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
Kakuhihewa then said to Lonoikamakahiki: “Say, King of Hawaii, since we
have at last found a subject for another contest—the matter of the
arrival of Hauna tomorrow—let us, therefore, have one.” Lonoikamakahiki
replied: “What have you to offer as your wager? A good contest can only
be made when one has something to place as a wager.” Kakuhihewa said:
“Why not let Oahu be offered as against Hawaii?” Lonoikamakahiki made
answer: “When you know that I have already won Oahu you come and again
offer it for a wager.” Kakuhihewa said: “You must put away such
thoughts, King of Hawaii. It was the small Oahu that we wagered before,
and large Oahu is still my own.” Lonoikamakahiki then replied: “It is
well, then. The stakes are the island districts. Oahu containing six
districts and Hawaii also containing six.” After this bet was made and
agreed on, that night Hauna arrived in Kailua, and so the next morning
Lonoikamakahiki said to Kakuhihewa: “Hauna has arrived on Oahu.”
When Kakuhihewa heard these words from Lonoikamakahiki, he sent out his
messenger, Kuleonui, a man famous for being a very fast runner, and
told him: “You must go around Oahu and look for Hauna. When you find
him, kill him, and seize all his property, so that we may be able to
defeat the king of Hawaii.” At this Kuleonui started on his trip around
the island of Oahu; but he was unable to find Hauna. He therefore
returned and reported to Kakuhihewa, saying: “I have made a circuit of
Oahu but was unable to find Hauna. He has not arrived even, nor is
there a canoe to be seen at sea coming this way, nor is there one
hauled up on the shore; none at all.” At this Kakuhihewa began to think
that he would beat Lonoikamakahiki. Kakuhihewa then went to
Lonoikamakahiki and again asked him: “Has Hauna arrived?”
Lonoikamakahiki replied: “He has arrived.”
When Kakuhihewa heard this from Lonoikamakahiki, he again sent Kuleonui
to make another circuit of Oahu. Again Kuleonui started out and
returned to the king to whom he reported, saying: “I have not found
him. He has not even arrived,” repeating what he said at the other
time.
But, on the first circuit made by Kuleonui on that day, Hauna had
already arrived in Kailua and was playing konane with a couple of women
when Kuleonui came by, and was recognized by Hauna as a person out
looking for some one, by the way he was glancing around. By this, Hauna
knew that Kuleonui was a messenger and was able to conceal his identity
and was in this way missed by the sharp eyes of the messenger of
Kakuhihewa.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT HAUNA.
While Hauna was living on Hawaii he thought he would come in search of
Lonoikamakahiki, so he therefore made ready his personal effects and
placed them in his canoes. The chief articles of value that Hauna
placed on the canoes, however, were a large number of feather cloaks.
The canoes were loaded from stem to stern with these articles. These
were the only things in the canoes.
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