Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-05-10
MOL0KAI ARCHAEOLOGY

Messrs. j. M. Kaneakua, Noa w.
Aluli, officer Iokama and Jas. Ke.
ola, under the guidance of Miss
Dudoit, visited Pakaikai, most
lovely place in the mountains
back of Wuialua. Pakaikai is
noted as the place where Ksmeha
ha-Ai-Luau, a descendant of
Kamehameha the Great, was
brought up, and the latter part of
his name is obtained from the fact
that the said Kamehsmeha was
fed by his Kshus (parents) on
taro leaves (luau) alone, for the
kahus did not wish to give him
any fish on account Of the booes.
The road OF Paksikai is quite billy
and difficult of ascent, but with
good aud reliable guides it could
be reached easily, although horses
have to pass over steep ridges
more than thousand feet high,
and a slight slip Of the horses
hoofs will throw the rider down
gulches on either side of over one
thousand feet deep. The width
OF the passage in some places is
not over two feet, hence none but
reliable animals should be used
for the trip. Those ridges are no
place for prancing steeds.
At Paksikai is found large
stone lying by the bank of the
stream, in which are dug four
holes each eight inches in diamet-
er and six inches deep. They are
finely polished inside. The holes
dug in this large stone are claimed
to have been used as ava cups
(apu away for Kamebameha-a i-lu.
au. They were chiselled with
stone implements by the ancients
during the stone age of Hawaii
nei, q task which no native of the
present generation will dare und-
ertake. Near by is another hole
dug in another rock and much
larger and deeper than the four.
This last one is said to be the ka.
noa ava, or place where ava is
cleaned and purified, fit to drink.
The view around Pakaikai is ex-
tremely beautiful, and is we'll
worth visit even though the way
is quite hazardous. Another place
of interest visited by the same
party was the hiding place of Mo-
lokai-nui-a Hins, cave just a few
hundred yards back of the
Kaluaahs church, very easy
OF ascent, and yet not
much frequented by strangers.
Molokaians claim that to see this
spot you see the whole of Molo-
kai, for from this place the island
derived its name. Moloksi-Iui.a.
Hina was said to be beautiful
maiden and she secreted herself
in the cave to silently follow out
her art of making tspss (paupsu),
an art which the present genera :
ton is quite ignorant of. A little
below this cave and a little to the
windwsrd is the spot where the
runner and warrior Kaohele was
slain by his enemies, warriors
from Ha waii Kaohele is said tohave
been surrounded by his pursu4rs
near a gulch at Puuohoku, above
Halawa valley, aud in order to es-
cape death, he jumped quite over
the gulch, about tive n,y-three feet,
leaving them behind, and ran for
his home 10 the mountains back
of Kamslo. a distance of over
twenty miles; but be was hit with
a "maa," a small stone thrown
from a sling a la David of Bibli-
cal fame. aud Kaohele died from
loss of blood on this spot back of
Kaluaaba church. When Kao-
hele died his mother was brutally
mutilated and roasted in an imu
(under ground oven), but was
never eaten, for the Hawaiians
we're never csnnibals. Moloksi is
only a small island, but is full of
notable places which if fully OK
planned will be source of uu-
ending interest. The gulch over
which Ksohele made his record
breaking leaps is still in existencs
today.
A farewell dinner was given by
Judge and Mrs. Haiku Mahoe at
their home at Pukoo to Ju lge Ka-
lua aud party last Tuesday even.
ing. After the fine luau the
dining hall was cleared of every
Imaginable obstacle and the
young folks OF the party enjoyed
dancing for over two hours. and IL