 CHAPTER XIII. Kaleya, the surf writer of Maui. Characters. Kawao, king of Maui. Kaleya, sister of Kawao. Piliwali, Aliimui of O'ahu. Paa Kanaleya, wife of Piliwali. Lolali, brother of Piliwali. Kalamakua, a chief of Iwa, cousin of Lolali. Kaleya, the surf writer of Maui. The legend of Lolali, the eccentric prince of O'ahu. One. Kaleya, of whom in the past the bards of O'ahu and Maui loved to sing, was the beautiful but capricious daughter of Kawao, king of Maui, who in about AD 1445 at the age of 25 succeeded to the sovereignty of that island. Kaleya's father was Kahakili I, the son of Kakey, who with his brother, Kakalaneo, was the joint ruler of the little realm from about 1380 to 1415. Kakey was the rightful heir to the Moyship, and as son, his son, Kahakili, succeeded him. But as an accident in his youth had somewhat impaired his mental faculties, Kakalaneo came, through the expressed will of the dying Kamaluhua, the joint ruler and virtual sovereign of the kingdom. He had sons and daughters of his own, but he loved his weak-minded brother, and respected the line of legitimate succession, and when the black kapa covered him, Kahakili became king of Maui and Lanai. For during that period the latter island was under the protection of the Moys of Maui, while Molokai still maintained its independence. Kakalaneo was noted for his business-energy and strict sense of justice. The court of the brothers was established at Lahaina, then known as Lele, and was one of the most respected in all the group. It was Kakalaneo who introduced the bread-fruit there from Hawaii, and won the love of the people by continuous acts of mercy and benevolence. For some disrespect shown to his royal brother, whose mental weakness doubtless subjected him to unkind remarks, he banished his own son, Kahalua La'au, to Lanai, which island, tradition averse, was at that time infested by powerful and malignant spirits. They killed pigs and fowls, uprooted coconut trees, and blighted tarot patches, and a gigantic and mischievous gnome amused himself by gliding like a huge mole under the huts of his victims and almost upsetting them. The priests tried in vain to quiet these malicious spirits. No sooner were they exercised away from one locality than they appeared in another, and if they gave the tarot patches a rest it was only to tear the unripe bananas from their stems, or rend the walls and embankments of artificial ponds that their stores of fishes might escape to the sea. Aware of these grievances, Kahalua La'au took with him to Lanai a talisman of rare powers. It was the gift of his friend the High Priest of his father, and consisted of a spear point that had been dipped in the waters of the land of death, and many generations before left by Lono on one of his alters. Crowning a long spear with this sacred point, Kahalua La'au attacked the disturbing spirits and in a short time succeeded either in bringing them to submission or driving them from the island. The gnome, Mualeo, was the most difficult to vanish. It avoided the prince and for some time managed to keep beyond the influence of the charmed spear point, but the monster was finally caught within the boundaries of a line scratched with the talisman upon the surface of the earth beneath which it was burrowing, and thereby brought to terms. It could not pass the line, no matter how far below the surface it essayed to do so. Heaving the earth in its strength and wrath, it chafed against the charmed restraint that held a captive, and finally plunged downward within the vertical walls of its prison. But there was no path of escape in that direction. It soon encountered a lake of fire and was compelled to return to its surface, where it humbled itself before the prince and promised, if liberated, to quit the island forever. Kahalua La'au obliterated sixty paces of the line of imprisonment to enable Mualeo to pass to the sea, into which the hideous being plunged and disappeared never to be seen again in Lanai. In consideration of the great service of the exiled prince in restoring quiet and security to the island, his father permitted him to return to Maui, where he connected himself to the east hood and became noted for his supernatural powers. The charmed spear point is referred to in later legends, and is thought to be still secreted with the bones of a high priest in a mountain cave on the island of Maui, not far from the sacred burial place of I'au. But we have been straying two generations back of our story. The legendary accounts of the ruling families of the principal islands of the group are so threaded with romantic or fabulous incidents that in referring to any of the prominent actors in the past, it is difficult to restrain the pen in its willingness to wander into the enchanted byways in which the Meleos of the period abound. Having alluded to the immediate ancestors of Kalea, the sister of the young Muay of Maui, we will now resume the thread of our legend by referring somewhat more particularly to the princess herself. Brought up in the royal court at Lahaina, with a brother only to divide the affections of her father, Kalea was humored, petted, and spoiled as a child, and courted and flattered beyond measure as she grew to womanhood. The Meleos describe her as a maiden of uncommon beauty, but she was wayward, volatile, and capricious, as might have been expected of one so schooled and favored, and no consideration of policy or persuasion of passion could move her to accept any one of the many high chiefs who sought her in marriage. She loved the water, possibly because she could see her fair face mirrored in it, and became the most graceful and daring surf swimmer in the kingdom. Frequently, when the waters of Awu'au channel surged wildly under the breath of the south wind, or Kona, Kalea, laughing at the fears of her brother, would plunge into the sea with her Onini, or surfboard, and so audaciously ride the waves that those who watched and applauded her were half inclined to believe that she was the friend of some water-god and could not be drowned. No sport was to her so enticing as a battle with the waves, and when her brother spoke to her of marriage she gaily answered that the surfboard was her husband, and she would never embrace any other. The brother frowned at the answer, for he had hoped, by uniting his sister to the principal chief of Hana, to more thoroughly incorporate in his kingdom that portion of the island, then ruled by independent chiefs, but by other means during his reign it may be remarked the union of the two divisions was affected. Do not frown Kaleo, said Kalea coaxingly. A smile better becomes your handsome face. I may marry some day just to please you, but remember what the voice said in the Anu at the Feast of Lono. Yes, I remember, replied Kaleo, but I have sometimes believed that when the Kelo declared that in writing the surf Kalea would find a husband he was simply repeating an augury imparted to him by Kalea herself. You will anger the gods by speaking so lightly of their words returned Kalea reproachfully, and Kaleo smiled as the princess took her leave with a dignity quite unusual with her. Kaleo loved his sister and was proud of her beauty, and while he was anxious to see her suitably married, and felt no little annoyance at the impunity of her suitors, he nevertheless recognized her right as the daughter of a king to a voice in the selection of a husband. But the voice from the Anu was prophetic. Whatever may have inspired it, for while Kalea continued to ride the waves at Lahani, a husband of the family of Kalona Ikki of Oahu was in search of her, and to that island we now request the reader to follow us. There lived at that time at Lahui in the district of Iwa, on the island of Oahu, a chief named Lolali, son of Kalona Ikki, and a brother of Pilawali, the Ali'i Numuli, or nominal sovereign of the island, whose court was established at Wailua. Kalona Ikki had married Kikanui, and thus infused into the royal family the native and aristocratic blood of Moeke, of the ancient line of Nanaula. Lolali was an amiable and handsome prince, but for some cause had reached the age of thirty-five without marrying. The reason was traced to the death by drowning some years before of a chiefess of great beauty whom he was about to marry, and to whom he was greatly attached. As he was of a gentle and poetic nature, his disinclination to marry may not be unreasonably attributed to that event, especially when supported by the relation that thereafter he abhorred the sea, and was content to remain at Lahui beyond the sound of its ceaseless surges. He passed his fiftieth year, and having but two daughters and no son was more than ever desirous that his brother should marry, that the family authority might be strengthened, and the line of Kalona perpetuated, and the friendly neighboring chiefs were equally anxious that Lolali should become the head of a family, and to inspire him with a disposition to marry, described with enthusiasm the beauty of many maidens of distinguished rank whom they had met on the other islands of the group. To these women, who were finally yielded, and as a suitable wife for so high a chief could not be found on Oahu, or at least one who would be personally acceptable to him, it was necessary to seek for her among the royal families of the other islands. Accordingly, a large koa canoe was fitted out at Wailua, and with