130 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



When lie became king of Kauai and had taken charge of things just as his 

 father had done before him, he saw that his reign was not going to be as peaceable as 

 he would like to have it, as his brothers were jealous of his being made the king of 

 Kauai. This jealousy on the part of the brothers, coupled with their hatred of him 

 for having been sent to Tahiti, made them feel all the more bitter against him. How- 

 ever, with all this bitter feeling entertained by his brothers, all his commands during 

 any of the large undertakings were always obeyed, they not having the courage to 

 refuse to obey the orders of the king. But with all this obedience on their part, Kila's 

 reign was not altogether satisfactory. The older brothers often met secretly to con- 

 sult one another as to the best way of concealing their hatred and bitter feelings from 

 their brother. At one of these meetings they adopted a certain course and decided to 

 draw Kila into consenting to do a certain thing, although it was several days after the 

 proposition was matured, in the following \w&y : 



Upon coming to him, one of the brothers said: "Sa}', Kila, we believe it best 

 that we all go and bring back the bones of our father for you to remove them to 

 Tahiti." Upon hearing the request of his brothers, which he thought quite proper, he 

 immediately consented to the proposition. He was, however, actuated to readily acceed 

 to this request because he had on another occasion already talked with his mother and 

 aunt on the matter. When the brothers heard that he was willing to carry out their 

 request, they proceeded to get the canoe ready for their journey to Haena for the pur- 

 pose, as has been said, of removing the bones of their father to their home before the 

 same were to be taken bj' Kila to Tahiti. 



When the mothers, Hooipoikamalanai and Hinauu, saw the boj^s preparing the 

 double canoe, they approached them and asked them: "What journey is this that }'ou 

 are going to undertake with the canoe you are preparing?" The bo3^s replied: "We 

 are going after the bones of our father and bring them here, for Kila to remove them 

 later on to Tahiti." The mothers again asked: "How many of you are going?" The 

 boys replied: "All of us, including our brother." 



When Hooipoikamalanai and Hinauu heard these remarks they replied : "If 

 you are going with your brother, then we too will accompany you." 



The boys remarked : "Why should you two go, to take up that much room of 

 the canoe? Do you think we would not be able to bring the bones b}' ourselves?" 



The mothers replied: "We are not going to allow 3'our brother to accompany 

 you, for we know you do not respect him and you do not treat him as 3^ou should. 

 We are not sure that j^ou will take good care of him." When the boj's heard their 

 mothers make these remarks they were afraid lest their scheme would fall through, so 

 they swore in the name of their god that no harm would come to the king. When 

 Hooipoikamalanai and her sister saw that the boj-s had sworn to take good care of the 

 king, they allowed him to accompany his brothers. 



Very early in the morning, after everything was made ready, the brothers took 

 Kila and set sail for Oaliu. The winds from Kauai during the night being very favor- 

 able, they soon were in sight of Molokai. Kila all this time was on the covered plat- 

 form. As the paddlers were robust and strong they soon arrived off the coast of Kauwiki, 



