480 Fornander Collection oj Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



aumoe returned to Halalii. Halalii then asked him: "How is it, are they asleep?" 

 "Yes, they are asleep, let us be going," said Hanaaunioe to the rest of the spirits. 



When the spirits arrived at the long house where Kaneopa and his companions 

 were sleeping the}^ all entered and Halalii sat on the door sill. The spirits were so 

 numerous that they were without number.' They made but one smack and the people 

 disappeared, all eaten up by the spirits. The spirits then began digging up the floor 

 of the house except that portion under the sill where Halalii was sitting. At the ap- 

 proach of day the spirits all returned to their home and Haneopa came out of his hiding 

 place and limping to the canoe he pushed it into the sea and set sail for Kauai. 



While Kaneopa was on his way to Kauai, Hanaaunioe appeared on the coast 

 and beckoned to Kaneopa, inviting him to land, saying: "Come ashore. Let the canoe 

 come ashore." Kaneopa then answered angrily: "You are a filthy old spirit. Didn't 

 yoa eat up our chief? I will not come ashore." 



Upon Kaneopa's arrival at Kauai, he informed the king and people how his com- 

 panions had been eaten up by the spirits of Oahu, and how he was saved only through 

 his wit. The king then asked the priest: "What must we do?" The priest, Hanaka- 

 piai, answered: "Proceed and hew out a countless number of wooden images that will 

 look as near as possible to human beings." After the images were ready, the king, 

 the priest and a large number of followers set sail for Oahu and in course of time hove 

 to directly off Leahi, when they saw Hanaaumoe appear on the coast and called oiit as 

 he did the other time. Kaneopa, who was in the company on this second visit, said to 

 the people who were with him: "That is Hanaaumoe the great flatterer. That is the 

 spirit who deceived us and got us to land." The king and priest in answer to the in- 

 vitation replied: "Yes, we will land." The people then all came ashore and approached 

 the long house where Kahaookamoku and his companions had stayed and were eaten 

 up by the spirits. 



Toward dusk that same evening, the priest instructed the people saying: "Let 

 everybody retire to where the canoes are lying and leave the wooden images in the 

 house. Let everybody' be supplied with lights with which to set the house on fire as 

 soon as all the spirits have entered the house." Late that evening, the flatterer, the 

 spirit Hanaaumoe came to the house and called out: 



Piled up on one another, 

 Scattered here and there, 

 Are you all asleep? 



No one answered from within; he called a second time, still no answer. Hana- 

 aumoe then spoke to himself: "Ha, ha! Why didn't you sleep on Kauai instead of 

 coming here and sleep on the spirit island of Halalii? Dead, you will not be saved." 

 While Hanaaumoe was calling the people were listening. At the end of his call Hana- 

 aumoe returned to Halalii and reported to him that the people were all asleep. Upon 

 hearing this report Halalii issued a call that all the spirits be brought together; after 

 this the}- proceeded to the long house at the beach. Upon coming up to the house the 

 spirits all entered and Halalii sat on the door sill. The spirits then took up the wooden 



'The full rendering of this line would be: "The number of the gods was: kini, 40,000 gods; lehu, 400,000 gods 



niano, 4,000 gods; lalaiih rows of gods. 



