56 Foniandn- Collccfion of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



CHAPTER VI. 



How AUKELENUIAIKU GoT OuT OF TROUBLE AND How He WAS REWARDED. 



After the three had become friends, the two women and Aukeleniiiaiku, they 

 began to converse of various matters and after a while a game of konane was proposed 

 and plaj-ed. Aukeleniiiaiku then said to the women:' 



"This m3- turn; now it is your turn. 

 Now we pause, the blacks cannot move, 

 And the whites have won. 

 The small canoes are as but dust, 

 To the bo)' from Kuaihelani." 



After pla^-ing for a while, the women said to Aiikeleniiiaikti: "We have been 

 sent to kill you, for you were discovered b}' the dog of our queen, Moela; but we are 

 going back and report that we have failed to find the person the dog was barking at, 

 and it will be for her to send some other officers." 



When the}' arrived in the presence of the queen, Namakaokahai, she asked them: 

 "Where is the person for whom you were sent out to search?" The women replied: 

 "We did uot find him. We went to the top of the cliff, and on the top of the trees, 

 and we were unable to discover anybody. We went to the uplands and shorewards, 

 but again we failed to find anj'one." The women then continued: "Perhaps the dog 

 was mistaken and had smelled the blood of those that were slain; and because of that 

 he barked." While the two were making their report the queen again released her 

 dog, IVIoela. As soon as this was done the dog began to bark again and he continued 

 to do this for some time. When the queen saw this she sent for her fotir bird brothers, 

 Kanemoe, Kaneapua, Leapua and Kahaitmana to come to her. When they came in 

 the presence of the queen, she said to them: "I want you to go in search for the person 

 that Moela is barking at. It may be a man, may be not; what is it?" As soon as she 

 had issued her orders, the fottr birds flew away. When the birds were getting ready 

 to make their flight, Lonoikoualii said to Aukelenuiaiku : "Say, Aukelentiiaiku, here 

 comes our death. There are four birds coming to meet tis. You must greet them in 

 the same way that you greeted the two women." 



When the birds arrived in the presence of Aukelenuiaiku, he greeted them one 

 by one saying: "My greetings to 3'ou, Kanemoe. My greetings to yott, Kaneaptta. 

 My greetings to yoit, Leapua. M}' greetings to 3'ou, Kahaumana." At this the}- all 

 returned the greeting, sa3aug: "Our greetings to 3-011." After greeting Aukelenui- 

 aiku, they fell to conversing iu low tones between themselves, wondering how it was 

 possible that their names were known. After a while Kanemoe said : "How wonderftil ! 

 How did he come to know our names? And what are we going to give him for this?" 

 One of the others replied: "We have but one thing worth3- of giving him, let our 

 sister be given to him for a wife, and he will then be otir brother-in-law." The others 



'This chant or ditty of the konane game is met with again in the story of Lono and Kaikilani, and is in use among 

 Hawaiian players of the game to this day. 



