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
Holo mai la o Laamaikahiki, me kana mau kahuna, a me na kanaka i holo
pu aku me Kila, a ma ia holo ana, i ke kokoke ana aku i Kauai, ia
manawa hookani ae la o Laamaikahiki i ka pahu. Ia manawa lohe ae la o
Moikeha i ka leo o kana pahu, alaila manao ae la oia, ua holo aku o
Laamaikahiki me kona kaikaina. Ia manawa hoomakaukau ae la o Moikeha i
ka aina a me ka hale, no ka hiki aku o ke alii Laamaikahiki. A hiki aku
la o Laamaikahiki me Kila, lilo ae la o ua Laamaikahiki nei ma ka lima
o ke kahuna nui o Kauai o Poloahilani, a hoihoi ia aku la i loko o ka
heiau, me kona akua o Lonoikaoualii. Ua oleloia, na Laamaikahiki i lawe
mua mai ke akua ma Hawaii nei.
Noho iho la o Laamaikahiki ma Kauai, a mahope, holo aku la ma Maui a
noho ma Kahikinui. Ua kapaia aku ia wahi mamuli o ko Laamaikahiki inoa.
A no ka makani o ia wahi, haalele aku la o Laamaikahiki ia laila, holo
aku la a ma ka aoao komohana o Kahoolawe. A malaila kahi i noho ai a
hiki i kona manawa i hoi aku ai i Tahiti. Ua olelo ia no ka holo ana o
Laamaikahiki i Kahoolawe, ka mea i kapaia ai ka moana ma ke komohana o
Kahoolawe, “o Kealaikahiki”. Noho iho la o Laamaikahiki ma Kahoolawe, a
no ka pono ole o ka manao o na kahuna, nolaila haalele ai o
Laamaikahiki ia Kahoolawe, a hoi aku la i Kauai; a make o Moikeha, ili
iho la ka aina ia Kila, hoi aku la o Laamaikahiki i Tahiti.
MOKUNA IV.
KA NOHO ALII ANA O KILA, AME KA HUAHUA ANA O KONA MAU KAIKUAANA.
Mahope iho o ko Moikeha make ana, laweia aku la kona kupapau ma ka pali
o Haena, a hiki i ka manawa a Kila i hoihoi ai i Tahiti. Ia manawa
mahope iho, noho iho la o Kila ma ko Moikeha noho ana, e like me ka
makemake o kona makuakane, a me kona mau makuahine, a me ka makuakane o
na makuahine.
A ma ia lilo ana o Kila i alii no Kauai e like me ka noho ana o kona
makuakane, aka aole nae i maikai loa kona noho alii ana, no ka mea, ua
huahua ae la kona mau kaikuaana, no ka lilo ana o Kauai ia Kila. Aka,
ua huipuia ko lakou inaina me ko lakou hoomauhala mua ana, no ko Kila
holo ana i Tahiti. A i ka hiki ana o kekahi hana nui ma o ke alii la,
nolaila, olelo aku la oia i kona mau kaikuaana; aka, aole e hiki i na
kaikuaana ke hoolohe aku ma ka Kila mea e kamailio aku ai. Aka aole i
pono iki ko Kila noho alii ana ma ia manawa.
A no ia mea, noonoo nui iho la na kaikuaana i mea e nalo ai ko lakou
huhu i ko lakou kaikaina; nolaila, kukakuka ae la lakou ma ke kaawale,
a hooholo iho la; penei lakou i hai aku ai i mua o Kila i ka lakou mea
i hooholo ai, he mau manawa loihi mahope mai o Moikeha: “E Kila; e pono
paha e kii kakou i na iwi o ko kakou makuakane, e hoihoi mai, a nau e
lawe aku i Tahiti.” A ike iho la o Kila he pono ka manao o na
kaikuaana, nolaila ae aku la oia mamuli o ko na kaikuaana manao. Aka, o
ko Kila manao mua no ia i manao mua ai me kona mau makuahine.
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