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 ike aku la na kaikuaana o Kila, ua ae maoli mai ke kaikaina i ka
lakou mea i kuka mua ai, nolaila, hoomakaukau ae la lakou i na waa e
holo ai i Haena, no ke kii i na iwi o ko lakou makuakane. A ike aku la
na makuahine o Hooipoikamalanai laua o Hinauu i na keiki e hoomakaukau
ana i na waa; nolaila hele aku la a halawai me na keiki, i aku la: “E
hoomakaukau ana keia mau waa e holo i hea?” I aku la na keiki: “E kii
ana makou i na iwi o ko makou makuakane a hoihoi mai, a na Kila e lawe
aku i Tahiti.” Ninau hou aku la ko lakou mau makuahine: “Ehia oukou e
holo ana?” Hai aku la ka olaua mau keiki: “O makou no hoi paha me ko
makou kaikaina.”
A lohe ae la o Hooipoikamalanai laua o Hinauu i keia mea, olelo aku la
i na keiki: “Ina i holo oukou me ko oukou kaikaina alaila o maua pu
kekahi o na makuahine ke holo me oukou.” I aku la na keiki: “O ke aha
ka olua e holo ai; e holo olua e hoopiha waa, o hiki ole mai anei ia
makou?”
I aku la na makuahine: “Aole maua e hookuu aku i ko oukou kaikaina, no
ka mea, aole he pono o ka oukou noho ai aina ana, he poe hana ino
oukou; he uku auanei hoi ka oukou hele ana, o malama pono oukou i ko
oukou pokii.”
A no keia olelo a na makuahine o ua mau keiki alii nei, manao iho la na
keiki e aneane ae oleia ana ko lakou makemake; nolaila, hoohiki aku la
kana mau keiki hanau mua, ma ka inoa o ko lakou akua. A ike mai la o
Hooipoikamalanai ma, ua hoohiki aku kana mau keiki, nolaila, hookuu mai
la ko lakou makuahine ia Kila mamuli o ke koi hoohiki a kana mau keiki.
A i ka manawa o ka holo o ua mau keiki nei, lawe ae la lakou ia Kila; a
ma ka wanaao o ka po, holo mai la lakou i Oahu nei, a no ka makani
maikai mai Kauai mai ia po, ua ike koke lakou ia Molokai; aia no nae ko
lakou kaikaina maluna o ka pola o na waa. A no ka ikaika o na hoe waa,
ua puka koke lakou i Kauwiki, ma Hana; i ke aumoe o kekahi po ae hiki
lakou i Waipio, ma Hawaii.
A ma ia po koke no, i loko o ko lakou manawa hiamoe ia Kila hoi e
hiamoe ana, haalele aku la lakou ia Kila ma Waipio me ko iala ike ole
mai. Aka, lawe ae la lakou i kekahi keiki ano opiopio i like me Kila ka
ili, a hoi aku la lakou i Kauai. Ma ia hoi ana a lakou, a hiki i
Puuloa, pepehi ae la o Umalehu, ke keiki mua loa a Moikeha, i kela
keiki a lakou i lawe mai ai mai Waipio mai, a lawe ae la i na lima, i
mea na lakou e hoike aku ai i ko lakou mau makuahine, me ka olelo aku:
“Ua pau i ka mano.”
A ia lakou i hoi aku ai, hele aku la lakou i mua o ko lakou mau
makuahine, me na lima a lakou i lawe mai ai o kela keiki a lakou i
pepehi ai, me na poo o lakou i manewanewa ia, ma ka ako mahiole ana i
ka lauoho, he mea e hoomaopopo ana i ko lakou kanikau ia Kila. A hiki
aku la lakou i ko lakou mau makuahine, me ka moe kanikau ana, a maloko
o ko lakou uwe ana, manao aku la o Hooipoikamalanai, ua make ko lakou
kaikaina, a i ole la ia, e uwe ana la i ko lakou makuakane.
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