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also took with liini his paddle, called Lapakahoe, so named in honor of his younger 

 brother, Lapakahoe. 



When Pakaa was about to leave, he said to his younger brother, who was a chief 

 in possession over certain lands in the district of Hilo: "Our master, somehow is dis- 

 pleased with me and has taken back everything I once owned, leaving me only a few 

 pieces of land, which I suppose he will take away by and by. Since I am going away I 

 want you to live on your lands ; but be faithful to our master. I am going away now, 

 but am not certain where I shall locate." 



With these words, he boarded his canoe and set out, going by way of Lele, Maui ; 

 then on until he came to Molokai ; on the Kona side of that island, overlooking Lanai, 

 where Pakaa made his home, and took unto himself a wife, a chiefess, belonging to the 

 land. In time his wife bore him a boy and he gave the child the name of Kuapakaa.* 

 The meaning of the name is this: "the cracked skin," given because the skin of Keawe- 

 nuiaumi was cracked by the constant use of the awa, so much so that the flesh was ex- 

 posed in places. 



After Kua])akaa had grown up to the age when he could talk and think, Pakaa 

 said to him: "I want to teach you the nicies relating to your master and also the general 

 knowledge of all things; for it is possible that in time he will miss me and will come to 

 make a search; if he does I want you to be in a position of readiness to meet him." The 

 course of instruction did not take many days, for Kuapakaa was a bright boy and every- 

 thing was mastered in a way that gave him a thorough knowledge of the different 

 subjects. 



A short time after this a canoe came in from Hilo and word was brought that 

 Keawenuiaumi was beginning to feel keenly the loss of Pakaa. Pakaa during the recital 

 of this piece of news did not tell the Hilo man that he was Pakaa himself. 



After the information had been imparted to Pakaa he dreamed a dream in which 

 his spirit met the spirit of Kaewenuiaumi. In this meeting the spirit of Keawenuiaumi 

 said to his spirit: "I am coming in search of you." The spirit of Pakaa answered: "I 

 am living on Kaula."^ Keawenuiaumi also dreamed the same dream and on receiving the 

 reply from Pakaa, jumped out of his bed and immediately requested of the six district 

 chiefs of Hawaii to get their canoes ready and to summon their attendants ; for he wished 

 them to accompany him in his search for Pakaa, for he had at last realized the utter lack 

 of knowledge, in most cases of Hookeleihilo and Hookeleipuna,'' the men that took the 

 place of Pakaa. 



Pakaa awoke from his sleep and said to his son: "Let us go to the uplands and do 

 our farm work." The boy consented and the two started up. Their fields were six in 

 number and the food planted was sweet potatoes. Each field was shaped after each of 

 the six districts of Hawaii. 



'Ku-a-Pakaa, Ku the son of Pakaa becomes the lead- nilicant of their scheming characters, Hookele meaning 



ing character in the story and life of his father, as in a steerer; a director of a vessel's course; one, Hooke- 



the case of Aiai-a-Kuula, and other Hawaiian stories. leihilo being toward Hilo and the other Hookeleipuna 



'Kaula is the small islet to the southwest of Kauai, ''eing toward Puna, as if, possibly, to wean the king 



the most distant of the group proper. from his natura leanmgs toward Kona, his birthplace, 



,_, , , . n I 1, • as It was that of Pakaa also. 



The names of these successors to Pakaa may be sig- 



