542 Fo)-)iaudcy Collccliou of Haivaiiaii Fo/k-lore. 



a while again reached for the chickens and shook them and the roosters again crowed. 

 She woke her attendant and said: "It is daylight, the chickens are all crowing together." 

 Her attendant then rose and went over to the other part of the house where the male 

 attendant was sleeping and woke him up. The two rose and started on their way to 

 the farm lands. As soon as they left, Kapuaokaoheloai got up and went over to the 

 other side of the house where her brother was and the}^ slept together. When the two 

 attendants were half way up to the farm lands, they sat down to await the approach of 

 daylight. After waiting for some time and daylight not appearing they returned to the 

 house and discovered their charges sleeping together. The male attendant then said to 

 the female attendant: "I am going up to inform their parents in obedience to the in- 

 structions given us in the beginning." The female attendant who was his wife replied: 

 "Yes, you must go up." When the male attendant arrived at the home of Ku and Hina, 

 he told them of the conduct of their two charges. At this Ku gave orders to his men to 

 go and kill the female attendant. When the men arrived thej^ caught her to carry out the 

 death order, but she spoke up: "Don't kill me here, take me to the chief's presence and 

 there I will die. I want the chief to hear me first." When the}- arrived in the presence 

 of Ku and Hina, Ku asked the men: "Why did you save her? Why didn't you kill 

 her?" "She asked that after you have heard what she has to say then she will die." 

 Ku then asked: "What have you to say?" The attendant replied: "The chief said, that 

 if my charge should make the first approach then I was to be banished with her to 

 Kuaihelani. This was also your charge and command in reference to the other one of 

 us and his charge. That is what I wish to say to the chief." "Yes, j'ou are right, you 

 shall not die; you and your charge .shall go to Kuaihelani." 



When she arrived in the presence of her charge, the double canoe was made 

 ready and they sailed off; herself and her charge and two canoe paddlers making four 

 of them. They sailed from Hawaii to Maui; from Maui to Oahir; from Oahu to Kauai 

 and landed at Waimea. As they went ashore they saw a canoe on the beach from the 

 king of Kuaihelani who was in search of a wife. When the two messengers saw Kapua- 

 okaoheloai and her beauty, they said: "We are going to make an inspection of the 

 whole group and if we fail to find a woman who will surpass your beautj-, then we will 

 take you as the wife for our king." Kapuaokaoheloai and her companions, therefore, 

 staid at Waimea for over ten days, till the return of the messengers who reported that 

 they had failed to find one equally as beautiful as Kapuaokaoheloai; so they embarked 

 on their canoe and set sail for Kuaihelani. After they had been on their way for over 

 forty days, the messengers of Kuaihelani said: "We will .soon .see land; we have yet, 

 however, to smell the sweet perfume of the kiele." After some days they caught the 

 perfume of the kiele and soon after saw a beautiful country. The men then said to 

 Kapuaokaoheloai: "When we reach land and arrive at the king's house, and he should 

 invite you to come up to him on the kapa cloth, don't accept the invitation for it will 

 mean death to you. If his daughter should invite you on the steps with her don't go 

 or it will be your death; only when they take you by the hand must you accept." They 

 then landed and proceeded to the place of the king. Upon seeing her the king greeted 

 her, which greeting she returned. The king then invited her to come to him on to the 

 kapa, this she refused. 



