MISSIONARY TOUR 
23B 
frequently over her shoulders — Hicita-hoi-te-pori-a - 
Pele, the cloud-holder embracing or kissing the bosom 
of Pdld — Hiata-ta-bu-enaena, the red-hot mountain 
holding or lifting clouds— Hiata-tareiia, the wreath or 
garland-encircled cloud-holder—and Hiata-opio, young 
cloud-holder. 
These were all sisters, and, with many others in their 
train, on landing at Hawaii, are said to have taken up 
their abode in Kirauea. Something of their characters 
may be inferred from the few names we have given. 
Whenever the natives speak of them, it is as dreadful 
beings. This volcano is represented as having been 
their principal residence ever since their arrival, though 
they are thought to have many other dwellings in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the island, and not a few on the tops of 
the snow-covered mountains. To these some of them 
frequently remove. Sometimes their arrival in a dis¬ 
trict was foretold by the priests of the heiaus there, 
and always announced by the convulsive trembling of 
the earth, the illuminating fire in their houses, (cra¬ 
ters,) the flashes of lightning, and the roar of awful 
thunder. They never journeyed on errands of mercy ; 
to receive offerings, or execute vengeance, where the 
only objects for which they left their palace. “ Nui 
wale said the people with whom we were talking, 
“ Jca kanaka i make ia rakou Great indeed is the 
number of men slain by them; ua ran, ua ran , ua rau, 
ka puaa i tioraia na rakou ,f four hundreds, four hun¬ 
dreds, four hundreds of hogs have been thrown to 
* Alluding to those destroyed by the inundations. 
f This is a figurative expression signifying a great number, as 
we are accustomed to hear of thousands, and thousands, and 
thousands. 
