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cality of the sun. Her place of ascent was at Hana, the place called Hana-ua-lani- 

 haahaa." That was the reason for so naming the place, and there is more. 



CONCERNING THE MAN IN THE BELLY OF THE FISH. 



Jonah was the man who lived in the belly of the fish, according to the Bible: 

 Jonah I wy. Kuikuipahir' was Hawaii's [celebrity] who lived in the belly of the shark. 

 He was a chief of Kohala. Once he went surfing with a number of people; and while 

 they were surfing, Kuikuipahu was taken by a shark. The place where he landed was 

 Hana, at Kauiki hill; it was there he was discovered by some people. Eleio was the 

 chief living at that time, and Kipola and Kipalalaia were the prophets ; when Kuikui- 

 pahu was found, he was not dead ; he was still alive. 



CONCERNING THE CRUEL KINGS. 



Pharaoh and Herod were some of the cruel kings mentioned in the Bible; Exo- 

 dus 1:8-22, Matt. 2:16, and there were also some others. Hakau^ was Hawaii's cruel 

 king. He was a chief of Waipio. This was the chief who proclaimed that the breasts 

 of all females were to be cut off; and if he saw a man with well tattooed hands, or with 

 good hair, or a woman with good hair, he immediately gave orders to have the hand or 

 the head cut off. There were other cruel practices carried on by this chief. Owaia^ 

 was another cruel chief. It is said that his time was a very bad period, full of de- 

 basing pleasures. 



CONCERNING THE VOICE WHICH CRIED OUT FROM HEAVEN. 



When Jesus was being baptized by John, there was heard a voice crying out 

 from heaven, saying, "Thou art my beloved son, in Thee I am well pleased." Luke 

 3:22. And there were other voices like this in the Bible. So it was here in Hawaii. 

 There was a voice from the heaven enquiring, "Which of the chiefs down below lives 

 righteously?" "It is Kahiko,"*^ was the answer. 



CONCERNING THE DROUGHT. 



When Ahab was king of the Israelites, because of the many sins he committed, 

 Elias, the prophet, said to him, "As the Lord God of the Israelites liveth, before whom 

 I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." 

 I Kings 17:1. Thus again: When Hua" was king here on Maui. Luahoomoe was the 



'Hana-ua-lani-haahaa, lit., Hana of low heaven, from 



the supposition of the low clouds being reached from 

 its hills from which the above attempt was said to have 

 been made. 



'Several parts of the islands lay claim to this tradi 

 tion. Koolau, of Oahu, among others, held him in high 

 esteem as a cultivator faitliful in his offering to the 

 gods, wherefore he was saved from death on being de- 

 voured by a shark, and cast ashore on Kauai. 



'The one king of Hawaii of this name was tlic half- 

 brother of Unii, who overcame and slew Hakau in Wai- 

 pio, and sacrificed him on tlie altar of the I'akaalana 

 heiau. 



"The tradition of Owaia is to the effect tliat lie was 



named as one of the most cruel kings of earth in an- 

 swer to an inquiring voice from heaven. 



"Kaliiko-luamea, father of Wakea. 



'Hua figures prominently in Hawaii and Maui tradi- 

 tions, the one here referred to being: in a dispute with 

 his priest and prophet Luahoomoe, on East Maui, about 

 some uwau (JEstrclata pliaco!^y.iiiit saiid'Li'irlwnsis) birds, 

 he became so atigry tliat he vowed dcatli to the priest. 

 Aware of his coming fate Luahoomoe directed his sons 

 to safety while he perished in flames. Immediately the 

 rains ceased, streams and springs dried up so that fam- 

 ine and desolation spread, from the continuous drought. 

 Hua died miserably from wliich comes the saying : 

 "Rattling are the bones of Hua in the sun." 



