264 J'oniaiidcr i'ollcctioii of Ifawaiiaii J'olk-lorc. 



Hina-te-Ao-Meha, females: Fetu-Moana, Fetu-Mau-Ani, Fctu-Amo-Amo and Ta-Fetu- 



Tini, males. 



A turtle was sacrificed, and then the rain came in a cataclysm. After a while 

 dry land api)eared, and the vessel of Tanaoa, tcctiiia 'I'aiiaoa, appeared on the sea of 

 Hawaii, whose mountain ridges' began to shoot up out of the water. After that the 

 fcctiua Mocpo api)eared over the sea of Hawaii, land rose \\\) more and more in Hawaii 

 and Matahou and all were safely landed. \ 



5. The Legends of the Take. The Marquesans call themselves the descendants 

 from the Take Take-liee-liee. their immediate progenitor being Tani, one of the twelve 

 sons of Toho or the original Take. Having had commotions and wars among them- 

 selves, they were driven out of Take-hee-hee or Aheetake, as it is called in another 

 legend. There are two accounts of the migrations of the Takes. They run in this wise : 



Tliat of Atea ; That of Tani : 



From Take-hee-hee From Take-liee-hec 



to Aliee-tai to Ahee-take 



•' Ao-nuu " Aomui 



" Papa-nui " Papanui 



" Take-hee " Takehee 



" Ani-take . " Howau 



" Hawaii " Ninioe 



" Tuu-nia " Ao-ewa 



'• Meaai " Ani take 



" Fiti-mii ' " Ho van 



" Matahou " Vevau 



" Tona-nui " Tuuma ^ 



" Mau-eva " Meaai 



" Piina '' Fitinui 



over the ocean to Ao-niaama (Marquesan Is- " Matahou 



lands). " Tona-nui 



" Mau ewa 

 " Piina 



over the ocean to .\o-maama, (Marquesan Is- 

 lands). 



6. The following are the chiefs or founders who led the Take during their 



migrations : , , , , , », . • 



Makoiko founded the settlement Ahee-tai. 



Koui (k) and Koutea (w) founded the settleiiient Ao-nuu. 



Atea and Atanua founded the settlement Papanui. 



Papa-tana-oa and Heihei-tona founded the settlement Take-hee. 



Tani-oa-anu and Taneoa-ani founded the settlement Ani-tai. 



Tonafiti and Mawena founded the settlement Hawaii. 



Moepo and Taunea founded the settlement Tuuma. 



Ono-tapu and Moe-oe-ihea founded the settlement Meaai. 



Manuio and Atoomai founded the settlement Matahou. 



Some of the above lands are thus described: 



Aheetai was a mountain land, with a settlement at Taiao, another at Meini-taka- 

 hua, and another near the water (lake or river) of Nuu-taea. 



