ihaleauau, wife of Kukuipahu, trains him until he is an expert. He
meets Kalanialiiloa, riddles against all his champions, and defeats
them. They are killed, cooked in the oven, and the flesh stripped from
their bones. Thus Kaipalaoa avenges his father's death.

7. MOIKEHA.

Olopana and his wife Luukia, during the flood at Waipio, are swept out
to sea, and sail, or swim, to Tahiti, where Moikeha is king. Olopana
becomes chief counsellor, and Luukia becomes Moikeha's mistress. Mua,
who also loves Luukia, sows discord by reporting to her that Moikeha is
boasting in public of her favors. She repulses Moikeha and he, out of
grief, sails away to Hawaii. The lashing used for water bottles and for
the binding of canoes is called the _pauoluukia_ ("skirt of Luukia")
because she thus bound herself against the chief's approaches.

Moikeha touches at various points on the islands. At Hilo, Hawaii, he
leaves his younger brothers Kumukahi and Haehae; at Kohala, his priests
Mookini and Kaluawilinae; at Maui, a follower, Honuaula; at Oahu his
sisters Makapuu and Makaaoa. With the rest--his foster son Kamahualele,
his paddlers Kapahi and Moanaikaiaiwe, Kipunuiaiakamau and his fellow,
and two spies, Kaukaukamunolea and his fellow--he reaches Wailua,
Kauai, at the beach Kamakaiwa. He has dark reddish hair and a commanding
figure, and the king of Kauai's two daughters fall in love with and
marry him. He becomes king of Kauai and by them has five sons, Umalehu,
Kaialea, Kila, Kekaihawewe, Laukapalala. How his bones are buried first
in the cliff of Haena and later removed to Tahiti is told in the story
of Kila.[1]

[Footnote 1: See Daggett's account, who places Moikeha's role in the
eleventh century.]

8. KILA

Moikeha, wishing to send a messenger to fetch his oldest son from
Tahiti, summons his five sons and tests them to know by a sign which boy
to send. The lot falls upon Kila, the youngest. On his journey Kila
encounters dangers and calls upon his supernatural relatives. The
monsters Keaumiki and Keauka draw him down to the coral beds, but
Kakakauhanui saves him. His rat aunt, Kanepohihi, befriends him, and
when he goes to his uncle Makalii,[1] who has all the food fastened up
in his net, she nibbles the net and the food falls out. At Tahiti he
first kills Mua, who caused his father's exile. Then his warriors are
matched with the Tahiti champions and he himself faces Makalii, whose
club is Naulukohelewalewa. Kila,