trusty messengers of rank dispatched to the Windward Islands in search of a wife for Lolali. The messengers were instructed to quietly visit the several royal courts upon the beauty, rank, and eligibility of such marriageable chiefesses in distinguished families as they might be able to discover. Among the chiefs selected for the delicate mission, and the one upon whose judgment the most reliance was placed was Lolali's cousin, Kalamakua, a noble of high rank, whose liens were on the coast of the Uwa district. He was bold, dashing and adventurous, and readily consented to assist in finding a wife for his royal and romantic relative. Lolali was at Wailua when the messengers embarked. He took an encouraging interest in the expedition and when banteringly asked by his cousin if age would be any objection in a bride of an exceptional birth replied that he had promised to take a wife solely to please his royal brother, and any age under eighty would answer. But he did not mean it. Not so, replied Pillowali, more than half in earnest. I will not become the uncle of a family of monsters. The bride must be as worthy in person as in blood. Do you hear Kalamakua, said Lolali, addressing his cousin, who was standing beside the canoe ready for departure? Do you hear the words of Pillowali? She must be not only young, but beautiful. If you bring or give promise to any other she shall not live at Lahue. Do not fear, replied the cousin Gaeli, whomsoever she may be we will keep her in the family, for if you refuse her or she you I will marry her myself. Fairly spoken, exclaimed the king, and I will see that he keeps his promise, Lolali. Although the object of the voyage was known to but few, hundreds gathered at the beach to witness the departure, for the canoe was decorated and the embarking chiefs appeared in feather capes and other ornaments of their rank. Turning to the high priest who was present, Pillowali asked him if he had observed the auguries. I have, replied the priest, they are more than favorable. Then turning and continued, there is peace in the clouds and the listless winging of yonder bird betokens favoring winds. Amid a course of alohas, the canoe dashed through the breakers and out into the open sea, holding a course in the direction of Molokai. Reaching that island early the next day, the party landed at Kalaupapa. The Aliimui received them well but inquiry led to nothing satisfactory and, proceeding around the island, the party next landed on Lanai. It was probable that they were driven there by unfavorable winds as Lanai was a dependency of Maui at that time and none but subject chiefs resided on the island. However, they remained there but one day and the next proceeded to Hana, Maui, with the intention of crossing over to Hawaii and visiting the court of Kihā at Waipio. Inquiring for the Moe, they learned that Kauau had removed his court from Lanhaina for the season to Hamakua Poko to enjoy the cool breezes of that locality and indulge in the pleasures of surf bathing. They were further informed that a large number of chiefs had accompanied the Moe to that attractive resort and that Kalea sister of the king and the most beautiful woman on the island as well as the most daring and accomplished surf swimmer was also there as one of the greatest ornaments of the court. This was agreeable information and the party re-embarked and arrived the next morning off Hamakua Poko just as the fair Kalea and her attendant had gone down to the beach to indulge in a buffet with the surf. Swimming out beyond the breakers and oblivious of everything but her own enjoyment, Kalea suddenly found herself within a few yards of the canoe of the Oahu and chiefs. Presuming that it contained her own people she swam still closer when she discovered to her amazement that all the faces in the canoe were strange to her. Perceiving her embarrassment Kalamakua rose to his feet and addressing her in a courtly and respectful manner invited her to a seat in the canoe offering to ride the surf with it to the beach an exciting and sometimes dangerous sport in which great skill and coolness are required. The language of the chief was so gentle and suggestive of the manners of the court that the invitation was accepted and the canoe mounted one of the great waves successively following two of lighter bulk and force and was adroitly and safely beached. The achievement was greeted with applause on the shore and when the proposal was made to repeat the performance Kalea willingly retained her seat. Again the canoe successfully rode the breakers ashore and then through her attendance Kalamakua discovered that the fair and dashing swimmer was none other than Kalea the sister of the Moi of Maui. With increased respect Kalamakua again invited his distinguished guests to join in the pleasure and excitement of a third ride over the breakers. She consented and the canoe was once more pulled out beyond to the surf where it remained for a moment awaiting a high combining roller on which to be born to the landing. One passed and was missed and before another came a squall or what was called a mumuku suddenly struck the canoe rendering it unordily unmanageable and driving it out upon the broad ocean. When the canoe started Kalea would have leapt into the ocean had she not been restrained but Kalamakua spoke so kindly to her assuring her they would safely ride out the storm and return to Hamakua Poco that she became calmer and consented to curl down beside him in the boat to escape the fury of the winds. Her shapely limbs and shoulders were bare and her hair braided and bound loosely back was still wet and grew chilling in the wind where it fell. Kalamakua took from a covered kalabash a handsome kahei or mantel and wrapped it around her shoulders and then seated her in the shelter of his own burly form. She smiled her thanks for these delicate attentions and the chief was compelled to admit to himself that the reports of her great beauty had not been exaggerated. He could recall no maiden on Oahu who was equal in grace and comeliness and felt that could she be secured for his eccentric cousin his search would be at an end. He even grew indignant at the thought that she might not prove acceptable but smiled the next moment at his promise to marry the girl himself but the fierce Mamuku afforded him but little time to indulge such dreams. The sea surged in a fury and like a cockle shell the canoe was tossed from one huge wave to another. The spray was almost blinding and while Kalamakua kept the little craft squarely before the wind as a measure of first importance his companions were earnestly employed in alternately bailing and trimming as emergency suggested. On, on, sped the canoe farther and farther out into the open sea tossed like a feather by the crested waves and pelted by the driving spray. The scene was fearful. The southern skies had grown black with wrath and long streamers sent from the clouds shot northward as if to surround and cut off the retreat of the flying craft. All crouched in the bottom of the boat intent only on keeping it before the wind and preventing it from filling. A frailer craft would have been stove to pieces but it was hewn from the trunk of a sound koa tree and gallantly rode out the storm. But when the wind ceased and the skies cleared late in the afternoon the canoe was far out at sea and beyond the sight of land. It was turned and headed back but as there was no wind to assist the paddles and the waters were still rough and restless slow progress toward land was made. And when the sun went down Kalamakua was undecided which way to proceed as he was not certain that the storm had not carried them so far from the coast of Maui that some point on Molokai or Oahu might be more speedily and safely reached than the place from which they started. Their supply of poi had been lost during the gale by the breaking of the vessel containing it but they still had left a small quantity of dried fish raw potatoes and bananas and a kalabash of water and ate their evening meal as cheerfully as if their supplies were exhaustless and the green hills of Waialua smiled upon them in the distance. Such was the Hawaiian of the past and the Hawaiian of today. His joys and griefs are centered in the present and he broods but little over the past and borrows no trouble from the future. The stars came out and a light wind began to seal down upon them from the northwest. It was quite chilly and felt like the breath of the returning trade winds which start from the frozen shores of northwestern America and gradually grow warmer as they sweep down through the tropic seas. These winds continuing with intervals of cessation are what give life, beauty, and an indurable climate to the Hawaiian group. As the breeze freshened sails were raised and then the course to be taken remained to be determined. Kala Makua expressed his doubts to Kalea as if inviting a suggestion from her but she was unable to offer any advice declaring that she had not noticed the course of the wind that had driven them so far out upon the ocean. And I am equally in doubt said the chief. We may have been blown farther toward the rising of the sun in the headlands of Hana. If so, the course we are now sailing would take us to Hawaii, if not indeed beyond, while in following the evening star we might even pass Oahu. I therefore suggest a course between these two directions which