194 I'oniandcr Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



After Uweuwelekehaii was grown up into manhood it was seen tliat he was very 

 handsome and pleasant to look upon. He was always accompanied by his two gods, 

 Kane and Kanaloa. His bringing up was surrounded by many restrictions ; his house 

 was sacred, people not being allowed to pass near it upon pain of certain death. 



In the meantime 01oi)ana lived on in Kauai, and he too in course of time was 

 blessed with a child, a girl, who was called Luukia. Upon hearing that Hina had given 

 birth to a male child, Olopana made oath that his daughter should marry no one 

 except Uweuwelekehau. Olopana then commanded the people of Kauai that Uweuwe- 

 lekehau when he comes shall come in a red canoe, having red sails, red paddles, accom- 

 panied by large and small men in large and small canoes. When they see such a man 

 come with these different things," then it is the sign of the great chief. 



One day near the month of October while Ku and Hina were living in their home, 

 they were possessed with the desire to go up the Wailuku river for oopu and shrimps. 

 In this ex])edition they took all their servants along with them leaving Uweuwelekehau 

 alone with his attendants. After his jiarents had de])arted on their way up the stream 

 Uweuwelekehau set out for the Kalopulepule river to sail his canoe. As he was in the 

 river a small cloud ajJi^eared from the sea and came on uj) till it stood directly above 

 the Wailuku stream when it came down in the form of rain, flooding the whole country 

 and causing the stream to flow in a rush to the ocean, carrying Uweuwelekehau along 

 in its flood. This carrying away of Uweuwelekehau by the flood was caused by Kane 

 and Kanaloa. After he was thus carried out to sea some one went up and informed 

 Ku of the matter and he and his company returned home and a search was made, but 

 the boy could not be found. The parents then mourned for the boy. 



\^'hile in the sea Uweuwelekehau was changed into a fish through the power of 

 Kane and Kanaloa, and l)y them taken to Kauai and left in a crevice in the rocks near 

 the shore where the fish of Luukia was generally caught by her attendant, I'apioholo- 

 holokahakai. The fish into which Uweuwelekehau was changed was of the kind called 

 ;//o«,^ a short stubby fish. 



Early the next morning when Luukia awoke from her sleeji she told her attend- 

 ant, Papioholoholokahakai, to go down and catch her some fish for breakfast, as there 

 was none ready for her morning meal. Papioholoholokahakai took uj) his net and pro- 

 ceeded to the beach. After three casts of his net he found that he had caught nothing. 

 Thinking that his charge would get angry with him he again made another attempt, 

 when to his delight he caught a small stubby fish, and upon closer inspection he saw that 

 it was a good fish. He then took the fish and placed it into a calabash with some water 

 and proceeded home. When he arrived in the presence of Luukia, he handed her the 

 calabash which contained the fish. Luukia looked at the fish and was made glad by the 

 shape of the fish and took and gave it to her servants with the order that it be given 

 good care. 



After the lapse of one day, on the second day, while Luukia and her attendants 

 were asleep, the fish transformed itself into a human being, through the power of Kane 



*A royal progress in olden time was known by its 'Moa, trunk-fish (Ostracion camiiruiii). 



predominating red insignia. 



