Feature: | Ili (ahupuaa portion) |
Comments: | Portion (ili) of Maalo ahupuaa mentioned in Land Commission Award 1000 (1854). Mentioned in an article in the newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuokoa in April 1862: "Ma ka la 17 o Maraki, he Aha inu ki ma ka hale o Davida Kaili ma Waiha, Kaupo, Maui Hikina." (On March 17, there was a drinking party with ti liquor at the house of Davida Kaili at Waiha, Kaupo, East Maui.) Site of a "strange birth", according to an article in Ka Nupepa Kuokoa in February 1864: "I ka la 15 o Ianuari, hanau kekahi wahine ma Waiha, ekolu keiki, he keiki pake ua mahuna ka ili i ka awa, o ka lua, he keiki Moo, o kona loa, hookahi kapuai ka loa, a mahope he leho, oia ke kolu o na keiki a keia wahine." (On January 15, a woman at Waiha gave birth to three children. The first was a Chinese child whose skin was scaly, as caused by drinking awa. The second was a “lizard child”, one foot long. This was followed by a cowry shell, being the third child of this woman.) |
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Further reading: | Waiha ili (Ulukau.org) |