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  Lehua May 14, 2013 at 10:19am

   

   

  Moanalua, the valley of peace where I met Hawai-
  ians imbued with aloha for the land and those who
  came. Namakahelu Maka'ena, Malia Kau, Solomon
  Mokumai'a, Clara Mokumai'a, people who remain in
  my memory with affection. I have a bond of aloha
  with those Hawaiians and Gertrude Damon and Mo-
  analua.
  We all owe something to them. That energetic
  one, N amakahelu. One must know she was blind. She
  taught her niece, Malia Kau, to chant in the oli style,
  and it was Malia who taught Iolani Luahine and Pele
  Puku'i, my daughter.
  I worked with Gertrude Damon, gathering the
  history of these beloved people. I used to come out
  Saturdays on the street car to the end of the line.
  Our writing ended the day before Pearl Harbor was
  bombed.
  "Kahalelauki"? Where the ti leaves were used, that
  was kapu. Yes, "Up the river into the valley," that
  was pointed out to me. "The stream was wide from
  the sea."
  Just what Namakahelu told me.
  So did
  Malia Kau. "Kamawaelualani, Kahikilaulani," yes, I
  remember. We wrote it down exactly as they told us.
  I just never can get over the beauty of Moanalua.
  Many picnics I have had in the Gardens with my fam -
  ily. And the valley, it makes me want to cry; why
  do they want to put a highway there. Moanalua, the
  valley of peace, must remain so.
  June 1971

   

  MOANALUA VALLEY
  KAMANANUI
  Text
  from the writings of Gertrude MacKinnon Damon
  on Moanalua and its unwritten history as told to
  her by Namakahelu and other older inhabitants
  Pictures
  on pages 8,13,16,19,20,26,28
  W. Tip Davis and William Carlson
  on pages 7, 10, 14,22,24
  Frances M. Damon
  Printing
  Mid-Pacific Press, Inc.
  Separation
  Honolulu Graphic Arts, Inc.
  Photo Prints
  Master Color Lab.
  Moanalua Gardens Foundation
  1352 Pineapple Place, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819
  1971

   

  I draw near the place
  where the rainbow sp reads like a curtain . . .
  from the Opening Prayer to
  the Story of Kahikilaul ani and Mawaelualani

   

  Above the dividing waters
  at Panae and Mano, far above Kulanaahane,
  the village standing above the floating sea,
  in the misty upper reaches of Waolani,
  dwelt the mountain chiefs of Moanalua
  in that part of the land inhabited by
  the spirits of a dim age.
  It was forbidden to speak of those times or the great chiefs
  of old, so sacred were they, and the valley they dwelled in.
  The tabu sticks stood at the entrance of this particular
  valley. Even in my times, it was difficult to get permission
  to go up the valley, the gates were always locked. Some
  echo from the past still lingered. On certain nights, the
  sacred drums could be heard calling the great ones together ...
  If only the past could speak, if the whispering winds would
  unfold to me the secrets of the past, if the gentle moon
  would recall the scenes of the ancient culture.

  Pohakuluahine at Kahaukomo
  The word "tabu" was the external manifestation of the whole
  magical world concept of mana and of totemism, at once the
  religion, the government and the social order of the islands.
  The roads to the places of sacrifice were always tabu roads.

   

  Petroglyph rocks whi ch dot the history of ancient Hawaii and hint
  of things long lost.
  Figures of bird men and turtle men .. ". a number of curious figures including
  some representing the Al aea bird. The Alaea bird had some importance to the
  ancient priesthood, it signified the questioning, the interrogation point,
  the kiko, the searcher for truth. It was a symb
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  Lehua May 14, 2013 at 10:16am

  this is the father of Elizabeth Kainoa Feary who wrote this:

  Title: Ancient Legends that were copied by H. B. Lohelani of Moanalua, Honolulu 1877 - In Hawaiian with translation
  Source: M. W. Beckwith Collection
  Author: 
  Location: HEN vol. 1 p. 1681-1688
  
  
  

  HANAU.
  
  

  Aper. 16, ma Kalaheo, Kauai, hanau o Keoniiki k., na Keoni me Kaikina.
  Aper. 24, ma ia wahi no hanau o Maiohoiki k., he keiki kamehai na Hanalei.
  Iune 23, ma ia wahi no hanau o Rahelaiki w., na A. W. Maioho me Moehaona.
  Iune 21, ma Wahiawa, Kauai, hanau o Kelohaiki w., na Manoi me Keloha.
  Aper. 3, ma Moanalua, Oahu, hanau o W. Kaililaukea w., na Kahawaii me Kalua.
  Iune 19, ma Moanalua, Oahu, hanau o William Hughes k., na H. Bolabola me R. Kahalelauniu.
  Iune 14, ma Nini, Honolulu, Oahu, hanau o Inoaole w., na Kelohapauole mo Kamakani.
  Iune 22, ma Manoa, hanau o Asimeda k., na Kolea me Manoa.
  Iune 16, ma Kaoawai, Honolulu, hanau o Kalaokekahuli w., keiki kamehai na Wehea.
  Iune 12, ma Papaula, Hamakualoa, Maui, hanau o Keahi k., na Kuheleloa me Keanu.
  Aper. 18, ma Palauea, Honuaula, hanau o Kumoho k., na Pai me Akaa.
  Mei 11, ma Paeahu, Honuaula, hanau o Haehae w., na J. Kukahiko me Kamaka.
  Aper. 18, ma Palauea, Honuaula, hanau o Kaalaneo w., na Kanana me Kaohu.
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  Lehua March 21, 2013 at 6:41am

  Which Feary are you? Mackey Feary ohana??  Tutu Elizabeth Kainoa Feary was my Tutu Kukakina Lohelani Polapola McCandless sister
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  Kaohi Mendiola-Kaniaupio December 24, 2011 at 8:54pm

  Happy Holidays, and family celebration in/from Hawaii.