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
Piimaiwaa then advanced without fear until he reached the end of the
man’s club. From this point he advanced further until he reached the
middle of the club, then on until he reached the very man. Piimaiwaa
then stood and prepared his club to poke at the man. He then tapped the
man, a sign to give the man warning; when he did he heard a sound as of
wood. He then approached the man and saw that it was only an image, and
not a real man. This ended his excitement and fear. He then took the
wooden image and threw it down, and rolled it over the cliff of
Kapueokahi. Piimaiwaa then called to those below: “Say, you people
there down below, here is the image that we have all this time taken
for a real man. There is no fighting up here; the men are all asleep;
the hill is captured.”
When Omaokamau and Koi heard the voice of Piimaiwaa calling from the
top of the hill, they came and followed him up. Before they arrived on
the top of the hill, however, Piimaiwaa had already begun the slaughter
of the people and chiefs, and they joined therein. The king of Maui was
already dead, and this fact gave Umi the control of the hill of Kauiki.
This ended the battle, and Umi became possessed of the island of Maui,
which he turned over to Kihapiilani and returned with Piikea his wife,
and all his men, to Hawaii.
KIHAPIILANI.
MOKUNA I.
NA OHANA O PIILANI: MELE NO KO MAUI ALII.
Maanei e hoomaopopo ai kakou i ko Piikea mau hoahanau; o ka mua o
Piilani, he kane ia, o kona muli o Piikea (nona keia olelo ana); o
Kihapiilani kona muli iho, he kane, o Kalaniapiilani kona muli iho he
kane no, ua make mua nae ia. A o Piilani, ka hooilina aina o Maui, a o
kona mau pokii malalo mai ona, oia o Piikea a me Kihapiilani; pela no
ka Piilani kauoha ia lakou, aka, aole i malama o Piilani ia olelo a ko
lakou makuakane.
Ia Piilani e noho ana i ka aina o Maui a puni, noho pu iho la ia me
kona kaikaina me Kihapiilani ma Kauiki, ma Hana. Ma keia noho ana, aole
malama o Piilani i kona pokii, e like me ke kauoha a ko lakou
makuakane, mamua ae o ka wa make. He mea mau ia Piilani, i ka wa ai a
me ka wa noho, o ka poe e kana mea oluolu loa, a o kona pokii o
Kihapiilani, he mea pono ole i kona manao, a he mea oluolu ole ia ia.
I kekahi la, e ai ana o Piilani me kona mau hoa ai, he poe e wale no,
aia i mua o lakou ka ai a me ka ia; a o Kihapiilani hoi kona pokii,
aole ana ia e ai ana; aka, aia i mua o kona alo, he ipu ohua, na
Piilani; lalau aku la ia elua ohua a ai iho la. Ma keia ai ana a
Kihapiilani, ike mai la o Piilani; lalau mai la ia i ka ipukai ohua a
paa i ka lima, ninau mai la o Piilani: “Nawai la i ai iho nei i ka
ipukai ohua?” I aku o Kihapiilani: “Na’u no, no ka mea aole a’u ia.” Ia
wa kiola o Piilani i ka ipukai ohua, me ke kai o loko a pa i ka lae o
Kihapiilani, naha ae la ka ipukai ohua, a paumaele ka maka i ke kai o
ka ohua, a wewela loa iho la.
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