1 88 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



aku, adding more joy to the parents of their wives. This, of course, did not help 

 Umi's cause at all, for his wives' parents were more disappointed in their son-in-law for 

 not going out to get some aku. So one day the father and mother of the wives of Umi 

 said to their daughters: "If the well-proportioned physique of your husband could 

 only be used paddling a canoe we would have some aku. It was indeed a mistake 

 when you two took him to be your husband." 



Shortly after this Umi was requested by some of the people to go out with them 

 to help paddle their canoe, and Umi, being only too glad to go out, gave his consent 

 and they set out. On this fishing trip Umi showed his great strength, and on their 

 return he was given his share of the catch. In the division Umi saw that the fish 

 given him, although a large one, was taken from under the seat of the paddlers. When 

 Umi saw this he took the fish, but again exchanged it with one of the other paddlers 

 for one that he saw was taken from the middle of the canoe and not from under 

 the seat like the one he had. In asking for the exchange Umi said to the man: "Here, 

 take my aku in exchange for your's; mine is a larger fish." The man consented to 

 this and the exchange was made. Umi did not, however, take the fish home to be 

 eaten, but took it and gave it as an offering to his god, Kaili,' which was hidden in a 

 crevice in the cliff at Hokuli, in a place which no one but himself knew. Umi after 

 this went out very often to fish for aku, and every time he was given his share he 

 would take some and offer it to Kaili his god at its hiding place. 



At about this time people began to see and to wonder at the frequent appearance 

 of a rainbow on the cliff. Kaoleioku, a high priest who was living at this place, also 

 saw the rainbow, and he, too, wondered at its constant appearance; but being of a class 

 well versed in ancient lore, he began a study of the matter and concluded that it must 

 be Umi, for rumors of his disappearance had come to them shortly before this. In 

 order to make sure that his findings were true he decided to test the matter, and so one 

 day he took up a pig and came down to look for Umi. When he entered the house 

 and saw the form of Umi, and how noble and chiefly he looked, he made up his mind 

 that it was indeed Umi. He, however, took the pig and offered it to Umi with a prayer, 

 saying : "Here is the pig, O god, a chief-searching pig." ' At the close of his prayer he 

 released the pig and it walked towards Umi. After standing in the presence of Umi 

 for a short time it turned and came back to Kaoleioku. Kaoleioku then asked : "Are 

 you indeed Umi?" "Yes," said Umi, "it is I." Kaoleioku then said: "Let us return 

 to my house." Umi assented and they returned to the home of Kaoleioku. When 

 the father-in-law and mother-in-law as well as the people around the place saw this, 

 they then knew that this young man was the chief Umi, the son of Liloa, the one that 

 they had heard was lost. 



Kaoleioku then took Umi and made him his chief and they lived together. As 

 soon as Kaoleioku' had finished his preparations for the comfort of his chief, he im- 



'To use Kaili, the inherited war god of his father Liloa, as a fish deity, by Umi, seems an unusually degrading act. 



^The appearance of a rainbow was held to indicate a person of high rank in its vicinity, and to be identified by 

 a black pig was conclusive evidence beyond dispute. Even Kalakaua is said to have resorted to this means for identi- 

 fying royal remains when he endeavored to locate the bones of certain ancient aliis. 



^A Hawaiian Cardinal Wolsey. 



