And from that time to this, Pele and all her family forsook their former land of Hapakuela and have dwelt in Hawaii-nei, Pele coming first and the rest following at a later time.

    On her first arrival at Hawaii-nei, Pele dwelt on the island of Kauai. From there she went to Kalaupapa,

     1

    on the island of Molokai, and dwelt in the crater of Kauhako at that place; thence she departed to Puulaina,

     2

    near Lahainaluna, where she dug out that crater. Afterward she moved still further to Haleakala,

    where she stayed until she hollowed out that great crater; and finally she settled at Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii, where she has remained ever since.

     3

       1

     Now the Leper Settlement.

       2

     The hill visible from the Lahaina anchorage to the north of Lahainaluna School, and near to it.

       3

     It is not a little remarkable that the progress of Pele, as stated in this tradition, agrees with geological observation in locating the earliest volcanic action in this group, on the island of Kauai, and the latest, on the island of Hawaii.—

      Translator.

     From Ellis’s “Tour of Hawaii”

    In the reign of Kealiikukii, an ancient king of Hawaii, Kahawali, chief of Puna, and one of his favorite companions went one day to amuse themselves with the

     holua

    (sled), on the sloping side of a hill, which is still called

     ka holua ana o Kahawali

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