CHAPTER XIII 
At the time when Kahalaomapuana leaped from the canoe into the 
sea it was going very swiftly, so she fell far behind. The canoe 
turned back to recover Kahalaomapuana, but the party did not find 
her; then Aiwohikupua abandoned his young sister and sailed 
straight for Kauai. 
As Aiwohikupua sailed away from Hawaii, between Oahu and 
Kauai he spoke to his paddlers as follows: “ When we get back to 
Kauai let no one tell that we have been to Hawaii after Laieikawai, 
lest shame come to me and I be spoken of jeeringly; and therefore I 
lay my commands upon you. Whoever speaks of this journey of 
ours and IJ hear of it, his penalty is death, his and all his offspring, 
as I vowed to those paddlers of mine before. 
They returned to Kauai. A few days afterwards Aiwohikupua, 
the chief, wished to make a feast for the chiefs and for all his friends 
on Kauai. 
While the feast was being made ready the chief gave word to fetch 
the feasters; with all the male chiefs, only one woman of rank was 
allowed to come to the celebration; this was Kailiokalauokekoa.*” 
On the day of the feast all the guests assembled, the food was 
ready spread, and the drink at the feast was the awa. 
Before eating, all the guests together took up their cups of awa 
and drank. During the feasting, the awa had not the least effect 
upon them. 
And because the awa had no effect, the chief hastily urged his awa 
chewers to chew the awa a second time. When the chief’s command 
was carried out, the guests and the chief himself took up their cups 
of awa all together and drank. When this cup of awa was drained 
the effect of the awa overcame them. But the one who felt the effects 
most was the chief who gave the feast. 
Now, while the chief was drunk, the oath which he swore at sea 
to the rowers was not forgotten; not from one of his own men was 
the forbidden story told, but from the mouth of Aiwohikupua him- 
self was the chief’s secret heard. 
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