will certainly bring us to land sometime tomorrow. Then, since we are all in doubt, replied Kalea, and the winds are blowing landward, why not trust to the gods and follow them? Your words are an inspiration, returned to the chief, and stated that she had suggested a course that would enable him to make Oahu direct for as may be suspected he was an accomplished navigator and was really in little or no doubt concerning the direction of the several islands mentioned. You have spoken wisely, he continued, as if yielding entirely to her judgment. We will follow the winds that are now cooling the shores of Hamakua Poco. Thus adroitly was Kalea made a consenting party to her own abduction. Kala Makua took the helm slightly changing the course of the canoe and his companions made themselves comfortable for the evening. Their wet rolls of kapa had been dried during the afternoon, and there was room enough to spare to arrange a couch for Kalea in the bottom of the boat. But she was too much excited over the strange event of the day to sleep, or even attempt to rest, and therefore sat near Kala Makua in the stern of the canoe until past midnight, watching the stars and listening to the story with which he knew she must sooner or later become of his romantic expedition in search of a wife for his cousin. It is needless to say that Kalea was surprised and interested in the relation, and when Kala Makua referred to the high rank of his cousin to his handsome person in large estates at Lehu, and begged her to regard with favor the proposal of marriage which he then made to her in behalf of Lolali, she frankly replied that if her royal brother did not object, she would give the proffer consideration. As Kala Makua had concluded not to take the hazard of securing the consent of her brother, who doubtless had some other matrimonial project in view for her, he construed her answer into a modestly expressed willingness to become the wife of Lolali, and the more resolutely bent his course toward Oahu. He watched the Pleiades, the great guide of the early Polynesian navigators, as they swept up into the heavens, and, bearing still farther to the northward to escape Molokai, announced that he would keep the steering oar for the night, and advised his companions, now that the breeze was ready and the sea smoother, to retake themselves to rest. And Kalaia at last curled down upon her couch of Kapa, and Kala Makua was left alone with his thoughts to watch the wind and stars. Although a long and steady run had been made during the night, no land was visible the next morning. Kalaia scanned the horizon uneasily, and without speaking looked at Kala Makua for an explanation. Before the sun goes down we shall see land, said the chief. And, inquired Kalaia, Oahu was the reply, but the chief was not greeted with the look of surprise expected. I am not disappointed, returned the princess quite indifferently. You seem to have been sailing by the wandering stars last night, for before daylight I looked up and saw by cow that your course was directly toward the place of sunset. Five of the planets, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn, were known to the ancient Hawaiians and designated as Nahoku Eia or Wandering Stars. The fixed stars were also grouped by them into constellations, and cow was their name for Antares. With a look of genuine surprise Kala Makua replied, I did not know before that so correct a knowledge of navigation was among the many accomplishments of the sister of Kual. It required no great knowledge of the skies to discover last night that we were not bearing southward and needs still less now to observe that we are sailing directly west, remarked. I will not attempt to deceive one who seems to be able to instruct me in journeying over the blue waters, said Kala Makua politely. Your judgment is correct. We are sailing nearly westward, and the first land-sided will probably be the headlands of Kawa. You have acted treacherously, resumed the princess after a pause, as if suddenly struck with a propriety of protesting against the abduction. Possibly, was the brief reply. Yes, she continued after another pause. You have acted treacherously, and my brother will make war upon O'ahu unless I am immediately returned to Hamakua Poko. He will find work for his spears, was the irritating response. Is it a habit with the chiefs of Oahu to steal their wives? inquired Kalea tauntingly. No, Kala Makua promptly replied, but I would not eat from the same Kala Bash with the chief who would throw back into the face of the generous winds the gift of the rarest flower that ever blossomed on Hawaiian soil. The pretty compliment of the chief moved Kalea to silence, yet he observed that there was a sparkle of pleasure in her eyes, and that the novelty and romance of the situation were not altogether distasteful to her. Land was sighted late in the afternoon. It was Ka'o'io Point on the western side of O'ahu. Rounding it, they landed at Mahana, where they procured food and water and passed the night, and the next day had an easy voyage to Wailua. Landing, Kala Makua at once communicated with Pilawali, giving the high rank of Kalea, as well as the strange circumstances under which she had been brought to Wailua. Queen Paa Kanalea promptly dispatched attendance to the beach with appropriate apparel, and in due time the distinguished visitor was received at the royal mansion in a manner consistent with her rank. The next day a message brought Lolaali from Luhu. He was dressed in his riches trappings and brought with him as an offering to Kalea, a rare necklace of shells and curiously carved mother of pearl. He was conducted to the princess by Kala Makua. They seemed to be mutually pleased with each other. In fact, Lolaali was completely charmed by the fair stranger, and in his enthusiasm offered to divide his estates with his cousin as an evidence of his gratitude. Kala Makua had himself become very much interested in Kalea and secretly hoped that his cousin might find something in her blood or bearing to object to, in which case he felt that she might be induced to regard his own suit with favor. But Lolaali declared her to be a model of perfection, and wooed her with so much earnestness that she finally consented to become his wife without waiting to hear from her brother. Her rank was quite equal to that of Lolaali, and the king was so greatly pleased with the union that he added considerably to the estates of his brother at Luhu, and the nuptials were celebrated with games, feasting, dancing, and the commencement of a new He'au near Wailua, which was in time completed and dedicated to Lono, with a large image of La'amomau, the Hawaiian Aeolus at the inner entrance, in poetic commemoration of the winds that drove Kalea away from the coast of Maui. At the conclusion of the festivities at Wailua, Kalea was born all the way to Luhu in a richly mounted Manale, native Palakwin, with four bearers. There were three hundred attendants in her train, exclusive of thirty-six chiefs as a guard of honor, wearing feather capes and helmets and armed with javelins festooned with laze of flowers and tinted feathers. It was a right royal procession, and its entrance into Luhu was the beginning of another round of festivities continuing for many days. Portions of the Mele recited by Lolaali in welcome of his wife to Luhu are still remembered and repeated, and the occasion was a popular theme of song and comment for a generation or more among the people of that district. And thus, Kalea, the beautiful sister of the Moe of Maui, became the wife of Lolaali, brother of Pilawali, King of Wahu. 2 It is now, in order to return to Hamakua Poco, to note what transpired there on the sudden disappearance of Kalea before the strong breath of the Mamuku. The king was profoundly grieved by his sister to learn the particulars of the misfortune. To all of them it was manifest that the canoe had been blown out to sea in spite of the efforts of its occupants, and as the gale continued to increase in violence during the day, it was feared that the entire party had perished. As to the strangers, no one seemed to know anything of them or of the island from which they came. They did not seem to belong to the Maka'anana, or common people, and one of them, it was believed this was all of the information the wailing attendants were able to give. One man, who had noticed the canoe as it came and went through the surf, thought it was from Hawaii, while another was equally certain that it was from Wahu, but as the general structure of canoes on the several islands of the group differed but little, their descriptions of the craft furnished no real clue to the mystery. With the cessation of the storm late in the afternoon came a hope to Kawao that the missing canoe had safely ridden favored by the changing winds. He therefore summoned the high priest and instructed him to put his diviners and magicians to the task of discovering what had become of the Princess Kalea. Pigs and fowls were slain, prayers were said in the Hei'au, and late in the evening information came through supernatural agencies that Kalea was still living. But this was not satisfactory to the king. He demanded something more specific, and a kula of great sanctity was prepared and placed in the Anu, a treasure within the inner court, and in due time an answer to the questions of the high priest announced that