70 Beniicc P. Bishop Miiscuw — Bulletin 



daughter to one of the wealthy princes of the island with whom they could 

 live and spend their old age. Now, their daughter had married a tramp, 

 a stranger with nothing, and they tiicmselves were without food. 



The princes of Kauai were also angry, as they had wished to win 

 Laamaomao's hand, and so the stranger from Hawaii was hated by all. 



Soon, however, Kua-anuanu had planted taro, potatoes, sugar cane, 

 and bananas to provide food for his wife and her family. When they had 

 lived thus for two months, a messenger from the king of Hawaii came to 

 Kua-anuanu and said, "By the order of the king I come to take you home. 

 The servants whom you left in your place are not skilled in providing for 

 the king. Your lord says that you have traveled long enough." 



Hearing these words, Kua-anuanu wept bitterly because his king was 

 in trouble. At last he answered, "I will return with you. On this island 

 I have married. I have planted food for my wife and her parents. It is 

 not ripe yet. If I go my wife will be in great need. She will be forced to 

 crawl to others' doors and beg for food. But my love for my king calls 

 me. These bones are his. He has the power to take my head if he so 

 chooses. I cannot disobey any of his commands." 



That evening Kua-anuanu told Laaniaomao that he must return to his 

 king but she must stay on Kauai. He explained to her that he was not a 

 conmion tramp as her parents believed, but a chief and the backbone of a 

 king. To be known as the backbone of the king was the highest honor 

 a chief could attain. He talked over the probable birth of a child to them, 

 telling her to name a girl after her friends, but to name a boy Paakaa, 

 which means the skin of his king cracked with drinking mva. 



All these things made the beautiful Laamaomao weep bitterly, but she 

 sumbitted to her cruel fate and the next day bade her husband aloha as 

 he departed with the messenger. 



After a time a boy was born to Laamaomao and she called him Paakaa, 

 as she had been commanded by the father. The happy mother thought that 

 now the anger of her parents would be appeased, but they refused to receive 

 her and called the baby the child of a servant. They could not forget the 

 plans they had made for their daughter to marry a chief of Kauai. 



And so Laamaomao lived on alone where the pali rises from the sea at 

 Kapaa, and there she brought up her boy. 



When Mailou, Laamaomao's brother, who love<l her dearly, saw how his 

 sister was being treated, he stayed with her and helped her care for her boy. 

 Mailou was very skillful in catching birds, as his name signifies, and in this 

 way he made a living for them all. 



