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THE GAJUDWr ISLAND TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1915,
Waimea Stables
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Another Sketch of Koloa
By J. M LyJgate
At the recent meeting of the
Kauai Historical Society, two
papers on the early history of the
town were read one by Hon. W.
O. Smith, which hfs just been re
viewed in these columns, and the
olher prepared by Rev. J. M. Lyd
gate, It is the intention of The
Garden Island to reproduce the
latter in full, publishing an instal
ment once a week for about a month,
the start being made in this issue.
Mr. Lvdgate's paper, which, in the
absence of the author from the
meeting, was read bv Mrs. Lyd
gate, was as follows:
Koloa is primarily an ahupuaa of
land extending from the sea to
the mountains; secondarily the
name is applied to the whole re
gion adjoining.
It is supposed to take its name
Koloa-long cane-from the fine
sugar cane grown there. This de
rivation, however, though support
ed by so good an authority as
Andtew9 in his dictionary, seems
improbable. A more likely deri
vation would seem to be Koloa
muscovy duck. An ili of the same
land is called "Piwai," another
kind of duck.
It was doubtless a place of large
population, and much importance
from early times, as it figures
largely in certain traditions. The
frugality with which every avail
able bit o f taro land has been
worked up, and water applied by
means of expensive ditches would
seem to confirm this conclusion.
We have, so sar as I know, no
reliable information of it prior to
the historical period.
Bingham spent a night there in
May 1824, probably the first white
man to make a near acquaintance
with the place.
After missionary work had been
conducted some 14 or 15 years in
Waimea, it was decided to estab
lish a station at Koloa, and Rev.
P. J. Gulick was transferred thither
from Waimea, where he was then
assisting Mr. Whitney. This was
in 1835.
Arriving in Koloa, they were at
first compelled to live in a small
grass house, a little makai of the
present mission premises, probably
about where Henry Blake and
family now live. This house was
of Hawaiian construction, and was
just such as they themselves lived
in, without floor, or windows,
cramped and low, and very damp
and musty.
At that time Hukwu was the
Konohiki of the land. Deborah Ka-
pule was the great alii of all the
south side of the island.
She was the relict of Kaumualii,
the last king of Kauai, a very cap
able and efficient woman of much
ruthority and great influence.
She was a ponderous woman six
feet in height and weighing 300 lbs.
or more just such a woman as
Fanny Sabo. Kaikioewa was gov
ernor. Smoking was more or less tabu
so one day, one of the women, to
escape detection, hurriedly stuffed
her pipe into the thatch siding of
the house. In a few moments the
whole house was ablaze, and in no
time was reduced to ashes, in spite
of the frantic attempts of Mr.
Gulick to smother the flames with
mats.
This disaster led to the adoption
of adobe as a safer and much more
durable construction.
The new house, when it was
finished, gave them a large mea
sure of satisfaction, since it was
not only comfortable but was plas
tered within and without, and had
a cellar. Also a grass roof. It was
a long narrow, building, located
just mauka of the present Farley
residence, running at right angles
to the stream.
The first church was a grass
structure, after the native style,
large but frail and flimsy. After
a year or two it was necessary to
rebuild, and here also adobe was
adopted. The wood work of the
edifice was constructed by John
Moore, commonly known as the
"Long Carpenter." Bv some neg
lect or oversight the heavy roof
structure wasn't properly secured,
or properly braced, so that all col
lasped, and wrought great hnvoc
j to the whole building. The root
was again thatch, pile grass, which
was th n abundant in all that re
gion. Shingles didn't come into
use till long fitter.
This church, which was dedicat
ed Nov. 23, 1837 was 40x95 feet,
with glass windows on the mauka
side, and the two ends, and lattice
on the mauka side and with a lanai
all around. There ware no seats.
It is retorted to have accommodat
ed as many as 1500 people. It served
the needs of the community until
Dec, 1859, when the present
church was built on the same site
and within the confines of the old
one, evidences of which may still
be seen.
Some years later, in 1842, an
adobe school house was built 30x50
feet plastered within and without,
and rejoicing in 10 glass windows.
This building was paid for b y
means ef cane cultivated by "Ma
hinahou" labor. It was located
where the present tax office now
stands, just mauka of the church.
It started with 40 pupils.
The Koloa church was organized
in 1835, a nucleus of 12 members,
emigrating from Waimea for that
purpose and taking up their resi
dence a t Koloa. The following
year protracted meetings of some
weeks duration were conducted by
Gulick and Alexander the latter
from Hanalei which created a good
deal of interest in the community.
Deborah Kapule and her people
came over from Wailua, and as the
tesult of this activity and the Wai
lua accession the membership was
brought up to 36.
About 1839 or 1840 Miss Marcia
Smith came to conduct a small
school for the mission children, on
the principal of Mahomet to the
mountain, as the children were
there. There were now three popu
lous families on the Island, the
Whitneys, the Alexanders and the
Gulicks James and W. D. Alex
ander attended this school among
others.
Mr. Gulick planted the fine old
tamarind trees that still graces the
Mission Home. He also broke and
drove the first yoke of oxen on the
Islands, olowing with them, much
to the wonder of the natives, who,
though more or less familiar with
cattle had never seen them used.
Mrs. Gulick taught the native wo
men to make the first pua, or cane
hats and of course taught them
dress making.
In 1835 Ladd and Co. secured
the lease of a large tract of land in
Koloa from the Government for a
term of 50 years at an annual rent
al of $300. This was only part of
a larger scheme based on a lease
by the King and Govt, of all unoc
cupied lands in the Islands for a
term of 100 years. K. Ill sgrted
to cause to be planted 50 acres for
every miil. Their first plant was
80 acres which thev increased the
following year by 200 more. They
put a dam across the stream at
Maulili where the present road
crosses the stream, and operated
the mill by waterpower, It is spok
en of as a powerful iron mill erect
ed at an expense of $10,000. The
bagasse was dried in the open and
the juice evaporated by open trin.
The sugar was dried by drain
ing in moulds.
It is interesting to note that the
average yield of sugar was 1500
lbs per acre which was considered
very satisfactory. In some excep
tional cases 2000 lbs or one ton to
the acre was secured, but the low
er figure was all that could be re
lied on.
It is intere'sting also to note that
it is not the meager yields, but the
high price of labor which militates
against the success of the sugar
business on the Islands. The cost ;
of field labor was a day and
find themselves.
(Concluded in next issue.)
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