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I'oniaiidcr Collection of Ilawaiian Polk-lorc. 



300. 



305- 



310. 



315- 



Tiic cliicf conies forth a man lout goA like. 

 The beginnintjs of the winds as they come 



from the clouds : 

 The hud. the swollen hud, the opening, 



the leaf of the wind : 

 The wind, the whirlwind breaking vege- 

 tation ; 

 The wind, the whirlwind twisting bananas. 

 The bananas of Humuula are twisted. 



defiled by the chief : 

 The remnants of bananas by Palila eaten, 



even the lower, small ones ; 

 .\1! are swept away by the chief, yea every 



one. 

 From Kaholoiki to Kaholonui. 

 The large banana fields sacred to Niheu 



twisted in their rows 

 On the upland of Wilikulamanu. at Lau- 



maiakemilia. 

 At I.aumaiakenahae. at Alalele, at Malae- 



kahana, 

 When Kahikolani and Puukahonua were 



chiefs of few men of the island. 

 The strong one at Wawau, whose children 



are the present lawless race. 

 The windy form is iiis, the raging wind 



and the soft breeze. 

 The strong kona of six teeth, of the 



province of Heapuku ; (konohiki) 



300. I'uka mai'' ka lani waiakua, 



Na maka o ka makani" i puka i ke ao, 

 Ka muo,'" ka liko, ka ao, ka lau o ka ma- 



kani. 

 O ka makani kuhonua-" hililaumoku, 

 O ka makani kuhonua hililaumaia. 



305. Hilia-' ka maia o Hunuiula, paumaele ia 

 kalani. 



Ka hakiana-- maia a Palila i ai a koe ma 

 ka pola. 



Ua hoopau ia-^ e ka lani. pau aku la, Kaho- 

 loiki 



Ka maia o Kaholonui,-' 



Xa ea kapu-"' a Niheu. ku awili ka okai 



310. I ka uka-" o Wilikulamanu i Laumaiake- 

 milia. 

 I l.aumaiakenahae-' i Malele, i Malaeka- 



liana : 

 Kahikolani. Puukahonua.-"* o kanaka iki o 



ka moku. 

 O ka uuina-" i Wawau. oia na keiki eu nei. 

 Ka oiwi"" makani ona, o kona ku, o kona 

 mo€. 



315. O kona nui a niho"' aono, o ke konohiki o 

 Heapuku. 



"Puka mai, the chief came forth a man, but in mind, thought, plan, a god. 



"Na maka o ka makani, the origin of the winds which come from the clouds. 



"Ka muo, the bud; ka liko, the swelling; ka ao, the opening; ka lau. the leaf of the wind; the reference to 

 the winds represents the rise and progress of Kamehameha. 



""O ka makani kuhonua, a wind very strong when one does not sec wliencc it comes or any cause for it ; hili 

 lau moku. a wind that blows all about the island. 



"'Hilia for hiliia. twisted are banana leaves of Humind;i, a place in Hamakua. Hawaii, near the Ijoundaries of 

 Hilo; paumaele. defiled is the air. kalani, atmosphere. 



"Ka hakiana. a maia. a garden spot, the banana gardens of Palila. tlie person famous for planting bananas up- 

 land of Humuula. who (Palila) eats and leaves the small ones at the Ijottoiu of the bunch. Koe ma ka pola, re- 

 mains at the bottom. />o/(J. the small liananas at the bottom of the bunch. Palila was the son of a celebrated 

 warrior remarkable for swiftness in running. 



-'Ua hoopau ia. they are all destroyed by the wind, every one. 



■'Kaholoiki and Kaholonui. names of places. 



"Na ea kapu, ri7. a field, a large tract of 1)ananas sacred to Nilieu. a man of ancient times famous for his 

 fighting qualities, he was a small man but very powerful, a younger brother of Kaiiu. Ku awili, they stand bent 

 over, awili. the stem as it Ijcnds over and forms an arcli ; ka okai. the bananas as they hang on the stem one row 

 under anotlier. 



'"1 ka uka. upland of Wilikulamanu, almvc Hunnuila in Hilci. 



"I Laumaiakenahae, name of a place above Hilo. 



"Kahikolani. Puukahonua. names of ancient chiefs; o kanaka iki e ka niciku. when there were but few men on 

 the island, i. e., these two were chiefs when there were few people. 



'"O ka uuina. strong exercising at work, at fishing, etc. Wawau, at a land unknown, this is spoken of the very 

 ancient chiefs just mentioned, who were from some foreign country. Oia na keiki e eu nei. those from the children 

 of the present mischievous race. 



'"Ka oiwi. the body, strength of wind; ona. belonging to it. 



"O Kona nui a nibo. the great k'niia gnasliing with six teeth; o ke Konahiki, the month of October wlien 

 the wind comes off Heapuku. tearing up and disturliing qualities belongs to Konahiki. 



