536 Foniandrr Collet/ ion of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



At this tlie fog came down and covered the shrubs, and the attendant was sepa- 

 rated from HoamakeikekuLa. In this separation Hoamakeikekula was enveloped in 

 the thick fog and mist until she arrived at Keawewai, a place in the uplands of Kawai- 

 hac. The way was indicated b}- a colored cloud.' At this time Kalamaula the high 

 chief was living with his parents. Kaholeiwai was the father, Kekoolauwahineolalo 

 was the mother and Kanaheleikaukawaokele was the sister. The}^ were chiefs of 

 Kawaihae at this time. Kalamaula was a handsome youth but was not in the same 

 rank with Hoamakeikekula. 



Upon their arrival at the house, the sun had set and darkness was approaching. 

 The}' then entered the house where Kalamaula was living. When Kalamaula saw this 

 beautiful woman coming in he greeted her; and Hoamakeikekula returned the greeting 

 in a very low voice saying: "My greeting to you my lord." Soon after this Elepaio 

 related the way he found Hoamakeikekula. 



Then Kalamaula seized hold of Hoamakeikeki:la and drew her to him. Hoa- 

 makeikekula then said: "My lord don't defile me, your maid servant, for it would be a 

 wrong I would suffer from later in life. If 3'ou really desire that I become your wife, 

 then allow me thirty da3's, possibly the response will arise within me during that time." 



On hearing this reply Kalamaula was much impressed and agreed to the condi- 

 tions. Hoamakeikekula remained there, but she would not touch the food placed before 

 her, nor did she go out of the house. 



At the end of three days, she saw in a dream a man approaching her with a war 

 club in his right hand, who said: "Your grandmother promised me that 3'ou were to 

 be mine and I have, therefore, waited many days for you until my spirit within me has 

 fainted because that i^romise has not been fulfilled. Therefore, prepare yourself to go 

 on a strange journe}'." Hoamakeikekula replied: "I did not come here with the con- 

 sent of my people, nor were my footsteps that led me here as a stranger bargained for, 

 therefore, I shall take your words as a mantle and wear it over my shoulders at all times." 



She then woke up and discovered that she had been dreaming. She then tried 

 to fathom the meaning of the dream but it was beyond her understanding. Her mind, 

 however, seemed to dwell on the forests. On retiring the next night she again dreamed 

 of the same person and held the same conversation. She then fell in love with the 

 person in her dreams so much so that she woke up startled and cried. She then folded 

 her arms,^ lamenting. When Kalamaula heard her weeping he asked her: "What are 

 you weeping for? You have never done this before, not since the first day you arrived 

 here." Hoamakeikekula did not, however, make auswer. Very early that morning 

 just before dawn, the mountain clouds began to thicken; drops of rain began to fall one 

 by one; the wind began to rise; the fog began to come creeping over the mamane; a 

 rainbow appeared and stood before her. She was then entirely enveloped in a thick 

 fog which hid everything from view. 



She then rose and went out of the house and wandered over the deserted hills 

 and plains until she arrived in the uplands of Pahulumoa, a place entirely uninhabited. 

 She lived here without tasting food and spent her days picking and stringing lehua 



't'a /•Oi{'o, literaUy red rain, is defined as "a cloud stand- ^ Puliki ke kino \^ Vlioxs. the folding the arms on the 



ing erect and having different colors, somewhat like the body, in distress, 



rainbow. 



