KA MOOLELO O LAIEIKAWAI

OLELO HOAKAKA

[No Laieikawai.—He umikumamawalu makahiki me ekolu malama ka malamaia'na o keia Moolelo Kaao, e ka mea nana e hoopuka nei keia moolelo maloko o kana Buke Moolelo, e hoomaka ana ma ka malama o Augate, M. H. 1844. O ka mea nae nona ka Buke Moolelo, no Kailiokalaauokekoa no ia.

Aka, aole o keia mau moolelo wale no na mea iloko o ua Buke Moolelo nei, o ka moolelo o Painahala kekahi, ua malamaia ia moolelo ma ka malama o Okatoba, M. H. 1847. Ua like ka loihi o keia moolelo me ka mea nona ka moolelo ma ke poo o keia hoakaka ana; no ka mea, 375 aoao ka nui o ko Laieikawai, a he 363 aoao ko Painahala, a ua aneane like nae ke kamailio ana o ko Painahala me ko Keamalu, ma na kupunawahine nae ka like ole.

O ka moolelo o Kualii, ko Moikeha, a me ko Lonoikamakahiki mau moolelo kekahi i huipuia iloko o ua Buke Moolelo nei.

A no ka hooiliia ana, mai, o ka pomaikai nui i ka mea kakau moolelo; nolaila, ua haawi pau ia'ku keia mau moolelo no ka Nupepa Kuokoa.

E na mea a pau, e nana mai i ka Nupepa Kuokoa ma keia hope aku, ka mea nana e hoolenlea ia oukou e like me ka makemake o kekahi poe. S. N. HALEOLE.]

MOKUNA I.

KE KAMAILIO ANA I KEIA KAAO

Ua oleloia ma Laie, Koolau kona wahi i hanau ai, a he mau mahoe laua, o Kahauokapaka ka makuakane, o Malaekahana ka makuahine. O Kahauokapaka nae, oia ke Alii nona na okana elua, ma Koolauloa a me Koolaupoko, a ia ia ka mana nui maluna o kela mau okana.

I ka manawa i lawe ai o Kahauokapaka ia Malaekahana i wahine mare nana (hoao) mahope iho o ko laua hoao ana, hai*mua o Kahauokapaka i kana olelo paa imua o kana wahine o laua wale no ma ke kaawale, oiai iloko o ko laua mau minute oluolu, a eia ua olelo paa ia.

"E kuu wahine, he nani ia ua mare ae nei kaua, a nolaila, ke hai nei au i kuu olelo paa ia oe; i noho aku auanei kaua a i loa ka kaua keiki a he keikikane, alaila pomaikai kaua, ola na iwi iloko o ko kaua mau la elemakule a haule aku i ka make, nalo no hoi na wahi huna, na ia keiki e nai na moku e pau ai, ke loaa hoi ia kaua ke keiki mua a he keikikane; aka hoi, ina he kaikamahine ke hanau mua mai, alaila e make, a ina he mau kaikamahine wale no ka kaua ke hanau mai e make no, aia no ke ola a hanau mai a he keikikane, ola na hanau muli i na he mau kaikamahine."

I ka ewalu paha o na makahiki o ko laua noho ana he kane a he wahine, hapai ae la o Malaekahana, a hanau mai la he kaikamahine, ua maikai na helehelena i ka nana aku, a no ka maikai o na helehelena o ua kaikamahine nei, manao iho la ka makuahine o ke kumu la hoi ia e lilo ai ka olelo paa a Kahauokapaka i mea ole, ola la hoi ua kaikamahine nei, aole ka! Ia manawa i hanau ai, aia nae o Kahauokapaka i ka lawaia me na kanaka.

A hoi mai o Kahauokapaka mai ka lawaia mai, haiia aku la ua hanau o Malaekahana he kaikamahine. A hiki ke alii i ka hale, ua wahiia ke kaikamahine i ke kapa keiki, kena koke ae la o Kahauokapaka i ka Ilamuku e pepehi.

