Story of Pikoiakaalala. |
Kaao No Pikoiakaalala. |
CHAPTER I. |
MOKUNA I. |
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Alala was the father and Koukou was the mother of Pikoiakaalala; Iole and Opeapea were the sisters of Pikoiakaalala, born before him. The parents as well as the children were rats who sometimes changed into human beings, as this story will clearly show. Wailua in Kauai was the birthplace of Pikoiakaalala.1 The first child of Koukou was Iole, a daughter; then followed Opeapea, another daughter. These two were brought up by their parents until they were of age, when they moved to Oahu and married husbands who were connected to certain high chiefs and who were large land owners, during the reign of Kaulamawaho2 and Kekakapuomaluihi. As Iole and Opeapea had left Kauai for Oahu before the birth of Pikoiakaalala, therefore, they were not present3 at the birth of their young brother. After they had left, Koukou, their mother, conceived and gave birth to Pikoiakaalala, a son, to whom great care was exercised in his bringing up. In the course of time the child grew to be fine looking but with hair that resembled rat’s hair. |
O Alala ka makuakane, o Koukou ka makuahine, o Iole, o Opeapea na kaikuahine o Pikoiakaalala, he mau mua laua ma ka hanau ana no Pikoiakaalala. Olelo hoakaka. He mau makua iole keia a me na keiki, a he kanaka kekahi ano o lakou, maloko o keia kaao e maopopo ai. O Wailua i Kauai ka aina hanau o Pikoiakaalala, hapai o Koukou a hanau, oia o Iole he kaikamahine, hapai hou a hanau o Opeapea, he kaikamahine, hanai ia laua a nui, holo i Oahu nei. Hoao laua me na kane kaukau alii koikoi ai ahupuaa o Oahu nei. Ia wa e alii ana o Kaulamawaho me kana wahine o Kekakapuomaluihi no Oahu nei. No ko laua haalele ana ia Kauai a holo i Oahu nei, ike ole laua i ka hanau ana o Pikoiakaalala, ko laua pokii kane. A hala mai laua, hapai o Koukou ko lakou makuahine ia Pikoiakaalala, a hanau he keiki kane, hanai ia a nui, ua pii kona kino me ka makai o ka helehelena, o ka lauoho nae he ano hulu iole. |
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At about this time it was customary for the people to gather at Wailua to join in and to witness the different athletic sports. One day while the different games were going on, the shouts and yells to encourage the different contestants were heard by Pikoiakaalala. He therefore asked his father Alala: “Say, Alala, what is the cause of that shouting down at Wailua?” “They are playing olohu,”4 answered Alala. “What is that?” asked Pikoiakaalala. “It is played in this way: there are two contestants playing; when one has rolled his stone disk farther than the other’s, the multitude would shout. That is the noise you hear.” Pikoiakaalala then asked: “Let me go and witness the games?” “You cannot go and see them until after today,” said Alala. After this the multitude shouted again. When Pikoiakaalala heard the commotion, he again asked Alala, this being the second time: “What is that renewed shouting down there?” “They are playing at a game called pahee.5 When the stick thrown by one contestant slides farther than the one thrown by the other the people would yell.” “I must go down,” said Pikoiakaalala. Alala refused, saying: “You cannot go.” |
I loko o ia wa he mea mau i na kanaka a me na keiki ka akoakoa ma kahi hookahi o Wailua e lealea, e makaikai no na mea e hana ia ana. Ia lakou e uwa ana me ka hookanikani pihe no ka olioli, komo aku la keia leo ma na pepeiao o Pikoiakaalala, alaila, ninau oia i ko lakou makuakaue ia Alala: “E, Alala, heaha keia leo e uwa nei o kai o Wailua nei?” “He olohu,” wahi a Alala. “Pehea ia mea?” wahi a Pikoiakaalala. “Penei: olohu iho la na mea elua a oi ka olohu a kekahi, uwa aela, kani ka pihe, oia kela leo au e lohe la.” I aku o Pikoiakaalala: “E iho au e nana ia mea?” “Aole oe e iho e nana,” wahi a Alala, a hala keia la. Uwa hou ka pihe, kokolo hou ka leo a lohe o Pikoiakaalala. Ninau hou ia ia Alala, o ka lua ia: “Heaha keia uwa hou o kai?” “He pahee; pahee iho la a holo loa aku la ka pahee a kekahi uwa ae la.” “E iho au,” pela aku o Pikoiakaalala. Hoole mai o Alala: “Aole oe e iho.” |
