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 po, olelo aku la o Kila i kona mau makuahine: “E ola o Umalehu ma,
no ka mea, o ko lakou hoonoho ana ia’u ma Waipio nei, oia ka mea i ola
ai ko oukou pololi, ina paha ma ka moana ko lakou hoolei ana ia’u ina
hoi paha aole e loaa wahi ai ia oukou; ko’u manao e ola lakou la.” Ma
keia olelo a Kila i kona mau makuahine, aole i maliu aku kona mau
makuahine mamuli o kana olelo kaua, ua holo ko laua manao ma ka make o
ka laua mau keiki. Ike maopopo aku la o Kila, ua wela ka inaina o kona
mau makuahine, nolaila, waiho iho la o Kila i kona manao pela i loko
ona, aia a hiki i ka wa e kaiia mai ai kona mau kaikuaana i mua o ka
lele, alaila, hai ae oia i kona manao huna.
A ma kekahi la ae, komo ae la na ’lii i loko o ka heiau, a laweia mai
la o Umalehu ma a hiki i ke kumu o ka lele, ia manawa, ua paa kona mau
kaikuaana i ka pouamanuia. I ka manawa i hoomaka ia ai e pepehi o
Umalehu ma, ia manawa komo pu aku la o Kila ma kahi i manao ia ai e
pepehi kona mau kaikuaana, me ka i aku: “Owau mua ke make, a mahope ae
o’u mau kaikuaana.” A ike aku la kona mau makuahine, ua oi aku ke aloha
o Kila i kona mau kaikuaana, nolaila, hooki ae la o Hooipoikamalanai ma
i ko laua manao e make ka laua mau keiki.
MOKUNA IX.
KA NOHO ANA O HOOIPOIKAMALANAI MA WAIPIO, A ME KA HOI ANA I KAUAI.
Noho iho la o Hooipoikamalanai ma me kana mau keiki ma Waipio a nui na
la; a hiki i ka manawa i ea ae ai ka ai o na aina a pau, alaila hoi aku
la lakou i Kauai. Hooponopono hou ae la o Kila me kona mau kaikuaana a
me ko lakou mau makuahine i ka noho ana o ka aina. Aka, o ka manao o
Hooipoikamalanai ma, e noho no o Kila e like me ka Moikeha kauoha, o
Kila no maluna o kona mau kaikuaana, a o na kaikuaana no na noho hale.
Ma ia manao o na makuahine, aole pela ko Kila manao. O ko Kila manao, o
na makuahine no maluna o ka aina, a o kana mau keiki no na noho hale,
ku kaawale ae no o Kila, no ka mea, ua pono no o Kila i kona aina o
Waipio. A no ka like ole o ko Kila manao me ko na makuahine, nolaila,
noho iho la o Hooipoikamalanai ma i alii no Kauai, a hiki i ka make
ana. A o Kila hoi, hoi aku la oia i Waipio me Kunaka, kona makua hanai.
A make aku la o Hooipoikamalanai laua o Hinauu, a koe iho la na keiki.
Aka, noho alii iho la na keiki mahope iho o ka make ana o na makuahine.
Ia manawa, kipi ae la o Keoloewa, kekahi alii o Kauai i na keiki a
Moikeha, a lanakila ae la o Keoloewa, nele iho la na keiki i ka aina
ole, lilo ae la ia Keoloewa. Mahope iho o ia manawa, kii aku la o
Keoloewa ia Kila i Hawaii ma Waipio e hoi i alji no Kauai; aka, he mea
pono no ia i ko Kunaka manao, nolaila, hoi aku la o Kila me Keoloewa, a
noho iho la i alii nui no Kauai, a o Keoloewa no kona kuhina. I ka
manawa a Kila i noho hou ai i alii no Kauai, aole i liuliu, hiki mai o
Laamaikahiki mai Tahiti mai, o ka lua ia o ko Laamaikahiki hiki ana ma
Hawaii nei.
KA HOLO ALUA ANA MAI O LAAMAIKAHIKI.
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