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the back country. Their time was spent chiefly in the tilling of the soil and the pre- 

 paration of food, stock raising and fishing. This was kept up until the death of Kani- 

 kaniaula. Upon her death the husband built a tomb," a small house of poles in the 

 form of a pyramid, in which he placed the dead body of his wife. When she came to 

 Maui to live she brought along with her from Hawaii a feather cape which was the in- 

 signia of a very high chief, but which article she had hidden iip to the time of her death, 

 nor had she ever once alluded to her rank as a high chiefess. 



When Eleio arrived at the house he saw a man occupying it but the woman was 

 not to be seen. Eleio then asked the man: "Where is my companion?" The man 

 asked in turn: "Who is your companion?" Eleio answered: "My companion was a 

 woman." She is dead, my own wife, she is laid in that small house yonder," said the 

 man. Eleio then asked the man: "How many days has she been lying there?" The 

 husband answered: "Two days already, this is the third day in which we are speaking." 

 "Yes, I will undertake to bring your wife to life again," said Eleio. Eleio then pro- 

 ceeded, and at the end of the fourth day Kanikaniaula was brought back to life and in 

 all respects became as she was before her death. Kanikaniaula then asked Eleio: "What 

 indeed shall I give you as a recompense? Shall it be myself?" Eleio answered: "I will 

 not take anything in payment from you, but I wish you to become the wife of my lord, 

 Kakaalaneo." Kanikaniaula consented to this, saying: "Yes, he shall be my lord; but 

 here is a present which I wish you to take to him; a feather cape." At this the hus- 

 band for the first time was made aware that Kanikaniaula was a chiefess. "You may 

 now return and in the nights of Kane you may come for me. I am going to my place 

 on Hawaii, and shall return in a few days." Eleio then returned [home] wearing the 

 feather cape tied around his neck. Feather capes at this time were so rare that even 

 Kakaalaneo the king of Maui did not have one in his possession. 



As Eleio had been absent a number of days, Kakaalaneo became very angry and 

 ordered his chief officers to start an umu and make it very hot, in which to bake Eleio 

 upon his return. In the meantime Kakaalaneo had posted spies along the Aalaloloa 

 cliffs to watch for the return of Eleio, and when seen to start a fire as a signal to the 

 people at Lele' of his approach when the umu was to be started and made hot before 

 the arrival of Eleio; so when Eleio arrived at the Aalaloloa cliffs, the fire signal was 

 started and the people at Lele started the umu. 



As Eleio came running at full speed with the feather cape over his shoulders, 

 on arrival at Lele and seeing the umu burning and the king sitting near it, he jumped 

 right into the hot umu. When the king saw something red and pretty on Eleio's 

 shoulders, he called out to the men: "Seize Eleio! Seize Eleio! !" At this the people 

 got ahold of Eleio and he was pulled out of the umu and was saved; but the feather 

 cape was torn to pieces: a small piece, however, was saved in the hands of Eleio. Kakaa- 

 laneo then called Eleio to come to him and when he got in the presence of the king, 

 the king asked him: "Where did you get this beautiful thing?" Eleio replied: "This 

 was the cause of my delay. Kanikaniaula, a very handsome woman was dead and I 

 brought her to life again. I have told her that you are to be her husband." Kakaa- 



' Puoa, a small, temporary cone-shaped structure, of ^ Lele was an ancient name of lyahaina. 



poles, not enclosed. 



