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luviiaiidcr L'ollcctioii of I f(V7i'aiiaii Polk-lorc. 



The lieat of Keawe ;■''- 



The warmth of Lone f'' 

 So. The warmth of the important liigh chiefs ; 



The union of the exalted chiefs ; 



Of Keawekekahialiiokanioku ;''* 



I '.end down and see, O exalted chiefs. 



Their hardness is like that of a hard-rock 

 precipice, 

 85. Such is the sacredness of Kaneikauaiwi- 

 lani.^" 



drown, increased is the chief: 



The desired chief, the favored chief: 



The very sacred child of Kuihewa."'' 



Of elder Kawelo, son of I'eekoaakalana :■'' 

 90. Kawelo of the fish-gills ;■■=" 



Kawelo whom the altar could not hold. 



As Kawelo reached Kawelo in the water ; 



When Kawelo landed at Moemoeakuha. 



The path of Kawelo is up at Konolea, 

 95. The head of Kawelo is turned seaward. 



At Kanolele at Muliwaiolena^^ are the eyes 

 of Kawelo ; 



The eyes, the body and the head. The hair 

 was above : 



It was entangled : 



It was entangled with an eel: 

 100. The hair is with the eel, an eel which lies 

 in water. 



A long eel is the hair of the red mokihe*" 

 of Kane 



Traveling to Moanaliha," 



To the numerous bright sands"- of Kane. 



The large threatening spear 

 105. Is the threat of Kaihe 



r>y Kuholani, ancestor of Lupaikini. 



The chief is like one skillful in lua,"" 



Kamalalawalu was a fearless dog, 



O ka wela o Keawe ; 

 O ka hahana o Lono ; 

 80. O ka hahana o na lani nui koikoi ; 

 O ke kukai ana o na lani nui loloa : 

 O Keawekekahialiiokanioku ; 

 Ku ku mai na lani nui loloa. 

 }kle he pali waiahu la ka makaokao, 



85. He kapu o Kaneikauaiwilani. 

 A nui a nui o Kalani : 

 Ka meemee lani, ka mee lani; 

 Ka ihi'kapu a Kuihcwa, 

 O Kawelo nui a Peeknaakalana : 



90. O Kawelo ka mahamaha ia : 



O Kawelo aole i paa i ka lananuu : 



O ka pae Kawelo a Kawelo i ka wai : 



ka pae Kawelo i Moemoeakuha. 

 luka ka bin o Kawelo i Konolea, 



95. Ke loli la ke poo o Kawelo i kai 



1 Kanolele i Muliwaiolena ka niaka o 



Kawelo : 

 O ka maka, o ke kino, o ke poo i uka 

 ke oho : 



ke oho ua hihia : 



L^a hihia ke oho he kuna : 

 100. He kuna ke oho he kuna nioe wai. 



He kuna loa ke oho o ka mokihe ula a 



Kane 

 E holo ana i Moanaliha, 



1 ke one lau ena a Kane. 

 O ka ihe nui lalahai. 



105. O ka lalahai o Kaihe. 



O Kuholani, kupuna o Lupaikini. 



He pai ka lani he olohe, 



He ilio olohe o Kamalalawalu, 



"'Keawe, one of the historic kings of Hawaii. 



"The coupling of this name with Keawe's identifies him with Lonoikamakahiki. 



"'Literally, Keawe-a-certain-chief-of-tlie-island ; a ruler of Hawaii four generations prior to Kamehameha the 

 great. 



"A ruler or chief of Hawaii preceding Keawe. 



"One of the changes rung on the name of Kakuhihewa, king of Oalui. 



"This is a sobriquet of Kawclo's father, whose name was Mahuna. 



"Fish-gills, mahamaha ia. frequently used in Hawaiian story with reference to a person, as to life-giving power. 

 Kawelo, thought stoned to death and placed on the altar for sacrifice, arose and slew his opponents, 



"Muliwaiolena, yellow stream, not identified. 



"Mokihe, not now known. 



"A frequently referred to traditional distant sea. Tlic name signifies nauseating ocean and probably refers to 

 its tempestuous character. 



"One lau cna a Kane is difficult lo define. Scholars differ on the meaning of laa (-na. whether single or a 

 divided word, as applied in some cases to the land of Kane, and here to the sand. One "pundil" lield that bright- 

 ness only pervaded the realm of Kane ; that even the sands of the shore glistened. 



"The Ina was a practice in wrestling wherein experts by their grip on their opponents could lireak their bones 

 in mid-air as they were being thrown. 



