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to Molokai where he marries a high chiefess and has a son, Kua- 
pakaa, named after the king’s cracked skin from drinking awa. He 
plants fields in the uplands marked out like the districts of Hawaii, 
and trains his son in all the lore of Hawaii. 
The king dreams that Pakaa reveals to him his residence in 
Kaula. His love for the man returns and he sets out with a great 
retinue to seek him. Pakaa foresees the king’s arrival and goes to 
meet him and bring him to land. He conceals his own face under the 
pretense of fishing, and leaves the son to question the expedition. 
First pass the six canoes of the district chiefs of Hawaii, and Kua- 
palaa sings a derisive chant for each, calling him by name. Then he 
inquires their destination and sings a prophecy of storm. The king’s 
sailing masters, priests, and prophets deny the danger, but the boy 
again and again repeats the warning. He names the winds of all the 
islands in turn, then calls the names of the king’s paddlers. Finally 
he uncovers the calabash, and the canoes are swamped and the whole 
party is obliged to come ashore. Pakaa brings the king the loin cloth 
and scented tapa he has had in keeping, prepares his food in the old 
way, and makes him so comfortable that the king regrets his old 
servant. The party is weather-bound four months. As they proceed, 
they carry the boy Kuapakaa with them. He blows up a storm in 
which the two sailing masters are drowned, and carries the rest of 
the party safe back to Kawaihae, Kohala. Here the boy is forgotten, 
but by a great racing feat, in which he wins against his contestants 
by riding in near shore in the eddy caused by their flying canoes, thus 
coming to the last stretch unwearied, he gets the lives of his father’s 
last enemies. Then he makes known to the king his parentage, and 
Pakaa is returned to all his former honors. 
12. KALAEPUNI 
The older brother of Kalaehina and son of Kalanipo and Kamele- 
kapu, is born and raised in Holualoa, Kona, in the reign of Kea- 
wenuiaumi. He is mischievous and without fear. At 6 he can outdo 
all his playmates, at 20 he is fully developed, kills sharks with his . 
hands and pulls up a kow tree as if it were a blade of grass. The 
king hides himself, and Kalaepuni rules Hawaii. The priest Moku- 
pane plots his death. He has a pit dug on Kahoolawe, presided over 
by two old people who are told to look out for a very large man 
with long hair like bunches of o/ona fiber. Once Kalaepuni goes out 
shark killing and drifts to this island. The old people give him fish 
to eat, but send him to the pit to get water; then throw down stones 
on his head until he dies, at the place called Keanapou. 
