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Pele's anger knew no bounds. She cried, "Why did she not kiss Lohiau 

 while they were on Kauai? She does it before my eyes to laugh at me." 



Seeking revenge, Pele sent her sisters to destroy her lover by means 

 of a lava flow. They put on their fire robes and went forth rather unwill- 

 ingly. When they came near and saw how handsome Lohiau was, pity 

 took hold of them and they cast only a few cinders at his feet and returned 

 to Pele in fear. Hiiaka knew that the falling cinders would be followed 

 by fire and so she told Lohiau to pray. 



When Pele saw her people returning from their unaccomplished errand 

 she sent them back, commanding them to put aside their pity for the hand- 

 some man. So the five burst forth again and gradually surrounded 

 Lohiau. At last the rocky lava covered his body. 



When Hiiaka saw what her sister had done, she was so angry that 

 she dug a tunnel from the volcano to the sea, through which she poured 

 the fire, leaving only a little in the crater. This small amount was kept 

 by one of her brothers under his arm. 



Seeing what Hiiaka was doing, Pele became alarmed and sent Wahine- 

 omao to beg her to spare her sisters. Hiiaka did not heed her friend 

 and Pele cried, "This is a punishment sent upon me because I did not 

 care for Hiiaka's friend, and I allowed her lehua trees to be burned." 



Wahine-omao again entreated Hiiaka to spare Pele, recalling to her 

 mind the many days of travel they had spent together. At last Hiiaka 

 promised to spare Pele but refused to see her again. 



As soon as possible she returned to Kauai and told the faithful Kaleia- 

 paoa what Pele had done. This true friend of Lohiau made a solemn vow 

 to pull out the eyelashes of Pele and to fill her mouth with dirt. 



Led by the magic power of Hiiaka, Kaleiapaoa soon reached the outer 

 brink of the crater and began to attack Pele with vile names. Pele answered 

 by urging him to come down and carry out his oath. Attempting many 

 times to descend and punish Pele, he was always forced back. At last 

 Pele allowed him to come before her, but he no longer wished to carry 

 out his threat. Pele had conquered him by her beauty and charm. After 

 he had remained in the crater four days, he was persuaded to return to 

 Kauai with Hiiaka as his wife. 



Two brothers of Pele who had come from foreign lands, saw Lohiau's 

 body lying as a stone where the lava flow had overtaken him. Pity welled 

 up in their hearts and they brought Lohiau to life again. One of these 

 brothers made his own body into a canoe and carried the unfortunate 

 Lohiau to Kauai, where he was put ashore at Ahukini. 



Coming to Hanamaulu, Lohiau found all the bouses but one closed. In 

 that one were two old men, one of whom recognized him and asked him to 



