A Story of Kamehameha. 



IT WAS thought that the father of Kamehameha was either Kahekih, Haalou' or 

 Kaleiopuu, because at that time [the people] lived promiscuously, and no attention 

 was paid [to the fact J of a man having for his wife one woman. Therefore it 

 was thought that out of these three was Kamehameha begotten. Another thing, I was 

 not told who his mother was. 



He was born at Kailua,- on the western side of Hawaii, and what he did from 

 his early youth until he became a man has not been spoken of much. 



CONCERNING HIS SAILING FOR MOLOKAI. 



When lie became a man he sailed with a great many people on one hundred ca- 

 noes ; the kind of sails used was mats braided round and flat. They landed at Kau- 

 nakahakai and lived there. The reason for this coming was because the king was 

 fond of maika, that is, rolling a stone which was made round with flat sides. 



While Kamehameha lived at Kaunakahakai he had nothing with which to amuse 

 himself. He sent his friend Kikane to get stones from Kahekili who was living on 

 Oahu. When he sailed he went alone. Arriving in the presence of Kahekili, they 

 wailed together, after which Kahekili inquired: ''What does the chief desire that he 

 sent you to me?" Kikane answered: "I came to get the stone for a plaything for your 

 child ; we came together and he is now residing at Kaunakahakai, Molokai ; he sent me 

 to come to you." 



Kahekili again inquired: "What stone does he desire?" He replied: "The stone 

 at the flap of the iiialo." The meaning of this is that it was a peerless stone, and was 

 carefully guarded. Do not mistake, my friends, this kind of a stone; it is made in 

 the way above stated and called ///;/. Kahekili handed over the stones saying: "This, 

 the stone called Hiupa, is not to be cast on the windy side, lest it be struck by the 

 force of the wind and be unsteady in its rolling, for it is a light stone: it is to be cast 

 on the calm side; but this, Kaikimakua, is to be cast on the windward side for it is 

 a heavy stone. The names of these stones are Hiupa and Kaikimakua." 



Kamehameha had sent Kahekili a present of a calabash full of feathers. After 

 the chief was through giving instructions to this man, he reached for the calabash of 

 feathers and opened it, and when he saw what was inside he wept loud and long, say- 

 ing these words in a chant : 



Lilian, mountain in tlie mist : My wind, the kilioopu^ 



Kalae, clear and calm. Of my four^ waters 



Like a flying arrow which has been shot forth [\\'hich] when joined by that youngster, 



Is the shadow of the smoke carried by the wind. The kaahaaha, turns [the smoke] to blackness. 



'This starts out with a grave blunder, Haalou being 'Kilioopu, name of a wind at Waihec, Maui, 



the mother of Namahana, the wife of Keeaumokii, 'Four waters ; the poetic reference to the four adjoin- 



father of Kaahumanu. i„g sections of West Maui, viz., Wailuku, Waikapu, 



"Another error, Kamehameha's birthplace being at Waichu and Waihee. 

 Kohala. 

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