the canoe containing the Princess was sailing in safety toward Wahu. The words of the kula were repeated to the king, and the next day he dispatched a well-manned canoe in charge of one of his plumed Halumanus, or military aides, to find and bring back the lost Kalea. Owing to unfavorable winds or bad management the canoe did not reach Makapu'u Point, Wahu, until the fourth day. Proceeding along the north-eastern coast of the island, and landing wherever practicable to make inquiries, the easygoing messenger did not arrive at Wailua until two days after the departure of Kalea for Wahu. Learning that the princess had become the wife of Lolali, the disappointed Halumanu did not deem it necessary to communicate with her, but briefly paid his respects to the king, to whom he may have known the nature of his errand to Wahu, and his resolution to return it once to Maui, and acquaint his royal master of his mission. Appreciating that, in his anxiety to see his brother properly mated, he had countenanced a proceeding sufficiently discourteous to the Moi of Maui to warrant a hostile response. Pilawali treated the Halumanu with market kindness and consideration, and insisted upon setting in his court with him back to Maui, including the bearer of a friendly, explanatory message from himself to Kawa'u. For this delicate service no one could be found so competent as the courtly general, who was well versed in the genealogy of the Kolona family, and would be able to, satisfactorily, if not quite truthfully, explain why it was that the canoe containing the princess, when driven out to sea, was headed for a Wahu instead of Maui when the storm abated. Kalamakua was accordingly dispatched on the mission. Being a much better sailor than the Halumanu, he found no difficulty either in parting company with him off the coast of eastern Maui, or in reaching Hamakua Poco three or four hours in the party he was courteously escorting thither. This enabled the Waili O'ahuan to secure an audience with the king, and deliver his message and explanation in full before the Halumanu could land and give his version of the story. Kalamakua's explanation of the impossibility after the storm of reaching in safety any land other than O'ahu or Molokai seemed to be satisfactory, and when he dwelt upon the well-known high rank of Lolali as recognized by the Ahaa Ali and referred to his manly bearing, his amiable disposition and the amplitude of his estates, Kaua'u answered sadly. Then so let it be. It is perhaps the will of the gods. I would have had it otherwise, but be to Kalea and her husband and to my royal brother the king of O'ahu, my messenger of peace. Thanking the Maui for his kindly words, Kalamakua took his leave. As he was about to re-embark in the afternoon for O'ahu, he discomforted Halumanu having but thrust then landed, past him on the beach. Knowing that he had been outwitted, in his wrath he reached for the handle of his knife, but he did not draw it. Kalamakua stopped and promptly answered the challenge, but the Halamanu passed on, with a smile he stepped into his canoe and a few minutes later was on his way to O'ahu, with Kaua'u's welcome messages of peace. As the years came and went in their quiet home at Lolali, Lolali lost none of his affection for Kalea. No wars distracted the group. Loloa, the son of Kihah, and father of Umi, have become the peaceful sovereign of Hawaii. Kahakuma, the ancestor of some of the most distinguished families of the island, held gentle and intelligent sway in Kaua'u. Kaua'u still ruled Imaui and Pilawali in O'ahu. To gratify his wife, Lolali surrounded her with every comfort. The choicest fruits of the island were at her command, and every day fresh fish and other delicacies of the sea were brought to her from the neighboring island. In short, everything not taboo to the sex was provided without stint. Summer houses were constructed for her in the cool recesses of the Wanenei Mountains, and Amanelei, with relays of stout bearers was always at her service for the briefest journeys. The people of the district were proud of her rank and beauty, and at seasons of hukupu or gift-making she was fairly deluged with rare invaluable offerings. Yet with all this affluence of comfort and passion, Kalea became more and more restless and unhappy. Nor did the presence of her children, of whom she had three, seemed to render her more contented. She longed for the sea, for the bounding surf which had been the sport of her girlhood, for the white mained steeds of the ocean, which she had so often mounted and fearlessly ridden to the shore, for the thunder of the breakers against the cliffs, for the murmur of the reef-bound wavelets timily crawling up the beach to kiss and cool her feet. With her old-time pleasures the greater became her dissatisfaction with the tamer life and surroundings of Lihu. Knowing her love for the sea, Lolali made occasional excursions with her to the coast, frequently remaining there for days together. Sometimes they visited the east and sometimes the southside of the island, but the place which seemed to please her above all others was Iwa, where Kala Makua made his home. He too loved the sea, and during her visits there afforded her every opportunity to indulge her in the sport. Together they had charming sails around the Pua Loa, Pearl River, Lagoon, and gallant rides over the surf at the entrance. There and there only did she seem to recover her spirits. There only did she seem to be happy. This did not escape the notice of Lolali, and a great grief filled his heart as he sometimes thought in noticing her brightened look in the presence of Kala Makua, that it was less the charms of the surf than of his cousin's handsome face attractive to Kalea. Laifulluhu finally became so Urkumshu her, and even the continued kindness of Lolali so unwelcome that she announced her determination to leave the home of her husband forever. This resolution was not altogether unexpected by Lolali, for he had not been blind to her growing restlessness and was prepared for the worst, and as the prerogatives of her high rank gave her the undoubted privilege of separation if she desired it, he reluctantly consented to the marriage. When asked where it was her purpose to go, she answered probably to Maui to rejoin my brother. Probably not beyond Yua was Lolali's significant reply, but, no matter where you may go, he continued with dignity, take your departure from Luhu in a manner consistent with your rank. You were received here as became the sister of a king and the wife of the son of Kolona Ikki. So what I have you depart. I reproach you with nothing, before let us part in peace. We part in peace was Kalea's only answer, and the next morning she quietly took her departure with four or five attendants. A chant expressive of Lolali's grief at the separation was long after recited, but these lines are all of it that have been preserved. Farewell, my partner, on the lowland plains, on the waters of Pahukeo, above Kenhoa, on the dark mountain spur of Mauiuna. O Luhu, she is gone. Sniff the sweet scent of the grass, the sweet scent of the wild vines that are twisted by Waikoloa, by the winds of Waipua, my flower. As if a moat were in my eye, the pupil of my eye is troubled. Dimness covers my eyes. Woe is me. Leaving Luhu, Kalea descended to Yua, and skirting the head of the lagoon by way of Halawa, on the afternoon of the second day arrived at the entrance immediately opposite Puholoa. There she found a large number of nobles and retainers of Kalamakua, the high chief of the district, amusing themselves in the surf. As she had not seen the saltwater for some months, Kalea could not resist the temptation to indulge in her old pastime, and, borrowing a surfboard from one of the bathers plunged into the sea, and soon joined the party of surf riders beyond the breakers. Soon a huge roller made its appearance, and all mounted it and started for the shore. The race was exciting, for the most expert swimmers in the district were among the contestants, but in grace, daring and skill, Kalea very plainly excelled them all, and was lively cheered as she touched the shore. Kalamakua was reposing in the shade not far away, and hearing the two multiple voices inquired the cause. He was told that a beautiful woman from Luhu had beaten all the chiefs at surf riding, and the people could not restrain their enthusiasm. Satisfied that there was but one Luhu woman who could perform such a feat, Kalea, the wife of his cousin Lolali, he proceeded to the beach just as a second trial had resulted in a triumph to the fair contestants quite as emphatic as the first. As she touched the shore, Kalamakua threw his kehi, mantle, over his shoulders, and respectfully greeted her. Kalea then informed him that she had formally separated from her husband and was about to embark for Maui. If that is the case, said Kalamakua, gently taking her by the arm as if to restrain her, you will go no more to Luhu. When I went in search of a wife for Lolali I promised that if he objected to the woman I brought or recommended, or she to him, I would take her myself if she so willed. You have objected to him. Is Kalamakua better to your liking? I will remain at Luhu, was the satisfactory answer. Yes, and you should have gone there instead of Luhu when you landed at Wailua years ago, continued Kalamakua earnestly. My thought is the same, was Kalea's frank