514 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
Then Waka entered with Kapukaihaoa the taboo place where 
Laielohelohe was hidden; Waka waited and the priest went still 
farther into the place and brought her to Waka, then Waka knelt 
before Laielohelohe and did her reverence. 
On the day when Laielohelohe went on board the canoe, then the 
priest took his foster child’s umbilical cord °* and wore it about his 
neck. But he did not sorrow for Laielohelohe, thinking how good 
fortune had come to her. 
From the time Laielohelohe was taken on board, not one of the 
paddlers had the least glimpse of her until they came to Hawaii. 
Kekalukaluokewa waited during the time appointed. 
The next day, in the early morning, when the chief awoke from 
sleep, he saw the sign which Waka had promised, for there was the 
colored cloud on the ocean. 
Kekalukaluokewa prepared for Laielohelohe’s arrival, expecting to 
see her first at that time. Not so! 
In the afternoon, when the double canoes came in sight, all the 
people crowded to the landing place to see the chief, thinking she 
would come ashore and meet her husband. 
When the canoe approached the shore, then fog and mist covered 
the land from Paliuli to the sea. 
Then Laielohelohe and Waka were borne under cover of the mist 
on the birds to Paliul, and Laielohelohe was placed in the house 
prepared for her and stayed there until Halaaniani took her. 
Three days was Waka at Paliuli after returning from Oahu. Then 
she came down with Kekalukaluokewa for the marriage of the chiefs. 
Then Waka came to Kekalukaluokewa and said, “ Your wife has 
come, so prepare yourself in forty days; summon all the people to 
assemble at the place where you two shall meet; make a Adu shelter; 
there disgrace Laieikawai, that she may see what wrong she has done. 
At the time when Waka took away her supernatural protection 
from Laieikawai, Aiwohikupua’s sisters took counsel as to what they 
had better do; and they agreed upon what they should say to 
Laieikawal. 
