“From Laakapu who was a man, From Laamealaakona a woman Who sickened of the child conception, Who sickened carrying the chief Nuupoki At the sacred temple of Nonea During the lightning on the sacred night of Makalii. Then was born Kauai, a chief, a prince, a kingly scion, Of the chiefly cluster belonging to Hawaii; The foremost head of all the islands.” So in looking over the histories of Oahu and Kauai, it is true, it seems as if they had one mother, for the voice indicates the resemblance. In the traditions of Niihau, Kaula and Nihoa, they had the same parents, because Wanalia was the husband who lived with Hanalaa, a woman, and to them was born Niihau, Kaula and Nihoa. They were triplets, and with them the mother became barren. No islands were born afterwards. And the mele composed by Kahakuikamoana should read like this, in verse 10: “Wanalia was the man And Hanalaa was the woman; Of them was born Niihau, a land, an island. There were three children of them Born in the same day; Niihau, Kaula, ending with Nihoa. The mother then conceived no more, No other island appeared afterwards.” In looking for stories of these islands it is shown in that mele composed by the great historian, one of the chiefs’ most renowned historians of Hawaii nei. But we cannot certify to the absolute truth of the story; there are several other stories very much like these, but which one is the real truth it is hard to tell. In the story or tradition of Wakea the origin of these islands is plainly told, and there are also meles reciting the doings of Wakea with regard to the peopling of these islands. One of the songs was composed by Pakui, [21] a historian and a famous composer of songs, and he was classed among the high priests of the order of priesthood. In the tradition of Opuukahonua it is told in that story that they were the progenitors of Hawaii nei. There were twenty-four generations before Wakea, and as there were seventy-five generations from the time of Wakea would make ninety-nine generations from Opuukahonua to that of Kamehameha, therefore, till the reign of Kamehameha IV makes one hundred and one generations. CHAPTER III. ABOUT WAKEA. In the tradition of Wakea it has been generally stated that they were the first parents of these lands, and that it was by them that the people were propagated, and that they were the ancestors of the chiefs of these islands. It is told in the history of Wakea and his wife Papa that these islands were born from them. And some of the historians believed that these islands were really made and put together by the hands of Wakea. But one of the priests, called Pakui, who was a great historian of Kamehameha’s time and a lineal descendant of historians from the very darkest ages, says “these islands were really born.” And this is how he composed his mele reciting the events which gave birth to these islands: THE SONG OF PAKUI.