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For she lies in tiie uplands of Pohakea, 

 Beneath the lehua tree. 



Kahalaopuna saw the company of people as they were passing along the road, 

 which was the reason why she chanted. At the close of the chant the people stood and 

 listened, uncertain whether it was the voice of people, the wind, or the squeak caused by 

 the rubbing together of trees. 



After a while Kahalaopuna chanted a second time, which made the people know 

 that it was the spirit of a dead person ; so they continued on their way until they ar- 

 rived at Manoa, where they informed the parents of Kahalao]nma of what they had 

 heard. Upon hearing this the parents arose and went to the ])lace where their daugh- 

 ter had been killed. When they arrived at Pohakea, they looked for the lehua tree 

 where the body was hidden. At last they found it and they took up the body and 

 with it they returned to Manoa, where they worked over it until she was restored to 

 life and assumed her former self." 



The news of this restoration of Kahalao])una to life was carried to Koolau and 

 to the hearing of Kauhi, who came up to see for himself, to pay her a visit and to beg 

 to be loved again; but Kahalaopuna would not listen to him. This is the nature of this 

 legend. 



Legend of Uweuwelekehau. 



KU WAS the father and Hina was the mother of Uweuwelekehau, and Wailua, 

 Kauai, was the land [of their birth]. Olopana was the first-born, then Ku came 

 next, and the last of the family was Hina,' a girl. They lived in Wailua as 

 chiefs and rulers of Kauai. After a while Olopana became displeased with Ku, so Ku 

 set out and journeyed to Piihonua, Hilo, Hawaii, where he made his home. In this 

 journey Hina, the sister, followed Ku, as she was much attached to him, and thus left 

 Olopana in Kauai by himself. 



After they arrived at Hilo, Ku in accordance with the old custom took Hina to 

 be his wife,' as he was of too high a rank to take any other woman to wife; and they 

 became the king and queen of Hilo. Their bathing place was at the pool called Waia- 

 nuenue. In course of time Hina conceived and gave birth to a male child, who was 

 called Uweuwelekehau. At the birth of the child a great storm swept over the land; 

 the thunder roared, the earth was shaken by a great earthquake, the lightning flashed, 

 the rivers and streams were overflowed, the wind blew and the rain came down in tor- 

 rents.' 



'This brief version of one of Oahu's popular legends 'The union of brother and sister for the maintenance 



omits much attending Kahalaopuna's recovery and sub- of rank was a recognized custom, being above the law, 



sequent events wherein judgment was meted out to her for it is not shown as practiced among the common 



slanderers. people. 



'Another Hina story, and the popularity of the name 'These were all accepted as proofs of recognition by 



finds its transmission from mother to daughter, an un- the gods of the high kapu rank of birth, an alii pio being 



common practice. the highest but one of the ten grades or ranks of chiefs. 



