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of the flow is the last of the structures, a platform measuring 

 3 by 5 feet and 3 feet high. 



KIHAPIILAXI ROAD 



The upper part of the lava flow from Dante's Inferno is 

 traversed by an ancient Hawaiian road. We were able to trace 

 its course over the lava, but lost it where it crossed the sands. 

 It is 6 to 8 feet wide and paved with blocks of lava. I learned 

 from Mr. Poouahi at Kaupo that this road was built by a Makawao 

 chief, Kihapiilani, the brother-in-law of Umi, and is supposed to 

 have gone around the base of Mamani Hill, through the Hana- 

 kauhi A'alley, above Mauna Hina cone, and along the Kalapawili 

 Ridge to the pond Wai Ale on the outside slope of Haleakala, 

 where Kihapiilani is said to have built a dam to hold the waters 

 of the pool. Waterworn pebbles found above Mauna Hina and 

 along Kalapawili Ridge might be considered as evidence. I could 

 obtain no information about the extension of this road west across 

 the floor of the Crater. A natural course would be along the 

 present Halemauu Trail. There is a story current on Maui that 

 Kamehameha built a road across the lava out through Koolau 

 Gap. We could discover no evidence of another road anywhere 

 in the gap. 



On the south slope of the hill below Puu Mamani we found 

 two walls, 12 feet and 9 feet long, each consisting of a single 

 course of stones. I believe they were once the front walls of two 

 terraces. 



dante's inferno group 



West from Dante's Inferno and about 200 yards beyond the 

 place where the Kihapiilani Road is lost in the sands are three 

 platforms. The east platform is 14 feet by ^y2 feet, and i^^ feet 

 high; the west platform is 10 feet by 5 feet, and 2 feet high. 

 They are 36 feet apart with their long diameters extending north- 

 west, so nearly buried in drifting sand as to appear like natural 

 formations. About 75 feet northwest from the east platform is 

 the remaining platform of the group, 3^-2 feet by 8 feet, and i foot 

 high, oriented like the other two. 



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