Boundary Commission

1879 047 Moehonua, W.L.
Certification: 047
Ahupua`a Pulehunui
District: Kula
Island Maui
Ownership: Moehonua, W.L.
Misc:
Year: 1879
Statistics: 33548 characters 6042 words
Pulehunui Ahupuaa, District of Kula, Island of Maui, Boundary Commission, Maui, Volume No. 1, pps. 128-132

Keena o ke Komisina Palena Aina, Lahaina, Maui

No. 47

Hooponopono ana o na palena o ke Ahupuaa o Pulehunui ma ka Moku o Kula, Mokupuni o Maui

Mamuli o ka waiho ana mai o ka Mea Hanohano W.L. Moehonua i kana Palapala Nonoi imua o ka Honorable Abraham Fornander, Komisina Palena Aina o na Mokupuni o Maui, Molokai & Lanai. e nonoi ana e hooponopono ia na palena o ke Ahupuaa o Pulehunui ma ka Moku o Kula, Mokupuni o Maui.

Ma ka la 9 o Julai M.H. 1878, ua loaa pono mai keia Palapala Noi i ke Komisina

Eia na aoao i hiki mai

D. Mamaki Esquire no ka aoao noi
W.H. Cornwell no ke Kula o Waikapu
H. Cornwell no Kamehame Kula ame
C.H. Alexander no Kalialinui

A no ka hemahema o na aoao kue, ua noi mai lakou e hoopanee a hiki i ka la 5 o October A.D. 1878.

A ma ka la 5 o October A.D. 1878. Ua noho hou ka Komisina Palena Aina, e hoolohe hou i keia noi, e like me ka mea i hoopane mua ia. A no ka pau pono hou ole o na hemahema, ua nonoi ia mai e hoopane hou a i ka wa e hoolahaiai.

Ma ka la 20 Maraki M.H. 1879, ma ka Hale Hookolokolo ma Wailuku, Maui, ua hoolohe hou ia na palena o ke Ahupuaa o Pulehunui ma Kula, Maui.

Honorable W.R. Kakela ka loio ma ka aoao hoopii
jno W. Kalua Esquire loio ma ka aoao kue

Nonoi mai o Kakela, e koaloli ka palapala hoopii, a e hookomo ka helu o ke kuleana, a mahope ua lawe ia mai na hoike

Homai, Hoohikiia a olelo mai

Hanauia au ma Pulehunui. O ko`u mau makua na mea ia laua ka aina mai ka uka a ke kai. A ma keia aina au i noho ai a hiki i keia manawa. ua kamaaina au i na palena o Pulehunui, ia`u no hoi la mahele ana i na ia, ke kai lawaia no ke Pulehunui. Ua kamaaina au i na palena o Pulehunui e pili ana me Waikapu. Ua ike au i na palena makai o Kihei, holo a hiki i Kalaepohaku. A holo o Pulehunui me Waiakoa, ua pili ka palena o Pulehunui me Kealia.

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Kahe ka wai o ke kahawai a puka i kai o Kealia, ma ka aoao akau o ke kahawai o Pulehunui, ma ka Hema o Waikapu, a o ka palena ma kahakai he puu one, aole i pili mai o na puu one o Waikapu. ua hiki ka ili o Pulehunui i Kaopala he honua ia wahi. He inoa kahiko o Kaopala mai mua mai, a ma kahi e kahe ai ka wai a laua malie, aia no o Kaopala. Holo ka palena o Pulehunui mawaena o Kaopala, o ke kahawai aia no ka palena o Pulehunui. A hiki i Kaopala, huli ka wai o ke kahawai i kai, a ma ia kahe pololei ana o ka wai, aia no na palena. No Waikapu o Kealia Ka[illegible] no Pulehunui mauka, ma ka aoao o Makawao o Kalialinui. Mai Kaopala a hiki i ke Ahu a pualii, aia o Pohakiikii iwaena o Pulehunui, he aina akea no makai. Aole au i hele mua me ke kahi mea ana aina, a i keia manawa iho nei no, ua hele pu maua me Maunakea (M.D. Monsarratt). O [illegible]akai mawaena hanu o Pulehunui, o Waiakoa aia ma kela aoao o Honuaula, no ka Moi ia aina. ma ka aoao o Makawao o Kalialinui e pili ana me Pulehunui, o Kalahaku mai ka loa a hiki i Keonehee pau ka makou wahi i ike. Kalialinui [illegible] makawai a o Waiakoa ma Honuaula o Aikanaka ke konohiki o Pulehunui mamua aku. (Maanei ua ninau o J.W. Kahia Esquire ka loio o ka aoao kue ia Homai)

