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Foniaiidcr C'ollcctinii of Haivaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



Can'i'o X\'. 



liliiided are the eyes of the gods with salt. 

 735. Seasoned are the edges of the eyelashes 



Throughout the island of the chief — 



Standing- high strip])ing' llawaii bare. 



The chief, who will he be ? 



Placed over the districts ? 

 740. Who are the settlers of the land. 



That can correctly ix)int the finger 



To indicate his portion of the district? 



To send indeed. 



To send In- the nun-ierous [followers] 

 745. Those who supported the cause of the chief, 



The bouyant land growth, 



I'roducing- jieople for the chief. 



The increase of those twin chiefs 



Kauwau together with Kiha. 

 750. Of the branch of Mahi of I. 



Severed was the elder brother's line. 



Keawe-i-kekahi-alii-o-ka-nioku. 



That belonging- to the sister. 



The chiefess Kauleleiaiwi, 

 755. Hers was the red encircling kapu, 



'IMie red ])laced (in cnninianding officers, 



Lani-cjia, the husband, 



Lani-nialama-iluna, the wife, 



Lani-ae-ae, Lani-ae-ae, 

 760. Lani-piikoi-elelani, the husband, 



Their offspring [was the] chief Kupuaopa- 

 i-ka-lani. 



Perplexed, niaiiy branched 



Are the liirths of the high chiefs. 



Excelled is the chief, sounds many voices, 

 765. Simply saying in talking to you. 



PAUKU XV. 



Liu na maka o t-ia akua' i ka paakai. 

 J},^. ( )nn ka lau o ka lihilihi.- 



1 kapa'i" moku o ka lani, 



( ) kulani ai kohana* ia Mawaii, 



Ke alii owai' kena? 



Ke o i na moku, 

 740. lawai ke oio" o ka aina. 



E kuhi jxino aku ai ka lima, 



I kai hoi o ka moku i kena la — 



E ken'a — no, 



lie kena no' i ke kini a Ichu a nt.-um, 

 745. Ka pnc i hoa ka waa o ke "lii, 



ka ulu lana** honua. 



E ulu ae i kanaka o ke 'Hi. 



Ka ulu" o na mahana aimoku'" 



O Kauwau, laua o Kiha. 

 750. O ka hulu" o Mahi o I, 



Pau'- na hulu o kaikunane, 



O Keawe-i-kekahi-alii-()-ka-mokn, 



O ka idu (1 kaikuahine. 



O ka lani Kauleleiaiwi. 

 735. Nana'-" na ula a pa kapu, 



Xa nla c k;ui i ke knhina," 



l.ani-epa'-"' ke kane. 



Lani-malania-iluna ka wahine, 



Lani ae ae, lani ae ae. 

 7O0. Lani piikoi-elelani i ke kane, 



Kolaua ulu kalani Kupuaopa-i-ka-lani, 



Pea-pea-mana-ma-na,'" 



Ka hanau ana o na o na 'Hi nui, 



Kela i ka lani o kani^' ma. 



763. E i wale aku no la. e olelo aku ia oe. 



'This opening line, a Hawaiian proverb, refers to the duped chiefs of Hilo. 



"More sarcasm, the meaning of which is not clear. 



'Kapa'i, to rub as ointment into the flesh. 



*Ai kohana. stripping liare. the condition of a conquered district, the vanquished cliiefs being dispossessed of 

 all their holdings. 



'The question who will be the ruling chief becomes the burning one, for the reapportionment of the lands, 

 'lawai ka oio. thought here to refer to the true settlers, who will they be that can point clearly to his holding? 

 'He kena nn, that can send the kini (40,000). the Iclni ('400,000). the niano (4000) adherents of the chief. 

 'Ulu lana. Imuynnt. prolific, as referring to people, hopeful as lo land. 

 'Ka ulu. the increase or offspring. 

 "Malnma .-limoku, twin district chiefs. 

 "Hulu, line or branch of ancestry. 



'"Pau na hulu. the line ended in the elder brother Kcawe. i. e.. the degree of rank. 



"Nana, the sister Kauleleiaiwi, hers was the red established high rank, commanding kapus. 



"Kuhina. a commanding officer of former time, termed in recent years a cabinet minister. 



"This, with the four lines following, are veiled epithets of certain chiefs. 



"Mana-mana. confused by the inany branches of chiefs of various ranks. 



"O kani ma. m.-inv voices acclaim the excellence of the chief. 



