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kana." O ke kumu o ke 'Hi i olelo ai pela, no ka maa ia Pakaa, ia Pakaa e noho ana me 

 ke 'Hi, aole e haalele ka waa o ke 'Hi i ka waa c oku niai ana i ka lioe, nolaila, ua maa ke 

 'Hi. A kokoke loa ka waa o ke 'lii ia laua, ninau aku o Pakaa i ke keiki : "Auhea ka waa o 

 ko haku?" I mai ke keiki: "Eia la ua kokoke." "KaHea ia ka Hana o ko haku," pela 

 mai o Pakaa. Alaila, kahea o Kuapakaa : 



\\\\n\ la, kipii ! 

 I loolai la, hoolai ! 

 Moopohu la, hoopohii ! 

 Hoomalino la, hoomalino ! 

 Ouiii, o ninau, nowai he waa ? 



"No Keawenuiaumi he waa." Ninau aku ke keiki: "He waa e holo ana i hea?" 

 "He waa e holo ana e imi ia Pakaa." "Imi ia Pakaa. heaha o Pakaa?" "He kauwa." I 

 aku o Kuapakaa i kona makuakane, ia Pakaa: "Ka i no he 'Hi oe, he kauwa ka oe. Hea- 

 ha la, he kauwa no oe, a he 'Hi no wau ma ka auao o ko'u makuahine, nolaila, alii no ko'u 

 noho ana ia Molokai nei." I aku o Pakaa i kc keiki, ninau ia aku: "He kauwa io?" No- 

 laila, ninau o Kuapakaa: "He kauwa io." "Aole he kauwa io; he iwi kuanioo, he paa 

 kahili, he lawe i])u kakele." Maopopo ma keia olelo, he kaukau alii kona makuakane o 

 Pakaa, i aku ia ia Pakaa: "O kou wahi alii auanei, o ko kuu makuahine, alii no ko'u noho 

 ana ia Molokai nei." 



No na 'Hi malalo o Keawenuiaumi, oia na 'Hi aimoku o Hawaii, eono moku, eono 

 alii. Mamua ae o ke kamailio ana o Kuapakaa me ka waa o Keawenuiaumi, oia ka wa i 

 hea pakahi ia ai na inoa o na 'Hi, e like me ko lakou noho ana, a ua ao no hoi o Pakaa ia 

 mea i kana keiki. I ka wa i hiki mai ai ka nnia o na waa, hoomaka ia e ninau i kona ma- 

 kuakane. O Wahilani ka waa niua. Hiki ana he kaulua maikai, ninau aku o Kuapa- 

 kaa: "No wai keia waa?" "No Wahilani, oia kc 'Hi o Kohala." la manawa, oli aku la o 



Kuapakaa : 



(J ua alii o niakou o Koliala, o Wahilani. 



Aole no hoi he 'Hi, he kaukau alii no, 



He peepee puko no Kohala, 



Ka ia o ia aina, he unihi, 



I ka lau o ke ko, i ka pua o ka mauu. 



lie aina ia ole, 



O ka uala ka ai, 



O ke kee ia o ia aina, 



Aole no hoi o Wahilani he 'Hi ; 



O ka ai ana ia Kohala, 



Olelo ia he 'Hi. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. V. — 6. 



