Waipio in Hamakua was Umi’s regular place of residence, and on account of all the divisions of land of Hawaii being united under him he desired to live in Kona, a warm country, and so the chiefs resided in Kailua. During his reign Umi-a-Liloa set the laborers in order and separated those who held positions in the government. He separated the chiefs, the priesthood, the astrologers and the skillful in the land. He separated the cultivators, and the fishermen, and the canoe hewers. He set apart the warriors, the spear-warders, and every department with proficiency, and every laborer in their respective lines of work. So with the governors, district superintendents, division overseers and section wardens; they were all set in order. Umi-a-Liloa had two principal occupations which he undertook to do with his own hands: they were farming and fishing. He built large taro patches in Waipio, and he tilled the soil in all places where he resided, and when in Kona that was his great occupation; he was noted as the husbandman king. Fishing was another favorite vocation of Umi-a-Liloa whereby he was widely known as a fisherman, from which he was called the “chubby” of the fishermen. [180] Aku fishing was his favorite, and he sojourned all along the barren coast from Kalahuipaa to Makaula. He also fished for ahi, and for kala, and his fishing companions famous in that line were Pae, Kahuna, and others. All the chiefs of his government were noted in cultivating the land and in fishing, and other important works which would make them independent. Another thing that Umi-a-Liloa was famous for was his battle with the gods. The cause of this battle was in this way: His royal consort, Piikea, had supernatural grandmothers, [181] who were Hapuu and Kalaihauola, and who desired to have a grandchild that they might take it to Oahu to bring up, because the mother of Piikea, Laieloheloheikawai, belonged to Oahu. It was Laieloheloheikawai who sent the supernatural grandmothers to Hawaii to obtain one of Piikea’s children. When they arrived in Hawaii Umi-a-Liloa refused to permit a child to be taken to Oahu to her (Piikea’s) mother. He had already made a vow that none of his children with Piikea would be given to any one, and on that account the supernatural personages murdered people during the night, for in the morning the dead people were found. This continued every night, the people dying without cause. Umi-a-Liloa was therefore astonished at the way the men were killed without any knowledge of the murderers.