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Pierre' Bowman, noted shark hunter, stands ready to harpoon a shark baited with a cow... on the rocky shore at Hapu'u, just East of Kauhola Point. For the results of such a hunt, click here.
Apparently a chief named Nu'uanupa'ahu, who was a famous surfer from
the surfing area of Kawa (in the district of Kau), had traveled to Kohala.
Kalaniopu'u, high chief of the island was resting in the area with a number
of his advisors and entourage. Kalaniopu'u thought that Nu'uanupa'ahu might
be planning to unseat him from power, and so decided to kill him. It must
have been socially or politically unpopular to just order his death, because
Kalaniopu'u chose to kill Nu'uanupa'ahu by inviting him to go surfing
at Kauhola, in Hala'ula, where he knew he would be attacked and killed by
sharks.
"Nu'uanupa'ahu, however, battled his way successfully through the
sharks , earning the admiration of both chiefs and commoners, who watched
him fight his way to shore. Later he died of his wounds at Pololu, where
he was buried."*
*From story by Samuel Kamakau- Related in the fine book...
"Beaches of the Big Island" by John R. Clark
(pp 64)