ions to his son, consequent upon the
manifestations of coming trouble, the King's people came one day and
caught them and tied their hands behind their backs, the evil-doer
from Molokai being there to aid in executing the cruel orders of
Kamohoalii resulting from his deceitful story. Upon being taken
into their house Ku-ula was tied to the end post of the ridge pole
(_pouhana)_, the wife was tied to the middle post (_kai waena_) of the
house, and the boy, Aiai, was tied to one of the corner posts (_pou
o manu_). Upon fastening them in this manner the people went out of
the house and barricaded the doorway with wood, which they then set on
fire. Before the fire was lit, the ropes with which the victims were
tied dropped off from their hands. Men, women, and children looked
on at the burning house with deep pity for those within, and tears
were streaming down their cheeks as they remembered the kindness of
Ku-ula during all the time they had lived together. They knew not
why this family and their house should be burned in this manner.

When the fire was raging all about the house and the flames were
consuming everything, Ku-ula and his wife gave their last message to
their son and left him. They went right out of the house as quietly
as the last breath leaves the body, and none of the people standing
there gazing saw where, or how, Ku-ula and his wife came forth out of
the house. Aiai was the only one that retained material form. Their
bodies were changed by some miraculous power and entered the sea,
taking with them all the fish swimming in and around Hana. They
also took all sea-mosses, crabs, crawfish, and the various kinds of
shellfish along the seashore, even to the opihi-koele at the rocky
beach; every edible thing in the sea was taken away. This was the
first stroke of Ku-ula's revenge on the King and the people of Hana who
obeyed his mandate; they suffered greatly from the scarcity of fish.

When Ku-ula and his wife were out of the house the three gourds
exploded from the heat, one by one, and all those who were gazing at
the burning house believed the detonations indicated the bursting
of the bodies of Ku-ula, his wife, and child. The flames shot up
through the top of the house, and the black smoke hovered above it,
then turned toward the front of Kaiwiopele Hill. The people saw Aiai
ascend through the flames and walk upon the smoke toward the hill
till he came to a small cave that opened to receive and rescue h