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Again there was yelling at the place, this being the third time. Pikoiakaalala again asked: “What is that fresh shouting that is going on?” Alala replied: “They are playing koieie,6 at a place in the river near the rapids. The game is played in this [452]way: it is a short piece of smoothed board which is thrown in the river at a place just near the rapids in such a way that it would float steadily in one place without being carried down the rapids. The one whose piece of board floats the steadiest and is not carried down the rapids wins. The shouting which you have just heard is for the winner.” “May I go down?” asked Pikoiakaalala. “You may,” said Alala. |
Uwa hou ka pihe o kai, o ke kolu ia, ninau hou ia Alala: “Heaha keia leo hou e uwa nei?” Hai mai o Alala: “He koieie i ka haki wai ana, penei ke ano: he wahi papa pokole i hana ia a maikai, lawe a kahi o ka wai-kahe e ili ana mehe ale la o ka [453]moana ke opu ae a haki aku, ilaila e lana malie ai me ke kauaheahe. A o ka mea e lana ana peia me ka lilo ole i ka wai, oia kela pihe e uwa maila.” “E iho au?” pela aku o Pikoiakaalala ia Alala. “Ae.” |
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Alala then proceeded to make a koieie for Pikoiakaalala, and after it was finished, the boy started down for Wailua where the people were gathered at the games. On the arrival of Pikoiakaalala with his koieie the people all looked at him in surprise. Not very long afterwards the people began throwing their koieie boards into the Wailua River; so Pikoiakaalala threw his into the river also. When the people saw how his koieie floated the steadiest, some of the boys got jealous of him and one of them reached down for Pikoiakaalala’s koieie and threw it into the rapids which carried it into the sea. As soon as his koieie was thrown into the rapids, Pikoiakaalala jumped in after it and he too was carried into the sea by the force of the current for two days and two nights when he landed on Oahu at the harbor of Kou (Honolulu), where he sat on the sand like a castaway, weak from want of food. |
Hana iho la o Alala i koieie na Pikoiakaalala a hookuu aku la e iho i kai o Wailua, i kahi o na kanaka e piha ana. A hiki o Pikoiakaalala me kana koieie, nana mai la na mea a pau ia ia nei me ka haohao. Mahope olaila, kiola na mea a pau i ka lakou koieie i ka wai (oia ka muliwai o Wailua), o Pikoiakaalala kekahi i kiola i kana koieie, oi loa aku la ka maikai o ke kau aheahe o kana koieie mamua o ka na keiki a pau. Nolaila, huahua lakou ia ia nei me ka opu kekeue. Lalau kekahi keiki i ka Pikoiakaalala koieie a kiola i kahi kahe ikaika o ka wai, a kahe aku la ka wai me ka ikaika loa, lilo aku la ke koieie a hui me ke kai. Mahope o ke kiola ana i ke koieie, lele aku la o Pikoiakaalala ma kahi a ke koieie i haule ai, a lilo aku la keia i ka moana ma ka ikaika o ka wai; po a ao, ao a po i ka moana pae i Oahu nei. Me ke awa o Kou nei kona pae ana a noho iho la ma ka ae one, he olulo ke ano, no ka mea ua pololi i ka make a ka ai a me ka ia. |
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RELATING TO HIS SISTERS. |
NO NA KAIKUAHINE. |
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The two [sisters] were at this time living with their husbands who were men of note, being large land owners, and who had under them a man by the name of Kauakahi as their chief steward. When Kauakahi saw Pikoiakaalala lying there he came up to him and asked: “Where are you from?” “From the sea,” answered Pikoiakaalala. “Come to the house with me,” said Kauakahi. |
E noho ana laua me ka laua mau kane koikoi ai ahupuaa, aia malalo o laua, he kanaka malama waiwai, o Kauakahi ka inoa. Hele aku la o Kauakahi ma kahi a Pikoiakaalala e moe ana, ninau iho la: “Mahea mai oe?” “Ma ke kai mai nei,” pela aku o Pikoiakaalala. “E hoi kaua i ka hale,” pela aku o Kauakahi. |
