6oo Poniandcr Collection of Ifa-u'aiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



bailing place^ and Kilua tonk uj) the paddle.^ While they were jjaddling along, a large 

 wave sprang up behind them, and Kahuoi called out to Kilua : "Say, Kilua, keep the 

 canoe on the crest," and they raced along until they arrived in the harbor above men- 

 tioned. Kahuoi then went and lived at Keakamanu ;'' and because he could not get 

 enough to eat he kept wandering on until he found a favorable place, right above Wai- 

 ohonu ;'' while living there it entered his mind to plant bananas for himself, because he 

 had noticed bananas growing about, and that is the banana field which we are hear- 

 ing of. 



While he was jjlanting, he heard the voice of a bird, a paio,' and it said: "That 

 is a favorable place you have selected for planting; that banana field of yours will be 

 famous." That was perhaps the time when birds talked. After he had planted the 

 field, and noticed that the banana trees were growing well, he built himself a house. 

 The house he built was of banana leaves. He also planted sugar-cane, taro and vari- 

 ous other things. 



WHEN 'nil-: r.AN.tNAS came into bearing and who first ate them. 



One day he looked at his plantation and he noticed that the bananas were ripe, 

 that other plants grew well, that the cane had lain down and come up again.** He 

 walked from one end of the field to the other. While going about he noticed a man 

 plucking his bananas, so he said to him: "So Kinikuapuu is the one to eat of the ba- 

 nana field of Kahuoi!" Kinikuapuu answered: "True, I am eating of your banana 

 field; the rising of the sun warms leiea [and] Poopalu, the fishermen of Makalii." This 

 man Kinikuapuu came from Kauai. He came with these fishermen and landed at 

 Oahu, and from Oahu to ]\laui, landing at Kaupo. When he came from Kaupo, he 

 arrived at this place above mentioned. While they lived at this place they were great 

 friends ; there was plenty to eat ; bananas, of course. 



the famine at the seashore. 



Famine was raging below Waiohonu, near Hana, Maui. The children, the men 

 and the women were in great need. The famine had even reached as far as the ko- 

 iioliiki's'' place of residence, and the konohiki was also in distress on account of the 

 famine. After that a widow had an idea to go and search for food for them. She 

 said to the parents of her husband: "I am going to search for some mountain kalo 

 for food for us ; do you prepare the wood. \'ou wait for me, and if the day passes 

 by without m\- return, then }'ou may conclude that I am dead." She then started 

 ofif to look for wild kalo. She followed the course of a stream. While going towards 

 the mountain not a kalo could she find. It was already picked by those who had gone 



'The bailing place was forward of the central part of 'Paio, or Elepaio bird, while an attendant on canoe 



the canoe. Ijuilders to direct them in the selection of koa trees free 



'The stecrman's position at the after scat of tlie canoe. of defect, this is the first instance in which it docs 



'Keakanianu, lit., liird laughter, or more properly bird 



prophetic service over a banana field. 



shadow ' ' 'Indicative of long growth, Inxuriant cane, 



"The land of Waiohonu, with Pohakuloa as its land- "Konohiki, the head man appointed to superintend tlie 



ing, was a division south of Hamoa. pLyp\>: of an ahupuaa, or division of a district for its 



highest rental-tax returns. 



