperfect, piece
of 1t having been broken off on differ
ent sides, which I learnt from tn
guide had been done by neighborini
Inhabitants, in order to convert tn
materials into knives, mirrors, pots
and other domestic utensils, whicl
were always fabricated from stones Il
former times, previous to the intro
duction OF iron by foreign trades"
The drawings at Honaunau, Kona
Hawaii, and at Keoniloa beach, Koloa
Kauai, have been written about con
siderably. They are perhaps the mos
"a L.