54 Fornainlcy Co/lrii/oii of Hazvaiian Folk-loir. 



No sooner than this was done, the ship together with the brothers of Aukelenniaiku 

 were turned into ashes. When Aukelenniaiku looked behind him after swimming for 

 some distance, he saw that the ship had disappeared, so he turned and swam with his 

 box toward land. 



In the above events we have seen how the words spoken by the lizard, in the 

 bottom of the pit have come true. And in the coming conflict we will see how Aukele- 

 nniaiku and his god fought their battle, and how Namakaokahai became the wife of 

 Aukelenniaiku. 



When Aukelenniaiku reached the shore, he dragged his box up and left it on 

 the sand. He then crawled under an ekoko' tree and slept, for he was completely used 

 up b}' his efforts to reach the shore. While Aukelenniaiku was sleeping, IVIoela ar- 

 rived, the dog who had the watching of all the land, and when he smelled the blood of 

 the stranger he began to bark. While the dog was barking, Namakaokahai came out 

 of the house and called out to her four bird brothers. When they came before her, 

 she said: "You must go in search of this thing that the dog is barking at; it is 

 possible that one of the men from the ship has come ashore. I cannot make out 

 what the dog is barking at." The brothers replied : "Send your two maid serv- 

 ants." At this the queen was satisfied; so she called for her two maid servants, 

 Upoho and Haapuainanea. When they came in the presence of the queen, she said 

 to them: "I want you to go in search of the thing the dog is barking at. If you two 

 should find it, kill it." 



When they left to make their search, Lonoikoualii, the god of Aukelenniaiku, 

 said to him: "Here comes our death, they are coming in search of you, therefore j'ou 

 must get up." Aukelenuiaiku then woke up and put on his war dress of ashes. As 

 soon as this was done, Lonoikoualii began to direct him what to do in the following 

 words: "When the two women arrive, who are ver}' comely, although they will be in 

 the form of a lizard and a rat, Upoho being the rat and Haapuainanea the lizard, you 

 must greet them in the following manner: 'My greetings to you, Upoho; and my 

 greetings to you, Haapuainanea.' That will shame them, because you have been able 

 to discover their names; then you will be saved." 



At the close of these instructions from the god Lonoikoualii, Upoho and Haa- 

 puainanea arrived. While they were approaching the place, Aukelenuiaiku greeted 

 them, saying: "My greetings to you, Upoho; and my greetings to you, Haapuaina- 

 nea."' When the two women heard the greeting from Aukelenuiaiku, they were 

 ashamed, becavise their names were known to this stranger. Upoho then asked of 

 Haapuainanea: "What must we give in payment to this person who has called us by 

 our right names?" The other replied: "Let us be friends." Upoho assented to this, 

 and they came and sat on either side of Aukelenuiaiku. 



' /rX'O/to mentioned here is probably the same as a^oX'o ^Walind, the ancient term of greeting, is given by 



( /iupliorhia loiifolia), a small tree, the milksaj) of Andrews us a reply expression or return, but it is shown 



which gives its native name koko, blood. throughout this story to be of equal use to greet, and 



reply, as is the more modern term of salutation, aloha. 



