Foniaudcr CoUcctum of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



3 Wakea was the priest, the chief 



Who was born loaded and covered deep with 

 kapu; 



It was Wakea who broke the kapu of the 

 island. 



The kapu was divided to surround the isl- 

 ands, 



The kapu flew backwards to Waia ' the king. 



This is the fourth, the fourth resting of the 

 kapu;^ 



It was Liloa who enjoyed that kapu. 



4 The island is kapued for I,iloa, 



The kapu had grown and flourished in Tahiti, 

 By Liloa of Umi was the kapu broken. 

 The powers of the kapu were divided; 

 It is Iwiaulana Iwikauikaua. 

 A kamahele branch that is inclining down- 

 wards, ^ 

 That is weighed down by the kapus of Iwi- 

 kauikaua. 

 Let the bones pay ^ for the kapus of the island; 

 Iwikauikaua was the wrong one; 

 The one who sulked in the waters of Haunaka. 



This is the prayer that is referred to in the genealogy of Kamalalawalu. And 

 it is shown by the con,struction of this poetical prayer that time should be divided into 

 epochs. Because it is only on the reigning kings that the kapu of the islands are 

 conferred, and it would seem time and epochs were divided as shown by the division 

 of the chant referred to above. 



CHAPTER YH. 



An Account of the First Sight of Foreigners. 



It is told in the history of Hawaii that was printed at Lahainaluna, and also in 

 the history revised by Pogue of Lahainaluna, that a vessel of some kind had arrived 

 at Hawaii long ago, and that was the first knowledge the people of this race had of 

 foreigners; but in the history of Ktialii, one of the former kings of Hawaii nei and a 

 famous one for his strength and valor in battle, it is said that he was the first one to 

 visit Tahiti, and that he was the one that first knew or met foreigners in the olden 

 times. This is how that is recognized by his prayer in the middle of his history as 

 recited below: 



I 



O Hawaii of the lofty mountains; 



Pointed to heaven is Kauwiki; 



Below is the cluster of Lslauds floating on the sea; 



Clasping Kauwiki the trembling mountain; 



Hewing Kauwiki till it fell. 



And now Kauai, Kauai great and peaceful, 



That is under the lee of Waianae. 



Kaeua is a cape, Kahuku is a pandanus. 



Kaala is a mountain ridge covered with dew, 



And Waialua is situated below, O Waialua. 



Mokuleia is the calabash, the helo, 



The eight-finned shark;* 



The tail of the white shark is Kaena, 



The shark stretching away toward Kauai. 



Below is Kauai, my land, 



O great Kauai, island (filled) with lehua,*" 



Island stretching out towards Tahiti. 



Away down is Tahiti. 



Wakea controlled the sun creeping along; 



Arising from beneath Kumuhouua; 



Shaking is the foundations of broad Hawaii, 



Pointing to the rising rays of the sun. 



Kona stands forth to sight; 



The suu stands over Kona, Kohala is in darkness. 



' Waia was husband of Papa after her return from 

 Tahiti. 



^ Meaning the fourtli instalment of royal kapu belong- 

 ing to Iwikauikaua. 



^ Referring to a branch shooting out horizontally from 

 a tree, denoting great misfortune. 



■"This looks like passing judgment that the culprit 

 must suffer for his deed. 



'Theeight-fuined shark, like the eight-eyed and eight- 

 forehead celebrities were famed for their magic powers. 



'This island of lehua groves may also refer to its 

 many fighting men. 



