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 — John Shaqi
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
Aukelenuiaiku then said to the boy: “My boy, you too would have died
with your father and uncles in this ocean if I had not come along with
you. I am hated by your father as his most bitter enemy, but according
to our birth by our parents, I will not act as they have toward me.
Therefore, my boy, here is the food, the meat, and the water in this
club of ours (the name of this club was Kaiwakaapu); take it and open
one end of the club, and the food, the meat, the kapa and everything
else will come out of their own accord.” The boy then followed the
direction of his uncle, Aukelenuiaiku, and all the things necessary for
their comfort were furnished them. The father and uncles and those of
the ship ate and were saved. Their faintness from hunger disappeared as
well as their weakness.
After they were saved from death, the ship sailed on for another four
months; but the food and water were so plentiful that they wasted a
lot. But other things were also furnished them by the club of
Aukelenuiaiku. At the end of the second four months and they had
entered into the first day of the fifth month, Aukelenuiaiku told his
older brothers as well as to the other men on board the ship, saying:
“Tomorrow we will see land and shall go ashore the same day. The name
of the land is Holaniku. The land contains many things that are good to
eat: food, awa, sugar cane, bananas, coconuts and various other
things.”
At the end of the first day and on the approach of the second, the day
on which he had said they were going to arrive at Holaniku, very early
that morning they first saw the peaks of the mountains, and by noon of
that same day they reached the land. As soon as the ship touched land
the men went ashore where they found food, water, meat, awa and various
other things. They stayed on the land for four days and four nights,
when they again boarded their ship and set sail. After sailing for four
months, Aukelenuiaiku said to his brothers: “Tomorrow we will reach
land.” When his brothers heard this, they said: “You are deceiving us.”
But there was none of them who could deny the fact, for Aukelenuiaiku
showed that he knew what he was talking about; so the sailing masters
all admitted that Aukelenuiaiku was correct. But the brothers being
bitter against Aukelenuiaiku, refused to believe him.
On the approach of the next day, the day Aukelenuiaiku had predicted
they would see land, the voyagers saw land, the land of
Kalakeenuiakane; and it took all that day and night until the morning
of the next day before they reached shore. The land was ruled by a
queen, called Namakaokahai.
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