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CHAPTER V. 



At Death of Pakaa's Enemies, Calm Prevails. — The Boy Is Made Sailing 

 Master. — He Directs the Canoes to Hawaii. — The Men Are Made Glad, but 

 THE King Is Sad at Failing to Find Pakaa. — Kuapakaa Foretells His Neglect 

 BY THE King. — Landing at Kawaihae He Is Deserted. — He Joins Two Fisher- 

 men and Makes a Fair Catch. — Falling in with a Six-manned Canoe He 

 Wagers on a Race, Single-handed, Against All Eight and Wins. — He Hides 

 the Fish in the King's Canoe. — They Plan a Canoe Race to Take Place in 

 Kau, Life to Be the Forfeit. 



When Kuapakaa saw that the enemies of his father, Pakaa, were dead, he closed 

 the wind calabash, Laamaomao, and immediately the storm aliated and a great calm 

 came over the ocean. At the coming of the pleasant weather, the office of sailing mas- 

 ter was given over to the boy. But before this, the king said to the boy, that he wished 

 to continue the search of Pakaa at Kaula. After giving this order the king and the 

 men all fell asleep, for they were worn out with the efforts to save themselves during 

 the storm. 



After they had all fallen asleep a fair wind from land sprung up; Kuapakaa then 

 swung the canoe around as well as the sail and sailed straight for Hawaii, all that day 

 and night until daylight of the next day, when they saw the to]) of Maunakea above the 

 mist, passing and repassing in the distance like a pointed cloud. At this the men all 

 woke up at the call, "There is Hawaii." Some said that it was not Hawaii; but when 

 they got nearer to Kawaihae, they were made certain that it was Hawaii. This was the 

 cause of great rejoicing amongst the men; but Keawenuiaumi was not at all made 

 hap])v for he had failed to find his servant Pakaa, and had not reached Kaula. 



As the canoe drew near the land the men became excited, for they were to see 

 their wives and children after a long separation. Upon seeing this, Kuapakaa said to 

 them: "Say, what a disappointment it will be for the boy." They asked; "Why?" 

 Kuapakaa replied: "He will be neglected as soon as the canoe touches land." Lapaka- 

 hoe then asked : "Why should you be neglected?" Kuapakaa replied: "I see that you 

 are all excited and are anxious to land; and when you do, and meet your wives and 

 children you will forget me and I will get left, for I have no friends here." Lapaka- 

 hoesaid: "The king will not forget you, because by you these bones were saved." 

 "That may be so, but the boy will be forgotten as soon as the canoe touches land." 

 These words of Kuapakaa were realized and ])r()ved too true, as the following events will 

 show. 



When they touched land at Kawaihae, everybody landed and there was weeping 

 by the women and by the children, and while doing this, the boy was entirely forgotten. 

 Kuapakaa, not having any other place to go to, staid by the canoes day and night, sleep- 

 ing under them at night. In living at this place, the boy had no friends, and the food he 

 lived on was the dried potatoes saved in his log of wood. 



