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T M K : ( 3 ) 8- 1- 0 0 8 : 0 0 4 ' Report N o . 8 2 7 - 0 3 1 8 2 1 Figure 6 is a portion of Jackson's 1883 map of Kealakekua Bay showing the Ka'awaloa Flats area. This map was obtained from Archives Division of the Hawai'i Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS; This map shows Ka'awaloa Landing, along with two coconut groves, a lone coconut tree, a monument to Captain Cook, and an "old Heiau" located along the shore. It also depicts Pahina 0 Lono above the cliffs that is described as follows. "Near this spot was cooked and partially eaten the remains of the great circumnavigator Captain Cook." Figure 7 is Dunn's 1924 map of Ka'awaloa Flats also obtained from DAGS. This map also shows Pahina 0 Lono; however, it is described on this map as an enclosure where Captain Cook's body was prepared for burial. "In this enclosure the body of Capt. Cook was prepared for burial by the priests of Lono in the ancient Hawaiian custom." The monument to Captain Cook and the"ancient Heiau"are also shown on this map. By the early to mid-18th Century religious missionaries had become a fixture in the South Kona area. Chiefess Kapi'olani and her husband Haiha Naihe, who resided in Ka'awaloa proved influential in the establishment of the missionaries in the area. Chiefess Kapi'olani relocated to Honolulu along with Liholiho and his royal court.According to Maly and.Maly(2001:18),there,she learned to read and write, and eventually,she returned to Ka'awaloa where she endeavored to spread Christianity to the local populous. ...After her return to Hawaii she settled on the land belonging to herself and her husband at Ka'awaloa, and established the teaching of reading and writing to those of their households and to the commoners of their lands,Ka'awaloa and Kealakekua...Ka-pi'o-lani encouraged learning and converted her husband Na-ihe to righteousness...The two continued to strive in righteousness,and such prominent people as Kamakau,Ke-po'o-kulou and others,and the lesser chiefs all joined with her...(Kamakau 1961:38-1) According to Kamakau (1992),while on O'ahu, Kapi`olani was exposed to 'oku'u, a disease that was sweeping the islands. Although she survived, she returned to Ka'awaloa 1823 in poor health and resided at a stone house that once existed within the present project area.According to Smith(1991)the land on which the house was constructed originally belonged to Kamakau but was given to Kapi'olani and Naihe in exchange for other lands. The Rev. William Alexander visited the area in 1832 and noted the home where Kapi'olani and her husband Naihe resided. "She has a very neat house wearing the appearance of civilization (Alexander 1888:67).The Reverend John Davis Paris also visited the area in 1863 and describe the ruins of the house as follows: We walked one evening to the house nearby, where Kapiolani and her husband Naihe lived.You remember Kapiolani was the brave princess I told you of. It was a stone house, built of solid coral rocks,the walls three feet thick,and is on an eminence commanding a fine view of the sea.No one was now living in the house;but quite a number of little kittens,wild as they could be,scampered. (Anderson 1865-113) Paris(1926)also states the following regarding the house: Here Kapiolani,the Kona chiefess famed for her defiance of Pele in 1825, had entertained many a weary and appreciative traveler, refreshing them with luscious grapes and oranges after hot and dusty journeys on foot and horseback. In this old stone house Kalakaua had lived as a child, with his sisters, Liliuokalani and Likelike,their mother being a Kona chiefess. (Paris 1926:60) • -HAUN &ASSOCIATES 113