40 Director' s Animal Report. 



While the following may not be apropos of the subject of this 

 paper, it is submitted with the hope that it may be of use in locat- 

 ing the debated site of the human bone fence or house known as 

 "Kaualua". There is an old native of Moanalua, aged 88, who 

 has lived at Kalihi, a neighboring valley, for the past twenty-five 

 3^ears. From the old man's descriptions and the writer's meas- 

 urements it appeared that the stone described in the first part of 

 this article was found immediately near the Kaualua. The coinci- 

 dence the writer thought might be of value as a clue to the signifi- 

 cance of the petroglyphs. As the old native was very feeble, the 

 writer awaited an opportunity when he should feel strong enough 

 to drive to Moanalua and point out the exact spot where the Kau- 

 alua stood. This proved to be 700 feet away from the place where 

 the stone was found, which fact the writer considered was sufficient 

 to remove any probability of connection between the two. The 

 native's opinion could not be shaken, and suggestions of other 

 sites had no influence with him. The surveyors in these islands 

 have found the Hawaiians invaluable in pointing out old bounda- 

 ries in the former complicated land system, and it is generally 

 conceded that the native testimony on land matters is reliable. 

 The old man's story will be told in its sequence. 



Fornander'-t gives the following in connection with the mas- 

 sacre of the Oahu people b}' Kahekili, king of Maui, after the con- 

 quest : "It is related that one of the 3tlaui chiefs, named Kalaikoa, 

 caused the bones of the slain to be scraped and cleaned, and that 

 the quantity collected was so great that he built a house for him- 

 self, the walls of which were laid up entirely of the skeletons of 

 the slain. The skulls of Elani, Konamanu, and Kalakioonui 

 adorned the portals of this horrible house. The house was called 

 'Kauwalua', and was situated at Lapakea in Moanalua, as one 

 passes by the old upper road to Evva. The site is still pointed out, 

 but the bones have received burial." Fornander's account does 

 not agree with the story told by the Moanalua natives today, which 

 is repeated as briefly as possible : "Kalaikoa was chief of the dis- 

 trict, lived right by the old highway where it crossed the cliff, and 

 occupied himself by waylaying the travelers and killing them for 

 the purpose of getting their bones to Ijuild a fence around his 

 house. He was secv:re from reprisals, as he had a strong bod}- of 



'^A. Foniandcr, Polynt^sian Race, vol. ii, IvOiulon, jS8o, p. 226. 



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