Legend of Kepakailiula. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Search for a Suitabl'e Wife. 



KEPAKAILIULA was one of the stronoest of the sons of Hawaii, who traveled 

 and conquered all those who opposed him on Hawaii, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. 

 He was so fearless and strong- that he fought against multitudes who opposed 

 him and won out in all his battles. Kepakailiula' was from a hen's 'egg. The land of his 

 birth was Keaau, Pvma, Plawaii. The father was Ku and the mother Hina. Kiinoho 

 and Kiihele" were the adopted parents of Kepakailiula and he was brought up in the land 

 of Paliuli.^ 



When Kepakailiula reached the age of twenty years, it was seen that he was very 

 handsome and jileasant to look upon. He was without blemish; he was perfect from the 

 soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Because of this great beauty, Kiinoho sent 

 Kiihele to travel around Hawaii in search of a wife for Kepakailiula. 



Kiihele was a very fast runner and could make three complete circuits of the island 

 of Hawaii in one day. Starting from Paliuli he went first through the district of Hilo, 

 where he found Kukuilauania, a very beautiful woman, but her eyes bulged out, so he 

 left her and continued on his way to Hamakua; then on to Waimea and then to Kohala. 

 From this point he retraced his steps and returned to Paliuli in Puna. When he arrived 

 home his older brother, Kiinoho, asked him: "How was your journey? Have you not 

 found a wife in all your journey?" "No, not one," said Kiihele. Kiinoho then said to 

 him: "You go toward the rising of the sun, toward Puna." Kiihele assented to this and 

 started out. All this was on the same day. 



On his journey through Puna, he met a very beautiful woman, Kahala by name. 

 She was indeed beautiful; her eyes were beautiful and her form was beautiful to look 

 upon; but she had one fault, her posterior was covered with large lumps, like the kind 

 of hala seeds seen today. Kiihele left Puna and entered into the district of Kau where 

 he found Manienie, another beautiful woman: but her one defect was that her hips were 

 deformed so that she crawled about on her hands and feet, like the manienie [grass] 

 that is now growing. Kiihele then left Kau and entered into Kona, where he found 

 Makolea, a very beautiful woman and very pleasant to look ui)on. She was without blem- 

 ish and was so beautiful that she was like the full moon.' 



Makolea was living with her parents, who were the ruling chiefs of the whole 

 district of Kona. The father's name was Keauhou and the mother was Kahaluu.' Ma- 



'This celebrity begins with peculiar birtb, whose 'Circuiting districts, or even islands, for a wife with- 



parents Ku and Hina, figure prominentlv in Hawaiian out blemisli forms the plot of many popular traditions, 



jjQ^y ' lience the well-known proverb, ' Aohe pun, aohc kcc, 



.„,' ^ ■ r . V 1 t„r. „, f'dl! hi' kim, iiiahiiui kc do" indicative of perfect form 



■These two names indicate opposite characters or ' ' ' 



i..t=^ Lw a ^ . ^ , „„ „„,! and open countenance, 



dispositions, quiet and restless, or stay-at-home and ^ , ^, , , ii- 



wandering, reared bv foster parents as per custom. These names of the parents of Makolea, the discov- 



,_ ,. ,. , -TT '■• 1- ered beautv of all Hawaii, are those of two lands and 



'Pahuli, the Hawaiian paradise. ^.j„.^„^^ ^^ ^^^_, ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ j,^^^ i^,^,,^ 



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