CHAPTER VIII 
When Aiwohikupua reached Hana, after parting with Poliahu at 
Kohala, his boat approached the canoe landing at Haneoo, where 
they had been before, where Hinaikamalama was living. 
When Aiwohikupua reached the landing the canoe floated on the 
water; and as it floated there Hinaikamalama saw that it was Ai- 
wohikupua’s canoe; joyful was she with the thought of their meet- 
ing; but still the boat floated gently on the water. 
Hinaikamalama came thither where Aiwohikupua and his men 
floated. Said the woman, “ This is strange! What is all this that 
the canoe is kept afloat? Joyous was I at the sight of you, believing 
you were coming to land. Not so! Now, tell me, shall you float 
there until you leave?” 
“Yes,” answered Aiwohikupua. 
“You can not,” said the woman, “ for I will order the executioner 
to hold you fast; you became mine at konane and our vows are 
spoken, and I have lived apart and undefiled until your return.” 
“QO princess, not so!” said Aiwohikupua. “It is not to end our 
vow—that still holds; but the time has not come for its fulfillment. 
For I said to you, ‘When I have sailed about Hawaii then the 
princess’s bet shall be paid;’? now, I went meaning to sail about 
Hawaii, but did not; still at Hilo I got a message from Kauai that 
the family was in trouble at home, so I turned back; I have stopped 
in here to tell you all this; and ehenerore: live apart, oad on my next 
return our vow shall be fulfilled.’ 
At these words of Aiwohikupua the princess’s faith returned. 
After this they left Hana and sailed and came to Oahu, and on 
the sea halfway between Oahu and Kauai he laid his command upon 
the oarsmen and the steersmen, as follows: “Where are you? I 
charge you, when you come to Kauai, do not say that you have been 
to Hawaii to seek a wife lest I be shamed; if this is heard about, it 
will be heard through you, and the penalty to anyone who tells of the 
journey to Hawaii, it is death, death to himself, death to his wife, 
death to all his friends; this is the debt he shall pay.” This was the 
charge the chief laid upon the men who sailed with him to Hawaii. 
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