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
A lohe o Omaokamau a me Koi, i ko Piimaiwaa leo e hea ana mai luna mai
o ka puu o Kauiki, pii aku la laua a hiki i luna. Mamua ae o ko laua
hiki ana i luna o ka puu o Kauiki, e luku ana o Piimaiwaa i na kanaka a
me na ’lii o luna; a hiki laua, hookahi na luku pu ana i na kanaka. Ma
keia kaua ana, ua make, a ua hee ka puu o luna o Kauiki ia lakou, a ua
make hoi ke ’lii o Maui, oia o Kalaninuikupuapaikalaninui. Ia wa, lilo
ae la ka puu o Kauiki ia Umi. A make ke ’lii nui o Maui, koe iho la o
Imaikalani, he ’lii no, he koa nae i makau ia e Umi, no kona akamai
loa.
STORY OF LONOIKAMAKAHIKI.
CHAPTER I.
HIS EARLY TRAINING.
Lonoikamakahiki [228] was the king of Hawaii after the death of
Keawenuiaumi [229] at a period about sixty-four generations from Wakea.
Keawenuiaumi was his father and Kaihalawai was his mother.
Lonoikamakahiki was born at Napoopoo, and it was at this place that he
was brought up by his retainers until he was full grown. His retainers
were Hauna and Loli, and Kohenemonemo the wife of the two men.
When Lonoikamakahiki was quite young, when he was just about beginning
to reason for himself, he looked up one day and saw the various
implements used by his father in the different games, which were
hanging up in the palace; when he saw the long spear used in the game
of pahee [230] he looked at it for a long time and then asked his
retainers: “What are those long things hanging up there on the side of
the house?” The retainers replied: “They are pahee spears.”
Lonoikamakahiki again asked them: “What are they used for?” The
retainers then told him: “When two men wish to wager certain articles
of value, they would proceed to the pahee grounds and upon arriving at
the place they would decide first as to the wager, whether it be
articles of value or pieces of land. If they do not wager these things,
then they would put up other things, such as their bones, meaning their
lives. After the bets are agreed on, they would then proceed to play
the game of pahee. If the points to be scored in order to win the game
be made fifteen, then the one who first obtains this number of points
would win and the one with the lesser points would lose; then the
winner takes the articles wagered, or whatever had been placed as
wagers. Sometimes the articles of value would be so great that it would
take three and four houses to hold them all. But if the things wagered
be their bones, then death of course would be meted out to the loser.
Wagering for bones was not made very often, only when the parties
entered into the merits of their skill by long and spirited arguments,
each claiming to be superior to the other. That is the use of those
long things you see.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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