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AR 6

Finding Aid to the

ELSPETH P. STERLING

NOTES, 1950s-1960s

AR6

0.7 linear feet (2 boxes).

 

Abstract

Notes about Maui archaeological sites and features, geography, history, ancient life and activities, folklore, and legends, compiled by anthropologist Elspeth P. Sterling, who was associated with Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu. The notes were prepared from late 18th and early-mid 19th century newspapers, journals, and books, although some notes were made from original manuscripts, interviews with local individuals, and letters she received. Sterling's original order of notes and districts has been retained. All notes are arranged by geographic district and locations on the Island of Maui. Only a few notes bear dates during the 1960s, with most of the rest probably prepared prior to that time.

Donated in 1975. Accession number: 75-35-197.

 

Biographical Sketch

Elspeth Lefar Petrie was born in Honolulu on June 6, 1917 to Thomas Herbert Petrie (1876-1935) and Eva MacGregor Petrie. Thomas Petrie was a vice president with Castle & Cooke, Ltd., and a member of the Territorial House of Representatives. Known as Espa, Elspeth was educated at Hanahauoli and Punahou Schools (1929-1935) in Honolulu. Later she attended Scripps College, Clairmont, California; Oregon State University, and University of Hawaii. While she was at Oregon State, she married Leon K. Sterling, Jr., to whom she was married until their divorce in the early 1950s.

Mrs. Sterling became an expert on Japanese and Hawaiian language and culture, and was well known for her Hawaiian language translating abilities. Later, she served as a dedicated volunteer researcher in Hawaiian archaeology and history for Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu for nearly 20 years. With Dr. Alexander Spoehr, she organized the Bishop Museum Association in the early 1950s. When research funds were short in 1953, Mrs. Sterling supplied the money to purchase a jeep which enabled Museum anthropologists to excavate a prehistoric sand dune site at South Point on the Island of Hawai'i.

 

In 1961 Mrs. Sterling moved to Maui, where she continued the anthropological work she had begun at Bishop Museum. She worked with Sam Po and others.

She was appointed a Research Associate in Anthropology in 1963. The same year she and Catherine C. Summers published Sites of Oahu, a twelve-volume work. The authors were commended by the Hawai'i State Senate for their outstanding work. Mrs. Sterling also published an Index to S.M. Kamakau's Ruling Chiefs.

In 1969, Sterling received the Ho'omau I Ka 'Ike award for her work with the University of Hawaii Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Art, and Culture. She was a member of the Bishop Museum Association as served as its secretary in 1955-1956.

 

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of notes compiled by Elspeth Sterling about Maui archeological sites and features, geography, history and descriptions of life and activities, folklore, and legends. Generally each site or topic (e.g., "cultivation" or "fishing grounds") has its own page(s) of notes. Some site numbers also are included. Most of the notes are carbon copies or photocopies of Sterling's originals, with a few typewritten originals included.

Most of Sterling's notes are from a variety of late 18th and early-mid 19th century newspapers, journals, books, and other secondary sources. Among the secondary journals excerpted are The Hawaiian Planter, and Hawaiian Annual.

 

Mrs. Sterling also prepared her notes from some primary sources, such as original manuscript materials, her own interviews with local individuals and others, and letters she received. Sources are cited by author's name or title, with date and page number. Some original sources, such as the notes of John F.G. Stokes, are listed as located among the collections of Bishop Museum. Still others, such as "Walker Ms," have no location listed. The abbreviation "HEN" refers to Hawaiian Ethnological Notes, the originals of which are held by the Bishop Museum. Spellings and punctuation in Hawaiian words remain as they were noted by Elspeth Sterling.

Sterling's original order of notes and districts has been retained. All of the notes are arranged by geographic district and particular locations on the Island of Maui. Only a few of the (apparently) later notes bear dates indicating interviews made during the 1960s, with most of the rest probably prepared prior to that time.

