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USDI/NPS NRHP Registration Form <br />Holualoa 4 Archaeological District <br />NPS Form 10-900-a <br />(8-86) <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES <br />CONTINUATION SHEET <br />Section 7 Page 3 <br />Holualoa 4 Archaeological District <br />name of property <br />[WIMSM. 11 :1 <br />i U130rewoTkS1I1jE.3 <br />Hawai'i County, HI <br />county and state <br />Page 8 <br />There are two legends dealing with the Kamoa Point area of Holualoa. One legend involves the giant named <br />Maukaleoleo. Reverend Ellis in 1823 recorded a place named for the giant within the village of Kaluaokalani in <br />Holualoa (Ellis 1969: 118). The giant was an attendant and warrior of 'Umi-a-Liloa who was a Hawai'i Island <br />chief in the 15th Century. Ellis associated Kaluaokalani with the large enclosure that encompasses <br />Keakealaniwahine's residence. The other legend involves a sorcery kahuna whose deeds are associated with <br />Kona. There were 9 stones images called Hawa'e, one of which was said to be hidden in a cave close to heiau <br />called Hailualani in Holualoa 4. This heiau may be Haulelani which is part of the Keakealaniwahine complex. <br />Traditional histories record the history of the dynastic families in Hawai'i over a number of generations. These <br />histories record the lands of Keolonahihi and Pu'u as a chiefly residence during the reign of at least five <br />consecutive generations of parmount ah'i in this dynastic line (I'i 1959). Chiefly residences are known to have <br />changed over time and an ali'i would expand or modify a residential complex to meet his or her needs and <br />desires. Therefore, it appears very likely that the Holualoa Royal Center grew and changed over time. Three <br />major occupation sequences have been identified based on the association with various ali'i: A.D. 1300 <br />(Keolonahihi), A.D. 1600 (Keakamahana and Keakealaniwahine), and A.D. 1780 (Kamehameha D. <br />Keolonahihi. The story of Kamiki was published in the Hawaiian language magazine Ke Au Hou between <br />1910 and 1912. In this reference, Keolonahihi is referred to as an ah'i wahine who lived in the lele of Palau'eka <br />(Holualoa 4). This is the earliest document that applies the name Keolonahihi to a mythical character instead of <br />a place or feature. John Reinecke in 1929 recorded a legend told to him by his informant Kahulamu which tells <br />of Keolonahihi, a male figure who was the husband of Kahalu'u and the father of a daughter named Makole'a. <br />In 1950, Kekahuna and Kelsey state that Keolonahihi was a young chiefess who lived at Kamoa. Pinehaka in <br />1974 added that Keolonahihi was the daughter of the priest Pa'ao and that Kamoa Point is named after her. The <br />advisory committee for Keolonahihi (1982) stated that Keolonahihi, either the daughter or niece of Pa'ao, <br />constructed the complex at Kamoa with her husband Aka. These sites included the women's features <br />(Keolonahihi Heiau, Hale Pe'a, and Palama), the sports heiau (Kanekaheilani), and the grandstand at Kamoa <br />Point to view the surfing and canoeing events in Holualoa Bay. <br />Pa'ao brought the Ku religion, along with a highly stratified social system, to Hawai'i from Kahiki, circa A.D. <br />1300. He installed Pili Ka'aiea, an ali'i of the most royal blood, as ruler of Hawaii Island. Oral traditions from <br />Naluahine Ka'opua suggest that Keolonahihi maintained the traditions of Pa'ao by continuing pure ah'i blood <br />lines within the walls of the Holualoa royal center through the practices of ho'omau keiki (to conceive high <br />ranking children) and ho`ao (marriage between high ranking ali'i). The following sites within the Keolonahihi <br />Complex are thought to be associated with Keolonahihi and these Pa'ao traditions: Keolonahihi Heiau, palama <br />(sacred kapu enclosure), hale pea (menstrual house), Kanekaheilani Heiau (warrior's heiau), Hale 'A'ama, <br />Haleokekupa Heiau, and Keolonahihi's kahua hale (housesite) (Map 5). <br />Keakamahana and Keakealaniwahine. Traditional histories and genealogies associate the chiefess <br />Keakamahana and her daughter Keakealaniwahine with a residence at Holualoa and they are thought to have <br />expanded the compound mauka. The residence of Keakamahana and Keakealaniwahine is believed to be the <br />large walled enclosure on the mauka side of Alii Drive based on Ellis' and I'i's description of the residence <br />