(Waipū)
| Feature: | Shore area, spring |
| Comments: | Shoreline area in Mamalu Bay at the western base of Kalaeokailio Point. Also the location of a spring. Identified on U.S. Geological Survey maps. Historian Samuel Kamakau mentions the area in a newspaper article published Oct. 6, 1870, in Ke Au Okoa: "Ua koho wale aku kekahi poe o ka wai o Waiu a me Waipu ma Kaupo, aia ke kumu ma Kaluaokaaawa." (Some people believe that the waters of Waiu and Waipu in Kaupo have their source at Kaluaokaaawa.) Kaluaokaaawa (Pit of Kaaawa) may be the same as the location identified as Keanakaaawa (Kaaawa Cave) identified on an 1883 map of Nuu as being inside Haleakala Crater near the Keanae rim. Historian Moses Manu mentioned Waipu in a portion of the legend of Laukaieie published Nov. 16, 1894 in Nupepa Ka Oiaio: "Aole he kau e pio ai o kela wai, a ua hele hou aku ka lua o ka mana a hoea ma Waipu ma ke kuono o Kalaeokailio, a ua huli hou aku o Makanikeoe i ke kumu o ka wai i kahe mai ai, a ua hiki aku oia ma ka hapalua like o ka pali o Helani." (The water [of Waiu] does not end there. The power of the cave continues and arrives at Waipu, at the base of Kaleaokailio. Makanikeoe again looked for the source from which the water flowed, and he arrived halfway up the cliff of Helani.) Waipu appeared as a character in the legend of Pamano published in "Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Antiquities and Folk-Lore". |
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| Further reading: | Waipu (Ulukau.org) |