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
Aia ma ke kuahiwi a ma ka mauna o Mauna Kea, a mauka pono o Kaumana iho
i kai o Hilo, he alanui pokole ma ke kuahiwi, o ke alanui o Poliahu a
me ka punawai o Poliahu, iluna pono o Mauna Kea, a iho ma ka aoao ma
Hilo. He alanui kahiko ia, no ko Hamakua, no ko Kohala, a me ko Waimea,
ke hele ma Hilo. Nolaila, hoomakaukau iho la ka pii o ka huakai kaua ma
Mauna Kea, a iho ma ka aoao maluna o Hilo, a hoomoana iho la mauka pono
o ke kahawai o Waianuenue, me ka ike ole o ko Hilo poe, aia ke kaua
mauka. Aka, ua makaukau ole ko Hilo poe alii; a o kekahi kanaka lawaia
nui no Puueo, aia no oia i ka lawaia kolo huki heenehu i kai; ike oia i
ka lepo o ka wai i ka moana; ua puiwa kona manao, a manao iho la, he
kaua aia ma ka mauna, a oia ke kumu i lepo ai ka wai; o kekahi poe
hoole lakou aole he kaua, he ua naulu mauka, a no laila mai ka lepo o
ka wai, a kahe ka waiula i kai. Aka, aole manaoio o keia kanaka i ka
lakou mau olelo, a ua manao loa no ua kanaka nei, he lepo keia no ka
wawae o kanaka. O ka huki ino ae la no ia i ka hului kolo a pau i ka
waa, a o ka hoi aku la no ia a pae i uka; aole i kaulai i ka upena,
hopu i ka laau pololu kaua, hopu i ke kuala me kau wahi nehu, o ke kapa
pea lau-i kolo hului a kau ana i ke kua, a o ka pii iho la no ia i uka.
O Nau ka inoa o keia kanaka.
I ka hiki ana o Nau i uka lilo loa o Kaumana aia he pili, aia mauka o
ke pili kahi i hoomoana ai o ke kaua, a he pohaku palahalaha i kahawai
a noho iho la ua kanaka nei, a paina iho la i ke kuala, a wehe ae la i
ua wahi nehu nei, a ai iho la. A ike mai la ka poe kaua o Umi-a-Liloa,
aia o Nau ka lawaia nui o Puueo he kalo ka ai, a he nehu kana ia. Ua
pilikia ka poe kaua o Umi-a-Liloa ma keia wahi, he pilikia ke alanui, a
ua hoomaka pakahi mai na kanaka o Umi e iho mai ma ua alanui pili nei,
a i ka manawa i iho mai ai a hiki ma kahi haiki loa, he hoolewalewa ke
kikoo ana a ka wawae, aka, o kahi a ia nei e pili ana, ua maikai no
kona wahi a ua kuono iloko, a i ka wa e pili mai ai kela aoao e kikoo
mai e iho, ua hou aku la keia i kana pololu a lele ke kanaka i ka pali
a make.
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