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M. ROY:Thank you. Has there ever been a survey done by the State of <br />HawaiÒi for the sacred sites of HawaiÒi on this island? <br />D. ROY:I donÓt believe so. <br />M. ROY:Thank you. As IÓm pointing on this map, I read the name <br />heiau called Hikapaia. In fact, the remnant sites that are even outside, well outside of the <br />area that weÓre talking about today, would be then included in an area that my father is <br />making reference to as this area called the Kaluaokalani. <br />Mr. Roy, can I ask you, where on this map is PuÒu, if you can sh <br />D. ROY:PuÒu was a very elusive name in my past. As a matter of <br />there has been no, there were no source of documentation here that I recall in the StateÓs <br />possession. My inquiry with the State Survey Department show that the area in which it <br />was supposed to be located were never marked on the map; and, so, it was impossible for <br />me to ascertain the portion that IÒI was talking about named PuÒu. And I later found out <br />was exactly where it was, through his own writings which I had overlooked long ago. In <br />his description of the waves at Kamoa Point, he described it as a wave that rose in like a <br />cats cone to the north of PuÒu in direct line with the pond there. And immediately <br />knowing and being very familiar with Keolonhihi in the area, IÓve recognized the <br />location he was talking about, then I found out where PuÒu was. PuÒu had been almost <br />obliterated by the creation of Alii Drive. And all those huge boulders and the rubbish <br />thatÓs thrown into Keolonhihi State Park was the result of the creation of Alii Drive. <br />Little care was given at that time for historic sites. <br />And PuÒu, as I recall, is that hill upon which is located KeakealaniÓs Complex; and that is <br />the area of which Kamehameha received his growing training in his life towards <br />becoming a king from the area under KalaniopuÒu and Kekuhaupuole <br />M. ROY:Thank you. Mr. Roy, am I pointing to, IÓd like to ask you to <br />specifically tell me if this is the area where PuÒu was located? <br />D. ROY:Yes, that is. That is the area where it was a high rise in the ground; <br />and here it now shows Alii Drive passing right through it. <br />M. ROY:So, may I be clear here, as I had asked for the record yesterday of <br />Dr. Rechtman, I asked if this road, what about, what this road was, and he directed that <br />this was the initial Alaloa. What appears to be the case is PuÒu -. What is the translation <br />of PuÒu, Mr. Roy? <br />D. ROY:PuÒu means, the word PuÒu means hill, or protuberance, or <br />M. ROY:Thank you. Is there an incline to this Snug Harbor property? <br />15 <br /> <br />