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  • A large _puhi_ (eel), called Koona, lived at Wailau, on the windward side of the island of Molokai.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

  • He called the little fellow Koona, which is the Cree for "snow," and was very appropriate, as the animal was of the purest white.

    Three Boys in the Wild North Land Egerton Ryerson Young 1874

  • At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away Francois's breath.

    Chapter 4 1903

  • They, added to the six of the original team, and Teek and Koona, the huskies obtained at the Rink Rapids on the record trip, brought the team up to fourteen.

    Chapter 5 1903

  • At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away Francois's breath.

    Chapter 4, Who Has Won to Mastership 1903

  • They, added to the six of the original team, and Teek and Koona, the huskies obtained at the Rink Rapids on the record trip, brought the team up to fourteen.

    Chapter 5, The Toil of Trace and Trail 1903

  • On the next day Koona went, and but five of them remained: Joe, too far gone to be malignant;

    The Call of the Wild Jack London 1896

  • These, added to the six of the original team, and Teek and Koona, the huskies obtained at the Rink Rapids on the record trip, brought the team up to fourteen.

    The Call of the Wild Jack London 1896

  • At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away

    The Call of the Wild Jack London 1896

  • Wailau and saw the cave of the eel Koona that went to Hana and stole the fish from his father's pond, and the cause of all the trouble that befell his parents and himself.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

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