Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-29
aos!5!Rs ~ Waikiki, the Thriving Maui Town II Cln,
FIR ST SUGAR PLANTATION
NOTABLE - BATTLES
FOUGHT - EARLY MIS-.
SIONARY WORK.

anu uealn untll inc waters OF tnC TlNCT
were red with blood. u was here in
the narrow mountain dcdlc that tho
Maui warriors, fighting for their
homes and hearths performed prodi.
gies OF yalor and held the issue of the
hattie 80 long In doubt that kameha.
mcha himself, who had remained in
the hciau at Pihana, felt called upon
to cheer his warriors TO renewed cxer.
tons by his presence and display of
personal valor. The Maui warriors
were driven into frenzy of dcspera.
ton by the hcartrcnding cries of their
women from the crests OF the noun.
tain.side overlooking the narrow field
OF battle. among whom were Queen
kalola. sister of kahekili and widow
ci Kalaniopuu. and the young princess
keopuolani, who subsequently became
the wife of Kamehamcha. When Ka.
mchamcha entered the field of battle
he was attacked by an aged warrior
and his four warrior sons. who threw
their spears at him at the sclf.same in.
slant. One he caught in his right
hand parted three and caught the
last spear In his left hand and IL was
this incident which Is pictured In the
bronze casting at the base OF the Ka.
n,ehameha statue.
Finding all hope gone, Kalanikupulc
and his chiefs fled from the battlefield
escaping over the mountains to Olo-
walu and Lahaina, as did all those who
escaped from Wailuku. So great was
the slaughter that the river was filed
with bodies OF the slain, and the water
stank with the smell of blood and rot.
ting flesh. The victors with their fol.
lowers and what few people that re.
NAMED In Wailuku were compelled to
send TO lao for drinking water from
the spring Kamohailani, located in
the vicinity of the saying that the wa.
ter was shut of at lao. and gave the
name "Kepani.wai" to the battle.
Story Told in Stones.
The heiau OF Pihana Is located on
the sandhills west Of Wailuku; ut pres.
cnt II Is merely a sandhill whose sum.
nit is black with stones. The tradi
ton is that In building this heiau ev.
cry man, woman and child in Wailuku
we're required to carry and deposit one
stone on this sandhill, and the result of
this crude census IL the black pile con.
tanning tens of thousands of stone, a
rude certificate to the fact that the val.
ley OF Wailuku once contained a very
large population. This was Kamcha.
mcha's headquarters during the battle
Of Kcpanlwai.
Origin Of Name.
The accident OF these bloody battles
have given rise to the belief that Wal.
luku" meant waters Of destruction"
and was so named on account of the
battle of Kepaniwai. Now this Is not
so. According to Mr.. Percy Smith,
than whom there Is no better author.
ity on Polynesian folklore, Waikiki
probably received its name from riv.
CT In the original homeland OF the Poly.
Hesian race. He states that the Maoris
describe the homeland OF their anccs.
tors as being watcred by river nam.
cd "Wailuku whose source was
among snow.cappcd mountains, AMI
whose. waters flowed into bay, and
that II was from this bay their anccg.
tors set out Oh that voyage which
brought them to New Zealand Al.
though this description fits the Wal.
luku river near Hilo, yet Mr.. Percy
Smith believed this legendary river TO
be located on the east coast of Hindo-
stan. and was the original point of dis.
sian race In their migrations from
Asia to the islands OF the Pacific. mis-
would Indicate that the name "Wailu.
ku" was a treasured memory of the
homeland which the original immi.
grants brought with them to their new
homes.
Towns Good Fortune.
The future of Waikiki was never
more promising than It is at present.
Its long contest with the rival town of
Lahaina for political supremacy,
which started over twenty years ago,
has signally ended in favor of Wailu-
ku. IL is as the business center OF the
great plain of Central Maui that the
future has much in promise for the
town. When the streams now running
tC waste in the Hamakua and Koolau
side OF Maui shall have been more
fully utilized and irrigating canals car
~ water from Makawao to Keokea up
to the 1,500.ioot level, the latent wealth
OF Central Maui will become more full.
ly developed. This section will then
produce crops worth at least $4,000.
900 a year, and the wailuku merchant
will reap his share of the business. II
IL hoped the small farmer" would be
the ones to develop this magnificent
plain, but IL takes no stretch of the
imagination TO see that the small
farmer" In this case will be Japs.
WAILUKU.
July IS lgO3