2IO Fonidinicr Collection of Uaivaiian Folk-lore. 



KONANE (checkers). 



Twu kinds of i)cbl:)le.s arc used in the game uf komuic.'' white pebbles and l3lacl< 

 pebbles. Twelve pebbles cover the width, and fifteen ]:)ebbles the length of the checker 

 board, and the number of jiebbles used are one hundred and eighty; some boards are 

 larger and more pebbles are used. The first i)ebble to be placed is /^aoa, thus: 



First pebble. Three f^aoas, the sacrifice f>aoa, which is one, and two paoas which 

 are not sacrifices. This one ])ebble has several appellations: Kalanimoku, Kaikilani, 

 Pilikukikapiliahuula, Pilikahili, seven names and moves by this same stone. 



From the first i)ebble to the seventh, in the seventh of the i)ebbles are several 

 names and moves, and may be understood from the following: To one ])ebble there are 

 twelve appellatives and moves. These are the names : Kamooinanea, Honu, Kaniupii, 

 Panaewa, Hua, Kahikumanamana, Xaku, Haunakahi, Kaikilani, Kaniumoe, Kalapana, 

 Paoa. 



The third ]jebble has two api)ellatives and two moves, Flawaiiloa, Eleelevialani. 

 The following is i)ronounced during the game: 



That is won ; this is on liic run ; 

 The space is long; the top is faUing: 

 lUack is iiulistinct ; the whites have won. 



Here is the inter])retation: The kui is the i^ebble which is moved forward and 

 backward and from a corner to the middle of the board. 



The holo is the jump made over two or three ])ebbles, and so on. 



Vacancy is the distance of a ])ebble on the other side from the head of the board. 



Pebbles in line mean that the edges and middle are ])rctty well guarded, like a nar- 

 row headland in appearance. 



Hapala ka clc, the defeat of the black by the white. 



Na kc kca ka ai, is the defeat of the black pebbles by the white. 



c.\t's cuadle. 



A string one fathom long is required. The two hands are em])l()yed, Imt at first 

 four fingers, two of the right hand and two of the left only are engaged. In case the 

 ten fingers are all employed the teeth are required in biting. There are many cradles, 

 and their name chants to be recounted, and it is full of merriment to hear them recited. 

 Lands and peoi)le are mentioned in the chants which accom])any the ])lay. Kuehoopi- 

 oekala is one of the most renowned, its re])resentation by the string is like a turtle in 

 appearance. It has a chant, as follows: 



''It is notalilo tliat several features in the game of lier luisbaiul's attention frcjni the chant of her lover on 



konanc identify it with Loiioikaniakaliiki and his wife the cliff above them. A number of other celebrities 



Kaikil.-ini, to keep fresh the tradition of their c|uarrel are inmiortalized in like manner, viz : Kamooinanea, the 



during a kiiiniiic contest. For instance: Kaikilani's lizard grandmother of .^ukelenuiaiku ; Panaewa. the evil 



name occurs twice in the names of pelibles and luovcs ; god who essayed to thwart Hiiaka and companion in 



the names and moves of the third pebble are those of carrying out Pcle's mission, and Hua, the king whose 



Lono's royal insignia on his tour of the islands, and the wicked deeds brought famine on the land so that "his 



game chant is the same as sung by Kaikilani to divert bones bleached in the sun." 



