98 Beniicc P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



Niheii did as Uli said, and then waited until darknes-s fell. Nothing- 

 was done to the trees that night, but the following night he heard voices 

 saying, "Come, let us finish Niheu's canoes." 



Then a wonderful thing happened. The canoes were instantly finished 

 and a canoe house was built. After the ancestors had pulled the canoes 

 under shelter they disappeared. 



Early in the morning Niheu went to see what had been done and was 

 greatly astonished to see everything finished. Happiness filled his heart. 

 Looking for food, he came upon a house which he entered. There he 

 saw several coils of rope. Niheu was very glad to see this rope for he 

 needed it to pull his canoes to the sea. He also saw two sticks bent suit- 

 ably for lashing his canoes together. 



Just as Niheu was congratulating himself on his good luck the rope 

 began to uncoil and Kana stood before his astonished brother, who was 

 so frightened that he ran and jumped down a high pali. Kana stretched 

 out his arms and rescued the falling boy. Bringing liim back, he asked 

 why he had jumped over the pali. 



Niheu replied, "I jumped over that pali because I was anxious to see 

 the handsome people who live down below. You caught me before I saw 

 them." 



To this falsehood Kana answered, "You are not speaking the truth. 

 You ran because you saw my big eyes looking at you." 



Niheu confessed this to be true. Then he hurried back to his grand- 

 mother and told her that the canoes had been finished as she had foretold. 

 He asked her where the grandson lived, who had carried the ulua and 

 whom she had called the lord of himself and his brothers, for that grand- 

 son must go to Molokai in search of his beautiful mother. 



Uli at first did not want Niheu to take Kana away, but at last she 

 consented, on condition that he be well treated. 



Niheu found Kana and made known his errand. Kana consented to 

 help his brother and explained the details of his phn. Niheu was to 

 arrange his brothers and their followers in a long line extending from the 

 mountains to the sea, with himself nearest the sea. These men must all 

 be strong as the canoes were to slide down their shoulders to the sea. 



When Kana saw that the long line of men was arranged he pushed the 

 canoes with such force that they slid towards the sea like the wind, de- 

 stroying everything in their way. The men tried to stop the canoes but 

 were knocked down and killed. 



As the canoes were sliding by Xiheu, he caught hold of the nianu, 

 the carved prows, and tried to stop them, but was unable to do so until 

 he had been carried out to deep water. After he had anchored the canoes, 



