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of the flow is the last of the structures, a platform measuring 
3 by 5. feet and 3 feet high. 
KIHAPIILANI 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 Makawa9 
chief, Kihapiilani, the brother-in-law of Umi, and is supposed to 
have gone around the base of Mamani Hill, through the Hana- 
kauhi Valley, 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 lKoolau 
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 g 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 im the sands are three 
platforms. The east platform is 14 feet by 31% feet, and 1% 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 aor the east platform is 
the remaining platform of the group, 3! feet by 8 feet, and 1 foot 
high, oriented like the other two. 
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