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 lohe aku la o Kila, ua hiki aku kekahi mau waa mai Kauai aku,
nolaila, hoounaia mai la he mau kanaka mai a Kila mai, e kii mai i ua
mau kanaka Kauai nei. Nolaila kiiia mai la, a laweia aku la i mua o
Kila. I ka manawa i hiki aku ai ua poe kanaka nei i mua o Kila, ninau
mai la o Kila: “Mai hea mai oukou?” Hai aku la lakou: “Mai Kauai mai
makou.” “Heaha ka oukou huakai i hiki mai ai i anei?” Pela aku o Kila.
Alaila, hai aku la lakou. “I imi mai nei makou i ko makou alii ia
Kaialea; ua kali mai nei na makuahine o lakou, aole he hoi ae, nolaila
hoounaia mai nei makou e imi mai, a anei iho nei, lohe iho nei makou ua
make, a nolaila, e hoi makou a olelo aku, ua make ke alii.”
I mea e ike maopopoia ai o Kila, nolaila, kena ae la o Kila i na
ilamuku e hopu i keia mau kanaka a lawe aku i luna o Pakaalana. Nolaila
lawe ia aku la lakou ma ke ano lawehala maoli, a hoopaaia aku la ma
kahi e hoopaa ia aia o Kaialea. I kela manawa, hookahi kanaka i koe ma
na waa, e malama ana i na waa, lohe ae la oia, ua laweia kekahi poe o
lakou e make i loko o Pakaalana, nolaila, pee malu aku la oia ma kahi
nalo maloko o na hale kamaaina, a mahope iho, halawai iho la lakou me
na hoewaa mua o Kaialea, kuka iho la lakou e hoi malu i Kauai, a
hooholo ae la lakou pela, e hoi malu i Kauai.
A o na kanaka mua i noho ai me na kamaaina ma Waipio, kela poe hoewaa
hoi o Kaialea, hai aku la lakou i ko lakou mau kamaaina i noho pu ai,
me ka olelo aku “e hoi ana i Kauai.” A no ia mea, he mea aloha nui loa
ia i na kamaaina, no ka mea, ua loihi ko lakou noho pu ana. I mai nae
na kamaaina: “Heaha no hoi ka oukou e hoi ai?” I aku na malihini: “Aole
e hiki ia makou ke noho, ina o ko makou noho ana, o ko makou make no
ia, oia hoi he pono kahi a ke alii.”
A no ia mea, manao ae la na kamaaina he pono ka lakou la olelo,
nolaila, ae aku la na kamaaina, mamuli o ko lakou la manao, no ka mea,
ua ike maoli ae la na kamaaina i kela pilikia nui. Aka, ma ia la no,
huhuki ino ae la na kamaaina me lakou nei i ke kalo, a hooili maka aku
la i ka ai maluna o na waa i ka po ana iho a hoi aku la i Kauai.
MOKUNA VII.
KA HALAWAI ANA O NA KANAKA HOU I HOOUNAIA MAI AI E HOOIPOIKAMALANAI, ME
KAIALEA.
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