For)iaudi-r Collection of Haicaiinn Folk-lore. 



The sacred albino' of Uluhina. 

 Kahoolavve was born, a foundling. - 



6 Uluhina then was called upon, 

 The navel of the little one was cut, 



The afterbirth of the child that was thrown 

 Into the folds of the rolling surf, 

 The froth of the heaving sea. 

 Then was found the loin cloth for the child. 

 Molokini the island 



Is the navel string, the island is the navel 

 string. 



7 Now stands forth Ahukinialaa, 

 A chief from the foreign land, 

 From the gills of the fi.sh. 



From the overwhelming billows of Hale- 



halekalani. 

 Then was born Oahu, a wohi,' 

 A wohi through Ahukinialaa, 



8 From Laakapu, who was the man. 

 From L,aamealaakona a woman 

 Who sickened of the child conception. 

 Who sickened carrying the chief Nuupoki, 

 At the sacred temple of Nonea 



During the lightning in the sacred night 



of Makalii.-t 

 Then was born Kauai, a chief, a prince, a 



kingly scion 

 Of the chiefly cluster belonging to Hawaii; 

 Hawaii the foremost head of the islands 



9 That was spread out by Kalani.' 

 The ships sailed freel}' to Holani, 

 To the sacred precincts of freedom. 

 Stand firm for the land of Kane Kanaloa, 



The barbed spear from Polapola, 



That pricked and uplifted Wanalia. 

 ID Wanalia was the man 



And Hanalaa was the woman, 



Of them was born Niihau, a land, an island, 



A land at the roots,'' the stem of the land. 



There were three children among them, 



Born in the same day, 



Niihau, Kaula, ending with Nihoa. 



The mother then conceived no more. 



No island appeared afterwards. 

 II It is Kalani who consecrates the islands, 



Exalted in Nuumea 



Among the royal cluster of Kaialea. 



It is the conqueror^ who governs the islands. 



The thirds were joined together by Kalani;" 



Hilo, and Puna, and Kau were thrown in. 



Kalani stands forth with the priest 



And inspected Maui of Kama.' 



It was not long when he circuited the island 



Through the support given by Kalanima- 

 kahakona. 



The young brave that was foremost and 

 highest. 



The great soldier of victories, 



The one who conquered Oahu, 



And the islands heard to their ends 



To the relief of Kauai through peace. 



All the islands were circled by Kalani, 



By Kalanialonoapii,"' 



From the royal stem of Haloa. 



Then Hawaii the island became prominent; 



Became prominent and victorious. 



[not finished"] 



According to this soug (or niele ) composed by Kahakuikamoana the historical 

 legend of the derivation of these islands is explained, and it seems it was from Tahiti 

 that the first people of this race came, but it is not made plain by the lines of this song 



'Sacred Albino, kckca kafiii of tlit- original, if not an 

 error, woulil refer to the traditional arrival of the "/loc 

 ohana kckea", which dates back to the thirteenth cen- 

 tury; castaways on Maui, from a vessel called Mainala. 

 Besides the captain were five others, both men and 

 women. Of this party \clcike it is said became the 

 wife of ll'nkalaiia, a ruling chief of Maui, and the 

 mother of his son . l/o-o-io, and that they became the 

 progenitors of the "poe ohana kekea". white people 

 with bright eyes; the sacred Albino of ancient time. 



■The word /opa, here given as a foundling, was the 

 term generally applied to a person of low class, an under 

 fanner. 



'A .t'o/// w.is recognized as of the highest rank of 

 Oahu chiefs. 



••This doubtless refers to the month Makalii, rather 

 than to the Pleiades, of same name. 



^* k'nlani, lit. the heaven, or heavenly one, freely used 

 from this point impressed the translator with the idea 

 that the whole song was evidentlj' composed as an iiioa, 

 or name song for Kamehameha the Great, and, follow- 

 ing custom, his own feats are lauded in figurative lan- 

 guage and woven in with common traditional lore. 



'./« is the small side roots; iiw/c the main stem, or 

 tap root. 



' Kamehameha going conquering from island to island. 



'The thirds joined may refer to Kamehameha's half 

 of Hawaii uniting in purpose for the winning of Hilo, 

 Puna and Kau in the overthrow of Kiwalao. 



'Poetic form and abrevialion for Kamalalawalu. 



'"Another epithet of Kamehameha. 



"The song is unfinished, perhaps unavailable to the 

 scribe. 