Ma ia hope iho hapai hou o Malaekahana, a hanau hou mai la he kaikamahine, o keia nae ke kaikamahine oi aku o ka maikai mamua o kela kaikamahine mua, manao iho la e ola la hoi, aole ka! Ike ae la o Kahauokapaka i ke kaikamahine e hiiia mai ana, ua hoahuia i ke kapa keiki, ia manawa, kena koke ae la ke alii i ka Ilamuku e pepehi.

Mahope mai, ua hapai wale no o Malaekahana, he mau kaikamahine wale no, aole nae i ola iki kekahi oia mau hanau ana o Malaekahana, ua pau wale no i ka pepehiia e like me ka olelo paa a ke alii.

A i ka hapai hou ana o Malaekahana i ke keiki, o ka lima ia, a kokoke i na la hanau, hele aku la kela imua o ke Kahuna, a olelo aku la.

"E! auhea oe? E nana mai oe i keia opu o'u e hapai nei, no ka mea, ua pauaho ae nei hoi i ka pau o na keiki i ka make i ka pakela pepehi a ke kane, aha ae nei a maua keiki, aha no i ka make, nolaila, e nana mai oe i keia opu o'u e hapai nei, ina i ike oe he kaikamahine, e omilomilo ae au, oiai aole i hookanaka ae ke keiki." Aka hoi, ina i ike mai hoi oe i keia opu o'u e hapai nei a he keikikane, aole ana. Alaila, olelo mai ke Kahuna ia Malaekahana.

"O hoi, a kokoke i ko la hanau, alaila, hele mai oe i o'u nei i nana aku au i keia hapai ana."

A kokoke i na la hanau, i ka malama o Ikuwa, i na la kapu heiau, hoomanao ae la o Malaekahana i ke kauoha a ke Kahuna. Ia ianei e nahunahu ana, hele aku la kela imua o ke Kahuna me ka olelo aku.

"I hele mai nei au ma ke kauoha a ke Kahuna, no ka mea, ke hoomaka mai nei ka nahunahu hanau keiki ana, nolaila, ano ce e nana mai oe i kuu keiki e hapai nei."

Ia Malaekahana me ke Kahuna e kamailio ana no keia mau mea, alaila, hai aku la ke Kahuna i kana olelo ia Malaekahana. "E hailona aku au ia oe ma ka mea a'u e noi aku ai, e haawi mai oe."

Ia manawa, nonoi aku la ke Kahuna ia Malaekahana e haawi mai i kekahi lima imua o ke alo o ke Kahuna, e like no me ka hailona mau o keia lahui, ma ka lima no nae ana e makemake ai e haawi aku imua o ke Kahuna.

Ia manawa a ke Kahuna i noi aku ai i kekahi lima, haawi mai la o Malaekahana i ka lima hema, me ka hoohuliia o ke alo o ka lima iluna. Alaila, hai aku la ke Kahuna i ka hailona i ku i kana ike.

"E hanau hou ana no oe he kaikamahine, no ka mea, ua haawi mai nei oe i kou lima hema ia'u me ka huli nae o ke alo o ka lima iluna."

A no keia olelo a ke Kahuna, kaumaha loa iho la ka naau o Malaekahana, no ka mea, ua kumakena mau kela i ka pepehi mau a kana kane i na keiki mua; nolaila, noi aku la o Malaekahana i ke Kahuna e noonoo mai i mea e pono ai ka wahine, a e ola ai hoi ke keiki. Alaila, hai aku la ke Kahuna i kana mau olelo ia Malaekahana.

"E hoi oe a ka hale, ina e hiki i ka wa e aneane hanau ai, alaila ea, e ono ae oe i ka ohua, me ka olelo aku ia Kahauokapaka, nana ponoi no e lawai-a, o ka i-a ponoi no e loa ana ma kona lima oia kaa i-a e ono ai; no ka mea, he kanaka puni kaalauohua hoi ko kane, i lilo ai kela i ka lawai-a, ike ole ia i kou hanau ana, a ina e hanau ae, alaila, na'u e malama ke keiki, i hoi mai ia ua lilo ia'u ke keiki, a ina e niuau mai, hai aku oe he heiki alualu, alaila pau wale."