 

1 1 Maui - General

Territorial historic sites

Districts in the Hawaiian Islands

Maui chiefs

District abbreviations - for site numbers not listed by Walker

Ahupua'a

Land subdivision

Land terms

Ancient name of Maui

Former name

Na Hono a Piilani

Famous surfs and pools

Fish beliefs

Maui sharks

Names of shark gods

Mikololou, the man-eating shark

Hawaiian fish deities

Maui fish ponds

Fishermen's shrines

Petroglyphs

Phrases for places

Poetical names

Maui place names

Kaakaniau district

Hinau

Maui puuhonua

Sacred albinos

Kihapiilani tradition

Battles

Battle of Ka-moku-'ilima

Population

Robbery

Work of Maui women

Maui village sites

Koolau Area

1 2 General Koolau

Koolau shark

Paving of the road

Cultivation

Sweet potatoes

Eels of Koolau

1 3 E. Makaiwa - Honomanu

Cultivation

Relating to Eleio

Honomanu

Ko'a at Pepeiaolepo

1 3 E. Makaiwa - Honomanu (Continued)

Nuuailua - Cultivation

Kipapa o Kihapiilani

1 4 Keanae

Heiau sites destroyed or not found

Kukuialono Heiau and others Keanae Peninsula - Cultivation

Keanae Valley - Cultivation

Ka-imu-ki

Fish pond - house sites

1 5 Wailuanui - Wailuaiki

Kukuiaupuni Heiau

Kaluanui Heiau

Cultivation

Kamilo Heiau

Heiau of Ohia

Makehau Heiau

Hee Kupua

Landings

Kalaniopuu at Wailua

Cook Off Wailua

1 6 Kaliae - Ulaino

Waiohue, Hanawi - Cultivation

Nahiku, Ulaino - Cultivation

Nahiku - Kaluakelea Heiau

Nahiku - Pohoula Heiau

Nahiku - Haleaka Heiau

Ulaino - Heiau at Lanikele

Waiohue - Paka Island Kuula

Nahiku - Hoolae-makua's Death

Ulaino - Shelter cave

Hana Area

1 7 General Hana

Notes made during jeep ride

Maui place names (perhaps collected in May 1922 by Kenneth P. Emory)

North Hana - Cultivation

South Hana - Cultivation

Pele in Hana

Hana district (Hana ka moku)

Kaelelua battle site

Koolau and Hana

Hana saying

1 7 General Hana (Continued)

Battle with Hoolae-makua

Hana noted for...

Choice of lands

Sweet potatoes

Battle march

Kamehameha lands at Hana

Landing of the canoes

The three war lands

1 8 Makapuu - Kaeleku

Honomaele - Piilanihale Heiau

Honomaele - Battle of Kapalipilo

Honomaele - Aiai in Honomaele

1 9 Wakiu - Wananalua

Honokalani - Legend of Waianapanapa

Honokalani - Waianapanapa Pool

Honokalani - Kaukealii Heiau

Honokalani - Ohala Heiau

Ho'olae Rock

Kawaipapa - Kawaipapa land

Kawaipapa - Kaniomoku, Kawaipapa Heiaus

Kawaipapa - Kaniomoku-Keaumuku

Kawaipapa - Kaniomoku Heiau

Kawaipapa - Heiau at Waikaloa

Kawaipapa - Heiau

Kawaipapa - Kaeleiula Heiau

Kawaipapa - Kauleilepo-Kauleiula

Wananalua - Punahoa Spring

Features of Hana

Wananalua - The story of the eel of Laumeki

Wananalua - Kapo'ulakina'u and Ka-pueo-kahi (Her house site)

Wananalua - Hawaii-kuauli

Surf

Wananalua - Aiai in Wananalua

Wananalua - Canoe landing

1 9 Wakiu - Wananalua

Wananalua - Honuaula, Kuawalu Heiaus

Wananalua - Kaiapuni

Wananalua - Heiaus in Hana

Wananalua - Honuaula, Kuawalu Heiaus #2

Wananalua-Haneoo - Heiaus at Kauiki

Wananalua - Kauiki Hill

Wananalua - Battle sites

Wananalua - A story of Kauiki

1 9 Wakiu - Wananalua (Continued)

Wananalua - Kau'iki - hallowed hill

Wananalua - Sites 113-116

Wananalua - Kaahumanu birth

Kawaipapa - Kiha-a-Piilani at Kawaipapa

Wananalua - War of Kaumupikao

Wananalua - Peapea's death

Wananalua - Kaeo at Kauiki

Wananalua - Sweet potatoes at Kauiki

Wananalua - Destroyed Heiau (Honuaula - site 111)

Wananalua - Mapuwena

Wananalua - Keeaumoku at Hana

Wananalua - Strength of Kauiki

Kawaipapa - Paving of the road

Kawaipapa - Death of Kamehameha-nui

Kawaipapa - Matthew Kalalau (interview by Sterling, 6-29-69)

