Legend of Laukiamanuikahiki. 



MAKIIOEOE was the father and Hiua was the mother of Laukiamanuikahiki. 

 Kuaihelani was the home of Makiioeoe where he ruled as king and where his 

 queen lived from whom he had one child, Kahikiula bj- name. Hina belonged 

 to Kauai, where Laukiamanuikahiki " was born. Makiioeoe in his travels came to 

 Kauai where he met Hina and took her to wife, and after living with her for some time, 

 Hina conceived a child. Shortly after this Makiioeoe prepared to return to Kuaihelani; 

 so he said to Hina: "I am going home. If you should give birth to a boy give him my 

 name; but in case it should be a girl call her Laukiamanuikahiki. If after you bring 

 the child up she should express a desire to come in search of me, these shall be the tokens 

 by which I shall recognize the child: this necklace of whale's teeth, this bracelet, this 

 feather cloak." She must be accompanied by a large canoe, a small canoe, large men, 

 small men, a red canoe, red sails,' red bailing cup, red cords and a red man." Makii- 

 oeoe then took his leave and returned to Kuaihelani. When he arrived home he 

 instructed his guards as to the sign bj? which to recognize his daughter^ and he also 

 instructed his servants to proceed and plant all kinds of fruit and other things for his 

 daughter Laukiamanuikahiki. He also caused a pool of water to be made as well as 

 other things and placed a kapu on them all to be free only after the same shall have 

 been used by Laukiamanuikahiki. 



After the birth of Laukiamanuikahiki, Hina and her husband brought her up 

 all b}' themselves. It was Laukiamanuikahiki's custom to bring in other children to 

 their home and give them all the food; which action caused her father to get angry 

 and verj' often punished her. This punishment was kept up by the father for some 

 time.' Because of this, the child suspected that this man could not be her own father; 

 so she began questioning her mother who her own father was until the mother could 

 bear it no longer. Hina then said to Laxikiamanuikahiki: "You go to that cliff; that is 

 your father." Upon coming to the cliff, she asked: "Are you ni}^ father?" The cliff 

 denied this saying: "I am not your father." The child returned to Hina and begged: 

 "Tell me of my father." "Yes, you go to that bambu bush, that is 3'our father." 

 When she arrived at the place, she asked the bambu bush: "Are you my father?" 

 "I am not your father, Makiioeoe is your father, he has gone back to Kuaihelani." 

 When Laukiamanuikahiki again arrived in the presence of her mother she said: "You 

 have deceived me. Makiioeoe I understand is my father and he has gone back to Kuai- 

 helani. You have hidden this from me." "Yes, he is your father, and he has left word 

 that you must not come to him without a sign or you will have a terrible suffering. 

 You have to go to him in a red canoe having red sails, red cords, red men and must be 

 accompanied by a large canoe, a small canoe, large men and small men." Laukia- 



^ Laukiamanuikahiki, literally, bird-trapping leaf of ^Red, the unmistakable evidence of royal rank. 



Kahiki. t x foreknowledge, evidentl}', of the sex of his child. 



' Another story of an absenting father leaving tokens s a duplicate of the rmi-a-I,iloa story, except in sex 



of identification for his unborn child. of l\^^. child. (sgfi) 



