26o Fornander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



Lonoikamakaliiki again looked, and seeing the strings of a sling hanging he 

 asked: "What is the use of those strings hanging from the wall?" The retainers 

 replied: "They belong to the sling."' Lonoikamakahiki again asked: "What is it 

 used for?" The retainers replied: "A stone is placed in the opening in the middle of 

 the sling, then the ends of the strings are brought together and held in the palm of 

 the sling hand ; then swing the sling around the head and when 3'ou think it time to 

 let go, one of the ends of the string is released which allows the stone to fly out at the 

 same time. Sometimes the stone would fly over forty fathoms, and if a person is struck 

 with it the force would kill the person. It is, however, used as an implement of war." 

 Lonoikamakahiki then said : "That makes two things of value belonging to my father. 

 Tie it up with the bundle of spears." Lonoikamakahiki in this manner inquired into 

 the use of all the things kept bj^ his father. He denied the usefulness of everything 

 but two, which two things he had the greatest desire to reserve for his own use. 



Sometime after this, Lonoikamakahiki again visited the house where the differ- 

 ent implements of war and games were kept, and again looked and saw the things he 

 had ordered to be broken and destroyed still hanging in their respective places, so he 

 returned and asked of his retainers : "I thought you two had destroyed those things 

 that I told you to." His two retainers answered him saying: "We cannot destroy the 

 things belonging to your father, for he would consider it a matter sufficient to cause 

 our death, because the war club is one of the things highly valued by your father, for 

 it has been used in his great battles, and it has been the means of killing many of his 

 enemies." Lonoikamakahiki becoming very stubborn in the matter, the retainers 

 therefore went to Keawenuiaumi and reported to him the wish of his son. 



When Keawenuiaumi heard this report he was greatly surprised because of the 

 strange wish expressed by his son. He therefore sought out Lonoikamakahiki with 

 the intention of asking him why he wished to have these things destroyed. When 

 Keawenuiaumi came to the place where the boy was being cared for by the retainers, 

 he found that Lonoikamakahiki was out canoe sailing with some of his other retainers. 

 When Lonoikamakahiki returned Keawenuiaumi was waiting for him ; the boy then 

 went up to the father and sat on his lap." In order to have the matter understood by 

 his son properly Keawenuiaumi took Lonoikamakahiki to the house where the differ- 

 ent implements of war and games were kept, and there the father asked the son: "What 

 do you think of these things?" meaning the implements of war and games hanging on 

 the wall. The son replied : "These things are of no value or use. I have told those 

 two (Hauna and Loli) to destroy them all, but to keep the bundle of spears and the 

 sling, for they are of value." Keawenuiaumi then said to the boy: "That is not what 

 I think about those things. When the time comes for you to assume the care of the 

 whole island, then you will be in a position to do as you like; you can then throw 

 these things away if you see no use in retaining them." 



After this incident Keawenuiaumi for some time thought over the future of the 

 boy and wondered what would become of him after he had grown up. The father said 



'The account here given of the use of the sling was as a war weapon; it was also used for sports and betting con- 

 tests. Slings were made of coconut fibre, usually with much care. 



"An apparent recognized custom of a child's seeking favor, or recognition, as in the case of Umi on his visit to I<iloa. 