Wananalua - Kawalakii

Wananalua - Honua'ula Heiau (Site 111) (Ka-imu-pika'o)

Wananalua - Kauiki and Hana traditions (place names)

Kawaipapa - Keanini surf and Popolana

1 10 Oloewa - Hulihana

Kakio - Kuula

Haneoo - Luumaikaua Heiau

Ka Iwi o Pele and the eel

Aleamai - Kapukaulua

Kakio - Maka-alae

Aleamai - Naming of Lehoula

Aleamai - Ku-ula, the Fish God

Kuula's Pond

Aleamai - Ai-ai's home

Ka Iwi o Pele

Aleamai - Koahaepali Heiau

Haneoo - Kahuwakahoku Heiau

Haneoo - Alau Island

Haneoo - Haneoo Fish Pond

Hamoa - Hinaehi Heiau

Hamoa - Pakiokio Heiau

Hamoa - Haleolono Heiau

Hamoa - Site 122

Hamoa - Ku-a-lanakila

Hamoa - Puuhele

Hamoa - Cultivation

Hamoa - Hana noted for its low sky

Hamoa - Kuamaka Pond

Waiohonu - The banana field of Kahuoi

Pukuilua - Kaiwionole, Kahokuwelowelo Heiaus

1 10 Oloewa - Hulihana (Continued)

Pukuilua - Kakahau Heiau

Pukuilua - Ahoa Heiau

The twins

Muolea - Kahekili at Muolea

Haneoo - Fish Pond at Haneoo

Puaaluu - Meaning of name

Puuhaoa - Desecration of bones

Hamoa - House site at Kumaka

Puuiki - Puuiki kapu

Puuiki - Phallic stone

Puuiki - Surfing at Waiohonu

Hamoa - Surf of Puhele

1 11 Muolea - Puuala

Muolea - Kawaloa Heiau

Koali - Haleokane Heiau

Koali - Haleolono Heiau

Koali - Heiau at Koali

Paehala - Cultivation

Muolea - The human shark

Wailua - Cultivation

Puuala - Poomanini Heiau

Puuala - Heiau of Poomanini

Muolea - Name variation

Muolea - Plain of Makaliihanau

Muolea - Poisonous seaweed

Notes on Muolea lands

 

Kipahulu Area

1 12 General Kipahulu

Cultivation

Po'o fishing ground

Kuahalau and Laka

Makani kaili aloha

The paving of the road

1 13 Kaumakani - Papauluana

Papauluana burial cave

Heiau of Napua

Napua Heiau

Oheo Gulch (Seven Pools)

1 14 Alaenui - Alaeiki

Alaenui - Wailoa Heiau

1 15 Halemano - Kukuiula

Kukuiula - Cultivation

Kakalahale - Kanekauila Heiau

Halemano - Mahinaula Heiau

Maulili - Maulili Heiau

Kukuiula - Heiau at Kukuiula

Halemano - Waihee Heiau

Maulili - Kuula at Maulili

Kikoo - Hawaii chiefs

God house Ma'ulili

Maulili ? - Kakanoni

Maulili - Surf of Kaleholeho

1 16 Kaapahu

Cultivation

Paokahi Heiau

Puukaua - Fort

Lelekea - Meaning

Battle at Lelekea

Battle of The-Red-Mantle

Hale-i-ka-lea

Water of Kua'i

Lelekea - Birth place of Hele-i-pawa

Kalo-iki

Lelekea

Kahikinui Area

1 17 General Kahikinui

Kaipolohua Village

Village sites

Kahikinui burials

Cultivation

Kihapiilani Trail

Fishing grounds

Kane-kokala and Kane-wahine

Hakalauai Heiau

Kahikinui named

Kahuahakamoa

Kuula and Ko'a

Sweet potatoes

Conditions

Kahikinui road

House sites - mauka

Missionary through Kahikinui

Hiiaka in Kahikinui

Forbes through Kahikinui

Sites not listed by Walker

Kahikinui Area (Continued)