avowal, and she beckoned to her attendants and told Kalamakua that she was ready to follow him. Did he expect her at the beach that morning? Tradition offers no direct answer to the question, but significantly mentions that Kalamakua spent one or two days at Luhu not long before. The houses were in readiness for her at Yua, and that she was born dither on a manele, escorted by the principal chiefs from the wife of Kalamakua. The gentle-hearted Lulali sent to her a present of fruits and a message of peace and forgiveness. But it was his request that they might never meet again, and he spent the remainder of his days in Luhu, caring for the welfare of his people, and dreaming in the shadows of the hills of Kalah. But little more need here be told. Kalea and Kalamakua lived happily together, and were blessed with a son and successor of Kawa'u, Moe of Maui. But it was not until after the betrothal of the cousins, which was agreed to in their childhood, that Kawa'u fully forgave his volatile sister for marrying a prince of O'ahu without his consent. Pe'ikia, one of the daughters of Pe'ilani and Le'ilohi Lohi, became in after time the wife of the great Umi of Hawaii, and through her great-grandson, I, the ancestors of Kalakua, became a sovereign of the group. Lono Apii, another one of their children, succeeded his father as Moe of Maui. As a further example of the manner in which the blood of the reigning families of the several islands of the group was commingled in the early periods of their history, it may be mentioned that Kaholi, a son of Lohali and Kalea, was united in marriage to Kohipa, one of the two daughters of Pilawali, while the other, wife of Luia, grandson of Kakalaneo, the joint ruler of Maui, during the reign of the unfortunate Ka'kei. End of Chapter 13 Chapter 14 of the Legends and Miss of Hawaii This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Linda Marie Nielsen, Vancouver, B.C. The Legends and Miss of Hawaii by King David Calicoa Chapter 14 Umi The Pleasant Prince of Hawaii Part 1 The Historic Legends of Liloa, Haikou and the Kihapu Section 1 Nowhere on the island of Hawaii do the palms grow taller than the valleys of Waipio and nowhere is the foliage greener for every month in the year. They are refreshed with rains and almost hourly cooled in the shadows of passing clouds and sweet are the waters that sing through the valleys of Waipio. They are fed by the tears of the trade winds gathered in the shaded gorges of the mountains where they find their source and are speeded to the ocean by hurrying and impatient cascades through black channels fretted with boulders and fringed with everlasting green. Tradition says the waters of Waipio after their first descent from the hills at one time crawled quite sluggishly to the sea, but a great fish, larger than the island of Kala, whose home was in the depths off the coast of Hamakawa required more fresh water than was furnished by the principal stream of the valley and Cain, who was friendly with the monster increased the volume of the little river by creating new springs at its sources and accelerating the flow by raising the bed in places and providing additional riffles and cascades. The great fish no longer frequents that part of the coast of Hamakawa but the cascades and riffles remain with the broad finger marks of Cain upon the rocks hurled into the gorge to create them. Although but thinly populated now Waipio was for many generations in the past a place of great political and social importance and the taboos of its great temple were the most sacred in all Hawaii. For two hundred years or more it was the residents of the kings of that island and was the scene of royal pageants priestly power and nightly adventure as well as of many sanguinary battles. Waipio Valley was first occupied as a royal residence by Kamikulia near the middle or close of the 13th century and so continued until after the death of Lioa about the end of the 15th century. For some reason not clearly stated the successor of Lioa removed his court from Waipio to the opposite coast of the island. Although the glory of the old temple departed with its abandonment as the royal residence, the taboos of its great temple of Pak Kalani continued to command supreme respect until as late as 1791 when the Hiyu was destroyed with all its sacred symbols and royal associations by the confederated forces of Maui and Kauai in the war with Kamamea Heia the first. Although the story about to be related opens in the reign of Lioa which closed with his death in about 1485 it is pertinent to refer as briefly as the strange circumstances of the time will permit to the father of that sovereign the great Kihei concerning whose career traditions survive the reign of Kihei was long and peaceful he was endowed not only with marked abilities as a ruler but with unusual physical strength and skill in the use of arms in addition to these natural advantages and accomplishments which gave him the respect and fear of his subjects it was popularly believed that he possessed supernatural resources and could call to his aid in an emergency weird forces in opposition to which mere human endeavour would be weak and fruitless under the circumstances it is not strange that the chiefs of the neighbouring islands deemed it prudent to court his friendship and that no great wars distracted him during his reign among the means at the command of Kihei for summoning to his assistance the invisible forces subject to his call the most potential was a curious war trumpet the notes of which when blown by Kihei could be heard a distance of 10 miles even from Waipio to Waimea according to the character of the blast its voice was either a summons to unseen powers a rallying cry to the people or a dreadful challenge to battle this trumpet was a large seashell it was a native of foreign waters and another like it could not be found in the Hawaiian group it was ornamented with rows of the teeth of distinguished chiefs slain in battle and could be so blown as to bring forth the dying groans or battle cries of all of them in dreadful dissipation many legends are related of the manner in which Kihei became possessed of this marvelous shell but the most probable explanation is that it was brought from someone of the Hawaiian or society islands three or four centuries before and had been retained in the reigning family of Hawaii as a charm against certain evils in the hands of the crafty Kihei however it developed new powers and became an object of awe in the royal household whenever may have been the beneficent or diabolic virtues of this shell clarion of Kihei of the Kiheiapu as it is called its existence at least was a reality since it is today one of the attractions of the royal Hawaiian museum of Honolulu brought down by the Kamehameha branch of the Kihei line when vigorously blown it still responds in his voice suggestive of the roar of breakers around the jutting cliffs of Hamakua but Lono no longer heeds the mandate of its call and brown arm warriors come no more at its bidding of the many strange stories still retained of the Kiheiapu one is here given nearly in the language in which it has come down in Hawaiian chant and song a story of the Kiheiapu for a period of eight years during the reign of Kihei the Kiheiapu was missing from the cabinet of royal charms and treasures a new temple was to be dedicated to Lono not far from Waipio and feathers of the Mamo, U and other birds were required to weave into royal mantles and redecorate Kaili and other gods of the king's household but one of the Kahu Ali constituting the five classes of guardians of the royal person was permitted to touch the Kiheiapu nor did any other know of its disposatory in the king's chamber his name was Iolu he was the son of a distinguished chief and his office was that of the Ipukahua or Spetun Barer a position of peculiar responsibility which could be filled only by persons of noble blood an undoubted attachment to their sovereign desirous of hastily assembling and dispatching to the neighboring seashores and mountains a large party of feather hunters the king reclining in the shade of the palms in front of the royal mansion commanded Iolu to bring him the Kiheiapu that he might with a single blast summon his subjects throughout the valleys of Waipio Iolu proceeded to the chamber of the king and a few minutes after return pale and speechless himself at the feet of Kihei tearing his hair last reading his flesh with his nails and exhibiting other evidences of extreme agony and desperation nothing ever startled a sovereign of the line of Pili under all circumstances he acted with apparent deliberation it was a natural trait strengthened by example and education Kihei calmly regarded his Ipukahula for a moment and then said what spirit of evil possesses you rise Iolu and speak Iolu rose to his feet and with a look of despair exclaimed it is no fault of mine but tear out the tongue that tells you the Kiheiapu is gone without replying the king with a terrible scowl upon his face rose and strode into his chamber parting the curtains of Kapa which secluded the back portion of the apartment he stepped to an elaborately carved and ornamented Ipu a container shaped and hollowed from the trunk of a koa tree he found the vessel open and beside it were the ruins of Kapa in which the Kiheiapu had been wrapped but instead of the sacred trumpet he discovered