462 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
Said Waka, “Aiwohikupua has come again to Keaau, so let the 
guard be watchful, look out for yourselves, do not go down to the sea, 
stay here on the mountain until Aiwohikupua returns to Kauai.” 
When the princess’s head guard heard the grandmother’s words, 
then Kahalaomapuana immediately ordered Kihanuilulumoku,” their 
god, to come near the home of the chief and prepare for battle. 
As the princess’s chief guard, she ordered her sisters to consult 
what would be the best way to act in behalf of the princess. 
When they met and consulted what was best to be done, all agreed 
to what Kahalaomapuana, the princess’s chief guard, proposed, as 
follows: “ You, Mailehaiwale, if Aiwohikupua should come hither, 
and you two meet, drive him away, for you are the first guard; and 
if he should plead his cause force him away: and if he is very per- 
sistent, because he is a brother, resist him still more forcibly; and if 
he still insists then despatch one of the guardian birds to me, then 
we will all meet at the same place, and I myself will drive him away. 
If he threatens to harm us, then I will command our god, Kihanui- 
lulumoku, who will destroy him.” 
After all the council had assented they stationed themselves at a 
distance from each other to guard the princess as before. 
At dawn that night arrived Aiwohikupua with his counsellor. 
When they saw the taboo sign—the hollow post covered with white 
tapa—then they knew that the road to the princess’s dwelling was 
taboo. But Aiwohikupua would not believe it taboo because of hav- 
ing heard that his sisters had the guardian power. 
So they went right on and found another taboo sign like the first 
which they had found, for one sign was set up for each of the sisters. 
After passing the fourth taboo sign, they approached at a distance 
the fifth sign; this was Kahalaomapuana’s. This was the most ter- 
rible of all, and then it began to be light; but they could not see in 
the dark how terrible it was. 
They left the sign, went a little way and met Mailehaiwale; over- 
joyed was Aiwohikupua to see his sister. At that instant Maile- 
haiwale cried, “ Back, you two, this place is taboo,” 
