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Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: HALEA 2Traditional and Historic Backgroundand schemed of a way to slay the offending member of his court. Under false pretense, Hua gavespecific orders for his bird-snarers to bring him some ‘Ua ‘u birds from the uplands of Maui, andsought advice from the high-priest Luaho‘omoe as to their probable habitation.Luaho‘omoe’s advice was for the hunting party to not venture into the mountainous region ofHaleakalā, but instead to have the royal bird catchers set their snares by the seashore, where thebirds were to be found during that season. Hua feigned that Luaho‘omoe had interfered with hiswishes, and promised death to the high priest if his hunters were able to procure the birds in theuplands, as he had demanded.Luaho‘omoe now understood the trap that had been set for him, and that Hua meant for himto die and for his family to be destroyed. He sent his two sons into a remote valley of Haleakalā,but was unable to inform others in his family before he was executed.Immediately following the unjust death of the priest, an earthquake struck the heiau wherehis body was to be sacrificed, causing the remaining priests to flee in terror. Most of the peopleof the district fled to the uplands, chased by a hot and suffocating wind blowing from the south,drops of blood falling from the clouds, and the drying-up of all wells, springs and streams in theregion.Nothing would appease the gods that had been offended, and when Hua abandoned hisdesolate district on Maui and sailed to Hawai‘i, the drought followed him. After three years ofwandering, he finally died of thirst and starvation.One of Luaho‘omoe’s sons had a wife, who had been kept secretly away from the eyes ofHua. She lived in a secluded valley in the back of Hāna and, like all the other villagers, struggledto obtain water during the drought. Her name was Oluolu, and she waited patiently for herhusband to return to her. Oluolu had a hidden mountain spring to sustain her and other kuleanamembers close to her (Kalakaua 1888:165).The sons of Luaho‘omoe were seen in a vision by the high-priest of Waimalu, on Oahu, andhe sailed for Maui to unite his powers with those of Luahoomoe’s sons, and bring an end to thedrought, which had spread throughout the entire Hawaiian group. They met at Makena, erectedan altar and prayed together to the gods. The rains came to all the islands, and Luaho‘omoe’ssons moved from Haleakalā to Hāna to serve as the new high-priests under the new regime(Kalakaua 1888: 173).APPENDIX F (2): Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment For the Proposed Advanced 23Technology Solar Telescope (<strong>ATST</strong>) at Haleakalā High Altitude ObservatoriesTMK (2) 2-2-07:008
Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i Job Code: HALEA 2Traditional and Historic Background3.1.3.2 Haleakalā in Mele [music] and Oli [chants].The following mele was composed by John Kapohakimohewa, and is entitled “Kilakila ‘OHaleakalā [Majestic Haleakalā] (http://www.kalena.com/huapala/Ki/Kilakila_Haleakalā .html).Kilakila ‘o HaleakalāKauhiwi nani o MauiHa‘aheo wale ‘oe Hawai‘iHanohano Maui nō ka ‘oeMajestic HaleakalāBeautiful mountain of MauiPrized by you, Hawai‘iGlorious Maui, is the very bestKauhala o Ka‘ao‘ao‘Ike aku iā KilohanaKāua i ke one he‘e he‘eMe nā alanui kīke‘eke‘eKau ana lā kau anaKau ana ko ia ala maka‘O ua lio holo pekiMea ‘ole ko ia ala holoKa ao ao is our homeThat looks upon KilohanaYou and I on the sliding sandsAnd zigzagging pathwaysSettling there, settling thereThat one’s gaze is fixedOh, that prancing horseIts gait is of no importanceA more complete list of songs and chants which depict stories of Haleakalā can be found inAppendix F of the DEIS.3.2 Pre-Contact SettingReligious pursuits and ceremonies were among the primary activities occuring atop Haleakalāduring traditional Hawaiian times. The summit and crater of Haleakalā was considered a waoakua or distant mountain region, believed inhabited only by spirits (Pukui and Elbert 1986:382;see also Section 7.6 “Haleakalā as a Sacred Mountain” below).As the elevation above 7,000 ft. would not have been well-suited for agriculture , the upperslopes of Haleakalā were likely used more for hunting and gathering by people who wererecognized as specialists, as well as a travel route for messengers from the leeward to windwardsides of the the mountain. Specialized activities such as bird hunting for food and feathers,timber harvesting for canoes and other household uses, plant gathering for medicinal andceremonial uses, and quarrying of fine grained basalts for adze materials and possibly weaponssuch as sling stones where likely carried out.The following shrubs are examples of what probably existed during pre-contact times. Thesevegetative types can still be found above the 7000 ft. elevation today: māmane (Sophorachrysophylla), pūkiawe (Styphelia tameiameia), ‘a‘ali‘i (Dodonaea viscosa) ‘ōhelo (Vacciniumreticulatum) ‘ōhi‘ia lehua (Metrosideros collina) and, of course, the renown silversword or‘āhinahina (Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. Macrocephalum). Some of the native lobelias,which attract the native birds and the sandalwood would have grown there as well.APPENDIX F (2): Supplemental Cultural Impact Assessment For the Proposed Advanced 24Technology Solar Telescope (<strong>ATST</strong>) at Haleakalā High Altitude ObservatoriesTMK (2) 2-2-07:008
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