658 Foniandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



times; it originated from a man named Lonoauhi. The ones who braided it were this 

 Lauhiki and her younger sister Haumea and their li\e daughters Kamehaikaua, Mea- 

 hanipaoa, Lohea, Kahuihuimalanai and Kahoanohookaohu (that was the sail of the ca- 

 noe of Kamehameha 1 ) . Tliese persons were goddesses. The shape of the sail was 

 round like the sun : while sailing on the ocean this was spread on the mast of the ca- 

 noe when it would reallv a])pear like the sun. 



Here is another use: the drupes of its fruit were strvmg into wreaths for peo- 

 ple in the olden times. The women who first strung them were Kahuihuimalanai and 

 Kahoanohookaohu, and from them the custom has spread to this time. 



Here is another thing: when this wreath dries on the neck, then it is preserved 

 until a troublesome illness appears, such as a stomachache, or other illness for which 

 this medicine is properly used, then it is obtained and ted [to the patient] ; if it be 

 for life, he lives; if it be for death, he dies. 



These are the fragments concerning the lauhala which I have obtained; but I 

 tell you the}' were not freely acquired, but were secured through purchase from an old 

 man, he having stated that if he were not paid, then he would not divulge anything. 

 Therefore I thought there was no other way for me to quickly obtain them ; so I con- 

 sented. My expenditure was a real half a dollar. If this is repeated, T will contin- 

 ually be in need, my friends. 



SOME THINGS IN THE BIBLE SIMILAR TO SOME THINGS DONE HERE 



IN HAWAII IN THE OLDEN TIME. 



There were guides which pointed out to me some of the things done in Hawaii 

 nei which were similar to those [mentioned | in the Bible. Eirst: the book known as 

 the Moolelo Hawaii (Hawaiian History). Second: I'rom some old people who are 

 still li\-ing. From these sources were obtained material for comparison. 



COXCF.RNING THE FHiST M.\N. 



We know that, according to the Bible, Adam was the first man: Gen. i -.2'. and 

 from him came all the peoi)les of the earth. According to the Hawaiian version, Ka- 

 hiko was the first man, and he begat Wakea, and the rest of the people; and thev have 

 a genealogy of their ancestors, just like Adam's. 



CONCKRXIXC, THE MAN WHO ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN. 



It is shown in the Bible that Elijah was the one who ascended into heaven by 

 the power of God: 2 Kings 2.1 1; and Jesus Christ ascended because of his divine at- 

 tributes. Thus is it stated in Hawaii's history: Lonomuku' ascended to heaven; she 

 was a woman and because her husband cut off her legs, therefore she was halted at 

 the moon. If her husband had not cut off her legs, she would have reached the In- 



'Lonomuku, known as HiiKi-hanainkanialama, the band scizid .-md tore off a le.^ in arresting licr HiKlit, 



woman wlio leaped to tlie moon from Hana. Her luis- liencc mnl<ii, cut off, sliorlencd. 