at the bottom of the Ipu a hideously carved head and face of stone the shell had been adroitly abstracted but the image that had been left in its place saved the life of Iolu for by it an institution that had been achieved through supernatural agencies the loss of the Kiheiapu was a great grief to the king but he did not deem it prudent to admit that he no longer possessed the sacred tailsman and therefore announced to Iolu that the trumpet had been found under the pretense that it had been carelessly misplaced by Iolu Kiheiapu declared that he would be its sole guardian thereafter there was great joy at the court when it was learned from the lips of the king that the Kiheiapu had been found yet it was observed that it was not used to summon the feather hunters and after the sun went down that evening many thought they faintly heard the music of its voice coming from the ocean from the sea and the king detected the familiar sound and fearful that others might hear it as well called together his poets and hula dancers and permitted their boisterous merriment far into the night early in the evening while the palace grounds were a scene of revelry the king repaired alone to the great temple not far from the royal mansion to consult with the high priest and put in motion the weird forces of the Hiyu for the recovery of the Kiheiapu he took with him the image left in the ipu as a possible means of assistance and enjoined a solemn secrecy upon every kahuna taken into the confidence of the high priest the most noted kilos, seers and prophets of the temple were ordered to apply their arts and a Kahlua inspired by incantation was questioned from within the anu of the inner sanctuary the clouds were noted the flights of birds observed and the dreams of drug priests interpreted but nothing satisfactory was developed prayers were offered to the gods sacrifices were laid upon the altar and the vitals of freshly slain pigs and fowls were carefully examined but the only information obtained was that the Kiheiapu had been stolen by the chief of a band of demi-demons or human beings controlled by evil spirits that it was no longer on the island of Hawaii but somewhere on the ocean beyond the eight Hawaiian seas that it would one day be recovered by a being without hands and wearing neither mantle nor marrow but not until a coca tree planted in the next fall of the moon should yield its first fruit to be eaten by the king so far as concerned Kiheiapu, the seers of the temple had spoken correctly for some months a dense forest in the mountains back of Waipio interspersed with marshes and patches of rank undergrowth had been inhabited by a small band of wild looking men who boldly helped themselves to the pigs, fowls and fruit of the neighboring farmers and held noisy festivals almost nightly within the gloomy recesses of their mountain retreat they were said to be only half-human and capable of assuming other than their natural forms they had occasionally visited Waipio in parties from two to five and entertained the people by telling fortunes and exhibiting strange feats of posturing and ledger domain in the guise of an old woman the chief of the band had entered the raw mansion and stolen the Kiheiapu leaving in its place the hidea stone image mentioned then as if the object of their stay near Waipio had been attained the entire band embarked the evening of the next day installing canoes for kawai when safely off the coast of Hamakua the demon chief had defiantly wound a blast from the Kiheiapu which the king had sought to drown in a tumult of the hula Kihei departed gloomily from the temple the loss of the sacred trumpet affected him sorely it had long been an heirloom in the raw family of Hawaii and his powers had been increased during its reign in obedience to the revelation of a kalua of great sanctity he had secretly deposited it in a cave near the summit of Mauna Kea and retired to a valley below near the middle of the following night a sound unearthly and terrible came echoing down the mountainside followed by a hurricane which uprooted trees and tore great rocks from their fastenings and hurled them into the gorges below the earth trembled as if a volcano was about to burst forth and a ruddy light hung about the summit the sound ceased the wind fell to a whisper and Kihei rose to his feet in the darkness and said it is well the great lono has kept faith he has blown the sacred trumpet and henceforth it will have the voice of a god the next morning he repaired to the cave and found the shell not where he had left it but on the top of a huge rock with which the entrance had been forever closed he raised the trumpet to his lips and such sound as his heart desired came forth at the bidding of his breath he breathed a simple call to his subjects and it was heard the distance of a day's journey he gave a battle blast and his ears were stunned with the mingled cries and groans of conflict he ventured an appeal to the unseen and to a weird music around him rose gnomes fairies and grinning monsters he returned elated to the palace and more and more as the strange voices were heard did the kia pu become an object of awe and wonder although he took every possible precaution to keep from the people all knowledge of the loss of the kia pu the king had little faith in the assurances of the seers of the great temple in time be recovered the conditions of its recovery were too vague distant and unsatisfactory to be entitled to serious consideration however within a few days with his own hands he planted a coca tree near the door of his chamber and had a strong fence placed around it he visited the spot daily and saw that the ground was kept moist and in due time a healthy shoot came forth to reward his watchfulness the members of the rough household wondered at the interest taken by the king in a simple coca sprout but when it was intimidated that he was making a new experiment in planting his care of the little tree ceased to attract remark and now the king is anxiously watching the growth of his coca tree and carefully guarding it from accident and blight let us follow the travels of the kia pu instead of sailing for kawai through the island channels the band of demi-demons took a northwest course intending to reach their destination without touching at any intermediate point the powers of the kia pu were known to them and their chief amused himself and his graceless companions by testing his virtues when off the coast of Maui a blast of the trumpet brought near ookani po a terrible shark god sent by ku la the powerful but exacting god of the fisherman of that island on a jutty headland could be seen a hiyu dedicated to him and his wife Hina hundreds of sharks followed in the train of ookani po they surrounded the canoes and lashed the sea in a foam separating they formed a great circle around the little fleet and swiftly approaching drove a school of flying fish across the canoes many striking the sails and falling into the open boats and thus providing an opportune supply of favorite food sighting malachi they thought of landing to replenish their water calabashes but as the coast was rugged and the wind unfavorable a blast of the trumpet was blown to ku la aiyu the goddess of rain and recently there was a commotion in the heavens black clouds began to gather around them and they had barely time to arrange the kapa sheds and funnels before the rain poured down in torrents and filled their calabashes to overflowing believing the kyapu would bring them anything they desired and returning thanks for nothing on the southern coast of malachi near calapapa they sounded a call to la manoa god of the winds who since the days of malachiha more than two centuries before had occupied a cave on that island enraged at an appeal for favoring winds from such a source la manoa turned the mouth of the ipu in which he kept the winds unprisoned and turned it toward the sea a few minutes after a hot fierce hurricane struck the canoes of the miscrants upsetting two of them and tearing their sails in tatters the chief had sufficient presence of mind to call through the trumpet for my kahu lipu god who assists in writing upset canoes and the foundered boats were soon restored to their proper positions and partially freed from water but there was no abatement in the violence of the wind for more than a day and night the canoes were driven before it almost with the speed of a shark until finally their drenched and wearied occupants for them through the darkness the sound of breakers against a rockbound shore the danger was imminent for paddles were useless raising the trumpet to his lips the chief called for uhumakkeike a powerful fish god no response came and the cliffs frowned before him as he hastily trumpeted for to kohai another fish god of kawai who acts were usually cruel and malicious the spray of shattered waves against the rocks began to wet the canoes when they were seized by a force unseen drawn away from the cliffs swept around a northward point and flung by the waves upon a sandy beach near the shore from koloa thus escaping with their lives the party traveled overland and joined a band of congenial spirits in the mountain back of waimea where they remained until they were driven from the island for their misdemeanors leaving kawai they crossed the channel and after moving from place to place for some years they stopped their abode