MEMOIRS OF THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM OF POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY
VOLUME V
HONOLULU, H. I. Bishop Museum Press 1918–1919
FORNANDER COLLECTION OF HAWAIIAN ANTIQUITIES AND FOLK-LORE
THE HAWAIIANS’ ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THEIR ISLANDS AND ORIGIN OF THEIR RACE, WITH THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR MIGRATIONS, Etc., AS GATHERED FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES
BY ABRAHAM FORNANDER Author of “An Account of the Polynesian Race”
WITH TRANSLATIONS EDITED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES BY THOMAS G. THRUM
SECOND SERIES
Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Volume V
HONOLULU, H. I. Bishop Museum Press 1918–1919
CONTENTS.
PART I.
Preface.
Legend of Kawelo.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. His Birth and Early Life—Change to Oahu and Fame Attained There 2 II. Kalonaikahailaau—Kawelo Equips Himself to Fight Aikanaka—Arrival at Kauai 20 III. Commencement of Battle Between Kawelo and the People of Kauai 38 IV. Kaehuikiawakea—Kaihupepenuiamono and Muno—Walaheeikio and Moomooikio 42 V. Kahakaloa—His Death by Kawelo 48 VI. Kauahoa—Kawelo Fears to Attack Him—Seeks to Win Him by a Chant—Kauahoa Replies 52 VII. Size of Kauahoa—Is Killed by Kawelo—Kawelo Vanquishes Aikanaka 56 VIII. Division of Kauai Lands—Aikanaka Becomes a Tiller of Ground 60 IX. Kaeleha and Aikanaka Rebel Against Kawelo—Their Battle and Supposed Death of Kawelo 62 X. Temple of Aikanaka—How Kawelo Came to Life Again—He Slaughters His Opponents and Becomes Again Ruler of Kauai 66
Story of Pakaa.
His High Office—Laamaomao, His Wind Gourd—In Disfavor with the King He Moves to Molokai—Has a Son Whom He Instructs Carefully—Dreams of Keawenuiaumi Setting Out in Search for Him—Prepares with His Son to Meet the King 72
Legend of Kuapakaa.
I. Prepares to Meet Keawenuiaumi in Search of Pakaa— Canoe Fleet of Six District Chiefs, Recognized, are Taunted as They Pass—Keawenuiaumi, Greeted with a Chant, Is Warned of Coming Storm and Invited to Land—On Advice of the Sailing-masters the King Sails on 78 II. Kuapakaa Chants the Winds of Hawaii—The King, Angered, Continues on—Winds of Kauai, Niihau and Kaula; Of Maui, Molokai, Halawa—Chants the Names of His Master, Uncle and Men—Pakaa Orders the Winds of Laamaomao Released 92 III. Swamping of the Canoes—They Return to Molokai and Land—The King is Given Dry Apparel, Awa and Food —Storm-bound, the Party is Provided with Food— After Four Months They Prepare to Embark 108 IV. Departure from Molokai—Names of the Six Districts of Hawaii—The King Desires Kuapakaa to Accompany Him—The Boy Consents Conditionally—Setting out they meet with Cold, Adverse Winds—The Sailing-masters Fall Overboard 118 V. At Death of Pakaa’s Enemies Calm Prevails—The Boy is Made Sailing-master—He Directs the Canoes to Hawaii—The Men Are Glad, but the King is Sad at His Failure—Kuapakaa Foretells His Neglect—Landing at Kawaihae, and Deserted, he Joins two Fishermen— Meeting a Six-manned Canoe He Wagers a Race, Single -handed, and Wins—He Hides His Fish in the King’s Canoe—They Plan Another Race to Take Place in Kau, Life to be the Forfeit 124 VI. The Canoe Race in Kau—Kuapakaa Offers to Land Four Times Before His Opponents’ First, and Wins—The King Sends for the Boy and Pleads for the Lives of His Men—Kuapakaa Reveals Himself and Pakaa—The Defeated Men Ordered Put to Death—Keawenuiaumi Orders Kuapakaa to Bring Him Pakaa—Pakaa Demands Full Restitution First—The King Agrees, and on Pakaa’s Arrival Gives Him the Whole of Hawaii 128
Legend of Palila 136 Legend of Puniakaia 154 Legend of Maniniholokuaua and Keliimalolo 164 Legend of Opelemoemoe 168 Legend of Kulepe 172 Legend of Kihapiilani 176 Legend of Hiku and Kawelu 182 Legend of Kahalaopuna 188 Legend of Uweuwelekehau 192 Legend of Kalaepuni and Kalaehina 198 Legend of Kapakohana 208 Legend of Kapunohu 214