Ua ike au ma kahi i kapaia o Kihei ka palena o ke kai o Waikapu ame ke kai o Pulehunui. Aole no i kaawale hea`ku o Kihei mai ka loko aku. o Kihei makai o Kohemalamalama. He kulana hale mawaena o Kihei ame Kohemalamalama. O Opunui ame Kekua na mua na laua e malama kela mau kai. O Kihei ka palena o Pulehunui & Waikapu, a malaila holo a hiki i Kaopala, a hiki i ke kahawai, holo pololei iuka o ke kuahiwi. A o Kalahaku ka palena mauka loa e pili ana me Kalialinui, mauka o Kalahaku, holo pololei, he pali ka palena. Ua ike au ia Pohakiikii, he waena o Pohakiikii no Pulehunui. ua pili no o Pulehunui me Waikapu, pela no laua i kau like ae a hiki i ke kai, he kahawai kahiko no o Kaopala, he mau pohaku paa no mauka o Pulehunui, a makai no hoi, he nui no na pohaku. Ole wai ka mea nana i kaupale ia Pulehunui mai Waikapu mai. Mauka o Pulehunui makai no o Waikapu, o Pulehunui ka mea oi aku o na pohaku, pela ko`u ike palauea o Kohemalamalama komo o Waikapu. He mau pohaku paa ko Kaopala, aole nae i kokoke aku i ke kahakai. He ano poliuliu ke naua`ku ia Kihei [illegible] ohala aku. O Maunakea wale no ka mea ana aina a`u i ike `ai, a le lohe wale no hoi i ka Keohokalole ana ana mamua aku, ma ka aoao manae o Pulehunui, o ka aina no ia o Kalialinui, o Wailuku a me Waikapu makai a Wailuku nae ka hapa nui. O makou o Kalama, Omihia, a me Kekoa na kamaaina i lawe e kuhikuhi ia Maunakea, e kuhikuhi i na palena o Pulehunui ma keia ana ana. [page 130]

He okoa na kamaaina i hele pu me Keohokalole, ua pau nae lakou i ka make. O ko`u kaikuaana [sic] kekahi, ia o Kapono

M.D. Monsarratt, Hoohikiia a olelo mai

He aina aina no au 5 makahiki ko`u lawelawe aina ma keia oihana. Ua Professor Alexander i hoomaamaa ia`u, a na`u no i ana ia Pulehunui. Ua ka luna hooponopono waiwai o Moehonua i kauoha i ka`u mau haku, a na ka`u haku i hano mai ia`u, aia o C.J. Lyons e ana au ia Pulehunui. Hoomaka au e ana iloko o kekahi maula o loko o ka malama o Dek. 1878 a ua hoopau ai i ka`u hana ana maloko o kekahi mau la o ka malama o Febuari 1879 a o na kamaaina na lakou i kuhikuhi mai ia`u, o Homai, Kekoa, Kalama, Kalekua, ame Omihia. Aole nae o lakou a pau loa i na manawa a pau. Ma ka owawa ka makau hoomaka mua ana e a kokoke i Kealia 2011 kapuai ka loa ma ke kahawai a hiki aku me Waiakoa. He aina Aupuni o Waiakoa. Ma Kalaepohaku pii ma kekahi kalawai a laua `ku kekahi mau pohaku a pili aku i ka aina i kapaia o Kamehanunui a me Keauhou, alaila pii malaila a pili i ka aina o Kalama. alaila pili ma ka alanui. (Maa nei ua kuhikuhi oia ma ke kii a puni o Pulehunui) ua hahai no au i ka`u ana mamuli o ke kahawai a hiki i kahi a ka wai i lana malie ai. mamuli hoi o ke kuhikuhi ana a keia poe kamaaina.

Ua kuhikuhi au i ka`u maupahu hae ma na palena a pau a keia poe kamaaina i kuhikuhi ana ai ia`u. ua ike au i kekahi palapala aina no Moehonua ma ka Hale Aupuni ma Honolulu, he mau kaha pololei wale no. Aole nae a hiki ia C.J. Lyons ke hoopili nei ke kahi aina. a na Abraham Fornander i hoike mai ia`u i keia palapala aina i ka wa no nae e ola ana o Moehonua. Aole nae au i ike ua hanaia no kona mau pono. a ua kamailio maua no ko`u uku ina na`u e ana, oia no ka manawa e noho ana o Abraham Fornander ke Komisina Pale Aina no Maui, Molokai & Lanai, ua hahai au ma mua o na ana ana a ua mea ma mua a me na Kamaaina. Ua hahai mamuli o ua palena i hoapono [sic] mua ia e na Komisina, ....

