Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b 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
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b 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
Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Social life and customs; Hawaiian language -- Texts; Legends -- Hawaii
Ia manawa haalele o Moikeha ma ia Hilo a holo mai la lakou ma ka aoao
akau o Hawaii, a hiki ma Kohala, makemake ae la o Mookini me
Kaluawilinau e noho ma Kohala, nolaila, hoonoho ae la o Moikeha ia laua
malaila. Haalele ia Kohala, holo mai la ma ka aoao hikina o Maui a hiki
i Hana, makemake ae la kekahi kanaka e noho i Hana, nolaila hoonoho iho
la ia Honuaula i laila, mai laila mai hiki lakou mawaena o Lanai me
Molokai, mawaho pono o Kawela. Ia manawa ike aku la o Kamahualele i
kekahi waa nui e lana ana mawaho o ka lae o Kalaau, nolaila, hookele
pono aku la o Kamahualele i na waa ma kahi o ka waa e lana mai ana. A
ia lakou i hiki aku ai, aia nae o Kakakauhanui ka mea nona ka waa. O
kana hana mau o ka lawaia, a he mea mau no ia ia ka holo ma ia wahi i
na la a pau i ka lawaia.
Nana ae la o Moikeha, he kanaka nui a puipui o Kakakauhanui, a he
kanaka ikaika a ano koa no hoi. Nolaila lawe ae la o Moikeha ia ia i
aikane nana, me ke kauoha iho nae: “E noho oe i anei, e holo ae wau a
loaa ia’u kahi kupono o makou e noho ai; aia a hiki mai kekahi hoouna i
ou nei alaila hele ae oe.”
A pau ka lakou olelo ana malaila, haalele lakou ia Kalaau, a holo aku
la a hiki i Oahu, a no ka makemake o na kaikuahine e noho ma Oahu,
nolaila nonoi aku la o Makapuu laua o Makaaoa ia Moikeha e noho i Oahu,
me ka i aku: “Ua makemake ae nei maua e noho maanei, i ike aku ai i ke
ao o ka aina, Tahiti.” A no ia mea, mamuli o ka makemake o kona mau
kaikuahine, hoonoho iho la ia Makapuu laua o Makaaoa ma Oahu. A koe aku
la o Moikeha, o kana keiki hookama o Kamahualele, o na hoewaa elua, o
Kapahi o Moanaikaiaiwa, a o Kipunuiaiakamau ma, elua laua, a o na kiu o
Kaukaukamunolea ma, elua laua.
Haalele iho la lakou ia Oahu, holo aku la a hiki ma Wailua; ia manawa,
ua ahiahi poeleele ko lakou hiki ana aku, nolaila, aole lakou i pae
iuka, hekau iho la na waa i ke kai a po a ao; ma ke kakahiaka nui nana
aku la na kanaka i keia kaulua e lana ana iloko o ke kai, me ka
puloulou alii i luna. Ia manawa pae aku la na waa, hapai ia aku la a
kau i uka. I kela wa hoi a lakou i kau aku ai, ua akoakoa nui mai na
kanaka i ka heenalu ma ka nalu o Kamakaiwa, a elua mau kaikamahine alii
i hele mai i ka heenalu ia manawa, o Hooipoikamalanai a me Hinauu.
Hele aku la o Moikeha ma i kahi e heenalu ia ana; he alii maikai o
Moikeha, he ehu kumuuli, he kanaka loihi no hoi. A o Hooipoikamalanai
ma hoi, makemake ae la laua ia Moikeha, a manao ae la laua e lawe ia
Moikeha i kane na laua. A o Moikeha hoi, ua komo pu no hoi i loko ona
ka makemake ia Hooipoikamalanai ma, me ka manao no hoi e lawe i kekahi
o laua i wahine hoao nana. A i ka pau ana ae o ka Hooipoikamalanai ma
heenalu ana, hoi aku la a hai aku la i ko laua makuakane, me ka i aku:
“Ua makemake maua e lawe i kela keiki alii i kane hoao na kekahi o
maua.”
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