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
Hakau and his people, the chiefs and attendants, and the attending
stewards were killed, and the weapons in the service were taken
possession of by the soldiers of Umi-a-Liloa. When the chiefs, the
princes and the court people who had gone up to observe malukoi [169]
heard that King Hakau had been slain, and that Umi had rebelled against
the government, and that the people down in Waipio had been slain,
therefore the princes of Kona fled to Kona, as did those of Kau, Puna
and Hilo to their respective districts to their royal parents; and they
all alike rebelled against the government, so that Kona, Kau, Puna,
Hilo and Kohala each became independent.
After King Hakau and his chiefs and the people of his court were
slaughtered with great cruelty by the rebels, the bodies of the slain
were offered as burnt offerings at the human sacrifice temple of
Honuaula, in Waipio. This narrative was frequently spoken of by the
wise men of former days thus: When Umi-a-Liloa sacrificed the burnt
offerings on the altar of the temple, which sacrifice consisted of the
dead bodies of Hakau and others, the tongue of God came down from
heaven; the body was not visible, but the tongue was seen oscillating
beneath the altar, whereby all the burnt offerings were quickly
consumed. And there was also thunder and lightning.
Umi-a-Liloa reigned in the place of King Hakau through his wise effort
and the cunning of his guardian attendant who directed him in the way
of obtaining the throne, securing it notwithstanding the many enemies
who opposed his accession on account of the lowness [170] of his royal
blood. Umi had two children who were born in his days of humble
circumstances, a boy and a girl; they were children by common women of
the back country of Waipunalei, of Hilo-Koolau. [171]
When Umi sat upon the throne, Kaoleioku was made district chief of
Hamakua, and the adopted sons [172] became Umi’s courtiers and
warriors. Akahiakuleana was sent for to come and reside at the royal
court. Akahiakuleana begat children after Umi by the husband of her
bosom. Umi-a-Liloa, however, kept the daughter of King Hakau. Pinea was
the name of the girl, and she was so named by Hakau after his mother
Pinea. [173] Umi-a-Liloa kept her that the royal blood might be
preserved [174] pure and not diminished. Umi-a-Liloa took to wife
Kapukini, the daughter of his father Liloa, who was his half sister.
Royal children were born of Kapukini who were Keliiokaloa, Kapulani,
and Keawenuiaumi.
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