1 18 Manawainui - Mahamenui

Ka-makilo, mo'o

Manawainui house sites

Mahamenui - Site 170

Mahamenui - Heiau at Poloae

Mahamenui - Heiau at Kamoamoa

Mahamenui house sites

Mahamenui - Kamoamoa village site

1 19 Nakaaha - Auwahi

Lava of Hanaka'ie'ie

Puwahi - Pele at Hanaka'ie'ie

Uliuli village

Puwahi - Makee village

Auwahi - Manini village

Auwahi - Auwahi forest

Nakaaha - Site 173

Nakaaha - Site 174

Nakaohu - Nakaohu - Ka Lae o Ka Pulou villages

Ka Lae o Ka Pulou - M-11 Date

Nakaohu - Site 175

Nakaohu - Site 176

Nakaohu - Site 177

Kipapa - Heiau at Wailapa (Hale-o-Lono)

Kipapa - Hale-o-Lono Heiau, Site 178

Kipapa - Kipapa village sites

Kipapa - Kaohu fishing grounds

Alena - Site 179

Alena - Heiau at Kepalaoa

Alena - Site 181

Alena - Kaooa Heiau

Alena - Alena house sites

Lualailua - Site 182

Lualailua - Kaluakakalioa Heiau

Lualailua - Site 184

Auwahi - Ahupuaa stone

Auwahi - Heiau at Auwahi

Lualailua - Heiau at Koholuapapa

Auwahi - Heiau at Makee

Lualailua - Momoku Heiau

Hanamauloa village (Hanamauuloa)

Lualailua - Hanamauuloa village

Lualailua - Water in Lualailua

Lualailua - Waiailio village sites

Lualailua - Lualailua fishing grounds

Luala'ilua - Pele at Luala'ilua

Lualailua - Footprints

Kahikinui Area (Continued)

1 19 Nakaaha - Auwahi (Continued)

Lualailua - Footprints in the lava

Lualailua - Footprints at Papaiki

1 20 Trees and Other Native Plants Used by Early Hawaiians

Honuaula Area

1 21 General Honuaula

Cultivation

Shoreline

Kaala-miki-hau, a shark

Kai-o-Anehe, sea from Maalaea to Keoneoio

The Heiaus of Honuaula

Fishing grounds

Kapu fish

Pohakueaea

Fish pond at Honuaula

Naming of Honuaula

Invasion

1 22 Kanaio - Papakakai

Kanaio, Kaloi

Kanaio - Pahua fishing ground

Kaloi - Kalo'i house sites

Kanaio - Lava tube and basin

Kanaio - Heiau Ho-3

Kanaio - Ko'a Ho-4

Kanaio - Heiau Ho-2

Kanaio - Waiailio Village #2

Kanaio - Kauhuka Heiau

Kanaio - Kohala Heiau

Kanaio - Manonokohala Heiau

Kanaio - Manokaahia Heiau

Kaloi - Heiau at Keawanaku

Kanaio - Papanuiokane Heiau

Heiau Sites ?

Pohaku'ula'ula

Kanaio - Cave of Kaipolohua

1 23 Kalihi - Kanahena

Kalihi - Kalua o Lapa flow

Kalihi - Aa flow

Kalihi - Pohaku paea

Kalihi - Maui's last lava flow

Puu Mahoe

Keoneoio fish pond

Ko'a of Kaulana

Honuaula Area (Continued)

1 23 Kalihi - Kanahena (Continued)

Kalihi - Heiau at Keoneoio

Kalihi - Paalua Heiau

Kanahena - Koula Heiau

Kalihi - La Perouse

Kalihi - Ko'i at Keone'o'io

Kalihi - Keoneoio fish pond

 

1 24 Onau - Keauhou

Puu Olai - Heiau at Puu Olai

Puuolai - Onouli

Puuolai

Ko'a at Puu Olai

Nanahu ko'a

Ko'a at Paako

Makena - Ke-awa-la'i-mau

Makena fish pond

Kaeo - Kalani Heiau

Makena - Pohakunahaha Heiau

Ulupalakua - Pueo ? Heiau

Ulupalakua - Idol of Ulupalakua

Ulupalakua - Ulupalakua

Ulupalakua - Ulupalakua area

Ulupalakua - Features of Ulupalakua

Origin of Molokini Island

Molokini origin

Molokini Island - Molokini Island

Makena - Sweet potatoes

Makena - Kou trees

Papaanui - Makena - meaning

Ulupalakua - Derivation of name

Kaeo (Makena) - Apuakehau fish pond

 

