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When the king's othcers saw him weep they went and told Kila of what they 

 had seen ; so he came to the place where Kaialea was confined and proceeded to ques- 

 tion him: "Are you weeping?" Kaialea replied: "Yes." Kila again asked him: 

 What are you weeping for?" Kaialea replied: "I am weeping because I saw the 

 people from my home." Kila then went over to where the others were being confined 

 and after a while he came back to Kaialea, without having spoken to the others, and 

 again asked Kaialea: "Are 3'ou not Moikeha's son?" Kaialea replied: "No, I am not 

 his son. He is a chief and I am a common man." Kila then remarked: "You shall 

 not be released from this place until 3'ou tell me who yowx parents are. When you 

 have done that, I will then allow you to return to your home. If you tell me the truth 

 to all the questions that I shall put to you, you shall be released this very day." 



When Kaialea saw that a chance was given him to get out of his difficulties, 

 he then told the truth. In the course of Kila's questions, he asked him: "How many 

 are there of you from your parents?" Kaialea replied: "There are three of us by 

 Hooipoikamalani and Moikeha. There is one older than myself, m}' mother's first- 

 born, then myself and the one following me, Kila by name, making three by the same 

 mother. Our father and our mother's younger sister have two, Kekaihawewe the 

 first-born, and Laukapalala the j^ounger, making five of us altogether, all boys. The 

 youngest of the lot is Kila." 



By these answers Kila saw that Kaialea had told the truth, so he proceeded to 

 question him further: "Where is your youngest brother?" Kaialea replied: "He has 

 gone to Tahiti; he was taken by an older brother, Laamaikahiki." When Kila heard 

 this he immediately gave his executive officer the following orders: "Take him and 

 keep him in confinement in the temple of Pakaalana, because he has not spoken the 

 truth; he says his 3'oungest brother is in Tahiti." In obedience to the orders of the 

 chief, Kaialea was taken into the temple of Pakaalana. After he had been in confine- 

 ment for a while, Kila again entered the temple and went and stood at the base of the 

 altar where lie could see Kaialea and said: "Keep him in confinement here until the 

 day when the sacrifices are to be offered in this temple, when you must take him and 

 offer him as a sacrifice on the altar." It was not the intention to sacrifice Kaialea, 

 but said in order to frighten him, which would probably cause him to tell the truth. 

 Kila then gave orders to release the other men who had been confined and they re- 

 turned to the home of the people who had entertained them before their arrest. 



In the meantime those men who had returned secretly to Kauai, Kaialea's pad- 

 dlers and the man who had charge of the canoe, arrived there and were questioned by 

 Hooipoikamalanai : "Where are the rest of you?" They replied: "Don't think that 

 our return means well; no, there is nothing to rejoice over. Kaialea is in confine- 

 ment in the temple of Pakaalana, as well as some of the people that came later. They 

 are all in confinement. We cannot speak of their fate. If they have been put to 

 death, then they are dead by this time. If they are still living, then they live through 

 the mercy of God." 



When Hooipoikamalanai and Hinauu heard this they were greatly distressed, 

 and said: "This is indeed strange; evil has somehow followed close upon us. Is it 



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