Post #122129 by christiki295 on Wed, Oct 27, 2004 7:05 PM

[i]On 2003-08-31 00:11, Shipwreckjoey wrote:

Ola, the king of the Menehunes became distrustful of the Tahitians and ordered his people to leave Kauai, which they did and their wherebouts have been a mystery to this day.

The Menehune people were probably well distributed over all the Hawaiian islands, but myths and traditions concerning them cling more thickly to the island of Kaua'i. It is probable that the later invaders pushed them gradually out of other islands so that they congregated in Kaua'i, the last of the large islands, at the northwest end of the chain.

From there they apparently withdrew to the barren and rocky islets of Nihoa and Necker, as evidenced by numerous terraces, stone implements, and stone images.

http://www.janesoceania.com/hawaii_kauai_mythology/

[ Edited by: christiki295 on 2004-10-27 19:10 ]