Ke Alahou, Volume I, Number 5, 1 ʻApelila 1980 — HO'IKE 'ANO Recollections of Kaho'olawe [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HO'IKE 'ANO

Recollections of Kaho'olawe

Few people living today ean elaim to'trave lived on Kaho'olawe for any great length of time. Inez AshdQwn, author of Recollections of Kaho'olawe, spent a great deal of time on Kaho'olawe from the time her father first leased the island in 1918 until the start of World War 11, when the island was seized by the military government, and a'II who lived there were forced to leave. Ashdown knows the island as few others would setting up expectatlons in the reader whieh are not fully developed by the book. The book is autōbrographical anei often seems a tribute tō Angus MaePhee, Mrs. Ashdown's father. Mrs. Ashdown tells mueh of what she remembers of Kaho'olawe, from her earliest impressions around 1908, to the years she spent living on or visiting Kaho'ofewe, and her trials with the government after removal of Kaho'olawe's inhabitants late in 1941. The legends and myths concerning the island as told by Mrs. Ashdown are quite interesting. Mrs. Ashdown mentions many places of interest on the island, but unfortunately s a few of them are not on the map included with the book. The book does include many pictures of people that Mrs. Ashdown mentions, whieh add mueh value to the work. And occasionally, as in her acoount of the ghost ship, Mrs. Ashdown proves an able raconteur. I hope that this is not the last we hear from Mrs. Ashdown on Kaho'olawe. She proves she has knowledge of her subject — if she Ccin fill in the gaps her book leaves, she will add an irreplaceable pieee to the history of the Hawaiian Islands. Ikeia mau la.he kaka'ikahi na po'e i nohō a i hele a kama'aina loa i ka mokupuni 'o Kaho'olawe. 'O Inez Ashdown na'e kekahi o ia po'e ma waena o kakou i hiki ke 'olelo me ka 'oia'i'o he nui no na la ona i ho'ohala aku ai ma ia 'aina, a 'o ia no ho'i, kekahi ka mea nana i kakau I kahi pukē hou nona ka inoa 'o Recollections of Kaho'olawe. Ua pinepine no kona hele kino 'ana ma hope mai o kā wa i ho'olimalima mua 4 ia ai 4 o Kaho'olawe e kona makua kane I ka makahiki 1918, a ua mau no kona kipa 'ana a'e pela a

hiki i ka wa i ho'omaka mai ai ke Kaua World War 11. I ia wa no ua ka'ili 'ia a ho'iho'i 'ia ka mokupuiii ma lalo o ka malu o ke Aupuni Koa. A i ia wa no kekahi, ua kipaku 'ia na po'e a pau e noho hana ana malaila me ka hiki 4 0le ke ho'i mai a noho hou aku. Mali'a paha no keia kama'aina laha 'ole ona e lana ai no ho'i ka mana'o 0 ka mea heluhelu i ka ho'ike 'ia o na : mea like 'ole a pau a Mrs. Ashdown i 'ike maka ai. Ho'omana'o mai 'o Mrs. Ashdown i ka nui 'ike maka ana mai na 'ike lihi mua mai ia ia e ka'alo a'e ana ma luna o ka moku ma kahi o ka makahiki 1908, a hiki 1 ka wa i nui ai kona mau la noho a kipa no ho'i ma ka 'aina, me ka wa pilikia no ho'i ma hope iho i ke kipaku 'ia 'ana o na po'e e ke aupuni ma ka mahina hoj)e of ka makahiki 1941. Aia na'e hē'waiwai ku'i'o no ko ka

puke. He hoihoi no na mo'olelo a me naka'ao epili ana iā Kaho'olawe, a he niii no ho'i na wahi ku i ka hoi a Mrs, Ashdown i 'olelo Aka, 'a'ole i ho'ike'ia kekahi o lakou ma ka palapala 'aina i ho'okomo 'ia ma lqko q ka puke, Nui na ki'i o na po'e o ka puke a he waiwai no keia kekahi. He mea maopopo ia ma ka pana 'ana.i kekahi o na mo r olelo e like me kana mo'olelo no ka "ghost ship," he pa'a mo'olelo no 'o Mrs, Ashdown. Ke lana ne.i ko'u mau mana'o 'a'ole keia ka wa hppe loa a kakou e lohe a e 'ike ai i ka hanp a Mrs, Ashdown no Kaho'olawe. Ua maopopo le'a no ua pa'a ia ia ka 'ike o keia kumu hana, a. ina, e hik\ ia ia ke pani i na hakahaka a me na koa i waiho 'ia ma keia puke me ka . piha pono, e iilo ana ia.wahi 'ike l,waiwaig?jalena 'ole ma ka mo'olelo o keia pae moku 'o Hawai'i nei. ....