50 Foiiiandci- Collation of Haivaiiau Folk-lore. 



niiiaiku, with tears in his ej^es. ^\'hen the uucle saw that the bo}' was crying, he 

 asked him: "What are 3-011 weeping for? Why these tears that yon are shedding?" 

 The boy replied: "I am weeping for my father, Kekamakahinniaikn, who is almost 

 dead of hunger. When I reached him he was gasping for breath." 



Aukelenuiaiku then said to the boy: "My boy, yon 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 bo}', 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 the}' 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 mouth, Aukelenuiaiku 

 told his older brothers as well as to the other men ou board the ship, saying: "Tomorrow 

 we will see land and shall go ashore the same day. The name of the land is Holanikn. 

 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 daj' and on the approach of the second, the da}^ on which 

 he had said they were going to arrive at Holanikn, 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. The}- staid 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, thev 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. 



When they touched land Aukelenuiaiku said to his brothers: "Let me have 

 charge of the ship?" The brothers said: "Wh^- don't 3-ou build yourself a ship, then 

 3'ou can have all the say." Aukelenuiaiku replied: "If I have charge of the ship we 

 will all be saved, but if 3'ou insist ou taking charge of it jourself we will all be killed. 



