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don't fail to call on your aunts; they are living on the side of Oahu facing Molokai. 

 If you call they will not mistake you for a stranger." 



After imparting these words of advice, Moikeha picked out the men who were 

 to accompany Kila on this voyage. Kamahnalele was selected as his companion, 

 he being Moikeha's foster-son. Kapahi and Moanaikaiaiwa, were selected as the pad- 

 dlers. Kipunuiaiakamau and his companion were selected as the navigators and sail- 

 ing masters. In case the canoe was likely to run aground, Kamahnalele would call 

 out: "Kipunuiaiakamau, hold on!" Then he and his companion would back water 

 and the canoe would go backwards. This is the reason why these two men were named 

 Kipunuiaiakamau. Kaukaukamunolea and his companion, two of them, were selected 

 as pilots. These were the men that were selected to accompany Kila on his voyage 

 to Tahiti. 



When he was about ready to set sail, some of the Kauai people expressed their 

 desire to accompany him on his voyage, Hooholoku and his companion. And upon 

 the expressed wish of Kamahnalele he was permitted to take Kuaiwilu and Kauineno, 

 making about nine in this company together with the chief, making it ten all told. 



When the men who were to accompany Kila were read}^ Moikeha took the 

 priests who were versed in the study of the heavens and ordered them to see if the 

 chief's journey would be undertaken in safety. After studying the heavens, the priests 

 announced that the chief could take the journey in safety. But not wishing to take 

 any risk, Wanahili, one of the priests, was selected to accompany him, thus making 

 eleven in the company all told. 



In the dawn of the day advised by the priests as the proper time to undertake 

 the voyage, just as the star Sirius was rising, Kila set sail for Oahu. Upon arriving 

 off the shore of the place directed by his father as the place where his aunts were 

 living he laid to in his canoe and called out: "My greetings to you, Makapuu and 

 Makaaoa." 



Makapuu and Makaaoa. "Who are you?" "I am Kila of the uplands, Kila 

 of the lowlands, Kila-pa-Wahineikamalanai. I am the offspring of Moikeha." 



Makapuu and Makaaoa. "Is Moikeha then still living?" "He is still living." 



Makapuu and sister. "What is he doing?" "He is dwelling in ease in Kauai 

 where the sun rises and sets; where the surf of Makaiwa curves and bends; where the 

 kukui blossoms of Puna change; where the waters of Wailua stretch out. He will live 

 and die in Kauai." 



Makapuu and sister. "What journey is this that brings the chief to us?" "It 

 is a journey' in search of a chief." 



Makapuu and sister. "In search of what chief?" "Of Laamaikahiki." 



After this, they left Oahu and sailed for Kalaau Point where Moikeha's friend 

 Kakakauhanui was living. Kila again called out as he did to his aunts. This call- 

 ing was kept up until all the people left by Moikeha from Oahu to Hawaii had been 

 heard from, when they proceeded on their way to Tahiti. 



On this voyage they first touched at Moaulanuiakeaiki where Kupohihi, a 

 human rat, was living, one of Moikeha's uncles. They called at Kupohihi's because 



