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In thus catching the spear Kaoleioku saw not only the dodging of Umi but 

 also the seizure of the spear and holding it in his hand. When Kaoleioku saw these 

 acts performed by Umi, each one followed by the other in such short time, he was much 

 pleased and in praise of Umi said : "O king, I see you have acted wisely in my presence 

 and you have taken heed to my instructions. To you, the king, and to these your men 

 I must say, that I can see how you will hold on to your kingdon. This day I will 

 place myself under your feet and will give you my assured word, O king, that your 

 kingdom will never be taken away from your hands." Kaoleioku then explained more 

 fully to the people his remarks, as well as to Umi himself. In explanation Kaoleioku 

 said : "I will predict to you what the gods have told me in the matter of the test that 

 we have just seen. By warding off the spear away from you so successfully, so shall 

 trouble be warded off from your kingdom until death overtakes you. Just as you 

 caught the spear and held it at the end, so shall your kingdom fall to your son, your 

 grandson, your issue, your offspring until the very last of your blood." 



At the close of the remarks of Kaoleioku Umi asked: "Where are the two old 

 men, Nunu and Kakohe?" Some one answered: "They are here." Umi then said: 

 "You tell them to come to my presence now." Upon the arrival of the two old men, 

 Umi said to them: "Have you come?" "Yes," the old men replied. 



HOW UMI GAVE LANDS TO NUNU AND KAKOHE, THE OLD MEN. 



We will here see the wisdom of Umi and his great cunning, in the awarding of 

 lands to the two old men. When Nunu and Kakohe arrived in the presence of Umi 

 he stood up and, accompanied by the two, they started off without telling any one where 

 they were going. On this journey Omaokamau, Koi, Piimaiwaa and a few others 

 accompanied them. They proceeded along the road leading up the cliff out of the 

 valley of Waipio until they arrived on the heights of Koakea, a land adjoining Waipio. 

 At this place Umi said to Nunu, one of the old men: "You run from here toward 

 Hamakua. If you fall, get up and keep on running; if yow get tired and sit down, I 

 will kill you." 



When Umi said this, the old man was greatl}' frightened, but he stood up and 

 started off running, following the order of the king. After Nunii had started, Omao- 

 kamau followed him to see how much ground he would cover, wondering what the 

 king was about. In running the old man's feet became entangled soon after he started 

 and he fell down, but he got up and kept on running; but he tripped on his feet 

 and again fell, face down, breathing very heavily. When Umi and the other old 

 man, Kakohe, came up to where he was lying face downward, Umi said to him : "Say, 

 are you exhausted?" All Nunu could say was "Hu." After waiting for a while Nunu 

 recovered himself, and so Umi said to him : "From the point where j-ou started to this 

 place where we are standing, covering two ahupuaas, is the width of your land." In 

 making this remark to Nunu, Kakohe heard it, so he said to himself: "So, that is the 

 way the king is going to give lands to his people. The}' must run until they fall 

 down. He is indeed justified in doing this, for we must bear our burden even as he 

 did when we made him work for us." Umi then turned to Kakohe and said: "Now 



