2/8 Pomander Collection of Ihncaiian I'olk-lore. 



2(). Aniani ka Lani. In his time tliis race liad oT)t far from the original home- 

 steads. He is quoted l)y 1)oth Tahitian and Hawaiian legends as a progenitor ( ku- 

 piina) of their nations. 



30. Hawaii Loa, or Ke Kowa i Hawaii. He was one of the four children of 

 Aniani ka Lani. The other three were Ki, who settled in Tahiti, Kana Loa and Laa- 

 Kapu. In his time this ocean was called Kai Holo-o-ka-Ta. It was so called by Hawaii 

 Loa, and at that time there existed only the two islands of Hawaii and of Maui, dis- 

 covered bv him, the first of which was called after himself, and the second was named 

 after his oldest son. The other islands of this group are said to have been hove up from 

 the sea by volcanoes during and subsequent to the time of Hawaii Loa. These two 

 larsre islands were then uninhabited. Hawaii Loa and his followers were the first in- 

 habitants. 



Hawaii I,oa and his brothers were born on the east coast of a country called Ka 

 Aina kai Melemele a Kane (the land of the yellow or handsome sea). Hawaii Loa was a 

 distinguished man and noted for his fishing excursions which would occupy sometimes 

 months, sometimes the w'hole year, during which time he would roam about the ocean in 

 his big vessel (zvaaj, called also a ship (he moku), with his people, his crew and his 

 officers and navigators ("Poc Iwokcic" and "Kilo-hokn." ) 



One time when they had thus been long out on the ocean, Makalii, the principal 

 navigator, said to Hawaii Loa: "Let us steer the vessel in the direction of lao, the East- 

 ern Star, the discoverer of land {Hoku liikiua kin no oina. ) There is land to the east- 

 ward, and here is a red star 'liokn iila (Aldebaran) to guide us, and the land is there in 

 the direction of those big stars which resemble a bird (e kapa inai nei nic he inaiiu la.)" 

 And the red star, situated in the lap of the goats ( i ka poll na kao) was called Makalii 

 after the navigator's name. And some other red stars in the circle of the Pleiades ( ina 

 ka ponaha na hulnii) were called the Huhui-a-Makalii. 



So they steered straight onward and arrived at the easternmost island ( ka nioku hi- 

 kina loa.) They went ashore and found the country fertile and ]jleasant, filled with 

 awa, coconut trees, etc., and Hawaii Loa, the chief, called that land after his own name. 

 Here they dwelt a longtime and when their vessel was filled with food and with fish, they 

 returned to their native country with the firm intention to come back to Hawaii-nei 

 which they preferred to their own country. They had left their wives and children at 

 home; therefore they returned to fetch them. 



And when they arrived at their own country and among their relations, they were 

 detained a long time before they set out again for Hawaii. 



At last Hawaii Loa started again, accompanied by his wife and his children and 

 dwelt in Hawaii and gave up all thought of ever returning to his native land. Lie was 

 accompanied also in this voyage by a great multitude of people ( ka lehulehu), steersmen, 

 na\'igators, shipbuilders and this and that sort of people. Hawaii Loa was chief of all 

 this peo])le, and he alone brought his wife and children. All the others came singly with- 

 out women. Hence Hawaii Loa is called the special progenitor of this nation. 



On their voyage hither the Morning Star ( ka Hoku Loa) was the special star 

 that thev steered by. And Hawaii Loa called the islands after the names of his chil- 

 dren and the stars after his navigators and steersmen. 



