his is heard about, it will be heard through you, and the
penalty to anyone who tells of the journey to Hawaii, it is death, death
to himself, death to his wife, death to all his friends; this is the
debt he shall pay." This was the charge the chief laid upon the men who
sailed with him to Hawaii. Aiwohikupua reached Kauai at sunset and met
his sisters. Then he spoke thus to his sisters: "Perhaps you wondered
when I went on my journey, because I did not tell you my reason, not
even the place where I was to go; and now I tell it to you in secret, my
sisters, to you alone. To Hawaii I disappeared to fetch Laieikawai for
my wife, after hearing Kauakahialii's story the day when his party
returned here. But when I came there I did not get sight of the woman's
face; I did not see Laieikawai, but my eyes beheld her house thatched
with the yellow feathers of the _oo_ bird, so I thought I could not win
her and came back here unsuccessful. And as I thought of my failure,
then I thought of you sisters,[41] who have won my wishes for me in the
days gone by; therefore I came for you to go to Hawaii, the very ones to
win what I wish, and at dawn let us rise up and go." Then they were
pleased with their brother's words to them.

As Aiwohikupua talked with his sisters, his counsellor for the first
time understood the reason for their return to Kauai.

The next day Aiwohikupua picked out fresh paddlers, for the chief knew
that the first were tired out. When all was ready for sailing, that very
night the chief took on board 14 paddlers, 2 steersmen, the 5 sisters,
Mailehaiwale, Mailekaluhea, Mailelaulii, Mailepakaha, and the youngest,
Kahalaomapuana, the chief himself, and his counsellor, 23 in all. That
night, at the approach of day, they left Kauai, came to Puuloa, and
there rested at Hanauma; the next day they lay off Molokai at
Kaunakakai, from there they went ashore at Mala at Lahaina; and they
left the place, went to Keoneoio in Honuaula, and there they stayed 30
days.

For it was very rough weather on the ocean; when the rough weather was
over, then there was good sailing.

Then they left Honuaula and sailed and came to Kaelehuluhulu, at Kona,
Hawaii.

As Aiwohikupua's party were on the way from Maui thither, Poliahu knew
of their setting sail and coming to Kaelehuluhulu.

Then Poliahu made herself ready to come to wed Aiwohikupua; one month
she waited for the promised meeting, but Aiwohikupua was at Hilo after
Laieikawai.