1 86 Fornander CoUectio7i of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



hand, ill-treated his younger brother, and he kept this up even to the da}^ of the death 

 of their father, Liloa. 



Before the death of Liloa, he willed all the lands of Hawaii to his first son, 

 Hakau; but left the temples and the gods to his younger son Unii. On the death of 

 Liloa, Hakau took immediate possession of all the lands of Hawaii, and Umi lived 

 under him as a dependent. While thus living, Hakau showed his hatred of Umi in 

 many ways. If Umi took Hakau's surf board, Hakau would get angry and tell Umi: 

 "You must not use my surf board, because your mother is not a chiefess; the same 

 with my loin cloth." This ill-treatment toward Umi was kept up by Hakau right 

 along, which made Umi downhearted ; so one day Umi was driven away by Hakau. 

 Umi then took his companions, Omaokamau and Piimaiwaa, and left the king's 

 presence. After they had climbed the cliff leading out of Waipio, and had reached the 

 heights called Koakea, they then continued on to Kukuihaele where they met Koi, a 

 young man, and he was taken along by Umi. From this place they continued on to 

 Kaumoalii, then on to Koholalele, then to Kealakaha, where Umi was born and where 

 his mother, Akahiakuleana, was living; but they did not call on her, prefering to wan- 

 der on as strangers. They thus continued on their way until they reached the dividing 

 line between Hamakua and Hilo, in the land of Waipunalei, where on account of dark- 

 ness they called in one of the houses on the wayside. 



In this part of the country there lived many pretty young women, who, when they 

 saw how handsome Umi and his followers were, showed a desire for them for husbands. 

 Umi, on account of his being better looking than his companions, had two wives. 



After making their residence in this part of the country, they all four decided 

 to hide Umi's identity, and to keep him at home and not let him touch work of any 

 kind. To this Umi assented and took up a life of idleness. While living there in this 

 way, Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa and Koi would go farming every day on the lands owned 

 by the parents of their wives, and were thus much praised by those people and were 

 made much of because of their great strength. Umi's father-in-law and mother-in-law, 

 on the other hand, were displeased at the idleness on the part of their son-in-law, for he 

 never would go out to work. Some time after this the}^ went down to lower Lau- 

 pahoehoe to have a sea bath. 



CHAPTER III. 



How Umi Lived in Humble Circumstances. 



Umi was very skilful in riding the surf, and he showed this while living in 

 humble life in Laupahoehoe. One day while out surf riding he had a race with Paiea, 

 a man famous in Laupahoehoe as the best surf rider of that place. In this race Paiea 

 crowded Umi up against the rocks, thus bruising his shoulder. Therefore, years after 

 this it was remembered against Paiea, and he was killed by Umi when Hawaii came 

 under his rule. 



When the aku season in Laupahoehoe came around, Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa 

 and Koi went out with the people of the place aku fishing, and would come home with 