in a secluded spot Waio Lani on the island of Oahu in the possession of the kyapu Ika the chief of the band who claimed it as his individual property became cruel and dictatorial to his companions he esteemed himself little less than a god and demanded a full half of all the earnings of his associates as the kyapu was the cause of this exaction one of the friends of Ika not daring to destroy or perlouin the shell resolved to despoil it of its magic powers to this end with great offerings of pigs and fowls he consulted a priest of lono at Waianini was told that a taboo mark placed somewhere on the shell with the approval of lono would accomplish what was desired as the priest alone could place the mark upon the shell he consented to visit Waio Lani and remain in the neighborhood until the trumpet could be brought to him everything having been arranged one evening Ika without great persuasion was made drunk but with awa when the shell was stolen and conveyed to the priest who, with a point of flint hastily scratched near the outer rim a pea mark or taboo cross meantime burning incense enchanting a low prayer to lono can its powers be restored inquired the friend of Ika as the tabooed trumpet was returned to him not while the taboo mark remains replied the priest not until but no matter its magic voices are silent now before Ika awoke from his drunken stupor the Kiapu had been restored to his usual place of deposit the next morning Ika partook of more awa over his shoulders a cape of red a color sacred to the gods suspended the Kiapu from his neck with a cord of human hair and went proudly forth to receive the homage of his companions but they refused to accord him the honors to which he imagined he was entitled and in his wrath he raised the trumpet to his lips to blast them with a proclamation of his superiority a natural and monotonous sound issued from the shell he regarded it for a moment with amazement then replaced it to his lips and poured his breath into it with the full force of his lungs but his many voices were silent his thunder tones had been hushed he hastily entered his hut to escape the comments of his companions and discovered after repeated trials that the Kiapu had lost its magic powers and in his hands was nothing more than a simple shell not doubting that it had been deprived of its virtues through supernatural agencies Ika visited a known Kelo or wizard living near Wailua taking with him the Kiapu which was enclosed in a pouch of Kappa that it might not be observed the age of the Kelo was 124 years and he was totally blind subsisting upon the bounty of those who sought his counsel finding his hut difficulty Ika presented him with a roll of Kappa which he had brought with him from Wailani and a pig which he had stolen in the valley below and implored him to ascertain if possible the cause of the disenchantment of the Kiapu taking the trumpet from Ika the Kelo passed his wrinkled hands over it for some minutes and then retired with it behind a screen of mats leaving his visitor under the eye of an old crone who had admitted him without a word and seated herself beside the opening it was a long time before the Kelo reappeared and it was then to inform Ika that little could be learned concerning the Kiapu he had employed every means known to his art and finally appealed to Uli the spring god of sorcery when the reluctant answer came that the Kiapu had been silenced by a power greater than his I dare not inquire further said the Kelo returning the trumpet will its voices ever return to it will your cowardice allow you to answer that question inquired Ika in a sneering tone yes replied the Kelo with an effort restraining his wrath and speaking calmly yes its voices will be heard again in Hawaii among the hills that have sent back their echoes Ika would have questioned the Kelo farther but the old woman and pointed toward the door and with a look of disappointment he replaced the shell in its pouch of Kapa and suddenly left the hut returning to Waolani Ika abandoned his lofty pretensions and mingled again with his companions on terms of comparative equality thus restored him to their friendship and remembering the words of the Kelo he prevailed upon a majority of them to accompany him to Hawaii stealing boats at Waikiki the party set sail for Hawaii and the fourth they landed at Kawahi in the district of Kohala there they abandoned their canoes or exchanged them for food and in parties of four or five they landed across the island by way of Waimea and soon after took possession of their old quarters in the mountains back of Waipio after an absence of eight years in all these years what had become of the koka tree planted by Ika with the coming of the first fruits of which the magic trumpet was to be restored by being without hands and wearing neither mantle nor marrow for seven years he had watched and nurtured its growth staying it against wind and storm and guarding its every leaf and stem it was a vigorous and shapely tree and its leaves were above the touch of a battle spear in the hands of the king but no signs of fruit appeared and Ika was troubled with the thought that the tree might be barren and that the gods had mocked him the seventh year of its growth had come and was going when one morning he decried among its branches three young coconuts scarcely less in size than his clenched fist he thought it strange that he had not seen them before he wondered that he had seen them at all for they were closely hidden among the leaves but there they were to his great joy and he watched them day by day until they attained an age and size at which they might be eaten he then sent for the high priest and pointing to the fruit said behold the fruit of the tree planted in the hands of Kiha at the rising of the sun tomorrow I shall eat of it will the gods fulfill their promise oh chief replied the priest I do not see the means but you planted the tree the fruit is fit for food eat of it tomorrow if you will the gods are all powerful at daylight the next morning he was taken from the tree and the king drank the milk of the three coconuts and ate the meat of all first giving thanks to the gods he then threw himself upon his Kappa Mo until the sun was well up in the heavens when he rose and went forth to meet his chief advisor as was his daily custom and learned from his spies confidential officers what of importance had transpired since the day before the only information that seemed to interest him was that a lawless band of strange men apparently the same who infested the neighborhood some years before had reoccupied the marshy forest in the mountains back of Waipio and would doubtless become to the planters in the upper part of the valley it was through such a band that I was robbed of the Kiyapu thought the king it may be that the very same have returned and brought back with them the sacred trumpet the ways of the gods are mysterious communicating the thought to no one Kiyap dispatched a discreet messenger he connoitered the camp of the marauders and in the afternoon secretly visited the temple of Pak Kalani where he learned through the koalas that the Kiyapu was somewhere on the island of Hawaii the sun was sinking in the west when the messenger returned with the information that the chief of the demon band was Ika who with many of his followers had been seen in and around Waipio many years before these tidings had scarcely reached the ears of the king when a tumult was discovered at the main gate of the palace enclosure and a few minutes after an old man with his arms bound behind his back and followed by a strange looking dog was being dragged by a crowd of officers and others toward the raw mansion in front of which Kiyapu was sitting surrounded by a number of distinguished chiefs and titled retainers the man was well advanced in years and was clad in a marrow and Kihi or short mantle of Kappa while from his neck was suspended an ivory charm rudely carved in the form of a dog's foot he was above the average height and around his stoop shoulders hung a tangled mass of grizzled hair his beard was unshorn and from beneath his shaky brows peered a pair of small and malignant looking eyes he glowered savagely at his captors and resented anything that seemed like unnecessary force in urging him along the dog was a large misshapen brute with human looking ears and a blueish coat of bristling hair it had a long swinnish tail and one of its eyes was white and the other green the animal followed closely and sullenly at its master's heels uttering an occasional low growl went too roughly jostled by the crowd when within a hundred paces of the mansion the officers halted with their prisoner and an attendant was dispatched by the king to ascertain the cause of the assitment learning that the officers were desirous of bringing before him a man suspected of pilfering from the royal estates the king consented to listen to the accusation in person and ordering the prisoner to appear in his presence approaching the old man prostated himself at the feet of kihah and the dog giving voice to a dismal howl crouched upon the earth laid his nose between his paws and bent his green eye upon the king kihah regarded both for a moment an amused expression but there was something demonic in the appearance of the dog and after catching a glimpse of it he could scarcely remove his gaze from the green eye declared upon