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170. 



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icr Collection of Ilai^'aUaii Folk-lore. 



175- 



I So. 



185. 



190. 



195- 



200. 



WIi!) change 



lib 



el course to 



loii"' 



larf^ely 



Kukona, 

 To Luanuu, to Laa and [jerliaps Kami 

 He was of the chief line of I'iilani : 

 I'iihuii, Piikea, Lonoapii,''" 

 Ascen(Ung at the moving of chiefs, 

 At the moving for the true chief. 

 Chief Kuwahikapaukumoku, 

 Hopumaihakuwahi Kailiiliniiio, 

 KaiHiHniho was of Kuwahi, 

 Through him tlie (hum was beaten. 

 Beaten, beaten were the drums. 

 Straight arose the sound of the (h-uni 



l)eaten liefore Mauoni,"'^ 

 At tlie temple of human sacrifice of 



Kuihewamakawalu'^'** 

 Of the rain shower, of the adjoining 



house. 

 Drawing the lands together. 

 He drew tho reef of fish desertion. 

 That sea-shore was useless 

 To the island fisherman, the chief 

 Kalanikuihonoikamoku,^" 

 Of the great boxing contest assembly 



shielded 

 A murderous blow- 

 breaker,''" 

 Receiving the |arm 



the elliow 

 The champion of the land fell. 

 During the contest the people were excited. 

 The sand was furrowed and became a 



heap. 

 Alapai of Kauwauwa 

 Was the crooked [chief] of the land. 

 Kaulunai, Kekahua, 

 Kekikonihoalani, Kaiekupaiaina, 

 Echoing the sharp sounds of the severed 



rock. 

 Raised rock, ]iei)bled to freshness, 

 A sharp i)iercing bone was the chief, 

 r,v the breaking mallet scattering the 



fragments. 

 The chips of the axe was the chief's desire. 



iiv 



llie leaping Ixine- 

 cut and catching 



170. 1 loliloli ha nui ia Kukona, 



la Luanuu, ia Laa a KamiUi paha? 

 Oia o ka lau alii o Piilani ; 

 O Piilani — o Piikea, o Lonoapii, 

 Pi])ii pipii i ka akoako na "Hi, 



175. 1 ka akoako i ka io lani, 



Lani a Kuwahikapaukumoku. 

 Hopumaihakuwahi Kailiiliniiio 



Kailiiliniiio ia Kuwalu, 

 laia kani mai ka palm. 



180. Kani ke, kani na kaeke. 



Ku paloloi ka leo o ka palm e kani 

 innia i Mauoiii, 



1 ka unu liai kanaka o Kuihewamakawalii 



ka ua upena, o ka ma halau loa, 



1 lului kaa moku. 



185. Xana e kaa ke koliola liolo ia ole, 

 Pa-noonoo ia kahakai 

 I ka lawaia-nioku, he 'lii, 

 O Kalanikuihonoikamoku, 



ka mokomoko nui, pani aha 



lyo. 1 le kui powa ka lele lua, 



1 loaa i ke oki i pa i ke kano, 

 Hina ka lualii nui o ka moku: 

 Kupaka ke au, walawala ka aina, 

 Mawae ke one kuke "Im. 



195. A o Alapai a Kauwauwa. 

 O ka hookanaluia moku ia. 

 O Kaulunai, o Kekahua, 

 Kekikonihoahoalani, o Kaiekupaiaina, 

 O ke kuike kani ke kani ioio o ka io 

 o ka ])oliaku. 



200. Maka aili, iliili a maka a, 

 l'a])akoholua ni he 'lii, 

 T ka ia iiaha maliiki ka mamala, 

 () ka mamala o ke koi ke puc lani, 



"These are Maui celeljritics of Umi's time. 



"'As a proclamation in recognition of liigh chief Ijirth tlie two sacred drums of the temple were beaten, as also 

 in the ceremonies attending his circumcision. In all cases this took place in the principal sacrificial temples. 



"Eminent Kakuhihewa, a noted king of Oahu. 



'"This name, divided, becomes the-boxer-chief-uniting-thc-lan<ls. 



'■"Experts in lu;i contests (wrestling) consisted in the ability to break the bones of llicir opponent in mid-air 

 ubiU- throwing him. 



