198 Ponuuidcr Collect ion of IJaz^'aiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



these people who came to Alana, causing many of them to come and Hve there, and 

 through their hd^or turned the waste land into a rich and comfortahle place. By this 

 time these doings were reported to Olopana who was still at W'ailua. In order there- 

 fore to see these things for himself and also to make up with his daughter and son-in- 

 law, for news had also come to him that this i^erson was Uweuwelekehau himself, he- 

 cause the latter had informed his wife and the peo]jle in Mana as to his identity, Olopana 

 set out for Alana, with the purpose not only to make u]), ])ut to make his son-in-law and 

 daughter the king and queen of Kauai. 



The news of Uweuwelekehau heing alive and in Kauai was not hy any means con- 

 fined to that island alone, hut it was also carried to Hawaii and to Ku and Hina. They 

 therefore came to Kauai with their servants, in large and small canoes, having red sails, 

 red cords, red ])addles, red seats, red hailing cups and red men, and with everything 

 needed for the voyage. 



When the peo])le from Hawaii arrived they were met by a great host of people 

 at Mana and great festivities were had. That night for the first time were the two cov- 

 ered by the same kapa, for Kane and Kanaloa were i)leased to remove the kapu placed 

 over their charge. 



Uweuwelekehau and Luukia were at this time declared the king and Cjueen of 

 Kauai. Among their first acts to commemorate their great fortune were the planting 

 of the grove of coconut trees at Kaunalewa and the building of the temjjle of Lolomauna. 



This is the end of this legend." 



Legend of Kalaepuni and Kalaeliina. 



IV 



CHAPTER I. 



RELATING TO KALAEPUNI. 



'^ '^ ALAN IPO and Kamaelekapu were the father and mother of Kalaepuni and Ka- 

 laehina. Kalaepuni was the elder and Kalaehina was the younger. They were 

 born and raised in Holualoa, Kona, during the reign of Keawenuiaumi, king 

 of Hawaii. Regarding Kalaepuni : he was a very mischievous boy and one who was with- 

 out fear. At the age of six he was able to whip all his playmates and his strength devel- 

 oped from that time on until he reached the age of twenty years, at which time Kalae- 

 puni became famous' over the whole of Hawaii for his great strength. At twenty he 

 determined to kill all the young chiefs of Hawaii,' those who were of very high blood 

 as well as those of low blood, both big and small, even the mere sucklings. In his plan to 



'The recurrence of the names Olopana and Luukia, 'Strength, especially if combined with skill, ever called 



and the flood incident, prominent in the history of Moi- forth Hawaiian admiration. 



keha (Vol. IV, page 156 of these Memoirs ), again illus^ ^Gaining fame fed Kalaepuni's ambitions for ruling 



trates the free use by the bards of popular characters power so that he souglu to remove all likely opponent.s. 

 and plots for repetition in their stories. 