1 25 Palauea - Paeahu

Palauea - Ko'a (Ho-1)

 

1 26 Kahoolawe

Ke-ala-i-kahiki

Archaeology of Kahoolawe

Former name

Ancient name

Keanapou well (Kanapou)

Canoe landing

Opihi of Kahoolawe

Kuula at Hakioawa

Birth of Kahoolawe

Kula - Haleakala Area

 

1 27 General Kula

Sites not listed by Walker

Kula

Kula Heiaus

Death of Kekaulike

Naulu and Ukiukiu

Scaling the octopus

Petroglyphs and pictographs

Sweet potatoes

Kiha-a-Piilani and the sweet potatoes

Kula water shed

Boundary

1 28 Kamaole

Wailuku Heiau

Kolea Heiau

Heiau in Kamaole

Site 207 B13-3

Kamaole - 1883

Battles at Kama'ole

Ka-lua-o-Aihakoko

Kamaole-i-kai

Ku-keawe and the pigs

Ka-lua-o-'Aihakoko at Kapa'ahu

 

1 29 Keokea

Keahialoa Heiau

Papakea Heiau

Molohai Heiau

Kaumiumimua Heiau

 

1 30 Waiohuli - Kaonoulu

Kalepolepo - Na Wai Eha

Kalepolepo - Kalaihi, Kealalipoa Heiaus

Waiohuli - Kaumeheiwa ? Heiau

Waiohuli - Kaimupeelua, Pauhu Heiaus

Kaonoulu - Site 215

Kaonoulu - Site 216

Kaonoulu - Site 217

Kaonoulu - Alae - Site 218

Kalepolepo Pond

Kaonoulu - Kalepolepo ferns

Kaonoulu - Koieie fish ponds (Kalepolepo)

Kalepolepo - Phosphorus pond

 

Kula - Haleakala Area (Continued)

1 31 Waiakoa

Site 219

Site 220

Heiau at Puumaile

 

1 32 Pulehunui

Haleokane Heiau

Nininiwai Heiau

Kihei - Alapainui at Kihei

Pulehunui

Ka-Lani-'opu'u at Kihei

Boundaries of Pulehunui

Kihei - Kihei-puko'a

 

1 33 Omaopio

Moomuku ? Heiau

Mana Heiau

Mahia ? Heiau

Poohinahale Heiau

Agricultural shrine ?

 

1 34 Kalialinui - Hokuula

Aapueo - Site 228

Aapueo - Heiau on Puupane

Aapueo - Aapueo, the Owl

Makaehu - Kihapiilani's potato patch

Aapueo, Makaehu - Canoe petroglyphs

 

1 35 General Haleakala

Wai 'Anapanapa - Wai 'Ele'Ele

Ancient name

Kihapiilani trail

Haleakala trip

Burial places

Maui shark gods

Keahuamanono Heiau

Heiau of Keahuamanono

Hanakauhi structures

Crater trip

Place names

Pani-lauhula

Maui's pit

Kahua Laie

Places in crater

Kaaawa burial pit

 

Hamakuapoko Area

1 36 General Hamakuapoko

Cultivation

Hamakuapoko and Hamakualoa

Ulumaika fields

Sand burials

Place names

 

1 37 Haliimaile

The last chief of Maui

Kailua Heiau

 

1 38 Makawao

Bits of news of the land of the Ukiukiu rain, Makawao

Waa - Maui king

Kapalaea

Winds and rain

Derivation of name

 

Hamakualoa Area

1 39 General Hamakualoa

Cultivation

Heiau sites destroyed on the northeast coast of east Maui

Kaohekanu, place of robbers (on Kihapiilani Road)

Springs of Kane

Battles of Hamakualoa

Sweet potatoes

Chant

Rain

1 40 Haiku - Kaupakulua

Pauwela - Pakialele Heiau

Kuiaha ? - Heiau at Waikikena

Kokomo

Kapalalea

1 41 Ulumalu - Peahi

Peahi - Mokahio

Peahi - Campaign in Hamakualoa

 

1 42 Halehaku - W. Makaiwa

Site 66

Piilani

Honopou - Poohoolewa Heiau

Honokala - Puuokaupu Heiau

Waipio - Mokupapaakua Heiau

Waipio - Oanapele Heiau

Kailua - Pohakuokaia Heiau

Hamakualoa Area (Continued)

1 42 Halehaku - W. Makaiwa (Continued)

Huelo - Puuokalepa Heiau

Hanehoi - Kupaikaa Heiau

Kailua, Puuomaile - Kauhihale Heiau

Kailua - Pohakuokane ?

