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which had been used as packers for the burdens carried on the shoulders, formed the 

 cone-shaped tomb of Hakau. 



Upon the death of Hakau Urai became possessed of the whole island of Hawaii, 

 and the prediction of Kaoleioku which was made while they were still in obscurity 

 thus came true. Kaoleioku on the other hand was made the chief priest of Umi, his 

 chief, while the priests of Hakau all served under Kaoleioku, Nunu, Kakohe and Umi 

 the king. 



CHAPTER V. 



How Umi Became the King of Hawaii. 



We have now seen the death of Hakau, and have also seen how Umi became 

 the king of the whole of Hawaii. After the death of Hakau the people who had been 

 sent up to the mountain returned with their sticks. When they arrived they saw Umi 

 with his men in possession of ever3'thing. They then knew that their king Hakau 

 must be dead, so they wept for him ; but those who did this were but few, for Hakau in 

 his day was ever a cruel king, one who killed his men without cause. 



It is said that when Hakau was king he used to do the following things: 

 Whenever a man was praised for his good looks, or a woman for beauty, he would 

 cause the death of that person. If the head of a person was praised for being flat,' the 

 head would be cut off; and if the body was praised, then the body was cut up; if the 

 eyes were praised they would be gouged out, and so on. Once upon a time one of the 

 priests of Hakau, upon seeing a young boy, said to his parents : "This child has a 

 very fine body; he has not a single blemish." When Hakau heard this remark, he 

 immediately sent a messenger to bring the boy to his presence. When the boy arrived 

 Hakau then cut the boy in two. When the parents heard that Hakau had cruelly 

 killed their child, the father made a prophecy, saying: "He has cut my son;' his 

 kingdom shall also be cut from him. This shall happen on the day to be declared 

 kapued for his god. He will die on that day." This prophecy was, therefore, fulfilled. 



In the night of Muku, that being the last day of the month, the priests with 

 their men went out ulua fishing. Upon arriving at the place where the canoes were 

 kept, a tatu beat was sounded on the edge of the canoes.^ As the men came up one 

 of them would be caught and killed and the great hook Manaiakalani^ was put into 

 the dead body and it was taken to the temple. If no one came to the canoes, instruc- 

 tions were given that a great ball of seaweeds be gotten and the hook was placed in it. 

 This custom was favorable to Kaoleioku. 



When Umi became the king of the whole of Hawaii he made a division of all 

 the lands amongst his chiefs as follows : Kau he gave to Omaokamau ; Puna he gave 



'The flat-head ideal of beauty with Hawaiians had reference to a head broad and straight at the base, not flat on 

 the top as might be supposed. 



^ Ooki pahupu; lit. cut asunder, is here used with a sense of injustice which calls for retaliation, or retribution. 

 ^A sign to assemble together about the canoe for the capture therefrom of a victim for the altar. 

 <The fabulous fish-hook of Maui wherewith he sought to draw the islands together. 



