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he also had children. When the men went up, they could not find any mountain birds 

 at all, so they decided to get some shore birds. When they caught some, they daubed 

 the feathers red with dirt so that the chief would think the birds came from the moun- 

 tain. When they returned and handed the birds to the chief, he was exceedingly glad 

 because he thought the birds came from the mountain. The chief told the men to 

 take them to the priest for his inspection. The priest perceived, however, that the birds 

 came from the seashore, so he told the chief that they did not come from the mountain, 

 but from the seashore. Then the chief said to the priest: "Vou shall not live, for you 

 have guessed wrongly.'' I can very well see that these are mountain birds." Then 

 and there an imu was prepared in which to bake the priest. 



Before he was placed in the imu, however, he said to his children: "You two 

 wait until the imu is lighted, and when the smoke ascends," should it break for the 

 Oloalu mountains, that indicates the path; move along; and where the smoke becomes 

 stationary, that indicates where you are to reside. Also, do not think of any other 

 woman for a wife; let the daughter of Puuhele and his wife be your wife. With that 

 wife you will live well, and your bones be cared for. Then the priest was cast into the 

 oven and the opening closed up tightly. The smoke arose and darkened the sky ; for 

 six days did the smoke darken the sky before the fire in the imu gave out. But after 

 the priest had been in the imu for two days, he reappeared and sat by the edge of the 

 imu unknown to any one ; the chief thinking all the time that he was dead ; but it was 

 not so. 



When the smoke ascended and leaned towards the Oloalu mountains, the two 

 sons went ofif in that direction; the cloud pointed towards Hanaula, and there it stood 

 still, so the two sons ascended to the place and resided there. 



Then the whole of Maui became dry ; no rain, not even a cloud in the sky, and 

 people died from lack of water. The smoke that hung over Hanaula became a cloud, 

 and rain fell there. The two men became planters so as to furnish their wife Puu- 

 oinaina with food. 



Hua, the chief, lived on, and because of the lack of water and food he sailed for 

 Hawaii, the home of his elder brother; but because Hawaii also sufifered from lack of 

 water and food he came back and lived at Wailuku. W^ailuku also did not have any 

 water, and that caused the chief to be crazed, so he leaned against the edge of the 

 precipice and died, and that was the origin of the saying "The bones of Hua" rattle 

 in the sun." 



These sons lived until their food was ripe, then they cooked it and carried it to 

 their parents-in-law and their wife. These sons, however, were birds; Kaakakai was 

 the elder and Kaanahua was the younger. A prophet living at Kauai noticed this 

 smoke hanging right over Hanaula, so he sailed towards it with eight forties of pigs 

 to be oft'ered as a sacrifice to these sons, so that life might be restored to the whole 

 of the Hawaiian Islands. 



"This is n familiar plot in several Hawaiian legends, 'An ancient provcrl) referring to an early king whose 



tlic origin of which may be traced to the story of Paao. wickedness won him the detestation of his people, who 



■This portion of the story is largely an adaption from tlierefore let his body lie where he fell tlial his hones 



the legend of Hamanalau, while the next section, rclat- lileached m the sun and rattled ni the wmd. 

 ing to Haupu, belongs to that of Kana, in preceding 

 volume, p. 448, but with a new ending. 