him commanding one of the officers to speak for himself and the rest that the matter might be briefly determined the king was informed that the prisoner was a native of the island of Kauai and some months before had landed with his dog in the district of Kau that he was an awa thief and had trained his fiendish looking dog to do his pilfering that the animal possessed the intelligence of a kahuna and the instincts of a demon and could almost steal the mantle from a man's detection that the prisoner had been driven for his thefts from Kau to Kona and thence to Hama Kau that he had been living for some months passed at Kikawa where his dog Pupa Lina Lina as he was called had become noted for his thefts that awa had been missed by the Luna of one of the king's estates in the upper part of the valley that the night before a watch had been placed and the demon dog had been detected in the act of leaving the raw plantation with the quantity of awa in his mouth that the animal had been followed to the hut of his master who was found asleep under the influence of awa with his teeth into an intoxicating drink since on being aroused the man denied that he had either stolen or chewed it and finally after some resistance the prisoner had been brought to Waipio followed by his dog and was now before the king for examination and sentence after the officer had concluded his account of the misdemeanours of the prisoner by permission of the king the old man rose to his feet and was about to speak in his own defence when Kiha turning his gaze with an effort from the green eye of the dog abruptly inquired what manner of animal is this and how came he in your possession of the prisoner the dog was given to me by my uncle a distinguished Kala of Kauai and it is believed that he was cast up from the sea enough exclaimed the king with a gesture of impatience take them both to the temple of Pa Kala Lani he continued in his helmet and there await my coming the prisoner and his green eye companion were removed to the temple and in the dusk of the evening Kiha proceeded thither alone entering the royal retreat with which the he-you enclosure was provided he sent for the high priest and soon after for the prisoner and his dog they were conducted to the apartment and the door was closed a kukui torch held another opening throwing a glare of light into the room the king sat for a few breaths in silence while the priest was scanning the prisoner and his strange companion finally pointing to the dog Kiha turned to the priest and said a wonderful animal a being without hands and wearing neither mantle nor marrow true returned the priest recalling the promise of the gods and should he be the messenger his services must not be slighted listen said the king addressing the prisoner I have faith and this animal can do me a service in a marshy forest in the mountains back of Waipio a band of conjuring outlaws have lately found a retreat a magic shell of great power stolen from me many years ago is now in the possession of some one of them probably of Ika their chief can you prompt this animal to recover the Kiha poo perhaps replied the prisoner then do so returned the king and I will not only give you the life you have forfeited but will see that you are provided henceforth with all the awa you have an appetite to consume with these words of the king the dog rose to his feet uttered a growling sound which seemed to be half human approached the door no instructions are required said the old man he understands and is ready to start upon his errand then send him forth at once returned the king the night is dark and will favor him the door was opened and like a flash the dog sprang from the room leaped the closed gate of the outer wall and the house dashed up the valley toward the mountains I will await his return here said the king looking inquiringly toward the prisoner he will be back a little beyond the middle of the night replied the old man with the Kiha poo inquired the king either with or without it was the answer the king was a priest and his attendants Kiha walked out into the starlight his face was feverish and the kiss of the trade winds was cool the hue of pa kala lani was a pu honona or sacred place of refuge one of the two on the island of Hawaii and he wondered whether under any circumstances he could properly demand the life of the prisoner were he to claim the protection of the temple had he voluntarily sought refuge in the pu hona there would have been no doubt but as he was forcibly taken there by raw order his right to exemption from seizure was a question of doubt dismissing the subject with the reflection that the life or death of the prisoner was of little consequence he had strolled toward the inner temple and reverently bowed before an image of lono near the entrance remains of recent sacrifices still smelt rank upon the altar and scores of gods of almost every grade and function looked grimly down upon him from the walls lights were seen in some of the quarters of the priests constructed against the outer wall of the enclosure and a torch was burning at the main entrance as the evening wore on the silence of the hue was broken only by the hooting of the sacred owls from the walls of the inner temple and Kiha threw himself at the foot of a pepper tree and was soon wafted out into the boundless sea of dreams after leaping the gate of the hue the dog started up the valley with the speed of the wind as he swept past the thatched huts in his course those who caught sight of him for an instant were sure that they beheld a demon and the dogs that pursued speedily returned crouched whiningly behind their masters reaching the upper end of the valley the dog followed an ascending trail through a steep ravine coming down from the northward stood snuffing the air at the verge of the forest within which the outlaws had found a temporary refuge distant lights were seen flickering through occasional openings among the trees entangled under growth and at intervals strange voices as if of song and merriment were heard for some time the dog remained motionless and then stealthily crept into the forest what form he assumed how he learned of the hiding place of the Kiapu and through what means he escaped the discovery or details which tradition has left to conjecture it is told only that he succeeded in finding in the unguarded hut of Ika seizing in his mouth and escaping undiscovered from the forest with the sacred trumpet so adroitly had the theft being committed that it seemed that the dog could not be found in the forest but in plunging down the steep ravine through which he had finally ascended to the forest he dropped the Kiapu breaking from the rim a piece embracing the small P or taboo mark of silence placed upon it by the Kahlua of Waineni in an instant the liberated voices pulled through the hills and started the night birds to screaming the sound was heard by the reveling demi-demons of the forest and ascertaining that the shell had been stolen they poured down the mountainside in pursuit of the plunderer their speed was something more than human and the darkness did not seem to impede their steps at the time the voice of the trumpet came back to them but it grew fainter and fainter in the distance until they finally abandoned the chase as hopeless Ika himself suggesting that the Kiapu with its voices in some manner restored to it had taken wings and escaped the king slept under the pepper tree until past the middle of the night the hooting of an owl almost at his ear awoke him and he rose and re-entered the royal retreat where he found the high priest with a number of his attendants and the prisoner intently listening at the half opened door Kiha was about to inquire the time of the night for he had neglected to look at the stars before entering when a noise was heard at the outer gate the prisoner stepped forward and threw back the door and the next moment the dog sprang into the room laid the Kiha Poo at the feet of the king and then dropped dead beside it the overjoyed king raised and placed a trumpet to his lips and with a swelling heart roused the people of Waipio with a blast had not heard for more than eight years liberating the prisoner who was grief stricken at the death of his dog Kiha ordered that henceforth be fed from the royal table winding another blast upon the trumpet the king returned to the palace around which were conjugated hundreds of excited people among them were chiefs and capes and helmets and warriors armed with spear and battle axe summoning his Alikoa or principal military leader a brief council was held followed by the sending forth of the plumbed aides of the king and the speedy concentration within the palace grounds of a picked body of three or four hundred warriors armed with short javelins and knives for close encounter the little army moved rapidly but noiselessly up the valley and at early daylight surrounded and attacked the camp of the demon band a desperate hand to hand conflict ensued but the miscreants were overpowered and all slain with the exception of Ika and two others who were reserved alive for the altar on the evening following in the midst of great rejoicing the Ki'apu was rededicated to Lono and Ika and his companions were slain without the walls and sacrificed with a host of other offerings in the temple of Paa Kalani end of chapter 14 Umi the peasant prince of Hawaii Part 1