478 Poruaiidcr Colleciio)i of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



there are women for each, the paddlers shall have two apiece, as wives, and your chief 

 Kahaookamolcii shall have five wives." 



When the people heard the invitation extended by Hanaaumoe, they came ashore 

 at the landing at Kou, hauled the canoes on to the beach, entered the long shed where 

 they slept awaiting for the things promised them b^- Hanaaumoe. Late that evening 

 Hanaaumoe came to the door of the house where the strangers were sleeping, scattered 

 here and there like castawa3's, being very tired from the effects of the sea trip, and 



called out: 



Asleep are you? 

 Piled on one another, 

 Scattered here and there, 

 Are j'ou all asleep? 



Everybody was fast asleep except Kaneopa who was still sitting up. Upon hear- 

 ing the call, Kaneopa answered: "We are not asleep, we are still awake waiting for the 

 food, and meat and our wives." Hanaaumoe then resorted to falsehood: "The things 

 cannot arrive in a hurr}' as the road from Nuuanu down is long, the climb from Kapu- 

 kaki is long and the plain Kulaokahua is also afar off." Hanaaumoe soon after this 

 returned to Halalii and to the rest of the spirits who asked him: "How is it, are they 

 asleep?" Hanaaumoe answered: "No, they are not asleep yet?" At midnight Hana- 

 aumoe again returned and called, the second time: 



Piled on one another, 

 Scattered here and there, 

 Are you all asleep? 



Kaneopa answered: "We are not asleep, we are waiting for the two wives apiece 

 for the paddlers and the five wives for the chief Kahaookamoku." Hanaaumoe again 

 answered as he did before and then departed, being certain that the people were not 

 asleep yet. 



Certain thoughts then entered Kaneopa that the island of Oahu was full of spirits 

 and they would all be eaten by them; so he looked for a place within the house where 

 he could conceal himself. After studying the matter for a while he at last decided to 

 dig a hole under the door sill; for he reasoned that the king would, upon entering the 

 house, naturally sit on the door sill. All this time the rest of the people were in a deep 

 sleep, no one was awake except Kaneopa. Kaneopa was sorr}^ for the chief Kahaooka- 

 moku because he would surely be eaten up by the spirits and Kaneopa was at a loss to 

 know how he was going to save him. Kaneopa tried to keep himself awake, but could 

 only last until the crowing of the first cock, when he too became so overcome with sleep 

 and moved under the door sill and sat in the hole. Just as soon as he entered the hole, 

 Hanaaumoe arrived and he again called as before, for the third time. There was no 

 answer. He called again, again there was no answer. Hanaaumoe then said: "You 

 will surel}' be all killed. Why didn't you sleep at Kauai instead of coming and sleep 

 on the island of Halalii where the spirits live? You are as good as dead, there is no 

 escape; j-our flesh, j'our bones, yoMx bowels, your blood, your eyes, will all be eaten 

 up." During all this talk by Hanaaumoe, Kaneopa was listening. At the end Hana- 



