78 Bernicc P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



In the meantime, on Molokai, I'aakaa had heard that the king was 

 about to set forth to find him. This news pleased Paakaa very much and 

 that night he dreamed that tlie spirit of the king came to him and told 

 him that he was searching for him. In his dream Paakaa told the king 

 that he would find him at Kaula. When he awoke and recalled his dream 

 Paakaa was very sorry that he had directed the king wrongly. He decided 

 that if his former lord passed Molokai, he would urge him to land there, 

 for he knew that his son would be a great help to him. He also plotted 

 in his heart revenge on his two enemies. 



Now it happened that Paakaa's house was too small to entertain the 

 king and his retainers, and so Paakaa took his son with him into the 

 mountains where they cut down trees to build larger houses. In a short 

 time they had finished six houses of pili grass, one for each division of 

 the island of Hawaii. 



As soon as the houses were finished Paakaa and his son planted six 

 ridges of sweet potatoes and six of sugar-cane so that the king would 

 have enough to eat. The king's delay because of the birds gave Paakaa 

 ample time to finish his plans for the king's entertainment. 



On the night before the king was to leave Hawaii he dreamed that 

 Paakaa's spirit came to him and said that he would find him on Kaula. In 

 the morning all the kahuna, and paddlers, and steerers were summoned 

 and told the dream. They declared that Paakaa was not on Kaula. The 

 king dreamed again that Paakaa was on Kaula. When his kahuna still 

 insisted that the dream was not true, the king decided to land on each 

 island so that he could not miss his beloved servant. 



At last the canoes set out, the single canoes leading, the double canoes 

 with supplies following. Next were the canoes with the head soldiers, the 

 women, the common soldiers. Then capie the six chiefs, followed last of 

 all by the king and his prime minister. .-X stately fleet whose going showed 

 how well the king loved Paakaa. 



The first landing was made at Lahaina. There it was learned that 

 Paakaa did not live on Maui, so the fleet went on. \\'hen Paakaa saw the 

 canoes leaving ]\Iaui he called his son to go fishing with him. They got 

 into their canoe, Paakaa sitting in the bow with his head so bowed that 

 the king could not recognize him, the boy paddling. As they neared the 

 fishing grounds they caught the first glimpse of the king's fleet. As the 

 canoes came nearer Paakaa recognized those belonging to the six chiefs 

 who were not real chiefs and whom he ridiculed by calling out, "You are 

 an under-chief. You hid behind the sugar cane and ate sugar cane. And 

 you also are only an eel catcher." So he ridiculed all the chiefs in order 

 to arouse their anger. 



