The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-24
THEY WERE DEAF BOTH TO AVA
AND INvOCATIoNs.
Koleka's Kahunaism Failed and She
Was Fined slOO-Gourd Vine Cere-
mony and Waikiki Waters.


She was charged with attempting to
cure another by the practice Of sorcery,
witchcraft, anaana, hOOpiopio. hoouna-
una, hoomanamana, or other supersti-
tiOus or deceitful methods
The evidence showed that she failed
ku and Hina were appealed TO.
Water was sprinkled i'm invocation TO
them. They were offered oblations Of
ava. The ceremony of the gOurd vine
was performed at midnight when not
fowl cackled nor a dog barked in
discOrd Of the mystery But it was in
vain. Koleka Acknowledged herself
and her kahunaism impOtent in the face
I of the sinister influences pitted against
her, gave back part of the fee she had
received, and repeated twice that the
patient would die. However the pa
tient, Mrs. Kaipu lived long enough 10
have Koleka arrested and to testify
against her in court this morning.
Mrs. Kaipu had been il for a long
time. Finally through the representa-
tiOns Of an uncle who was being treat
ed by kOleka, she went to the latter
for cure. Koleka undertook the cure
First Mrs. Kaipu was TO bring her ten
dollars a hand" of bananas. perfect
and ripe, bundle of ava, a bundle Of
/ mullet, and a quantity Of swipes
These were brought. KOleka pOcketed
the ten dollars, and prepared the ava.
Her husband, prepared the mullet
Then the patient and her husband. and
the kahuna and her husband sat down
to a feast of the good things bananas
and nullet with ava and swipes After
( that the patient was told to go home
and she would be we'll At this Mr.
Kaipu marvelled, because. as he told
Judge Wilcox this mornings while on
/ the witness stand. he had never in all
his experience known a kahuna TO at
/ tempt, what might be called to use
Christian science term, absent
| treatment"
/ But marvel as he would. his wife
was better, for few days Then she
] got worse again, and the husband re-
Z ported the fact to Koleka. KOleka at
once discovered that the trouble was
that a kahuna in KOna was praying
; Mrs. Kaipu to death. and the only
means of overcoming this WAS 10 pray
/ the Kona kahuna TO death which she
would do for FIVE dollars. The five dol
lars were forthcoming. But still Mrs.
Kaipu got no better. Another FIVE dol
lars was called for and paid. and Mrs.
/ Kaipu was called TO spend a night
with KOleka. At midnight KOleka took
ava and sprinkling II right and left
invoked Kv ard Hina to cure their
hand maid, tO-wit Mrs. Kaipu. Also
Mrs. Kaipu, wearing nothing but a
girdle of gourd vine, walkedarOund the
house making the circuit five times.
while KOleka continued her inyOca-
tions. but silently so as not to break
/ the spell. and after that she was to go
/ to Waikiki the waters Of which. are
/ they not like ALBANIA and Pharpsr.
rivers of Damascus. better than all the
waters of Israeli" At Waikiki she was
/ to dive into the surf five times. each
/ time as she did so. repeating a set form
I of invocation, and coming out Of the
surf without looking behind her. All
/ this she did. but still was not better.
{ but rather worse.
The husband whose scepticism had
been aroused by the absent treat
ment," now became thoroughly unbe-
| lieving, and went to KOleka and de-
manded his money back. She admitted
the cure was beyond her powers. and
twice repeated that his wife would die.
But she haggled on the question of re-
! turning the money. Finally she agreed
to pay half of it back and this PROPOSE
tiOn the husband accepted. seeing they
were both Hawaiians. and he wanted
no trouble. But when he went to get
the money KOleka could only raise
seven dollars and a half This he took
But his wife had now lost her faith
in the kahunaism of KOleka and de-
manded that Koleka should be arrest
ed.
In deciding the case Judge Wilcox
said that he had hoped to hear from
counsel just what constituted anaana,
hoopiopio, hoounauna, and hoomana-
mana. But having been disappointed
in this. he would have to fall back on
his own judgment which was that the
defendant was guilty of deceitful prac-
tlces, and would fine her a hundred
dollars, the minimum. as the defendant
at least had not required the complain
ing witness to take a lot Of nauseating
drugs and mixtures nothing in fact
worse than ava and swipes.
An appeal was noted.