[Found in G. K. Keawehaku’s “Kuu Kamaaina i ka Ua Kukala Hale”]

Kanikauwepa [Crack of the Whip].–An ohai tree that grew before the place that Haleakala stood was called by this name, on the north-east side of Kinau Gate (the Richards Street gate) [of Iolani Palace]; and under this tree soldiers who broke the rules of the military were whipped. And that is how it got its name.