se of fishing, and
leaves the son to question the expedition. First pass the six canoes of
the district chiefs of Hawaii, and Kuapakaa sings a derisive chant for
each, calling him by name. Then he inquires their destination and sings
a prophecy of storm. The king's sailing masters, priests, and prophets
deny the danger, but the boy again and again repeats the warning. He
names the winds of all the islands in turn, then calls the names of the
king's paddlers. Finally he uncovers the calabash, and the canoes are
swamped and the whole party is obliged to come ashore. Pakaa brings the
king the loin cloth and scented tapa he has had in keeping, prepares his
food in the old way, and makes him so comfortable that the king regrets
his old servant. The party is weather-bound four months. As they
proceed, they carry the boy Kuapakaa with them. He blows up a storm in
which the two sailing masters are drowned, and carries the rest of the
party safe back to Kawaihae, Kohala. Here the boy is forgotten, but by a
great racing feat, in which he wins against his contestants by riding in
near shore in the eddy caused by their flying canoes, thus coming to the
last stretch unwearied, he gets the lives of his father's last enemies.
Then he makes known to the king his parentage, and Pakaa is returned to
all his former honors.

[Footnote 1: This story Fornander calls "the most famous in Hawaiian
history."]

12. KALAEPUNI

The older brother of Kalaehina and son of Kalanipo and Kamelekapu, is
born and raised in Holualoa, Kona, in the reign of Keawenuiaumi. He is
mischievous and without fear. At 6 he can outdo all his playmates, at 20
he is fully developed, kills sharks with his hands and pulls up a _kou_
tree as if it were a blade of grass. The king hides himself, and
Kalaepuni rules Hawaii. The priest Mokupane plots his death. He has a
pit dug on Kahoolawe, presided over by two old people who are told to
look out for a very large man with long hair like bunches of _olona_
fiber. Once Kalaepuni goes out shark killing and drifts to this island.
The old people give him fish to eat, but send him to the pit to get
water; then throw down stones on his head until he dies, at the place
called Keanapou.

13. KALAEHINA

The younger brother of Kalaepuni can throw a canoe into the sea as if it
were a spear, and split wood with his head. He proves his worth by
getting six canoes for his brother out of a place where they were stuck,
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