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
The brother leaped forward and covered her mouth, saying: “Keep quiet,
and don’t you cry; where is your husband?” “He is in front.” “Let me
get him;” and Koi went and woke him up. The brother-in-law recognized
Koi, the first time in a long while, and ran forward to cry, but his
mouth was covered up, “lest our children awake.” They went out and met
his sister, when Koi said: “Listen, you two. I have come to meet you
two, and have brought our lord to be hidden by us. With you two and
myself alone the bones of our lord will be concealed, and his
brother-in-law’s secret burying-place shall be the place of
concealment.” Koi and his brother-in-law then selected the secret
burial-place belonging to his brother-in-law, because he was the boy of
the precipitous cliffs. They then took ropes, and fire sticks and
kindlings and all other necessaries together with the corpse of
Umi-a-Liloa, and went up to the place of hiding [187] where the koae
was wont to hover. [188] Many were the stories given out, but not
authenticated, that the brother-in-law of Koi was rolled down the
precipice and killed for fear of his disclosure.
When Koi returned alone his sister said to him: “You must have done
something awful to the parent of our children.” “Hush: the bones of our
lord should be our secret to conceal, and then live and eat the produce
of the land.” It is said that Koi brought the bones of Umi-a-Liloa to
Maui, and that they have been searched for without success. Koi packed
some valuables from the precipitous cliffs that very night, without the
knowledge of any one at the house, and set sail for Maui.
KA MOOLELO NO UMI: KEKAHI ALII KAULANA O KO HAWAII NEI PAEAINA.
MOKUNA I.
NA KUPUNA O UMI.
Ua olelo ia ma keia moolelo, he keiki kapa alii o Umi, ma ka aoao o
kona makuahine, o Akahiakuleana, a ma ka aoao o Liloa kona makuakane,
he ’lii nui mai ke kumu mai, a ma ia aoao, he ’lii nui o Umi. [Aka, ma
ka hoomaloo ana i ka pololei o ka aoao o ka makuahine, loaa no he ’lii
nui o Akahiakuleana, mai loko mai no o ka mookuauhau alii o Hawaii.]
O Umi ka mea nona keia moolelo, aka, i mea e maopopo ai ka oiaio,
nolaila, e hoomaka ka olelo mua no kona kaikuaana no Hakau. O Liloa ka
makuakane, o Piena ka makuahine, he mau alii laua elua, he ’lii ke
kane, he ’lii ka wahine. Na laua mai o Hakau. Ua olelo ia o Hakau he
’lii nui no Hawaii, no ka mea, ua like ke ’lii nui o kona mau makua. O
Waipio i Hawaii, kahi noho mau o Liloa me kana wahine, me Piena, a
malaila i loaa ai o Hakau. He ’lii nui aimoku o Liloa no Hawaii a puni.
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