The following web pages present full versions of the stories about the Kohala landscape:
- The Story of Lonoikamakahiki in Ruling Chiefs by Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau, 1842.
- Hawaii: Umi a Loa to Captain Cook’s Arrival in An Account of the Polynesian Race, Vol. II, by Abraham Fornander, 1880.
- Lono and Kaikilani, a story in The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by King David Kalakaua, 1888.
- The Adventures of Iwikauikaua, a story in The Legends and Myths of Hawaii by King David Kalakaua, 1888
- The Legend of Hawaii-loa in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 38, No. 150, by Bruce Cartwright, 1929.
- Waimea in Proverb, Legend and History in Makua Laiana, The Story of Lorenzo Lyons, 1945.
- Legend of the Chiefs of Waimea, Hawaii the Henriques Collection at the Bishop Museum, undated.
- The Heart Stirring Story of Ka-Miki
- Hawaii: Umi a Loa to Captain Cook’s Arrival
- Letter to Richard Smart from His Aunt Mary Low
- Customs at Death
Reports and Articles
The following reports and articles contain information about the history and legends of Kohala:
- Listen to the Whispering Sea (19.5 MB) – Marion Kelly, 1974
- Archaeological Investigations of the Mudlane-Waimea-Kawaihae Road Corridor (13.3 MB) – Jeffery T. Clark and Patrick V. Kirch, Eds., 1983
- Notes on the Lands of Waimea and Kawaihae (4.5 MB) – Dorothy Barrere, 1983
- An Archaeological Survey in Portions of Waikoloa, Pu’ukapu and Ouli, District of South Kohala, Hawaii (1.7 MB) – William J. Bonk, 1985
- An Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey in a Portion of Wai’aka, South Kohala, Hawaii (1.0 MB) – William J. Bonk, 1989
- Lalamilo Regional Plan December 2006 (20.7 MB) – Hawaii State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, 2006
- Lalamilo Regional Plan December 2006 (4.7 MB) – Archaeological Inventory Survey Remaining Unsurveyed Areas Hawaii Preparatory Academy Upper School Campus, 2007
Books
The following online books contain information about the history and legends of Kohala. The reader is warned that some of these books are very old and contain remarks about Hawaiian culture that would be considered offensive today.
- History and General Views of the Sandwich Islands’ Mission (3.5 MB) – by Sheldon Dibble, 1839 (Google Books website)
- History of the Sandwich Islands (20.7 MB) – by Sheldon Dibble, 1843 (Google Books website)
- The History of the Hawaiian Islands (14.6 MB) – by James Jackson Jarves, 1847 (Google Books website)
- Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii – by Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau, 1871
- An Account of the Polynesian Race, Vol. I (7.1 MB) – by Abraham Fornander, 1878 (Google Books website)
- A Brief History of the Hawaiian People (7.3 MB) – by W.D. Alexander, 1891 (Google Books website)
- The Kumulipo – translated by Queen Liliuokalani, 1897
- Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii) (8.8 MB) – by David Malo, 1898 (Google Books website)
- Hawaiian Folk Tales – by Thomas G. Thrum, 1907 (Sacred Texts website)
- Unwritten Literature of Hawaii – The Sacred Songs of the Hula – by Nathaniel B. Emerson, 1909 (Sacred Texts website)
- Old Time Hawaiians and Their Work (7.3 MB) – by Mary S. Lawrence, 1912 (Google Books website)
- The Story of Hawaii (17.6 MB) – by Mary Charolotte Alexander, 1912 (Google Books website)
- Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (3.5 MB) – by W.D. Westervelt, 1916 (Google Books website)
- Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes – by W.D. Westervelt, 1916
- Under Hawaiian Skies (8.8 MB) – by Albert Pierce Taylor, 1922 (Google Books website)
- Hawaiian Historical Legends – by William D. Westervelt, 1923
- Hawaiian Mythology – by Martha Beckwith, 1940 (Sacred Texts website)
- Maku Laiana: The Story of Lorenzo Lyons (portions about Kohala) (2.0 MB) – by Emma Lyons Doyle, 1945 (UH Hilo Library)
- The Kumulipo – translated with commentary by Martha Warren Beckwith, 1951 (Sacred Texts website)