712 Pomander Collection of Ifazcaiian I'olk-Iore. 



\\h\\c lie was making- ascent he saw his wife standing together with her hus- 

 band; and because of the men tliat ran aliout on the hill he addressed these lines of 



chant : 



The children arc growinn' mischievous ;^" 

 The surf-riding lioards arc ever increasing-. 

 The surfs hreak ! Kan-ialania ! 



Persistently he climbed up; they were pelting stones at him. He was struck, 

 but he still pressed upward. When he was covered over with stones he shook and 

 they all fell [off]. Still he ascended. Reaching the summit, there were onlv two 

 piles of stones left, when he was held down by the many stones on to]) of him, and 

 he lay back quite dead.'" Kawelo was then picked up, conveved to and placed on a 

 structure''' already prepared. Then the king asked for one to act as guard until the 

 bones were loosened, whence they would be stripped. ■'^^- At this moment the half-sister 

 of Kawelo heard [it] and said to the king: "It is well that I be caretaker," to which 

 the king assented, and they all returned feeling assured there was no mischiefmaker 

 left to cause trouble again, that the tyrant had been killed, and the comparative ease 

 of liviu"- had come and slumber was undisturbed during- the night. 



CHAPTER V. 



Body of Kawklo Placed ox the Stiu'cture for Decomposition. — Kawelo Re- 

 vives AND Is Aided by His Caretakers. — They Agree to Resist the King's 



Emissaries. 



When Kawelo had been placed on the frame'''' of the structure, those who were 

 to keep watch over the corpse of Kawelo retired and rested a few days, because the\' 

 were much exhausted from the previous encounter. But before Kawelo had been 

 ])laced on the platform of the structure, he was wrai)ped up. The manner of its 

 l)reparation was like the rolling up of a tobacco bundle, though not exactly, for he 

 was laid out at full length and placed on top."* The rope with which it was fastened 

 was wauke rope. The king, Aikanaka, had previously instructed the guards, who were 

 the sister and the brother-in-law of Kawelo, saying: "W'hilst he remains on the plat- 

 form of the structure, this is my behest to you two: Take good care of the corpse 

 of the deceased until two ten-day'"' periods have gone bv, when 1 will know that the 

 body of the chief has become decayed. I shall dispatch a messenger hither to make 

 inquiries concerning the body of Kawelo, and you will inform him." "It is agreed," 

 the guards said. The king then withdrew with his men and the companion of Ka- 

 welo during- his early childhood. 



"Rather widely figurative situation. the body therefrom, which would be quite unusual and 



"Dead to all appearances. "ot in keeping with the context, calling- for placement 



="ri,.> „i^tf,,r,„ ^f -, i,„;^.. ;., re .1 from whicli Kawelo arises at the opportune moment. 



1 he plattorm ot a heiau in preparation for a lemplc . 



sacrifice. ''Placed on top, i.e., on a platform or shelf of the 



i/rii,„ i,„. .•„„. r 1-1 I f .11 structure (hale) already prepared, which conforms to 



1 he loosening ot llesli from tlic l)oncs was some- , , r /1 • 1 • • r .1 i ^ r 



tlie temple (hciau) provision tor the placement of sac- 



rilices. 



times hastened by tire. 



The term buiihoku (comnionlv kauhuku) ka Iialc. .-..t, ; ; ,. i ■ 1 . 1 r • 



,;,i„, „„i„ „t .!,„ 1 ii' • • c 1 wo i(/i(;/i»/H.f, ten-day periods, a term onlv reterrin 



ridge-pole ot the house, would require suspension of , , r 1 » .1 



' to number of days, never to other counlmg. 



