598 Fornander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



manuikaliiki replied: "I am not goiug to remain, I am going in search of my father." 

 "Yes, yon may go, but you will have to suffer untold agon3^ Go until yon come to 

 two old women roasting bananas by the waj^side. They are your grandmothers, for 

 the}' are \\\y own mother and aunt. Reach down and take away the bananas and let 

 them search for them until they ask whose offspring you are, then tell them, 'Your 

 own.' 'Ours from whom?' 'From Hina.' Then when the}' ask you, 'What brings 

 you our lord ' here to us?' Tell them, 'I want a roadway.'" 



When she arrived in the presence of the old women she followed according to 

 the instruction of Hina. At the conclusion the old women said: "There is a roadwa}?; 

 here it is, a bambu stalk. You climb to the top of it and when it leans over it will 

 reach Kuaihelani." Ivaukiamanuikahiki then climbed to the top of the bambu stalk 

 and sat there. The bambu then began to shoot up and when it had reached a great 

 distance it leaned over until the end reached Kuaihelani. Laukiamanuikahiki stepped 

 off the bambu and proceeded along the road until she met a girl whom she took as a 

 friend. They then went along until they came to a flower garden. The flowers of this 

 garden were all kapu; none were to string them into wreaths until they shall have been 

 picked by the daughter of Makiioeoe; the flowers of the ilima," the marigold and other 

 flowers and also the maile vine. There were guards in the garden who were watching 

 the flowers. Laukiamanuikahiki, however, reached out and picked the flowers, took 

 the maile vines and broke them off. When they came to the pool of water, which had 

 been kapued until it was first used by the daughter of Makiioeoe, Laukiamanuikahiki 

 uncovered herself and plunged into the pool of water, when a turtle came up to her 

 and began rubbing her back After she finished bathing she went up on the bank. 

 When the guards saw what she had done, they said: "You are indeed a strange girl 

 bathing in the pool of water which is kapued and reserved only for the king's daughter. 

 You will indeed die." 



When the guards arrived in the presence of Makiioeoe, the}' told him of all the 

 girl's doings. IMakiioeoe then ordered that wood be prepared for the girl and to pack 

 it to the seashore where the umu was to be started the next day, for on that day the 

 girl was to be killed. The guards then returned, took the girl by the hands, bound 

 them at her back and led her to the pig house where she was tied, the guards standing 

 watch over her that night. 



That night her friend came and asked that she too be bound; but Laukiamanu- 

 ikahiki said: "No, yoii must be at liberty so as to bring me food, meat and clothing." 

 Her friend consented to this. 



At midnight a bird perched on the house where she was being held; it was an owl. 

 This owl was the supernatural aunt of Hina, who had come all the way from Kauai 

 because she knew of the coming peril of her grandchild, and who had in its keeping 

 the tokens that had been given by Makiioeoe to Hina by the means of which she was 

 to be known or recognized upon her arrival at Kuaihelani. 



' Hakii, rendered "lord," is applicable to either sex; it favorite flower for wreaths, and Oahu's chosen emblem, 



signifies ruler, overseer, or other authoritative superior. The introduction of the marigold reveals the modern 



- Iliiiia, a Sida of which there are several species; a authorship of this storj'. 



