74 Beriiice P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



controlled the winds. Before her death she put all tlie winds into this 

 calabash and gave it to me. She told me that after her death her tones 

 were to be concealed in the calabash with the winds. This I was to keep 

 carefully until my son should need it. Now I place it in your keeping. 

 You will find it very useful on your journey. If becalmed, )ou can sum- 

 mon any wind you wish. If ridiculed, open the calabash and call for a 

 fair wind which will carry you safely to land. This power to control the 

 winds will win you much fame with kings." 



Then Laamaomao taught Paakaa the names of all the winds and the 

 prayers and mcle used with each. Thus was her only son preparetl to go 

 in search of the father he had never seen. 



In the meantime Paiea had collected a great crowd of high and low 

 chiefs, retainers, and followers. So many canoes were needed to transport 

 this crowd that when they put to sea the water between Kauai and Oahu 

 became calm. The canoes looked like a great mass of clouds. 



This fleet of canoes landed at VVaikiki where the king was entertained 

 with great pomp. After a few days Paiea went on to Molokai and Maui 

 and came finally to Hawaii where a landing was made at Kohala. Here 

 the people became alarmed upon seeing so many canoes and, believing it 

 to be a battle fleet, prepared to attack the enemy. 



However, as soon as they recognized Paiea they sent word to their 

 king, who ordered messengers to conduct him to Waipio. There he was 

 given a great welcome. The people gladly brought presents of food so 

 that the guests from Kauai had more than they could eat. That day the 

 smoke from the many imu where pigs, chickens, taro. and bananas were 

 cooking, obscured the sun. 



This hospitality did not last. The streams which had poured in food 

 began to grow dry. Want came and Paiea's followers had to hunt food 

 for themselves. So it always was. The first days of the stranger's visit 

 were over supplied, the last days were neglected. 



As the days went by and the shortage of fo<id came, Paakaa, every- 

 body's slave, was often hungry. Looking at the king and his chief advisor 

 the boy would greatly amuse the crowd by saying, "If I can reach those 

 two old men yonder I can have all I want." For these words he was ridi- 

 culed. How could he ever hope to reach men so well guarded? Did he 

 not know that to go into the king's presence meant death? 



But Paakaa waited his opportunity. One day he put on a fresh malo 

 and tapa and watched for a moment when the soldiers were not looking. 

 In an unguarded second he passed them and ran rapidly to his father and 

 jumped onto his lap. 



