MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY VOLUME IV HONOLULU, H. I. Bishop Museum Press 1916–1917 FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE THE HAWAIIANS’ ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THEIR ISLANDS AND ORIGIN OF THEIR RACE, WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR MIGRATIONS, Etc., AS GATHERED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES BY ABRAHAM FORNANDER Author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race” WITH TRANSLATIONS EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES BY THOMAS G. THRUM FIRST SERIES Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Volume IV HONOLULU, H. I. Bishop Museum Press 1916–1917 CONTENTS PART I. Preface. Story of Islands’ Formation and Origin of Race. CHAPTER PAGE I. Prefatory Remarks 2 II. Birth of the Islands 6 III. About Wakea 12 IV. Genealogy of the Islands of Hawaii 16 V. Story of Opuukahonua 20 VI. Genealogy of Opuukahonua 24 VII. First Sight of Foreigners 28 Legend of Aukelenuiaiku.