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Upon their arrival at the house, Kauakahi spoke to Iole and Opeapea, the sisters of Pikoiakaalala: “I have a boy, here he is. I found him asleep7 on the sand and brought him to the house to live with me.” Iole and Opeapea then asked Pikoiakaalala: “Where are you from? Where were you born and who are your parents?” Pikoiakaalala answered: “Wailua in Kauai is my birthplace. Alala is my father and Koukou is my mother.” When Iole and Opeapea heard these answers given by Pikoiakaalala they knew that he must be their brother, as the names of their parents were correctly given; they therefore sprang on him crying, and at the same time informed Pikoiakaalala of their relationship. |
A hiki laua i ka hale, olelo aku la o Kauakahi ia Iole a me Opeapea, na kaikuahine o Pikoiakaalala: “He keiki ka’u eia la, loaa aku nei ia’u e moe ana ma ka ae one; nolaila lawe mai nei au i ka hale nei e noho ai me a’u.” Ninau aku la o Iole me Opeapea ia Pikoiakaalala: “Mahea mai oe? Owai kou aina hanau a me na makua?” I aku o Pikoiakaalala: “O Wailua i Kauai ko’u aina hanau, o Alala ko’u makuakane, o Koukou ko’u makuahine.” A lohe o Iole a me Opeapea i keia olelo a Pikoiakaalala, maopopo ia laua he kaikunane pokii keia no laua, ma ka loaa ana o ka inoa o na makua. Lele aku la laua uwe, a hai aku la i ka pili ana ia Pikoiakaalala. |
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The husbands of the sisters of Pikoiakaalala were out in the fields working with the men, so Kauakahi was sent to bring them home and to tell them that their brother-in-law had arrived. When Kauakahi came up to them he said: “You have been sent for by your two wives to return home because your brother-in-law has arrived from Kauai, and to kill a pig and prepare some food.” The food and pig were gotten ready and as soon as they arrived at home they were cooked in the ground. |
O ka laua mau kane aia i ka mahiai me na kanaka, hoouna aku la laua ia Kauakahi e kii, me ka olelo aku ua hiki mai ko laua kaikoeke. A hiki o Kauakahi, olelo aku la: “I kauoha mai nei na ’lii wahine ia olua e hoi olua i ka hale, ua puka mai ko olua kaikoeke mai Kauai mai, e kalua puaa a me ka ai.” Ia wa, makaukau na mea a pau a hiki i ka hale, kalua ka puaa me ka ai. Kaha hele aku la o Pikoiakaalala, a puka aku la i kahi o na ’lii o Oahu nei e noho ana, a hiki ia, e pili ana na ’lii i ka pana iole. |
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While the pig and food were being cooked, Pikoiakaalala left the house and walked over to where the king and queen of Oahu were residing. When he arrived he found them betting on rat shooting.8 Kaulamawaho the king and Kekakapuomaluihi [454]the queen were betting their possessions. Mainele was the king’s rat shooter, but the queen had no one to do the shooting for her; so when Pikoiakaalala saw this he boasted in the presence of Mainele in the following manner: “That is simple enough, anybody can do that.” When the queen heard this she called for Pikoiakaalala to come near to her. As he stood in the presence of the queen she asked him: “Do you know how?” Pikoiakaalala answered: “Yes.” “If you know how to shoot rats,” said the queen, “then I will stake my property on your skill and you can compete with Mainele.” As soon as they agreed on the conditions the bet was made. |
Na ’lii. O Kaulamawaho ke kane, o Kekakapuomaluihi ka wahine, e pili ana laua i na waiwai. O Mainele ka ke kane pana iole, a o ka wahine alii aole ana pana [455]iole; nolaila, olelo hooioi o Pikoiakaalala imua o Mainele, penei: “He mea liilii wale no ia mea, aole ia he mea nalowale.” Lohe ke ’lii wahine i keia olelo a Pikoiakaalala, kahea mai e hele aku a kokoke, a hiki ia, ninau mai ke ’lii wahine: “He ike no oe?” “Ae,” pela aku o Pikoiakaalala. Wahi a ke ’lii wahine: “Ina he ike oe i ka pana iole, alaila, o oe ka’u pana iole, a e pili ko’u waiwai mahope ou, a e pana olua o Mainele, a holo ko laua olelo ana, pili na waiwai.” |
