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THE HAMOA EELA Legend of the Hana DistrictBy Charles Jacobs. Jr.. Grade Viri, liana School a Kuhana was a high chief who lived* long ago at Hamoa, Hast Maul. He ' was looked upon by all the Hawaiian? ' as a supernatural man. This man Ka :- liana, was liked by the people because i of his kindness. He had a very large ' fish pond the remains of which can . be seen at Hamoa today. r When Kahana wanted any variety1 of fish he would go to the edge of the pond and call the fishes he wanted-Aniaama. awaaua, nholehole. eic. There was always fish in this pond. The East Maul people were thus well2 supplied with fish for they secured 1 them free of charge from Kahnna.One day. to Kahana's surprise, no fish came to answer his call. He was very much disappointed. He called nil his kahunas together and told them about his misfortune. The kahunas went home and studied the problem and after a while they came ' back and reported to their chief that a large eel from the Island of Hawaii, had come to his fish pond. They said ' that this eel had eaten every fish in , the pond and that it was sleeping in a cave on the Island of Alau near the shore of Hamoa and would not waken for several days.Kahana was very angry and lmpa-' tlent. He wanted to kill the eel. He ordered his men to weave two strong* ropes of olona, each a mile long. When the ropes were finished. Kahana call-. ed the Kaupo and Kipahulu men and told them to stution themselves on ' the hill opposite. Hamoa village. He ' then dispatched messengers to Kea-nae and Nhiku to gather the men.* there. When the Kenae and Nhiku men arrived. Kahana toid them to sta tion themselves on the opposite shore near Kawiki Head.He then ordered expert divers to * dive down where the eel was asleep ' and fasten the two ropes to the eel 1 ^ One cord was stretched from the Ha J. mon Hill to the eel at Alau and another from the Kawiki Hill to the eel ’ A signal was given for the two group? :*of people to pull. It was a hard pull for the eel was large. The southern men were stronger so the eel was pull ed towards them and was finally land-' ed on the western side of the Hamoa ' Hill. 1' The people and even Kahana could not kill the eel. A young and strong j man from Kaupo. who wa watching 1 all thin from a distance took a larg*? { rock and threw it at the head of the ? unfortunate eel and bo killed it The 1 people were very happy. The ©el was r so heavy that It made a hollow in the i rock on the shore. If you should visit . Hamoa today, you would sec the ; shape of the eel on a long smooth ' rock with the stone that killed it at the head.
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Semi Weekly Maui News
Wailuku, Hawaii, US
Fri, Apr 07, 1922
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