CHAPTER XV 
Said Aiwohikupua, “ How fortunate I am to have left my sisters 
on Hawaii, and so I shall attain my desire, for I have heard that 
my sisters are guardians to the one on whom I have set my heart.” 
Now, while all the chiefs were gathered at Wailua, then Aiwohi- 
kupua stood up and declared his intention in presence of the chiefs: 
“Where are you! I shall go again to Hawaii, I shall not fail of my 
desire; for my sisters are new guardians of her on whom I have 
set my heart.” 
At these words of Aiwohikupua, Hauailiki said, “ You will not 
succeed, for I saw that the princess was taboo, and your sisters also 
put on reserved airs; one of them, indeed, was furious, the smallest 
of them; so my belief is you will not succeed, and if you go near 
you will get paid for it.” 
To Hauailiki’s words Aiwohikupua paid no attention, for he was 
hopeful because of. what he had heard of his sisters’ guarding the 
princess. 
After this he summoned tbe bravest of his fighting men, his body- 
guard, all his chiefly array, and the chief arranged for paddlers; 
then he commanded the counsellor to make the canoes ready. 
The counsellor chose the proper canoes for the trip, twenty double 
canoes, and twice forty single canoes, these for the chiefs and the 
bodyguard, and forty provision canoes for the chief’s supplies; and 
as for the chief himself and his counsellor, they were on board of a 
triple canoe. 
When everything was ready for such a journey they set out. 
Many days they sailed. When they came to Kohala, for the first 
time the Kohala people recognized Aiwohikupua, a magician re- 
nowned all over the islands. And because the chief came in disguise 
to Kohala when he fought with Cold-nose, this was why they had 
not recognized him. 
They left Kohala and went to Keaau. Just as they reached there, 
Laiecikawai and the sisters of Aiwohikupua returned to Paliuli. 
When Laieikawai and her companions returned, on the day when 
Aiwohikupua’s party arrived, their grandmother had already fore- 
seen Aiwohikupua’s arrival at Keaau. 
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