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lightning from which no man could dodge ; not even an expert dodger conld stand be- 

 fore Imaikalani. But all these were destroyed by Piimaiwaa, and after their death the 

 blind man missed his helpers, whereby Piimaiwaa was able to say, boastingly : "He 

 died by Piimaiwaa." On the death of Imaikalani Kau became a possession of 

 Umi-a-Liloa. 



Ehunuikaimalino was the king of Kona. He was a very strong man, and the 

 father of Laeanuikaumanamana, but on account of old age Kona and Kohala were 

 simply ceded to Umi-a-Liloa. When peace and quiet reigned in the government of 

 Hawaii under Umi-a-Liloa, his name became famous from Hawaii to Kauai. No king 

 was like unto him in the administration of his government ; he took care of the old 

 men and the old women and orphans; he had regard for the people also; there were 

 no murders and no thievings. 



CHAPTER XL 



Thk Family ok Umi. His Bknkkicent Rkign. 



Umi-a-Liloa was a devout king, and on account of the fame of his administra- 

 tion of the government the kings of the other islands desired to bring their royal 

 daughters and their favorite daughters to be wives for Umi-a-Liloa. He had many 

 wives, among whom were daughters of the common people, so that he became an ancestor 

 both of the chiefs and the common people. There is not a commoner of Hawaii who 

 would say that Umi-a-Liloa was not an ancestor of his, and a man who declines to 

 acknowledge it does so for lack of information. Kapukini-a-Liloa was a roj-al consort 

 of Umi-a-Liloa, and by whom Umi begat Keliiokaloa, a male, Kapulani, a female, and 

 Keawenuiaumi, a male child. Piikea was a princess, being the daughter of Piilani, 

 king of Maui, with Queen Laieloheloheikawai, and they (Piikea and Umi-a-Liloa) begat 

 two male children, Kumalaenuiaumi and Aihakoko. 



Moku-a-Hualeiakea was also a princess among the grandchildren of Ehunuikai- 

 malino of Kona, and she had a daughter, Akahiilikapu, by Umi-a-Liloa. He also had 

 Ohenahenalaui as wife and begat Kamolanuiaurai, and with the first children by the 

 common women made Umi-a-Liloa the father of many children. 



Waipio in Hamakua was Umi's regular place of residence, and on account of all 

 the divisions of land of Hawaii being uuited under him he desired to live in Kona, a 

 warm country, and so the chiefs resided in Kailua. During his reign Umi-a-Liloa set 

 the laborers in order and separated those who held positions in the government. He 

 separated the chiefs, the priesthood, the astrologers and the skillful in the land. He 

 separated the cultivators, and the fishermen, and the canoe hewers. He set apart the 

 warriors, the spear-warders, and every department with proficiency, and every laborer 

 in their respective lines of work. So with the governors, district superintendents, 

 division overseers and section wardens ; they were all set in order. 



Umi-a-Liloa had two principal occupations which he undertook to do with his 

 own hands: they were farming and fishing. He built large taro patches in Waipio, 



