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and summon all the people for ten days
to gather together in one place; then I will declare my wrath against
those who have done you wrong.
"At the end of ten days, then we shall meet again, and I will tell you
what is well for you to do, and my sisters with you."
When these words were ended the seer went away, and when he had departed
the five sisters were taken up to dwell with the wife in the shelter of
the moon.
On the seer's circuit, according to the command of the Beloved, he did
not encounter a single person, for all had gone up to Pihanakalani, the
place where it had been predicted that victory should be accomplished.
After ten days the seer returned to Honopuwaiakua; lo! it was deserted.
Then Kaonohiokala met him, and the seer told him about the circuit he
had made at the Beloved's command.
Then the prophet was taken up also to dwell in the moon.
And in the morning of the next day, at sunrise, when the hot rays of the
sun rose over the mountains,
Then the Beloved began to punish Aiwohikupua and Waka. To Waka he meted
out death, and Aiwohikupua was punished by being deprived of all his
wealth, to wander like a vagrant over the earth until the end of his
days.
At the request of Laieikawai to spare Laielohelohe and her husband, the
danger passed them by, and they became rulers over the land thereafter.
Now in the early morning of the day of Aiwohikupua's and Waka's
downfall, lo! the multitude assembled at Pihanakalani saw a rainbow let
down from the moon to earth, trembling in the hot rays of the sun.
Then, as they all crowded together, the seer and the five girls stood on
the ladder way, and Kaonohiokala and Laieikawai apart, and the soles of
their feet were like fire. This was the time when Aiwohikupua and Waka
fell to the ground, and the seer's prophecy was fulfilled.
When the chief had avenged them upon their enemies, the chief placed
Kahalaomapuana as ruler over them and stationed his other sisters over
separate islands. And Kekalukaluokewa was chief counsellor under
Laielohelohe, and the seer was their companion in council, with the
power of chief counsellor.
After all these things were put in order and well established,
Laieikawai and her husband were taken on the rainbow to the land within
the clouds and dwelt in the husband's home.
In case her sisters should do wrong then, it was Kahalaomapuana's duty
to bring word to the chief.
But there was no fault to be found with his
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