320 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
tale is “to name every word that ends with daw.” Certain numbers, 
too, have a kind of magic finality in themselves; for example, to 
count off an identical phrase by ten without missing a word is the 
charm by which Lepe tricks the spirits. In the A’walii, once more, 
Ku is extolled as the tenth chief and warrior: 
The first chief, the second chief, 
The third chief, the fourth chief, 
* The fifth chief, the sixth chief, 
The seventh chief, the eighth chief, 
The ninth chief, the tenth chief is Ku, 
Ku who stood in the path of the rain of the heaven, 
The first warrior, the second warrior, 
The third warrior, the fourth warrior, 
The fifth warrior, the sixth warrior, 
The seventh warrior, the eighth warrior, 
The ninth warrior, the tenth warrior 
Is the Chief who makes the King rub his eyes, 
The young warrior of all Maui. 
Says the boy: 
“Kuu moku e, kuu moku, Here is my island, my island 
O Mokuola, ulu ka ai, Mokuola where grows food, 
Ulu ka niu, ulu ka laau, The cocoanut grows, trees grow, 
Ku ka hale, holo ua holoholona. . Houses stand, animals run. 
“There is an island for you. It is an island. It is in the sea.” 
(This is a small island off Hilo, Hawaii.) 
The men try again: 
“We aina hau kinikini o Kohala, A land of many hau trees is Kohala 
Na’u i helu a hookahi hau, Out of a single haw tree I have counted 
I e hiku hau keu. out . 
O ke ama hau la akahi, And found seven hau. 
O ka iako hau la alua, The hau for the outriggers makes one, 
O ka ilihau la akolu, The hau for the joining piece makes two, 
O ka laau hau la aha, The hau bark makes three, 
O ke opu hau la alima, The haw wood makes four, 
O ka nanana hau la aone, The hau bush makes five, 
O ka hau i ka mauna la ahiku, The large hau tree makes six, 
The mountain haw makes seven. 
“Say, young man, you will have no hau, for we have used it all. There is none left. 
If you find any more, you shall live, but if you fail you shall surely die. We will twist 
your nose till you see the sun at Kumukena. We will poke your eyes with the Kahili 
handle, and when the water runs out, our little god of disputation shall suck it up— 
the god Kaneulupo.” : 
Says the boy, ‘‘ You full-grown men have found so many uses, you whose teeth are 
rotten with age, why can’t I, a lad, find other uses, to save myself so that I may live. 
I shall search for some more hau, and if I fail you shall live, butrif I find them you 
shall surely die. 
“Aina hau kinikini o Kona, A land of many hau trees is in Kona 
Na’u i helu hookahi hau, Out of a single haw I have counted one, 
A ehiku hau keu.’” And found seven hau. 
O Honolohau la akahi, Honolahau makes one, 
O Lanihau la alua Lanihau makes two, 
O Punohau la akolu, Punohau makes three, 
O Kahauloa la aha, Kahauloa makes four, 
O Auhaukea la alima, Auhaukea makes five, 
O Kabauiki la aono, } Kahauiki makes six, 
Holo kehau i ka waa kona la ahiku. | The Kehau that drives the canoe at Kona 
makes seven. 
(All names of places in the Kona district.) 
“There are seven hau, you men with rotten teeth.” 
