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
I mai la o Hooipoikamalanai ma: “Owai ko oukou i poino?” I mai la na
keiki: “Ua pau o Kila i ka mano, ia makou no i hele aku nei, a loaa na
iwi o ko makou makuakane (Moikeha) hana makou apau, kau makou maluna o
na waa, hoi mai makou a na pali hulaana, kahuli makou, ia manawa no ka
pau ana o Kila i ka mano, a koe mai na lima ia makou, oia na lima a
kakou e ike la.”
A lohe na makuahine o lakou i keia olelo, kanikau hele aku la o
Hooipoikamalanai, e hoonaauaua ana ia laua iho me Hinauu. I aku la o
Hooipoikamalanai ma i ka laua mau keiki: “Auhea la hoi na iwi o ko
oukou makuakane?” I mai la kana mau keiki: “Ua lilo i ka moana, ia
kahuli ana no o makou, lilo makou ia Kila kahi i aumeume ai, aole o
makou manao ae i kela.” A mahope iho o keia manawa, kanikau hele aku la
o Hinauu ma i ke aloha o Kila a puni o Kauai, a huipu aku la me na
makaainana i ke kanikau.
MOKUNA V.
NO KO KILA HAALELE IA ANA MA WAIPIO A ME KONA NOHO ANA MALAILA.
Ia Kila ma i hiki aku ai i Hawaii ma Waipio, i na kaikuaana i ike aku
ai, e hiamoe loa ana o Kila; alaila, hoolale koke ae la o Umalehu i
kona mau kaikaina, ia Kaialea, Kekaihawewe, a me Luakapalala, e hapai
na waa, oi hiamoe o Kila. E like me ka manao o ko lakou kaikuaana,
malaila wale no e hoolohe ai na kaikaina. Ia lakou i hapai ai i na waa
a lana i loko o ke kai, a kau mua aku la na hoewaa, a me na keiki alii,
ia manawa, lohe ae la o Kila i ke kamumu o na waa; ia wa ala mai la o
Kila, a nana aku la, ua lana na waa i loko o ke kai, me ka manao hoi o
Kila e kiiia aku ana oia mahope. I nana hou aku auanei keia (Kila) e
holo loa ana na waa mawaho o kuanalu. Alaila, kahea aku la o Kila:
“Pehea wau? Pehea wau-e?”
Kahea hou mai o Umalehu: “Pela iho a kii hou mai makou.” I nana aku
auanei keia, nalo ana na waa malalo o ka lae o ka pali o Maluo. O ko
lakou hala loa aku la no ia; noho iho la o Kila i kaha one o Waipio. Ua
hookoeia ke ola o Kila ma Waipio mamuli o ka manao o Kaialea, a me
Kekaihawewe, a me Laukapalala. No ka mea, o ko Umalehu manao, e lawe e
pepehi ia Kila ma ka moana, aka, ma ko Kaialea manao, a me ko
Laukapalala manao, e hoihoi i Waipio, a oia no ke kumu i hiki ai i
Waipio.
A hala aku la na kaikuaana o Kila, noho iho la o Kila ia koena po, e
noonoo ana i ka hana a kona mau kaikuaana. A kokoke i ka wanaao, a no
ka loihi o kona ala ana ia po, nolaila, ua pauhiaia oia e ka hiamoe
nui. A ia ia e hiamoe ana, ua hiki ae ka la, a mehana iki ae, ike ia
mai la ua o Kila e hiamoe ana i kaha one. Hele mai na kamaaina a ike i
keia keiki maikai e moe ana, ua pauhia i ka hiamoe. A nolaila, hoala ia
ae la, me ka ninau iho o na kamaaina, i kona wahi i hele mai ai a me ke
ano o kona hiki ana malaila. Alaila, hai aku la oia i ka moolelo e like
me ka hana a kona mau kaikuaana. A no ia mea, hoihoi ia aku la e na
kamaaina ma kauhale kamaaina.
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