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
A mamuli o ka makemake o na kaikamahine alii o Kauai hooholo ae la ko
laua makuakane, e kiiia o Moikeha a e laweia mai ma ka hale o na
kaikamahine alii; alaila kiiia aku la o Moikeha, a me kona mau hoa, a
laweia mai la. Ia manawa lawe ae la o Hooipoikamalanai a me Hinauu ia
Moikeha i kane hoao na laua, a lilo iho la o Moikeha i alii nui no
Kauai mahope iho o ka make ana o kona makuahunowai kane.
MOKUNA II.
KA NOHO ANA O MOIKEHA I KAUAI, A ME KANA MAU HANA.
Mahope iho o ko Moikeha hoao ana ia Hooipoikamalanai laua o Hinauu,
lilo ae la o Moikeha i alii nui mamuli o ka make ana o kona
makuahunowai kane. Noho iho la o Moikeha me kana mau wahine, a loaa mai
loko ae o lakou elima mau keiki, he mau keiki kane wale no. A penei no
ka mookuauhau o ia hanauna:
KANE. WAHINE. KEIKI.
{ o Umalehu.
{ Hooipoikamalanai. { o Kaialea.
Moikeha. { { o Kila.
{
{ Hinauu. { o Kekaihawewe.
{ o Laukapalala.
Ma keia mookuauhau o Moikeha, ua laha mai mai ia ia mai a hiki i ka wa
i noho alii ai o Manookalanipo na ohana alii o Kauai a me Niihau. Aka,
aole nae kekahi poe i hiki ke hoomaopopo mai i ka lehulehu oia
mookuauhau ma na lalani pololei.
Mahope iho o keia mau mea, lana ae la kona (Moikeha) manao ma na wahine
a me na keiki wale no, a ma na keiki kona manao hilinai nui, me ka pau
ana o ko Moikeha manao ana ia Luukia. I kekahi manawa mahope mai, manao
ae la o Moikeha i kana keiki, ia Laamaikahiki, ka laua keiki hoi me
Kapo. A nui no hoi ko Moikeha aloha no Laamaikahiki. Nolaila, i kekahi
manawa hoakoakoa ae la o Moikeha i kana mau keiki elima, a olelo aku
la, me ka i aku: “Ke manao ae nei wau e kii kekahi o oukou i ko oukou
kaikuaana, e holo mai i Hawaii nei.” A no keia olelo a Moikeha, he me
pihoihoi nui loa ia no kana mau keiki, me ka olelo pakahi aku i ko
lakou makuakane: “Owau ke kii! Owau ke kii!!” a pela aku; pela mau
lakou e olelo ai i ko lakou makuakane.
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