128 Pomander Collection of Hawaiian Polk-lorc. 



1)\' these surfs lie was taken ashore. The other people, when they saw the surfs com- 

 ing, were friglitened, they being too large, and so they held back their canoe; in this way 

 Kua])akaa rode in on the surfs alone and landed ahead of the others. As soon as Kua- 

 l)akaa landed, he took the flying-fish and hid the whole lot within the canoe of Keawe- 

 nuiaunii. \Mien the others came ashore, they asked of Kuapakaa al)out the fish, say- 

 ing: "Where is our fish?" "There is none left, 1 have given the whole lot away, for I 

 knew it was mine." 



When the men heard this, they were satisfied, but were greatly surprised that 

 such a small boy should beat them. They were, however, determined to try again, and 

 proposed another race, saying to Kuapakaa: "Let us have another race." Kuapakaa 

 replied: "You can satisfy yourselves on that matter; but the trouble is I have nothing 

 to wager against you." They all said: "There is always one wager, our bones. If we 

 beat you, you forfeit your life to us, and if you should beat us, why we forfeit ours." 

 Kua])akaa replied: "I do not want to wager our lives, for if I should win, your wives 

 and children and your friends would weep for you; whereas on my side I am all by my- 

 self, without a single relative and can afford to die; but this is not the case with you. 

 So therefore, if you think best we will wager some property, for there is my double 

 canoe over there which you can have if you beat me." The men replied: "That is not 

 your canoe, it belongs to Keawenuiaumi." Kuapakaa said: "Keawenuiaumi has no 

 canoe there, that is my canoe They were merely passengers, for I am the one that is 

 keeping it ; had the canoe been theirs they would have staid by it and taken care of 

 it." The men then replied: "We do not want the canoe. We would much prefer that 

 our lives be the wager." The boy assented to this, saying: "All right, why not?" 



The result of the first race was spread abroad about Kohala, Hamakua and Hilo. 

 In the arrangement for the second race the men said to the boy: "The race must take 

 ])lace in Kau. Each canoe must be six fathoms in length." This arrangement was 

 also spread abroad until it went the whole round of Hawaii. 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Canoe Race in Kau. — Kuapakaa Stipulates to Land Four Times Before 

 His Opponent's First. — Landinc; First in His Canoe He Seizes a Surf-board 

 and Comes in Three Times Before They Land. — The King. Hearing of the 

 Race, Sends for the Boy. — Pleads for the Lives of His Men, Dear to Him 

 Through the Loss of Pakaa. — Kuapakaa Reveals Himself and Pakaa. — The 

 Defeated Men Ordered Put to Death. — Keawenuiaumi Orders Kuapakaa to 

 Bring Him Pakaa. — Pakaa Refuses to Return Till Full Restitution Is Made. 

 — The King Agrees, and on Pakaa's Arrival, Gave Him the Whole of Hawaii. 



When they reached Kau, the canoes were made ready and moored at the beach. 

 The oven was dug, sufificient wood was brought to the place as well as the stones. These 

 things were made ready because they were the means by which death was to be given the 

 defeated ones, according to their agreement. In this second race many people took the 



