"You have preferred your brother to me and mine, so you will see no
more of me and mine," he tore the sleeping child from her arms and
turned to leave the house.

The poor wife and mother followed, and, flinging herself on her
husband, attempted to detain him by clinging to his knees; but the
father, crazed by his loss and the thought of her greater affection
for a cruel, inhuman brother than for her own children, struck at her
with all his might, exclaiming, "Well, then, follow your brother,"
and rushed away, followed by all his retainers.

Kilikiliula fell on the side of the stream opposite to where the
lehua-tree stood, and is said to have turned to stone. The stone is
pointed out to this day, balanced on the hillside of the ravine formed
by the stream, and is one of the objects for the Hawaiian sightseer.

The headless body of Oahunui lay where he was killed, abandoned by
every one. The story runs that in process of time it also turned to
stone, as a witness to the anger of the gods and their detestation of
his horrible crime. All the servants who had in any way been concerned,
in obedience to royal mandate, in killing and cooking the young
princes were, at the death of Kilikiliula, likewise turned to stone,
just as they were, in the various positions of crouching, kneeling, or
sitting. All the rest of the royal retainers, with the lesser chiefs
and guards, fled in fear and disgust from the place, and thus the
once sacred royal home of the Oahuan chiefs was abandoned and deserted.

The great god Kane's curse, it is believed, still hangs over the
desolate spot, in proof of which it is asserted that, although all
this happened hundreds of years ago, no one has ever lived there since.

XIV

AHUULA

A LEGEND OF KANIKANIAULA AND THE FIRST FEATHER CLOAK

_Mrs. E. M. Nakuina_

Eleio was a _kukini_ (trained runner) in the service of Kakaalaneo,
King of Maui, several runners being always kept by each king or
_alii_ of consequence. These kukinis, when sent on any errand, always
took a direct line for their destination, climbing hills with the
agility of goats, jumping over rocks and streams, and leaping from
precipices. They were so fleet of foot that the common illustration
of the fact among the natives was the saying that when a kukini
was sent on an errand that would ordinarily take a day and a night,
fish wrapped in ki leaves (known as _lawalu_), if put on the fire on
his starting, would not be cooked s