68 I'onuuulcr C'ollcclioii of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



sister, my father's elder brother, and my elder brothers were trained in some callino; of the 

 priesthood, while myself, my sister and our mother and aunt remained untrained. 



Through these conditions I casually came to know about the priesthood in some 

 things taught my relatives, and for these reasons I have written this history of the priest- 

 hood. I had not, however, expected to preserve such an account, but in June, A. D. 1862, 

 I commenced to write this record of the priesthood, from the things which I had heard 

 from A. D. 1837 to the time that I made a circuit in the interest of the newspaper "Hokn 

 ka Pakipika" (Star of the Pacific). 



In A. D. 1863. in the month of April, a society was formed for the purpose of 

 searching for the ancient things of Hawaii." It was at this time that I wrote further on 

 this subject, but I have not written this record with the impression that I am free from 

 any shortcomings. Perhaps blame will be placed upon the writer of this history. From 

 the beginning of my knowledge of the nature of the priesthood until I began to write this 

 account, I had not realized the value of these things. Since those days impressions have 

 come to me of the importance of preserving records of events relating to this people in 

 ancient times, for, thought I, if the early history of this people is not recorded how can the 

 future generations know the occurrences of those days in these islands. 



Therefore I have prepared this record with the idea that it will be greatly benefi- 

 cial to myself, my heirs and my people. This, however, is not the first of my traditional 

 writings. I began writing a legend for this people in the month of August. A. D. 1844, 

 and in A. D. 1862, in the month of July, on the 4th day, I completed another legend.'' 

 But this is the most important of all records kept by me, because in this record the origin 

 of these islands began to be known, also the discovery of this people; the great battles 

 from the origin of this people down to Kaniehameha — ninety-seven generations from 

 Opuukahonua — said record being called "A Chronicle of Kings." 

 Honolulu, June 13, 1863. S. N. Haleole. 



A HISTORY OF THE [SORCERYl PRIESTHOOD. 



I. ITS DIVISIONS AND ORDINANCES. 



The priesthood spoken of here in Hawaii relates to a man or a woman who com- 

 prehended its characteristics. There are ten divisions in the Order of Priesthood, the 

 Anaana (praying to death); Hoopiopio (sorcery); Hoounauna (the sending of evil 

 spirits ,on errands of death) ; Hookoiiiokoiiio (causing sickness) ; I'oi-Ulianc (spirit en- 

 trapping) ; Oneoneihoniia (a special prayer service); Kilokilo (divination); Nanauli 

 (weather prophecy) ; Z.a/'aa// (medical practice), and Kuhikiihi pmioiic (liciait locators 

 and designers).* When all these divisions were vested together in one man he was called 



"This was a Hawaiian Society formed in response to viz. : that of medical practice for bodily aihnents, and 



a call by S. M. Kamakau, to collect traditionary ma- temple architects for the weighty matters of the mind, 



terial for publication in the native press at lliat time, in the locating and designing of hriaus to insure the 



and in aid of Fornander's researches. favor of the gods on the aims and ambitions of the king. 



'"Laicikii'MU," or Lady of the Twilight, was pub- On a selection of the proper site by tlie kuhikiihi l>iiuonc 



lishcd serially in the "Xupcpa Kiiokon" in 1865 and for the erection of the structure desired l)y the king, 



1866, and is looked upon as the finest example extant whether for questions of war or other serious subject, 



of Hawaiian writing. he would trace out its form and plan upon a surface of 



•Two important divisions were omitted in the original, sand, hence the name lyiiuoiu; sand heap. 