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Mainele was a high chief9 and was an expert in the art of rat shooting; he was known to win all the contests in which he took part. He could hit ten rats with one arrow at one shot. In regard to the wager: the king staked his property on Mainele, while the queen staked her property on Pikoiakaalala. The condition was that whoever could shoot and hit ten rats with one arrow would win, the one failing to do this would lose. Mainele took the first shot, and when the people looked they saw that the arrow had entered into ten rats, so they shouted, “Mainele has won! Mainele has won!” Pikoiakaalala then sarcastically remarked to Mainele: “How awkward! It is easy enough to hit the rat in the body because the object is large. I thought you were going to shoot at the whiskers in order to prove your great skill, but I see I am mistaken.” Mainele answered: “You are a deceitful boy. From the day I first began shooting rats until this day, I have never seen a man who could shoot at the rats’ whiskers.” Because the two were arguing over the matter so long, bets were again made about hitting the rats’ whiskers. After the new bets were made, Pikoiakaalala took his shot. At this time there were no rats to be seen, the brush in the near neighborhood was without rats; so Pikoiakaalala prayed his Kalokalo10 prayer. By this we can see that his parents and sisters must have had the forms of rats. |
No Mainele. He kanaka kaukau alii o Mainele, a he kanaka akamai loa ma ka pana iole, nana wale no ke eo ke pili, he umi iole e ku i ka pua hookahi, i ka pana hookahi ana. No ka pili ana. Pili ke ’lii kane i kona waiwai mahope o Mainele, pili hoi ke ’lii wahine i kona waiwai mahope o Pikoiakaalala, a mau na pili. Na Iole. Ina e ku na iole he umi i ka pua i ka pana hookahi ana, alaila, eo ka waiwai, ina emi i ka eiwa iole o ka pana hookahi ana, aole eo, pela na aoao elua. Ia wa pana o Mainele, ku he umi iole i ka pana hookahi ana, kanikani pihe ka aha e nana ana, “Eo ia Mainele! Eo ia Mainele!” Olelo aku o Pikoiakaalala, me ka hoonaukiuki ia Mainele: “Hawawa! A e pono no paha ke ku ma ke kino o ka iole he aka nui; kai no paha i ka umiumi o ka iole e pana ai, akaka la hoi ke akamai, aole ka!” Olelo mai o Mainele: “Keiki hoopunipuni oe. Mai ko’u la i pana iole a hiki i keia la, aole au i ike i kekahi kanaka e pana ana ma ka umiumi o ka iole.” No ko laua hoopaapaa loihi, pili hou no ke ku i ka umiumi o ka iole. Mahope o keia pili hou ana, pana o Pikoiakaalala. Aole iole, mehameha ka nahele; pule o Pikoiakaalala, oia ka Kalokalo. Ma keia wahi e ike ia ai, he ano kino iole na makua a me na kaikuahine. |
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Here is Pikoiakaalala, I am the offspring of Alala, Brought forth by Koukou. Alala [was] the father, Koukou [was] the mother, The bent bow of the night. I am about to shoot at you, At Uluku; at Ululono. Kaulamawaho the king, Kekakapuomaluihi [the queen], It is you to drive them along There they are! There they are!! There are the rats at the outskirts of the aweoweo,11 At the trunk of the aweoweo, At the leaf of the aweoweo, Aweoweo [that is] made red by the sun [The rats are] lying in the pili grass, let them be driven this way They sleep, the rats are asleep They have returned. |
Aia la o Pikoiakaalala, O Kama a’u a Alala, I hanau ia e Koukou, O Alala ka makuakane O Koukou ka makuahine, O Kikoo o ka po, E kikoo aku ana au ia oe, Ia uluku, ia ululono, O Kaulamawaho he alii, O Kekakapuomaluihi O Kau la hooholo ia mai Aia la! Aia la! Aia ka iole i ka hua o ka aweoweo, I ke kumu o ka aweoweo I ka lau o ka aweoweo Aweoweo ula i ka la, I moe i ke pili o kuahuia nei la, Moe, moe maila ka iole, A hoi maila i ka iki. |
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Pikoiakaalala then let fly his arrow, which hit ten rats, and at the point of the arrow was held a bat, making eleven; all the rats were made fast by their whiskers. Mainele, Pikoiakaalala’s opponent, then said, together with the people who were present: “It is a draw! It is a draw, because you have hit ten rats and one bat with your [456]arrow, and Mainele has hit ten rats with his arrow. The bat should not be counted as it is not a rat.” Pikoiakaalala replied: “That bat should be counted as a rat, as I have hit it with my arrow, and according to the old saying, which is as follows: |
