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So, before leaving his daughters, he commanded them and said, 
“My daughters, I am giving you my instructions before leaving you, 
not, indeed, for long; but I go to announce those things which I have 
told you, and shall return hither. Therefore, dwell here in this place, 
which my god has pointed out to me, and keep yourselves pure until 
my prophecy is fulfilled.” 
The prophet went away, as he had determined, and he went into 
the presence of the chiefs and men of position, at the place where the 
chiefs were assembled; there he proclaimed what he had seen. 
And first he came to Aiwohikupua and said, “ From this day, erect 
flag signals around your dwelling, and bring inside all whom you 
love. 
“For there comes shortly a destruction over the earth; never has 
any destruction been seen before like this which is to come; never 
will any come hereafter when this destruction of which I tell is 
ended. 
“ Before the coming of the wonder-worker he will give you a sign 
of destruction, not over all the people of the land, but over you 
yourself and your people; then the high ones of earth shall lie down 
before him and your pride shall be taken from you. 
“Tf you listen to my word, then you will be spared from the de- 
struction that is verily to come; therefore, prepare yourselves at 
once.” 
And because of the seer’s words, he was driven away from before 
the face of the chief. 
Thus he proclaimed to all the chiefs on Kauai, and the chiefs who 
listened to the seer, they were spared. 
He went to Kekalukaluokewa, with his wife and all in their com- 
pany. 
And as he said to Aiwohikupua, so he said to Kekalukaluokewa, 
and he believed him. 
But Waka would not listen, and aswered, “If a god is the one to 
bring destruction, then I have another god to save me and my chiefs.” 
And at Waka’s words the seer turned to the chiefs and said, “ Do 
not listen to your grandmother, for a great destruction is coming 
over the chiefs. Plant flag signals at once around you, and bring all 
dear to you inside the signals you have set up, and whoever will not 
believe me, let them fall in the great day of destruction. 
“When that day comes, the old women will lie down before the 
soles of the feet of that mighty youth, and plead for life, and not 
get it, because they have disbelieved the words of the prophet.” 
And because Kekalukaluokewa knew that his former prophecies 
had been fulfilled, therefore he rejected the old woman’s counsel. 
