people of Waialua
reached the priest that he was to be summoned to appear before the
King in consequence of this act, which had greatly angered his august
lord. Kahahana had gone to reside at Waianae, and from there shortly
afterward he sent messengers to fetch Kaopulupulu and his son Kahulupue
from Waimea.

In the early morning of the day of the messenger's arrival, a rainbow
stood directly in the doorway of Kaopulupulu's house, and he asked
of his god its meaning; but his prayer was broken (_ua haki ka
pule_). This boded him ill; therefore he called to his son to stand
in prayer; but the result was the same. Then he said, "This augurs of
the day of death; see! the rising up of a man in the pass of Hapuu,
putting on his kapa with its knot fastening on the left side of the
neck, which means that he is bringing a death message."

Shortly after the priest had ended these words a man was indeed seen
approaching along the mountain pass, with his kapa as indicated;
and he came and stood before the door of their house and delivered
the order of the King for them to go to Waianae, both him and his son.

The priest replied: "Return you first; we will follow later," and the
messenger obeyed. When he had departed Kaopulupulu recalled to his son
the words he had spoken before the advent of the messenger, and said:
"Oh, where are you, my child? Go clothe the body; put on the malo;
eat of the food till satisfied, and we will go as commanded by the
King; but this journey will result in placing us on the altar (_kau
i ka lele_). Fear not death. The name of an idler, if he be beaten
to death, is not passed on to distinction."

At the end of these words of his father, Kahulupue wept for love of
his relatives, though his father bid him to weep not for his family,
because he, Kaopulupulu, saw the end that would befall the King,
Kahahana, and his court of chiefs and retainers. Even at this time
the voices of distress were heard among his family and their tears
flowed, but Kaopulupulu looked on unmoved by their cries.

He then arose and, with his son, gave farewell greetings to their
household, and set forth. In journeying they passed through Waialua,
resting in the house of a kamaaina at Kawaihapai. In passing the night
at this place Kahulupue slept not, but went out to examine the fishing
canoes of that neighborhood. Finding a large one suitable for a voyage,
he returned and awoke his father, that they might flee together that
nigh