Final Archeological Assessment Hu Honua Bioenergy Facility

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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TLUH L EGENDARY AND RADITIONAL AND SEISTORY According to Place Names of Hawai`i, Pepe`ekeo was formerly referred to as Pepe`e-ke-, literally meaning the food crushed, as by warriors in battle 1974:183). As mentioned earlier, Pepe`ekeo and Kahua Ahupua`a ar South Hilo district of Hawai`i Island. In Exalted Sits the Chief, Cordy explains that Hilo district too is a windward district with 32 miles of shoreline. It also is focused on Maun similarly exposed cliffs, rough seas, narrow reefs, rain-shroude upper `hi`a-koa forests and deep gulches. But Hilo also includes the l flatlands of Hilo Bay formed by Mauna Loa flows. These flatland wide lower Wailoa River and the calm waters of the bay played a history of Hilo district and the island (Cordy 2000: 22). The South Hilo district, positioned on the windward side of Hawa experiences heavy downpour in the winter months and is known for landscape and productive agricultural fields. In Native Planters of Old Hawai`i, the authors Handy and Handy describe Hilo as one of the rainiest inhabited island of Hawaii (Handy et al. 1972: 361). The chant Hi`u o La beckoning to the heavens for rain: Heaven magic, fetch a Hilo-pour from heaven! Morns cloud-buds, look! They swell in the East. The rain-cloud parts, Hilo is deluged with rain, The Hilo of King Hana-Kahi Surf breaks, stirs the mire of Pi`ilani The bones of Hilo are broken By the blows of the rain. Ghostly the rain-scud of Hilo in heaven; The cloud-forms of Pua-lani grow and thicken. The rain-priest bestirs him now to go forth, Forth to observe the stab and thrust of the rain, The rain that clings to the roof of Hilo As seen above, the relationship between the climate and flora of a physical manifestation and result of chanting and prayer. It Hilo is known for its past and present ability to grow large amo is quintessential in the Hawaiian diet and lifestyle. Breadfruit(Artocarpus altilis), kalo or taro(Colocasia esculenta), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and yams (Dioscorea alata) are all noted as growing quite successfully in the Hilo region. 283, 128 & 182) Pepe`ekeo is mentioned briefly in the book The Epic Tale of Hi`iakaikapoliopele. In one of the passages, Hi`iakaikapoliopele, sister of the godde 5