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.... 0° 52' East true 3005 feet to cross on stone;
7.    South 73° 21' East true 824 feet to corner Royal Patent 4015;

3.    Thence along Royal Patent 4015 up centre of the gulch to upper corner of said Royal Patent on the North east side of gulch marked by a cross on a stone; Traverse up gulch along Royal Patent being as follows:

1.    South 63° 18' East true 1876 feet;
2.    South 57° 34' East true 5895 feet;
3.    South 74° 18' East true 2388 feet;
4.    North 84° 15' East true 1705 feet;
5.    South 33° 44' East true 1118 feet;
6.    South 72° 38' East true 2145 feet;
7.    South 17° 19' East true 1776 feet;
8.    South 67° 26' East true 3052 feet;
9.    South 51° 19' East true 3389 feet;
10.    North[?] 75° 41' East true 2536 feet;
11.    South 66° 40' East true 1445 feet to cross on stone;

4.    Thence along Omaopio up the centre of the gulch to pile of stones on the North East edge of upper corner of Omaopio; Traverse up gulch being as follows:

1.    South 53° 37' East true 1007.4 feet;
2.    South 86° 7' East true 2477.9 feet;

5.    South 61° 30' East true 6218 feet along Kalialinui to mound of stones on a small hill mauka of sheep station and on North side of ravine;
6.    South 36° 7' East true 15530 feet along Kalialinui to a peak called Kilohana, on the edge of the centre this point being marked by a “K” cut on a large lave rock. From this point the Government survey Station on Puuniniau bears North 3° 44' West true and Puu Pane Station North 42° 13' West true; thence
7.    North 53° 15' West true 6521 feet along Kamehamenui to a large pile of stones on the edge [page 150] of Hapapa gulch; thence
8.    long Kamehamenui down the centre of the cave in the bottom of the same (at the head of Pulehuiki) and up the North bank of the gulch to a stone marked thus [right arrow] Traverse down gulch being as follows:

1.    North 60° 58' West true 5130 feet;
2.    North 66° 29' West true 2088 feet;

9.    North 52° 40' West true 6400 feet along Pulehuiki;
10.    North 53° 22' West true 4478 feet along Pulehuiki to a cross cut on a stone at the edge of a gulch;
11.    Along Pulehuiki down the centre of gulch to a Rock in bottom of same marked thus [right arrow] at the North East corner of Grant 1218 to Kalama

Traverse down gulch
1.    North 65° 35' West true 5325 feet;
2.    North 62° 6' West true 3382 feet to rock marked thus [right arrow]
3.    North 24° 39' West true 1263 feet;
4.    North 65° 51' West true 1050 feet;
5.    North 37° 28' West true 799 feet;
6.    North 63° 3' West true 808 feet;

12.    thence along Grant 1218 down gulch as follows to a rock marked thus [right arrow] in centre of gulch;

1.    North 85° 22' West true 1304 feet;
2.    South 88° 1' West true 646.8 feet;
3.    North 79° 27' West true 792 feet;
4.    North 13° 37' West true 369.6 feet;
5.    North 51° 13' West true 811.8 feet;
6.    North 67° 5' West true 693 feet;
7.    South 86° 46' West true 468.6 feet to rocked [sic] marked thus [right arrow];

13.    Thence along Pulehuiki and Kamehamenui down the centre of the gulch to a pile of stones on edge of gulch at the north corner of Kamehamenui at a place called Waianuhi; Traverse down gulch being as follows:

1.    South 75° 7' West true 470 feet;
2.    North 86° 45' West true 1018 feet;
3.    South 83° 55' West true 1833 feet;
4.    North 76° 54' West true 2793 feet;
5.    North 67° 58' West true 1038 feet to pile of stones.

14.    Thence along Kamehamenui and Kealahou as follows:

1.    South 47° 29' West true 375 feet
2.    South 38° 28' West true 1048 feet to pile of stones
3.    South 29° 1' West true 1201 feet to pile of stones;
4.    South 34° 55' West true 856 feet to pile of stones on edge of gulch.

15.    Thence on to a cross cut in the rock at the bottom of the gulch near a water hole called Kahaipuaa and down the centre of the gulch along Waiakoa to a stone marked thus [right arrow] under a large pile of stones on the south edge of the Gulch.

Travers[e] down gulch being as follows
1.    South 88° 34' West true 4682 feet;
2.    South 43° 5' West true 792 feet;
3.    North 89° 24' West true 16252 feet;

16.    North 87° 3' West true 5825 feet along Waiakoa to a pile of a[sic] stones;
17.    South 89° 11' West true 3412 feet along Waiakoa to a cross cut on a rock amongst a lot of rock on the sea beach at a place called Kalaepohaku. Thence
18.    North 40° 1' West true 2011 feet along Waikapu sea to a post marked thus [right arrow] near a house;
19.    North 0° 24' East true 3538 feet along Waikapu to a stone marked thus [right arrow];
20.    North 9° 52' West true 9383 feet along Waikapu;
21.    North 11° 49' East true 4312 feet along Waikapu to a stone marked thus [right arrow] amongst a lot of stones;
22.    North 49° 45' East true 5147 feet along Waikapu;
23.    North 48° 51' East true 667 feet along Waikapu, Thence
24.    South 68° 7' East true 16300 feet along Wailuku to point of commencement.
Area 16687 78/100 acres

L. Aholo, Commissioner of Boundaries for the Islands of Maui, Molokai & Lanai
Lahaina, Maui, May 3, 1879

[No. 47, Pulehunui, District of Kula, Island of Maui, Boundary Commission, 16687.78 acres, 1879]