462 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



a house for the god and Kaiiakahi. As soon as the king heard this, orders were given 

 that a small house be built, which was finished in no time, where Kauakahi moved in 

 with his basket. This request was really made at the wish of Pikoiakaalala, in order 

 that he might not be seen by Mainele and the people. 



On the second da}' of their arrival at Hilo, Keawenuiaumi, Mainele and the peo- 

 ple proceeded up into the koa forest where the tree that had been already picked out 

 was situated. On this trip the basket was carried along, and when the^' arrived at the 

 tree, Kauakahi and his basket remained at a little distance from the others. The king's 

 canoe makers then proceeded to cut down the tree. Jvist as soon as this was done the 

 birds lit on the tree and called out: "Say, Keawenuiaumi! You cannot make a canoe 

 [out of this tree], it is hollow. It is a worthless canoe, a hollow canoe. A canoe that 

 will never reach the ocean." 



As soon as the people heard the call, Mainele shot at the birds, but his arrow 

 did not come anywhere near them on account of the height of the tree. A staging 

 was then built up which reached about half way up the tree, but even then Mainele's 

 arrow did not reach the birds. Pikoiakaalala then whispered to Kauakahi: "Ask Mai- 

 nele and Keawenuiaumi why the birds are not hit. Perhaps Mainele was not shooting 

 at them, if he did he would hit them." When Mainele heard the remarks of Kauakahi, 

 he replied: "Why don't you shoot at them yourself? There are the birds, here is the 

 bow and here are the arrows, go ahead and shoot, ma}' be you will hit them." At this 

 Kauakahi replied: "All right, I will ask my god to shoot the birds." Pikoiakaalala 

 then came out of the basket with his rat shooting arrows to the surprise of Mainele and 

 the Oahu people that accompanied him, for they had not known that a man had been 

 in this basket all this time. Upon coming up to Keawenuiaumi, Pikoiakaalala requested 

 that a basin of water be brought and made to stand under the tree. As soon as this 

 was done Pikoiakaalala came and stood over the basin; while he looked into the basin 

 at the reflection of the birds in the water, he held his arms above his head with his bow 

 bent and his arrow aimed at the birds; as soon as he saw that the birds were in line he 

 let fly his arrow which flew true to the mark hitting both birds and they came tumbling 

 down to the ground. The people upon seeing this great skill shown by Pikoiakaalala 

 gave a mighty shout. 



Keawenuiaumi, true to his word gave his daughter to Pikoiakaalala to wife and 

 also gave him a portion of Hawaii, which made Kauakahi a very rich man. Mainele 

 was so ashamed that he immediately returned to Oahu. 



