1 62 Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



house for fish, and one house for them to sleep in. Upon receiving these gifts the men 

 decided to Hve there and to abandon their old homes and at the same time they vowed 

 that they would live and die serving Puniakaia. 



Halekou after this went out accompanied by the chiefs, until they came to the pool 

 where Uhumakaikai made its home. This pool is at Nuupia to this day. Halekou then 

 called out: "Draw along, draw along, draw along the fish, Uhumakaikai; from Kona 

 and Koolau to Kauai where your master Puniakaia now is. Don't l)e slow, don't wait, 

 else your master will be cooked in the umu." At the close of this call, the sea was seen 

 to be disturbed and Uhumakaikai passed below Halekou. She then took up the fish, 

 kissed it and allowed it to go again. Halekou then said: "Make haste, else your master 

 will die." 



This was the fourteenth day and there was yet left but one day, when Puniakaia 

 would be killed, for the umu, the wood, the stones and the covering were ready. On the 

 approach of daylight the next day, the fish were seen coming to Kauai by way of 

 Kona and by way of Koolau, until both schools met at Wailua. Puniakaia on this last 

 day went down to the beach accompanied by the Kauai woman ; and they went and sat 

 on the seashore to wait for the arrival of Uhumakaikai. 



During the night, however, Puniakaia dreamed a dream in which he heard the 

 remark: "Uhumakaikai is coming. Why did you leave me behind and go alone to a 

 strange land? You do not love me. If I did not hear of your trouble, you would have 

 been killed?" After he woke up he found that he had been dreaming so he became sleep- 

 less, wondering what the dream meant. After studying for some time a feeling of af- 

 fection came upon him for Uhumakaikai. 



After the night was spent and the dawn of the new day began to break, Punia- 

 kaia came out of the house and looked toward the sea, when he saw the surface as well 

 as the lower portion of the sea brown with fish. Shortly after this Uhumakaikai 

 passed below him ; he then reached down, took it up and hugged and kissed it. Then he 

 said: "Yes, I did not intend to leave you behind; I came with the idea of making a tour 

 of sightseeing around Oahu, and then go back to you ; but instead I came to Kauai and 

 came near not being able to see you again. Had you failed me I would have been 

 killed." 



Puniakaia then released Uhumakaikai and the fish began to come ashore at Wai- 

 lua. The fish covered the sand and extended some distance into the sea. The people 

 of Wailua and the king who made the wager saw the fish and they agreed that Punia- 

 kaia had won. Puniakaia then gave the whole of Kauai to the owner of the canoe that 

 had brought him to Kauai, who then became the king. Puniakaia and his Kauai queen 

 then returned to Oahu. 



