Night Marchers in Hanalei Valley
Night Marchers in Hanalei Valley
Beautiful, scenic Hanalei Valley is known for it lo‘i kalo (taro patches), but before that, there were rice paddies… and night marchers.
In 1971, Emma deFries, shared a story about her grandfather’s rice plantation in Hanalei. Aunty Emma deFries was a kahuna nui and great-great-granddaughter of Kamehameha’s own kahuna nui, Hewahewa.
She said, “Grandpa Henry deFries lived at Hanalei, Kauai where his father started a rice plantation. Once, when the Chinese laborers were preparing the paddies for planting, they were frightened off by a group of people.
“The Chinese workers said they saw hundreds of men walking down from the mountains on a trail near the Hanalei River. The marchers were dressed in malos and short feathered capes and all of them carried spears.
“When the strangers approached the rice paddies, the workers thought they would be harmed and ran away. From a distant spot, they turned to look again at the men who carried the spears.
“They were amazed at what they saw. The warriors were walking though a stone wall that ran the length of the road. Afterwards, they disappeared in the Hanalei River.”
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