158 Foniaudcr Collect ion of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Because of this action of tlieir l)rother-in-law they were very sad and pondered as to 

 the reason of such action. Puniakaia, on the other hand, did nothing else hut sleep day 

 and night for over twenty days. Thinking that the matter would terminate seriously, the 

 hrothers-in-law of Puniakaia called the people together, men, women and children, and 

 asked each and every one of them, who it was that had insulted their hrother-in-law ; 

 hut no one could answer the question. Failing" in this Puniakaia was requested to tell 

 them the person who had insulted him. Puniakaia then revealed the person's name, 

 saying: "The person who insulted me is the aunt of my wife, and not my wife. One 

 day while we were in hed, the aunt with several others came into our house and said: 

 Say, Puniakaia, get up and let us go crabhing, for what can you get by sleeping? Only 

 to get up, clean your eyes, catch flies and eat?' While she was speaking, I was lying 

 down, but I could see and hear through our thin mantle. This is the reason why I am 

 sad and unhappy." 



When the brothers-in-law heard this, they ordered that the aunt be put to death.' 

 After this order was carried out, Puniakaia returned to his own home. When he came 

 in his mother's i)resence, she asked him as to the reason of his return ; he then told her 

 everything relating to the treatment received by him while living with his wife. When 

 Halekou heard this, she wept and said: "It is even as I said to you, that you were to 

 be insulted in the home of your wife, and now you have seen it for yourself." 



After living with his mother for a few days, Puniakaia decided to go to Kauai 

 to make a visit ; so he started out until he came to the Kaena point, at Waianae, where 

 he met some men who were lashing their canoe for a trip to Kauai. Puniakaia upon 

 coming up to these men, asked them: "Where are you going with this canoe?" "To 

 Kauai." "Can I go with you?" "And why not? The canoe is yours."* The reason 

 ^\•h^• these people allowed Puniakaia to go to Kauai with them was because he was such 

 a handsome looking man. 



On coming to Kauai they landed at \\'ailua, where a high chiefess was living. 

 When she saw that Puniakaia was such a handsome looking man she began to give him 

 presents of great value and after a while she even proposed that she become his wife. 

 All this time, however, she had a husband already," who was then living at some dis- 

 tance on the other side of Kauai. 



Some time after Puniakaia had been living with this woman, he went down one 

 day to the beach accompanied by the woman and there saw two men preparing to go out 

 fishing. Upon coming up to the fishermen, Puniakaia asked them : "\\niat kind of fish- 

 ing are you two going out for?" The two replied: "Oio" fishing; but the most we 

 will ever catch will be about eight, not very many." Puniakaia said: "Yes, I will be 

 the one who will get you all you want, from the ocean to the land, from the bottom of 

 the sea to the top and the people will not be able to carry away all the fish ; they will 

 salt some and the pigs and dogs will eat their full and a lot will be wasted." The two 

 men then said: "You are deceiving us. We have lived here all our lives and have never 

 seen so much fish." 



'Rather summary punishment for a relative's insult. "Described as "he hana(>ilo:" an uncomplimentary 



"Evidently "yours to cuniniand." term, signifying putrid or bad-smelling. 



"O'w, Bone-lish (Albiila vulf'rs). 



