546 Foniandcr Collection of Hatvaiian Folk-lore. 



originallj- belonged to Kuaihelani but moved to Hawaii where she now lives." This 

 saved Kapuaokaoheloai, and her friend once more joined her and lived with her as at first. 



It was customary for Kapuaokaoheloai to weep for her brother; so one day Kapu- 

 aokaohelo asked her: "Why are you weeping?" "I am weeping for my brother." 

 "Where is he?" "He is in Hawaii." "Is he handsome?" "Yes, I am but as the skin 

 of his feet." "Oh dear, how can I see him?" Her friend replied: "If you wish to see 

 him, you shall." That night in their sleep she sought after and brought the spirit of 

 her brother and made it sleep with her friend. This was kept up for several nights in 

 succession until ten full nights had passed when her friend became so much in love that 

 she made up her mind to go in search of her lover. So one day she said to her friend: 

 "Where abouts is your home?" "It is where the sun rises. If you should go, the first 

 land you come to is Kauai, then Oahu, then Molokai, then Maui and then Hawaii. It 

 is, however, at the first point where the sun comes up, called Kumukahi. The harbor 

 Punahoa and Waianuenue is the first object to be seen upon landing. The large house 

 which you will see in the upland is our home; my brother is still there with his attend- 

 ant." vSoon after these instructions were given, her friend left Kuaihelani and set sail 

 in her canoes until she arrived at Hilo and landed at Punahoa, where she saw a house 

 standing in the uplands. When she arrived at the house she saw an old man sitting 

 just within the door and a sick boy lying down. At seeing this she was puzzled, so 

 inquired: "Is there no one else beside you two in this house?" "No, only us two." 

 She then returned to the beach leaving the two persons in the house. 



The sick bo}^ was Hookaakaaikapakaakaua; he had refused to eat, from the day 

 his sister departed from him even to this day. He therefore had grown ngl}' and verj' 

 thin; and his once handsome face had lost its beaut}'. 



It was the custom for this womau during the next three days to come up and look 

 at the house and ask the old man the same questions. As this happened for three days 

 in succession, the old man began to grow anxious and asked his charge: "Say, I won- 

 der if this woman is not yours who is inquiring after you these three days. I think 

 your sister has sent her to you to be your wife. I am afraid your sister will get killed 

 if this woman does not get the husband she is after. We must therefore coax your 

 beauty back with food." The attendant then proceeded and thatched a small hut and 

 removed his charge to it; he then began to doctor him up, bathed him and fed him. 

 At the end of two days and nights his beaulj^ was restored and he again became as 

 handsome as before. 



His intended wife at the end of the two days made her preparation to return to 

 Kuaihelani; but before returning decided to make one more visit. When she was on her 

 way up she saw a rainbow ahead of her and she also saw a thick rain cloud that was as red 

 as blood. She then recalled the advice given her by her friend, that if she should see 

 these things they would mean that her intended husband was there. When she arrived 

 at the house she saw something red sleeping, so she asked the attendant: "What is that 

 red object sleeping there?" "That is my charge who has just returned from a visit." 

 She then approached and uncovered him and laid down beside him. The man said: "We 

 will not now lay together," as his sister had forbidden it till she had lain with him. This 

 occurring in a dream the ban was removed; in that way they came together. 



