432 Foniandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



out for Kauai. When Hanaaumoe saw him, he called out: "Say, Kaneopa, come ashore." 

 Kaneopa refused to do this. 



When Kaneopa arrived at Hanalei, Kauai, he found the king- of Kauai at this 

 place, who was the friend of Kahaookamoku, and he proceeded to tell him of how they had 

 gotten into trouble. When the king heard this he exjjressed much regret at the death of 

 Kahaookamoku, his friend. After a time he turned to his chief ]iriest, Namalokama by 

 name, and asked him: "How are we to go about and accomplish the destruction of these 

 ghosts ?" Namalokama replied : "We surely have a way. You give your order to the 

 people of the whole of Kauai, to hew out images, a large number of them, so many that 

 they could not be counted, and also to hew out canoes. After these things are ready, we 

 will set sail for Oahu and we will then be able to kill them all." 



At the command of the king, the people of Kauai to a man proceeded to carry 

 out the orders and in time the images and canoes were completed and the start for Oahu 

 was made. 



RELATING TO THE DEATH OF HALALII AND A!,L THE GHOSTS. 



\Micn the king of Kauai was nearing Oahu, Hanaaumoe greeted them as he did 

 on all such occasions and invited them to come and share the hospitality of the island 

 of Oahu. The canoes made for the shore and the people landed; by the time the people 

 got into the shed it became quite dark. 



While the Kauai people were in the shed, Namalokama, the priest, said to the 

 king: "Let us dig up the inside of the house then place the images, some on the ground 

 and some under." The king assented to this and the people proceeded to dig up the 

 inside of the house and to deposit the images as ordered. After this was done, they 

 all returned to their canoes and waited for the coming of the ghosts. While they were 

 waiting they heard Hanaaumoe calling at the door of the shed, saying: 



Say, Halahalakau ; Say, Halahalakau ! 

 Are you people asleep? 



There being no reply from within, he again called out, and not receiving any 

 response, Hanaaumoe said to himself: 



So here you are. Why didn't you sleep at Kauai? 

 Here you have come to sleep on the island of Halalii. 

 You shall all die, nothing will save you. 



Hanaaumoe then returned to their home and reported to Halalii and the ghosts: 

 "They are all asleep, let us go down and eat them up." When Halalii heard this, he 

 and all the ghosts proceeded to the shed and all entered it while Halalii as was his cus- 

 tom sat down on the threshold. The ghosts then took up the images and began chewing 

 on them, but found them very hard. One of the ghosts said to the others : "What a 

 tough fellow this is that I have picked up." Another said: "So is mine, it is awfully 

 hard." 



It was customary at feasts of this kind for the common ghosts to reserve the 

 choice portions of the different people they killed and present them to their king, and 