Huelo, Hanehoi - Kaulana-pueo

Kapuai o Kamehameha

Halehaku - Kipapa of Kihapiilani

Hanawana - Battle at Puu Koa'e

Halehaku - Landing by Kamehameha

Papaaea Nui - Alexander property

 

Wailuku Area

1 43 General Wailuku

Heiau sites destroyed

Wailuku Heiaus consecrated

Na Poko

Na Hono a Piikea

The four winds

Flying clouds

Na Wai Eha and battle events

Sweet potatoes

Na Wai Eha

 

1 44 Waihee

Lunalilo Trustees vs. Waihee Sugar Co.

Kanoa of Kane and Kanaloa

Kalanihale

Kealakaihonua Heiau

Ka Mahoe

Aliele Falls

Wawaekanaka

Waihee burials

House sites

Ulukua Heiau

Haumea and Wawaekanaka

Koihale Heiau

Kalaekahoomano Heiau

Heiaus at Waihee

Kapokea or Kealakaihonua Heiau

Kapoho Heiau

Kakolika Heiau

Puukuma Heiau

Paulani Heiau

Cultivation

Haumea

Cave at Eleili

Wailuku Area (Continued)

1 44 Waihee (Continued)

Eleile Spring

Ka Mahoe

Halepaka

Kili-'o'opu wind

Kahalekulu

Papulona

Meaning of name

Foreign arrival

Farming at Waihee

Early arrivals

Surfs of Waihee

Ka-lae-'ili'ili Battle

Battle of Kalaiiliili

Ka'ahumanu's lands

Pond of Ko'ahi

 

1 45 Waiehu

Boundaries of Kapoino

Puuhonua of Poaiwa

Konole and his wife

Pauku-kalo

Halelau Heiau

Kamakoa Heiau

Malumaluakua Heiau

Kukuikomo Heiau

Puukoa Heiau

Cultivation

Ka Lae o Kehoni

Meaning of name

Puuhonua at Poaiwa

Paukukalo - Disagreement

Surfs of Waiehu

 

2 1 Wailuku

Iao - Kama and Kalani Auwai

Iao - Lonoalea vs. Wailuku Sugar Co.

Iao - Sherman Peck et al., vs. Edward Bailey

Iao - Cliff jumping

Royal residence in Iao

Wailuku, Water of Destruction

Kuka'e Moku

Water-of-destruction

Ka-uwa'u-pali

Battle of Iao - Three names

Royal burials

Kapela burial cave

Wailuku Area (Continued)

2 1 Wailuku (Continued)

Death of Kekaulike

Seeing Iao, a beautiful valley

Burials at Iao

Landing at Kahului

Cultivation at Wailuku

Battle sites

Malelewaa and Kapela-o-Kakae

Iao meaning

Puuokamoa

Cultivation

Kahalulukahi

Luahinepii and Iao

Iao Valley

Sands of Kahului

Battle of Iao

Kauahea

Images

Pihana Heiau

Halekii Heiau

Hale Kii and Pihana Heiaus

Battle at Kakanilua

Kahekili's house

Story of Pihana Heiau

Wailuku spring

Puaanui

Kakanilua

Kahului fish ponds

Meaning

Kula o Kama'oma'o

Kula o Kama'oma'o #2

Makanipalua sand ridge

Kanaha and Mauoni Ponds

Kaluli Heiau

Kaluli Heiau #2 (Site 42)

Wailuku Heiaus

Wailuku district

Pueokaia

Kaimuhee

Salt pans

Paukukalo meaning

Kekuhaupi'o at Kama'oma'o

Land of Pa'uniu

Foreigners

Isthmus of Kamaomao

Mauoni Pond

'Umi-hale

Wailuku Area (Continued)

2 1 Wailuku (Continued)

Battle at Pu'unene

Niu

Surfs at Wailuku

Slaughter at Kakanilua

Kahului - Ka'ihu-wa'a

 

2 2 Waikapu

Cultivation

Adz rock

Kihei-puko'a

Surf

Naming of Waikapu

Meaning

Puu-hele

Waikapu

Sacred water

Kiha-a-Pi'lani lands

Early ownership

Kealia - Salt pans at Kealia

Conch shell

Story of Waikapu

 

