Tattooing in the Marquesas Volume 1-4

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ... their bathing places, where they placed them in piles. Then, throwing a stone into the sea, the skillful swimmer would dive after it. This was repeated until all the stones had disappeared. One of their bathing places was at Ninini, a little beach, surrounded by cliffs, just inside the point where the larger Nawiliwili lighthouse now stands. While the Menehune were carrying a large rock from Kipukai to Ninini, half of it broke off, and fell into the Huleia River, where it is still used as a bridge called Kipapa-o-ka-Menehune, the Causeway-of-theMenehune. The other half of the rock is still at Ninini. From Ninini the swimmers went to Homai-ka-waa, Bring-the-Canoe, the next valley beyond Kealia. While they were bathing there a very large shark almost caught A-a-ka, one of the Menehune. They all swam ashore to a plain still known as A-a-ka, where they discussed plans to get revenge. Soon all the Menehune were ordered to gather morning-glory vine, of which a large basket was made. This, filled with bait, was lowered into the sea, and the shark was caught. Then he was towed around to a reef beyond Anahola. The odor of the shark soon brought so many land and sea birds to feast upon the flesh that the reef was called A-li-o-ma-nu, Where-theWater-is-made-still-by-the-Oil-from-the-Shark, and is still known by this name. The Menehune never again bathed at Ho-mai-ka-waa, but they built there the big heiau where Kawelo worshipped his shark god. The story of Kawelo is told in the legend of that name. They also erected a pile of stones at A-li-o-ma-nu in memory of their delivery from the shark. This pile of stones is called Ka-hua-a-li-ko. At Molowaa, the Dry-Canoe, stones were piled up, and a bathing place called Uluoma was made. While the men were bathing there, the l...