2i8 Fornander Collection of Hazi'aiian Folk-lore. 



In the meantime Umi had completed final arrangements in Waipio, and every- 

 thing was ready for the reception of Piikea from Maui. And so also did Piilani, on 

 Maui, complete his final preparations to meet Umi. 



At the end of twenty days Piikea set sail for Hawaii to meet Umi. She was 

 accompanied by a fleet of canoes amounting to about four hundred. While the canoes 

 were still out in the channel of Alenuihaha," the red insignia of the canoe bearing the 

 young princess was plainly seen from Waipio, and by this sign the people knew that 

 it was the young princess Piikea of Maui. As Piikea was about to touch the Waipio 

 beach the heaven was covered over by thick rain clouds, and a rainbow formed stand- 

 ing from in front of the canoe of the princess to its rear and remained standing proudly 

 like a hugh helmet. As soon as the canoe bearing Piikea was beached Omaokamau 

 stepped up to it and lifted Piikea out and placed her on the shoulders of Piimaiwaa, 

 who carried her into the presence of Umi the king. Umi then greeted Piikea, and she 

 greeted Umi in return. 



The love borne by the two toward each other was mutual and they lived as 

 husband and wife in peace and happiness. 



Some little time after the two had been united, tidings were brought of the death 

 of Piilani, the father of Piikea, and king of Maui. 



[At this point is inserted Kamakau's version of the history of Umi from the 

 account of the death of Hakau, to bring in the particulars of Umi's Hawaii experiences 

 therein recorded, up to the time of his death, omitted in the foregoing version. — Bd.] 



CHAPTER Vni. 

 Succession of Umi. 



Hakau and his people, the chiefs and attendants, and the attending stewards 

 were killed, and the weapons in the service were taken possession of by the soldiers of 

 Umi-a-Liloa. When the chiefs, the princes and the court people who had gone up to 

 observe malukoi' heard that King Hakau had been slain, and that Umi had rebelled 

 against the government, and that the people down in Waipio had been slain, therefore 

 the princes of Kona fled to Kona, as did those of Kau, Puna and Hilo to their respec- 

 tive districts to their royal parents ; and they all alike rebelled against the government, 

 so that Kona, Kau, Puna, Hilo and Kohala each became independent. 



After King Hakau and his chiefs and the people of his court were slaughtered 

 with great cruelty by the rebels, the bodies of the slain were offered as burnt offerings 

 at the human sacrifice temple of Honuaula, in Waipio. This narrative was frequently 

 spoken of by the wise men of former days thus: When Umi-a-Liloa sacrificed the 

 burnt offerings on the altar of the temple, which sacrifice consisted of the dead bodies 

 of Hakau and others, the tongue of God came down from heaven; the body was not 



'The channel between the islands of Maui and Hawaii. 



" l\falukoi, a season of special temple observance to procure ohia trees for the heiau. 



