er the customary tokens by
which to recognize his child. When their boy Umi is grown, having
quarreled with his supposed father, he takes the tokens and, by his
mother's direction, goes to seek Liloa in Waipio valley. Two boys,
Omaokamao and Piimaiwaa, whom he meets on the way, accompany him. Umi
enters the sacred inclosure of the chief and sits in his father's lap,
who, recognizing the trophies, pardons the sacrilege and sending for his
gods, performs certain ceremonies. At his death he wills his lands and
men to Hakau, but his gods and temples to Umi.

Hakau is of a cruel and jealous disposition. Umi is obliged to leave him
and go to farming with his two companions and a third, Koi, whom he
meets on the way. He marries two girls, but their parents complain that
he is lazy and gets no fish. Racing with Paiea at Laupahoehoe, he gets
crowded against the rocks. This is a breach of etiquette and he nurses
his revenge. Finally, by a rainbow sign and by the fact that a pig
offered in sacrifice walks toward Umi, his chiefly blood is proved to
the priest Kaoleioku. The priest considers how Umi may win the kingdom
away from the unpopular Hakau. Umi studies animal raising and farming.
He builds four large houses, holding 160 men each, and these are filled
in no time with men training in the arts of war. A couple of disaffected
old men, Nunu and Kakohe, are won over to Umi's cause, and they advise
Hakau to prepare for war with Umi. While all the king's men are gone to
the forests to get feathers for the war god, Umi and his followers
start, on the day of Olekulua, and on the day of Lono they surprise and
kill Hakau and his few attendants, who thought they were men from the
outdistricts come with their taxes. So Umi becomes king. Kaoleioku is
chief priest, and Nunu and Kakohe are high in authority. The land he
divides among his followers, giving Kau to Omaokamau, Hilo to Kaoleioku,
Hamakua to Piimaiwaa, Kahala to Koi, Kona to Ehu, and Puna to another
friend. To prove how long Umi will hold his kingdom, he is placed 8
fathoms away from a warrior who hurls his spear at the king's middle,
using the thrust known as Wahie. Umi wards it off, catches it by the
handle and holds it. This is a sign that he will hold his kingdom
successfully--"your son, your grandson, your issue, your offspring until
the very last of your blood."

Umi now makes a tour of the island for two years. He slays Paiea. He
sends Omaokamau to Piilani of Maui to arra