22 I'ornandcr Collection of Hawaiian I'olk-lorc. 



sion. And when it was brouglit to the temple tlie king ordered a human sacrifice and a 

 pig for the god. A man was brought before the king who ordered a prayer to be of- 

 fered. Tlie priest stood u]) and waved a small spear (javelin, o)_, then sat down. They 

 all pra>ed. and the man was then killed, and offered to the god, both man and pig. 

 This concluded the ceremonies, and it was sunset, and they all went to their houses. 

 One of the priests made preparations to perform certain of his official duties. He was 

 the ulna fishing priest. When night came he went out to sea throwing his hook to 

 the ulua. If the bait was all eaten up, he would be in great dread; or if the bait re- 

 mained it was well. But if the hook was lost, his effort was futile, as also the prayer of 

 his mouth, on the water. Me therefore prayed earnestly in the canoe while at sea, be- 

 fore returning to shore. 



Another priest was conducting his own services this night, this last-mentioned 

 priest, however, offering his prayer in the temple. This prayer was called luaua, an 

 ordinance of the tem])le. And after midnight the king came into the temple, where they 

 made earnest prayer at the altar. Oihana was the name of this prayer. This was a very 

 sacred night, fires not being allowed to burn. Then the high priest chanted these two 

 prayers, which are piikuniu and Iciau by name. 



The king then prepared himself to accompany the priest of the order of Lono. 

 They went to conduct the service called liooilimo, and they were silent, not uttering a 

 word, not even moving. The priest of the order of Lono seized a bunch of lama leaves 

 and wrapped it with a piece of white kapa. He then stood up, chanted a prayer and sat 

 down, continuing his entreaty ; and at the conclusion of his prayer, turned his eyes to the 

 king. And when the king saw him looking at him, he (the king) oft'ered the pig in sacri- 

 fice to the god saying: "O Ku, by liooilinioo;'" here is your pig, a pig whereby I will be 

 saved by thee. Keep careful watch over me. Death to the traitor who takes land by 

 force; curse him to the house of bones; let him die." After the king had made his 

 sacrifice the priest turned to him and asked, "How is our prayer?" The king answered 

 him, "It is well." "You did not hear anything wrong?" "No." 



After the j^riest had discontinued the services and had uttered a short invocation, 

 they passed out to the people inquiring of what they had heard. The people denied hav- 

 ing heard anything. This same night they all joined in prayer — the ulna fishing priest, 

 the inaua priest, the chief priest and the priest of the order of Lono. They continued 

 through this night in earnest prayer. And at dawn the priest made a sign and stood up 

 chanting their prayer called kolii, and then sat down still praying. When this ended they 

 raised their hands to the lananuu.'' from which two men were calling to them in loud 

 voices. While the priests were chanting from below, they (the two men) were dancing 

 above. All this was called niakii-lohclolic. The king then went outside to distribute 

 the pork to the feather idols, and the priests, and all the chiefs, and all the people of the 

 higher class, giving to each feather idol its share, and also to the priests, each his 

 share; giving chiefs of the lower order, five-fold, and those of the higher order ten- fold, 



■"The major gods (of which Ku was one) were never of the hciiiii, whereon the priest and king stood during 



seen but were impersonated hv various images. a sacrificial service. The higli priest Koi conducted 



='Thc himmuu was the tall /.-.i/xr covered structure of Capt. Cook to otic of these, supposedly to participate 



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ally three platforms which stood in front of the altar •" •'' service. 



