(ʻAhulili)
| Feature: | Hill |
| Comments: | Hill at the top of Manawainui Valley. Identified on U.S. Geological Survey maps. Well-known for the song by Kaupo composer Scott Hai. According to 19th-century historian Samuel Kamakau, the ancient chief Heleipawa was buried on Ahulili. Mentioned in a poetic obituary in the newspaper Ko Hawaii Pae Aina in August 1881: "Kuu kane mai kanahele laau loloa o Ahulili." (My husband of the forest of towering trees at Ahulili.) The legend of Laukaieie by historian Moses Manu published serially in Nupepa Ka Oiaio contains a reference to Ahulili in an installment from November 1894: "Aia Makanikeoe ma keia pali kiekie launa ole mai, ua alu koke iho la oia a hiki pono malalo o ke kumu o ka pali a loaa aku la iaia ke kumu o ka wai malalo pono o ka puu o Ahulili a ua kahe mai kekahi mana wai uuku ahu ma Waikaia." (Makanikeoe was on this high cliff [Kauhao]. He went down quickly until he was at the base of the cliff. There he found the source of the water directly beneath the hill of Ahulili. A small stream flowed from Waikaia.) |
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| Further reading: | Puu Ahulili (Ulukau.org) |