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Whereupon a man in the crowd called, "It is not good to wager one's 

 body. Let me back your wager with my property." 



To the king's question as to what his property consisted of he rci)lied 

 that he owned a canoe, a fishing net, a patch of sugar cane, several taro 

 patches and a pig. Against all these things the king wagered two store- 

 houses filled with food and tapa and the land on which these buildings 

 stood. 



As soon as these wagers had been placed, Hiiaka approached the women. 

 When they .saw her, one said, "She is our lord." \\'hereupon they ran. 

 Hiiaka followed and put them lx)th to death as her supernatural powers 

 were greater than theirs. 



As she returned to the king the crowd cheered her for her beauty and 

 bravery. The king paid his wager and Hiiaka gave it to the man who had 

 helped her. Calling Wahine-omao. Hiiaka hurried on to the river Wai- 

 luku, where they saw a man ferrying freight. He agreed to take them 

 across the river, and so the friends left Hilo and entered the forest, where 

 their path was beset by akua trying to delay them. Hiiaka killed all who 

 blocked their way and came at last to the plains of Makiki. 



By this time the forty days allotted for making the journey to Kauai 

 had expired, but Hiiaka decided to go on anyway. More troubles befell 

 them. A certain king, Maka'ukiu, tried to block their way by causing 

 huge waves to break over the cliffs so that they could not swim around 

 the point. Hiiaka prayed and the sea became calm. 



So they traveled on. A bird flew over them carrying a spray of be- 

 gonia in its bill. Hiiaka sang a niele in which she expressed a wish for 

 a safe journey on the errand of her powerful sister Pele. 



Finally they came upon some men loading a canoe with gifts which 

 they said were to be taken to Olepau, the king of Maui. The women 

 asked to be taken in the canoe. The men consented and the next morning 

 they reached Kahikinui on Maui. 



As soon as the canoe grated on the beach, the two young women sprang 

 ashore and called to the canoe-men that they were going to search for a 

 bath. In fact they hurried on to Keala where the plains had been burned 

 off. There the natives were catching plover with baited sticks. Hiiaka 

 startled them with these words, "I am sorry for the king of Maui. He is 

 dead. You are so engrossed in catching plover and grasshoppers that you 

 have no time for your king." 



The people could not believe these words, but nevertheless, they re- 

 turned home and found that they were indeed true. Their king was dead. 

 They hurried to the celebrated prophet and told him that two young 

 women had made know'n to them the king's death. When he had heard 



