53'^ Pomander Collection of Ihnvaiian Volk-lore. 



Maui at the rising of the sun. That is a misnomer, Haleakala; Aheleakala is the cor- 

 rect name. 



CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THIS HILL. 



P'ormerly there was no hill there, but after Pele arrived, this hill was brought 

 forth. But it was not given a name at that time; afterwards it was called Puulaina. 

 This was the reason for so naming it: At that time a chief was living on the other 

 side of the hill, and because he was tired of seeing it standing there obstructing his 

 view, and preventing him from seeing the breadfruit grove of Lahaina, he ordered 

 his men to go and construct a ti-leaf house on its top; and the hill was called Puulai. 

 And because it was sightly to those viewing it from Lahaina it was called Puulaina. 



WHAT WAS DONE ON THIS LULL. 



Some time after the ha])penings above mentioned, this chief constructed a large 

 heiau on the farther side of this hill, on the makai side, and people died there frequent- 

 1}-. When a person died, he was buried on this side, and because the dirt slid down 

 when graves were being dug, on account of the great number of the dead buried there, 

 this side was named Puuheehee." There are some graves on this hill, those of the 

 brothers of Kamikioi, wife of Nuhi of Auwaiawao. 



What is suitable for us to reflect on is what we should ])reserve. 



D. M. K. 



A LEGEND OF MAUL 



Maui' was a son of Hinalauae and Hina. Their residence was at Makaliua,'- 

 above Kahakuloa, and in a northerly direction from Lahainaluna. 



first: WHAT THIS CHILD DID WHILE YET IN THE WOMB OF HINA. 



While this child was yet in the womb, and its i)arents realized that there was a 

 child, on one day when the sky was clear, the mountains were green, and the sea no 

 longer reverberated in its jjreaking, some men went out on canoes to fish for uhu.'' Ar- 

 riving at the fishing grounds, they saw a handsome child diving from the precipice into 

 the water. He was given chase; he ran and hid in the waterfall at Makamakaole;^ the 

 water fell from above, but back of that was dry; he waited there and finally came out 

 thinking to get back to the mother's womb; but he was again seen and again pursued. 

 He ran and entered the house. Hina was making kai)a. 



The men entered and asked: "Where is the child who came into this house?" 

 "There is no cliild; 1 am alone." Her husband saw this, so he came with the inten- 

 tion of killing these men (because it was against the law to have any man enter a house 



'Hcc-hec, to melt away, to slough off, to disappear. count for tlie various localities claiuiiiis to lie Iiis hirlli- 



'No demigod of Hawaii figures so proniitieutly in place. 



Polynesian mythology as does Maui, nor the hero of so "Waiaiiac, as also other places dispute this claim, 



many exploits throughout these islands. This will ac- "Uhu, parrot-fish (Cahtoinus sandzvichciisis). 



'Makamakaolc, friendless ; without relatives. 



