CHAPTER VI 
In Chapter V of this story we have seen how Aiwohikupua got to 
Laupahoehoe. Here we shall say a word about Hulumaniani, the 
seer who followed Laieikawai hither from Kauai, as described in the 
first chapter of this story. 
On the day when Aiwohikupua’s party left Paauhau, at Hamakua, 
on the same day as he sailed and came to Laupahoehoe, the prophet 
foresaw it all on the evening before he arrived, and it happened 
thus: 
That evening before sunset, as the seer was sitting at the door 
of the house, he saw long clouds standing against the horizon where 
the signs in the clouds appear, according to the soothsayers of old 
days even until now. 
Said the seer, “A chief’s canoe comes hither, 19 men, 1 high chief, 
a double canoe.” 
The men sitting with the chief started up at once, but could see 
no canoe coming. Then the people with him asked, “ Where is the 
canoe which you said was a chief’s canoe coming? ” 
Said the prophet, “ Not a real canoe; in the clouds I find it; to- 
morrow you will see the chief’s canoe.” 
A night and a day passed; toward evening he again saw the 
cloud rise on the ocean in the form which the seer recognized as 
Aiwohikupua’s—perhaps as we recognize the crown of any chief 
that comes to us, so Aiwohikupua’s cloud sign looked to the seer. 
When the prophet saw that sign he arose and caught a little pig 
and a black cock, and pulled a bundle of awa root to prepare for 
Aiwohikupua’s coming. 
The people wondered at his action and asked, “Are you going away 
that you make these things ready?” 
The seer said, “I am making ready for my chief, Aiwohikupua; 
he is the one I told you about last evening; for he comes hither 
over the ocean, his sign is on the ocean, and his mist covers it.” 
As Aiwohikupua’s party drew near to the harbor of Laupahoehoe, 
20 peals of thunder sounded, the people of Hilo crowded together, 
and as soon as it was quiet all saw the double cance coming to land 
carrying above it the taboo sign *’ of a chief. Then the seer’s pre- 
diction was fulfilled. 
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