nge a marriage with Piikea.
After 20 days, Piikea sets sail for Hawaii with a fleet of 400 canoes,
and a rainbow "like a feather helmet" stands out at sea signaling her
approach. The rest of the story has to do with the adventures of Umi's
three warriors, Omaokamau who is right-handed, Koi who is left-handed,
and Piimaiwae, who is ambidextrous, during the campaign on Maui,
undertaken at Piikea's plea to gain for her brother, Kihapiilani, the
rule over Maui. The son and successor of Umi is Keawenuiaumi, father of
Lonoikamakahiki.
10. KIHAPILANI
Lonoapii, king of Maui, has two sisters, Piikea, the wife of Umi, and
Kihawahine, named for the lizard god, and a younger brother,
Kihapiilani, with whom he quarrels. Kihapiilani nurses his revenge as he
plants potatoes in Kula. Later he escapes to Umi in Hawaii, and his
sister Piikea persuades her husband to aid his cause with a fleet of war
canoes that make a bridge from Kohala to Kauwiki. Hoolae defends the
fort at Kauwiki. Umi's greatest warriors, Piimaiwae, Omaokamau, and Koi,
attack in vain by day. At night a giant appears and frightens away
intruders. One night Piimaiwaa discovers that the giant is only a wooden
image called Kawalakii, and knocks it over with his club. Lonoapii is
slain and Kihapiilani becomes king. He builds a paved road from
Kawaipapa to Kahalaoaka and a shell road on Molokai.
11. PAKAA AND KUAPAKAA[1]
Pakaa, the favorite of Keawenuiaumi, king of Hawaii, regulates the
distribution of land, has charge of the king's household, keeps his
personal effects, and is sailing master for his double canoe. The king
gives him land in the six districts of Hawaii. He owns the paddle,
Lapakahoe, and the wooden calabash with netted cover in which are the
bones of his mother, Laamaomao, whose voice the winds obey.
Two men, Hookeleiholo and Hookeleipuna, ruin him with the king. So,
taking the king's effects, his paddle and calabash, he sails away to
Molokai where he marries a high chiefess and has a son, Kuapakaa, named
after the king's cracked skin from drinking _awa_. He plants fields in
the uplands marked out like the districts of Hawaii, and trains his son
in all the lore of Hawaii.
The king dreams that Pakaa reveals to him his residence in Kaula. His
love for the man returns and he sets out with a great retinue to seek
him. Pakaa foresees the king's arrival and goes to meet him and bring
him to land. He conceals his own face under the preten
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