Lahaina Area

2 3 General Lahaina

Meaning of the name #2

Trip from Lahaina

Kai-o-Haui

The old trail

Puuhale Heiau

Kahuna lands

Cities of refuge

The Chief Hua

'Oi'o fishing

Lahaina Heiaus

Meaning of the name

Battles at Lahaina and Kaanapali

Fishing grounds

Sweet potatoes

Breadfruit

Lahaina anchorage

Battles - Kamakau

Ka'ahumanu's lands

Lahaina Area (Continued)

2 4 Ukumehame

Meaning

Cultivation

Unu'ula rock

Papawai Point

Aalaloloa

Kaiaupe

House sites

Heiau

Ko'a

Maalaea petroglyphs

Ancient grinding stone

Heiau

Manawaipueo

2 5 Olowalu

Cultivation

Puuokapolei

Olowalu petroglyphs

Olowalu trail

House sites

Kawaialoa Heiau

Hundred years ago - 1858

Olowalu-puu

Hikii Heiau

Olowalu bluff shelter (Site M-4)

 

2 6 Launiupoko

Cultivation

Nehu fishing

Shark fishing

Puhiaama

Casting of the sling stone

 

2 7 Polanui - Paunau

Kauaula - Isenbergs, Horner vs. Kumuliilii

Description

Royal residences

Kauaula

Cultivation

Features of Lahaina

Keawaiki

Paunau - Keawaiki - Lahaina

Auwai-o-Wao

Auwai-o-Wao #2

Pond of Mokuhinia

Mokuhinia Pond

Lahaina Area (Continued)

2 7 Polanui - Paunau (Continued)

Paunau - Lele

Battle sites

Lahaina fish ponds

Halekumukalani Heiau

Paunau - Waiie Heiau

Kelawea, Paunau - Luakona Heiau

Wailehua Heiau history

Polanui - Wailehua Heiau

Polanui - Building of Wailehua Heiau (Site 6)

Kauaula - Cultivation

Hauola Stone

Paunau - Hauola Stone #2

Luaehu law

Kahoma petroglyphs

Water of Kapo'ulu

Polanui - Lau net fishing

Polanui - Holoholo fishing

Waianukole

Anae fishing

Torch fishing

Shoreline

Keopuolani's tomb

Death of Piilani

Paunau - Lele proverb

Kou trees of Lahaina

Breadfruit of Lele

Lahaina village

Three names of Lahaina

Note by Inez Ashdown

Kahili fortification

Haleu - Land of Kulahuhu

Wainee - Moku'ula

Paunau - Hauola

Lua'ehu

Kahili fortress

Paunau - Apukaiao - Lahaina

Paunau - Apukaiao

Place names

Puehuehu - Hale-kumu-ka-lani

Lahaina village - Ellis 1823

Conditions at Lahaina - Heiau

Moku'ula shrine

Battles

Lahaina Area (Continued)

2 8 Kuia

Lahainaluna lands

Meaning

Petroglyph rock

Apahua Heiau

Places of Pele

Pa'upa'u Hill

Lahainaluna boundaries

 

2 9 Wahikuli

Puu Laina

Halulukoakoa Heiau

Wahine-o-Manua

Origin of Puu La'ina

 

2 10 Hanakaoo

Cultivation

2 11 Kaupo

Cultivation and Pele in Kaupo

Agricultural sites and Kaupo sites

Burials and Kihapiilani trail

Paiena fishing grounds, Kukoae fishing grounds, and Puu-la-kua Heiau

Battles at Kaupo and First wauke plant

Battle of Kalaehohoa (Kalaehoahoa), Battle of Kalaeokailio, and Sweet potatoes

Wauke

Kalepa-Kumunui - Halileo Heiau and Nuanualoa

Kalepa-Kumunui - The resting place at Mahinui

Kalepa-Kumunui - The plain of Niniao and Mokulau house sites

Kalepa-Kumunui - Coral islets

Kalepa-Kumunui - Popoiwi - Keakalauae Heiau and Manawainui - Heiau at Paukela

Kalepa-Kumunui - Manawainui - Lanikaula ? Heiau

Kalepa-Kumunui - Manawainui - Lo'a-lo'a Heiau

Kalepa-Kumunui - Kamanoi - Haleokane Heiau

Kalepa-Kumunui - Kamanoi - Lonoaea Heiau and Manawainui Stream

Kalepa-Kumunui - Kekaulike Heiaus

Kalepa-Kumunui - Kane-malo-hemo

Kalepa-Kumunui - Heiaus in Kaupo

Kalepa-Kumunui - Kekaulike at Kaupo and Kepio-Puumaneoneo - House sites

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kakaio - Kaupo sharks and Makaakini house sites

