| Feature: | Cave, undefined place |
| Comments: | Burial cave near Kaupo Ranch headquarters. Described by Bishop Museum researcher Thomas Maunupau in an account of a visit to Kaupo in 1922: "Ia makou e hele nei, ua olelo mai ko maua hoa, aia he wahi ana, aole no i mamao loa mai ka hale aku, kahi i kanuia ai ka poe moe lepo o ke au i hala. … O Papaakeana ka inoa o keia wahi. Aia keia ana ma ka aoao o kekahi wahi ano kiekiena, kohu ano puu. … Ua alakai aku ko maua hoa i kahi o ka puka, ua paniia i ka pohaku. … I ka pau ana ia makou o ka pohaku i ka wehe, ua nana aku makou iloko o ke ana, e waiho mai ana na iwi o ia mau kini kamaaina me ka makai, ame kekahi mau mea o ka hoomoe pu ia ana." (As we went along, our friend [Joseph Marciel] said that there was a cave not far from the house where bodies from long ago were laid to rest. … The name of this place is Papaakeana. It is on the side of a bluff, like a hill. … Our friend led us to an entrance covered with a rock. … When we removed the rock, we looked into the cave where the bones of many natives were in fine condition as well as some of their burial goods.) Josephine Marciel (wife of the Joseph mentioned above) discussed Papaakeana with historian Mary Kawena Pukui in an interview at Marciel's home in 1960. Marciel mentions that the cave is "near to the gate" where Dwight Baldwin lived (i.e., Kaupo Ranch headquarters). Papaakeana also appears to be a general name for the area, based on an obituary notice in Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika in September 1862: "Aug. 22, ma Papaakeana, Kaupo, make o Kekahuna." (Aug. 22, at Papaakeana, Kaupo; Kekahuna passed away.) |
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