62 Director's Annual Report. 
John Burrows, keeper of the lighthouse on the south-west cape, 
first noticed these figures in 1891, and said that they looked as dis- 
tinct then as when he showed them to the writer. 
Kalaina wawae (Figs. 42-45) were seen on an ancient high- 
way along the north side of the island. ‘The spot is one and one- 
half miles west of the Momomi huts and one-half mile from the 
sea. Here ona slope of air-formed sandstone were numerous ob- 
long depressions, said to represent human footprints. The legend 

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extant concerning the cause and origin of these marks, was to the 
effect that Kalaina, a prophetess (or as the narrator quaintly ex- 
pressed it, a crazy woman) lived at Momomi nearby. One day she 
went to the trail and made two box-like hollows in its surface. 
The next day she called the people to the place and showed them 
her work. ‘‘See what I have done! Bye and bye people will 
come from the sea with feet like these.’’ It is said that this an- 
nouncement was a prophecy of the arrival of the boot-wearing 
Caucasian. On this account the place has since been known as 
Kalaina wawae—Kalaina’s feet. Following this event, visitors 
from other parts of Molokai and the other islands of the group 
have been accustomed to leave their marks in similar form when 
traveling along the road. This account was received from one 
man. Another said that he had heard of the footprints being 
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