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Papaa-ke-ana

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kepio - Waiuha house sites and Waiuha

Kepio - Heiau at Puuhilele and Site 148

Hala Heiau; Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kaumakalua - Heiau at Halaulani; and Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Puuomaiai - Laia ? Heiau

Kaupo Area (Continued)

2 11 Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Hikiaupea - Ko'a at Hikiaupea; Kepio-Puumaneoneo -Naholoku - Puuakua Heiau; and Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Naholoku - Puaakolo Heiau

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Naholoku - Pictographs; Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kou - Kou house sites; and Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kou - Ko'a at Kou

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kukohia - Waihi Heiau; Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kou - Site 154

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kou - Heiau at Kou

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Kou - Site 156

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Puumaneoneo - Puumaneoneo house sites; Heiau at Keanawai; and Keanawai house site

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Heiau at Opihi

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Pauku - The loli oven

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Ka-lae-hohoa Battle

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu fishing grounds and Nuu house sites

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Alala-keiki Cave and Nuu Burial

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Nuu petroglyphs

Kepio-Puumaneoneo - Waiu and Waipu

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Nuu Petroglyphs #2

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Petroglyphs at Nuu

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Fish Heiau (Ukulaelae?)

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Chief's road

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Water of Waiu and Papakea Heiau

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Heiau at Kailiili and Halekou Heiau

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Site 162; Oheohenui Heiau; and Heiau at Anakalehua

Nuu-Waiopai - Nuu - Site 165; Pili-o-Kane Heiau; and Sites 166-168

 

2 12 Kaanapali

Kaanapali

Sweet Potatoes

Kihapiilani Trail

Battle Site

Honokowai - Mahinahina

Kekaa - Ancient Land

Honokowai - Cultivation

Mahinahina - Kahana Heiau

Concerning Kekaa

Maui at Kekaa

Kekaa - Maui and Moemoe

Maui Snaring Sun

Kekaa - Pohaku o Wahine o Manua

Battle Ground

Kekaa - Zigzag Road

Ka Momole o Kekaa

 

2 12 Kaanapali (Continued)

Kahana - Mailepai

Ka Pohaku o Kaanapali

Ka Lae O Ka Ia

Kahana - Cultivation

Mailepai - Mailepai Heiau

Kahana - Hihiho Heiau

Kahana - Salt Gathering

Alaeloa - Honokeana

Alaeloa - Heiau

Napili - Honokahua

Names Approved

Honokahua - Cultivation

Honokakua - Kahauiki Heiau

Battle at Napili

Pu'ukuma (handwritten)

Honolua - Honokohau

Holua Site

Honolua - Men of Honolua

Honolua - Puhalakau (Ai Maia)

Honolua - Honuaula Heiau

Honokohau - Iliiliikea Heiau

Honokohau - Ma-iu

Honolua - Cultivation

Honokohau - Cultivation

Anakaluahini - Cultivation

Kihapiilani Surfs to Molokai

Waiuli Pit

Kahakuloa

Pohaku Kani

Cultivation

Waiolai, Makamakaole - Cultivation

Makalina - Awa Planting

Uluhani and Kamahine

Makamakaole Pali

Petroglyph Rock

Kahakuloa Burials

Grass House

Heiau at Honanana

Kaneaola Heiau

Kuewa Heiau

Keahialoa (?) Heiau

Pakao Heiau

Waipiliamoo Heiau

Poelua and Honanana - Cultivation

Waihali - Cultivation

Makamakaole

West Maui Mountains

2 12 Kaanapali (Continued)

Kahakuloa (Continued)

Pohaku o Kane

Ko'a of Kanehalaoa

Puu Koae

West Maui Summit

Waiolai Stream Heiau Site

Zigzag Road

Ili o Kukuipuka

Uluhani and Kamahine

Cultivation

Land of Refuge

Kukuipuka Heiau

 
 
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