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Fornander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



Lalokona the husband, 



Lalohoauiani the wife; 



Hanuapoiluna the husband, 

 50 Hanuapoilalo the wife; 



Pokinikini the husband, 



Polehulehu the wife; 



Pomanomano the husband, 



Pohakoikoi the wife; 

 55 Kupukupunuu the husband, 



Kupukupulani the wife; 



Kanioleokahonua the husband, 



Keaaokahonua the wife; 



Ohemoku the husband, Pinainai the wife; 

 60 Mahulu the husband, 



Hiona the wife; 



Milipomea the husband, 



Hanahanaiau the wife; 



Haokumukapo the husband, 

 65 Hoao was the wife; 



Lukahakona the husband, 



Niau the wife; 



Kahiko the husband, 



Kapulanakehau the wife; 

 70 Wakea the husband, 



Papa the wife. 



A chief was conceived and born, a great red 



fowl . 

 A chief was Pineaikalani, thy grandfather, 

 A chief who begot a chief, 

 75 Bearing innumerable offspring.' 



Mixed are the seed of the noble chief, 

 Clamoring to be recognized 

 As being of thy stock, O dread chief. 

 A chief ascending, urging on, opening up- 

 wards 



80 Until the heaven is reached, = where the king 

 is held fast. 

 This, O Ku, Kualii is thy name.' 

 Dost thou not already stand at its height?^ 



O Ku, thou axe of chiefly edge!* 



The train of clouds* along the horizon doth 



march 

 85 For Ku, the edge of the sea is drawn' down 



by Ku. 

 The sea of Makalii, the sea of Kaelo, 

 The rising sea in Kaulua. 

 The month of Makalii- in which the food 



bears leaf. 

 The worm that eats as it crawls, even to the 



rib. 

 90 The sea-crab"' that ate the bone of Alakapoki 

 Who was the parent of Niele of Lauine- 



niele,'° 

 The people of the water." 

 Ku, the king of Kauai. 

 Kauai with its high'- mountains. 

 95 Spread down low is Keolewa,'' 



Niihau and the others'^ are drinking the 



sea. 

 Ah, it is Kiki and his company that are at 



Keolewa, 

 Kamakauwahi and his company that are 



above, 

 O Hawaii. 

 100 Hawaii of high mountains; 



Towering unto heaven is Kauiki.'s 



Down at the base''' of the islands. 



Where the sea holds it fast. 



Kauiki, 

 105 Kauiki the mountain, 



' Kowili, a word applied to abundant fruit. 



' Lani paa, undisputed chieftainship. 



^ He inoa, a suitable description. 



*I ona, ilaila, i.e., at that point in rank. 



^ iMakalani, keen edge. 



'' Mauclcka means the clouds in line. .Ilia here refers 

 to the horizon. 



'' Kohia, from ko, to draw. The line refers to the ap- 

 parent variation in the height of the horizon at differ- 

 ent times. 



'The order of the monthly calendar of the different 

 islands varied materially, so that it is not an easy matter 

 to define the season referred to. The order here given 

 is that of Molokai's, to bring Makalii in "fruit-bearing 

 leaf," April; Kaelo being May, and Ka'itlua June. 



Oahu's calendar would bring these all into the winter 

 months, October to December. 



"> Pokipoki, a small crab found at sea by those found- 

 ering in their canoes. Kualii is all-destroying like 

 these animals which eat to the bone the shipwrecked 

 people, Alapoki. 



'"jVifle. Laitiiienicle, a climatic form. 



" Kanaka o ka zt'ai — ka 7i>ai, Kauai; a play on words. 



" Hoaltoa, an unusual term for kick if, high. 



'^A mountain of Kauai. 



''Islands far distant at sea. 



"The Kauiki stronghold at Hana, a bluff famous in 

 many wars. 



""Hono, here thought to refer to joining together of 

 the islands at the base. 



