aaniani and Laielohelohe resting on the
birds, he thought he had lost Laielohelohe.
So Kekalukaluokewa went up to Paliuli to tell Waka.
And Kekalukaluokewa told Waka all these things, saying: "Halaaniani got
Laielohelohe; there she was at the time set, she and Halaaniani seated
together!"
Said Waka, "He shall never get her; but let us go down and I will get
close to the place of meeting; if she has given Halaaniani a kiss, the
thing which I forbade her to grant, for to you alone is my grandchild's
kiss devoted--if she has defiled herself with him, then we lose the
wife, then take me to my grave without pity. But if she has harkened to
my command not to trust anyone else; not even to open her lips to
Halaaniani, then she is your wife, if my grandchild has harkened to my
command."
As they approached, Waka sent the clouds and mist over the assembly, and
they could not distinguish one from another.
Then Waka sent Kekalukaluokewa upon the birds, and when the clouds
cleared, lo! Laielohelohe and Kekalukaluokewa sat together upon the
birds. Then the congregation shouted all about the place of assembly:
"The marriage of the chiefs! The marriage of the chiefs!"[68]
When Waka heard the sound of shouting, then Waka came into the presence
of the assembly and stood in the midst of the congregation and taunted
Laieikawai.
When Laieikawai heard Waka's taunts, her heart smarted and the hearts of
every one of Aiwohikupua's sisters with her; then Kihanuilulumoku bore
them back on his tongue to dwell in the uplands of Olaa; thus did
Laieikawai begin to burn with shame at Waka's words, and she and her
companions went away together.
On that day, Kekalukaluokewa wedded Laielohelohe, and they went up to
the uplands of Paliuli until their return to Kauai. And Halaaniani
became a vagabond; nothing more remains to be said about him.
And when the chief resolved to return to Kauai, he took his wife and
their grandmother to Kauai, and the men together with them.
When they were ready to return, they left Keaau, went first to
Honouliuli on Oahu and there took Kapukaihaoa with them to Kauai; and
they went to Kauai, to Pihanakalani, and turned over the rule over the
land and its divisions to Kapukaihaoa, and Waka was made the third heir
to the chief's seat.
At this place let us tell of Laieikawai and her meeting with the
prophet, Hulumaniani.
Laieikawai was at Olaa as beautiful as ever, but the art of resting on
the wings of
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