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
After Piimaiwaa had measured his (Imaikalani’s) strength and great
skill, he said: “I will kill you.” First he went and destroyed the
scout birds; then the attendants who led Imaikalani about on this side
and on that, and after them, those who carried the weapons, there were
forty in number, ever ready with spears and lances, because Imaikalani
usually threw ten spears at a single throw, five from the right and
five from the left hand, and on a single throw the spears would fly in
a group like lightning from which no man could dodge; not even an
expert dodger could stand before Imaikalani. But all these were
destroyed by Piimaiwaa, and after their death the blind man missed his
helpers, whereby Piimaiwaa was able to say, boastingly: “He died by
Piimaiwaa.” On the death of Imaikalani Kau became a possession of
Umi-a-Liloa.
Ehunuikaimalino was the king of Kona. He was a very strong man, and the
father of Laeanuikaumanamana, but on account of old age Kona and Kohala
were simply ceded to Umi-a-Liloa. When peace and quiet reigned in the
government of Hawaii under Umi-a-Liloa, his name became famous from
Hawaii to Kauai. No king was like unto him in the administration of his
government; he took care of the old men and the old women and orphans;
he had regard for the people also; there were no murders and no
thievings.
CHAPTER XI.
THE FAMILY OF UMI. HIS BENEFICENT REIGN.
Umi-a-Liloa was a devout king, and on account of the fame of his
administration of the government the kings of the other islands desired
to bring their royal daughters and their favorite daughters to be wives
for Umi-a-Liloa. He had many wives, among whom were daughters of the
common people, so that he became an ancestor both of the chiefs and the
common people. There is not a commoner of Hawaii who would say that
Umi-a-Liloa was not an ancestor of his, and a man who declines to
acknowledge it does so for lack of information. Kapukini-a-Liloa was a
royal consort of Umi-a-Liloa, and by whom Umi begat Keliiokaloa, a
male, Kapulani, a female, and Keawenuiaumi, a male child. Piikea was a
princess, being the daughter of Piilani, king of Maui, with Queen
Laieloheloheikawai, and they (Piikea and Umi-a-Liloa) begat two male
children, Kumalaenuiaumi and Aihakoko.
Moku-a-Hualeiakea was also a princess among the grandchildren of
Ehunuikaimalino of Kona, and she had a daughter, Akahiilikapu, by
Umi-a-Liloa. He also had Ohenahenalani as wife and begat Kamolanuiaumi,
and with the first children by the common women made Umi-a-Liloa the
father of many children.
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