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
Ia lakou i akoakoa aku ai, ninau hoohuahualau aku la o Kila i kona mau
makuahine: “He mau keiki no nae paha kau?” Hooipoikamalanai ma: “Ae, he
mau keiki ka makou; elua maua wahine, hookahi kane, elima mau keiki a
makou, ekolu a’u me ka maua kane. Oia nei (Umalehu) ka maua hanau mua,
a o kona muli iho, oia keia e paa mai nei (Kaialea), a o ka muli (o
Kila) ua make ia, i holo no me kona mau kaikuaana i Haena, i kii i na
iwi o ka’u kane, ko lakou makuakane hoi, ua pau ia i ka mano, a o na
lima ka’u e paa nei. A elua hoi a ia nei (Hinauu) me ko lakou
makuakane, elua maua wahine hookahi kane. A o ka ia nei mau keiki o
laua nei, Kekaihawewe a me Laukapalala. A no ke kui ana ae nei o ka
lono e make ana o Kaialea, nolaila, hele mai nei maua e moepuu aku
mahope o ka maua keiki. Aka hoi i na e ae oe (Kila) o maua ke make
mahope o Kaialea, alaila e ola o Kaialea.”
I aku la o Kila: “E make io ana no ke keiki a olua, apopo e kau ana i
ka lele, aole a’u olelo i koe, ua waiho aku au i ka ilamuku ke ola a me
ka make.”
Mahope iho o keia mau olelo ana, ninau aku la o Kila i na kaikuaana:
“Auhea ko oukou kaikaina o Kila?” I aku la lakou: “Ua pau i ka mano e
like me ka olelo a ko makou makuahine ia oe.” A no ia olelo ana pela,
kena koke ae la o Kila i na ilamuku e paa i loko o ka heiau; a hoopaa
puia aku la ma kahi hookahi me Kaialea. A no keia mea, pono ole iho la
ko Hooipoikamalanai ma manao, no ka mea, ua pau loa na keiki i ka
pilikia. I iho la laua o laua wale: “Mai pono no ka hoi e nohoia aku
nei i Kauai, ina la no la hoi aole e pau na keiki i ka pilikia, e make
pu aku no la hoi kakou pono loa.”
I kekahi la ae, hoouna aku la o Kila i na kanaka, e hele aku e kuahaua
mai i na mea a pau o Waipio, e hele mai e nana i ke kau ana o na kanaka
(Kaialea ma) i ka lele. Pela ka olelo e kuahaua aku ai, e akoakoa mai
no ke kau ana i ka lele. Aole nae pela ka manao maoli o Kila, e
makemake ana e hoike ia ia iho i mua o kona mau kaikuaana, a me kona
mau makuahine, i ike ai kona (Kila) mau kaikuaana i ke ino o ka lakou
hana ana no ko lakou kaikaina. No ka mea, aole paha e hiki ke
hoomanawanui loihi, ua mokumokuahua loko o Kila no ke aloha i kona mau
makuahine.
MOKUNA VIII.
KA HOIKE ANA O KILA IA IA IHO I MUA O KONA MAU MAKUAHINE A ME KONA MAU
KAIKUAANA.
Mahope iho o ke kuahaua ana, ma kekahi la ae, he la kauila nui ia no ka
heiau; ma ia po iho nae, hele mai la ke alii, a me na kahuna nui o ke
alii, a me ka poe e pili ana i na kahuna nui no ke kai ana a ka aha i
ka hale i kapaia he mua. I ke kai ana o ka aha ia manawa i mua, a hiki
i ke kau, ma ka waenakonu o ka po, ua maikai ke kai ana o ka aha, aole
i loaa ke kina. A ma ia hope iho, ma ka pili o ka wanaao, komo ae la o
Kunaka, a me Kila, a me ke kahuna nui hoi i loko o Pakaalana, a kai hou
aku la i ka aha, o Oneoneoihonua; a kokoke i ka wanaao keu ana ka alae.
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