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County: Honolulu
Site_Name: Kawainui Pond--Maka-Lei Tree (legendary).
Island: Oahu
Traditional_District: Koolaupoko
District: Koolaupoko
Ahupuaa: Kailua
Site_Function: O-Fish ponds R-Other site type
Complex: No
Tax_Map_Key: 4-2-
State_Site_Number: 50-80-11-370
BM_site_number: 50-Oa-G06-006
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Surveyor: McAllister
Survey_Type: Recon. survey
Survey_Date: 1909
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SiteType: Kawainui Pond--Maka-Lei Tree (legendary). This pond was the site of the Maka-Lei tree, a famous mythological tree which had the power of attracting fish. (C.C.S.)
Bibliography: Sterling/Summers, 1962, Sites of Oahu, Site 15, pp. 230, 231 Emerson, 1909, Unwritten Literature, p. 21 Westervelt, 1915, Gods and Ghosts, p. 150 Alona, Informant, Sept.29, 1939. Oahu Place Names J.G. McAllister, Arch. of Oahu, 1933, Site 370, p. 186