Legend of Maikoha. 



THIS was a very brave and fearless young man, and it was this man that broke 

 the kapu poles, the sacred places of worship, the kapu insignia and all the dif- 

 ferent sacred things. Because of these doings of Maikoha, the father, Koni- 

 konia, became very angry. He was not sure which one had done this unholy thing, so 

 he pondered deeply on how he was to find out the guilty person. After spending several 

 days in study he decided on a certain course as follows : he procured two long poles and 

 tied one of them on the back of the necks of all his ten children and the other he tied 

 under the chin. He thought within himself that the one who would not cry would be the 

 guilty one, a sure proof he thought, and he must be sent away. In applying this test, 

 Maikoha was the one who did not cry out, all the other children cried more or less. This 

 satisfied the father that Maikoha was the guilty one and so he was sent away, to go 

 wherever he pleased. 



Maikoha then started out and landed at Kaupo, Maui, where he made his home. 

 Here he changed into the zn'aukc^ plant, which is known by this name to this day, and it 

 was at Kaupo that this plant first grew. Because Maikoha's body was very hairy the 

 wauke plant is therefore the same, as we see. 



After Maikoha had departed from home, his sisters came in search of him and 

 they traveled as far as Kaupo, where they found he had already changed into the wauke 

 plant. After they had located him they began to make a search for his navel, looking 

 from the top of the plant to the bottom, but they were unable to find it ; so a search 

 was made of the roots, and there they found it, for Maikoha had secreted it there. 

 Shortly after this the sisters left Maikoha in Kaupo, Maui, and they continued on their 

 journey until they arrived in Oahu. 



Upon their arrival on Oahu, Kaihuopalaai saw a goodly man by the name of Ka- 

 papaapuhi who was living at Honouliuli, Ewa; she fell in love with him and they were 

 united, so Kaihuopalaai has remained in Ewa to this day. She was changed into that 

 fish pond in which mullet are kept and fattened, and this fish pond is used for that ])ur- 

 pose to this day. 



When Kaihuopalaai decided to live in Ewa, her sisters proceeded on to Waianae, 

 where Kaihukoa decided to make her home and she was married to Kaena, a man who 

 was living at this place, a very handsome man and a chief of Waianae. So she remained 

 in Waianae and she is there to this day. She changed into that fishing ground directly 

 out from the Kaena Point, and the fishes that came with her were the ulua, the kahala^ 

 and the iiialiiinalii.^ 



When Kaihukoa decided to stay in Waianae, the remaining sisters continued on to 

 Waialua, where Kawailoa met Ihukoko. Kawailoa was a single man and as he fell in 



'The zmuke plant (Broussonctia papyrifera) was cul- 'Kahala, the amber fish, a species of the Scriola. 



tivated for the good qualities of its bark for producing 'Mahimulii, dolphin (Corvhhacna hifpurus). 



the hnest kapas. 

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