2 2 Foniatidci- Collection of Haicah'an Folk-lore. 



his line was again entangled on a coral, making the third piece of coral brought to the 

 surface by his line, and, as he had done before after freeing it from his line, took it to the 

 priest. The latter on beholding this coral exclaimed, "That is a man, a wohi, a chief 

 from the sacred air; call his name Oahunuialaa." ' Kapuheeuanui continued fishing 

 and always took to the priest the corals he caught on his line, who named them and 

 ordered him to go through the same process of deifying them, or rather offering sacri- 

 fices to them, until all the islands now comprising the group were successively raised 

 as corals. And thus, according to this tale, the islands of this group grew up from 

 pieces of coral. But then, this is only a tale, and this is how one can ascertain the 

 truth that these islands of Hawaii nei really did grow from corals. 



This is how the song runs that Makuakaumana' chanted at Tahiti, when he and 

 Paao went to get a new chief for Hawaii nei, because all the old chiefs of Hawaii had 

 sinned, Kapawa ' being the king of Hawaii at that time, he being of the fortieth 

 generation from the time of Opuukalionua. When Makuakaumana and company 

 were nearing the beach in the harbor of Moaulanuiakea'' then Makuakaumana chanted 

 to Lonokaeho, the priest of that place: 



O Ivono, O Lono, listen, O Lonokaeho! The white coral in the watery caves 



lyonokulani.s chief of Kauluonana,'' That was caught on the hook of the fisherman; 



Here are the canoes, get on board, The great fisherman of Kapaahu, 



Come along and dwell in Hawaii-with-the- The great fisherman Kapuheeuanui. 



green-back,' The canoes touch the shore, come on board, 



A land that was found in the ocean, Sail to Hawaii, an island, 



That was thrown up from the sea, An island is Hawaii; 



From the very depths of Kaualoa, An island is Hawaii for Lonokaeho to dwell on. 



When the canoes were beached, Paao told Lonokaeho he was wanted to go to 

 Hawaii to be its ruler. When Louokaeho heard this from Paao he said to him, "I will 

 not go there, but I will send Pili and he shall eat of Hawaii. He shall be the chief to go 

 together with you, and j-ou must be the priest." And that is how Pili came to come 

 here. It is so told in the history of Paao. But we must also examine the genealogy 

 of chiefs from Opuukalionua to Wakea as is set forth in Chapter VI. 



CHAPTER VI. 



In the genealogical tree of Opuukalionua it is not stated who his parents were, 

 but, it is stated iu the genealogj' of Kualii, that Opuukahonua came from Tahiti to 

 live in Hawaii when these islands were inhabited by human beings. Opuukahonua 

 came with his two younger brothers Lolomu and Mihi and one woman, Lana, and they 

 became the progenitors of the people of Hawaii nei, and this is how they increased: 



■ other accounts give this Oahualuu. * Lono that stands in heaven. 



^Makuakaumana, the parent that hung on a branch. ''The growth of beach of Nana. 



^ Kapawa, the wall of time. 'This expression may be taken to refer to Hawaii's 



* Kea's big red fowl. verdancy. 