Pana aku la o Pikoiakaalala, ku na iole he umi, a ma ka pau loa ana o ka pua he opeapea, hui ia umikumakahi, ma ka umiumi o ka iole ka paa ana. Olelo o Mainele, kona hoa pana iole, a me na kanaka a pau: “Ua pai! Ua pai, no ka mea, he umi [457]iole o kau pana hookahi ana e Mainele, a he a Pikoiakaalala, a o ke opeapea aole heia iole.” I aku o Pikoiakaalala: “He iole ia, ua ku i ka pua; penei ka olelo ana: |
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The bat in the stormless season Is your younger brother, O rat, Make a squeak. |
Opeapea i ke kau malie, Kou pokii e iole E wi mai. |
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There you are, it is a rat,” said Pikoiakaalala to Mainele, the chiefs and all the people. So Mainele and the king, Kaulamawaho, were beaten. Therefore we can see plainly that the sisters of Pikoiakaalala, Iole and Opeapea, were rats. |
Aia la he iole,” pela aku o Pikoiakaalala ia Mainele a me na kanaka a pau loa, na ’lii. Nolaila, eo o Mainele a me kona alii o Kaulamawaho. Nolaila, ua maopopo he mau iole na kaikuahine o Pikoiakaalala, oia o Iole a me Opeapea i olelo i ma ka hoomaka ana o ke ia kaao. |
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As Pikoiakaalala was very hungry he disappeared from the people who had gathered at this place and returned to his sisters, where he found the pig and food cooked. Before he sat down to eat Pikoiakaalala addressed the people, saying: “I want you all to understand that I have certain rules in connection with my meals. There must be no talking, no whispering, no nodding, no pinching and no noise of any kind should be heard until I finish my meal.” He then reached for a piece of pork and a dish of potato, taking one bite of each which he swallowed; he then reached for another piece of pork, almost finishing the pig, and all the food of the oven. At this one of the men remarked: “He eats like a god.” On hearing this Pikoiakaalala stopped eating. His brothers-in-law then said: “Why don’t you go on eating?” “No, I have had enough.” “Yes, we already heard your rule,” said his brother-in-law. In this one meal partaken by Pikoiakaalala, he grew into a large and fine looking man, but his hair was [like] rat’s hair. |
No ka pololi loa o Pikoiakaalala nalo aku la ia mai ke anaina kanaka aku, hoi aku la ia a hiki i kona mau kaikuahine, ua moa ka puaa a me ka ai. Mamua o ka paina ana, pane aku o Pikoiakaalala: “E hoolohe mai oukou a pau loa, he wahi kanawai ko’u no ka ai ana, penei: “Aohe walaau, aohe hawanawana, aohe kunou, aohe iniki, aohe hamumu, a pau kuu paina ana.” Lalau aku la ia i ka puaa, hookahi kaka, o ke poi uala, hookahi nau ana, a moni, lalau hou, kokoke e pau ka puaa okoa, a me ka ai a pau o ka umu. Pane mai kekahi kanaka: “He ai na ke Akua.” Oki iho la keia. Pane mai na kaikoeke: “E oki ana ka hoi i ke aha ka ai ana?” “Aole, ua maona ae la no.” “Ae, ua lohe la hoi makou i kou kanawai,” pela na kaikoeke. Ma keia ai ana a Pikoiakaalala, ua pii kona kino a lilo i kanaka nui a me ka maikai, o ka lauoho nae he lauoho iole. |
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When Pikoiakaalala disappeared from the queen and the people after the contest, the queen was greatly worried; so a proclamation was issued calling the chiefs and common people together, the aged, those whose eyes had become dim; those who were bent with age, excepting those whose skin had become yellow [with age], those who were sick and those who staggered and fell. This call for a universal gathering was made in order to find Pikoiakaalala. When the people were gathered Pikoiakaalala was not recognized as he stood among them as he had grown larger after partaking of that one meal; for at the time he had his contest with Mainele he was but a mere boy. He was, however, later on recognized by means of his great skill at shooting rats. |
A nalowale mai o Pikoiakaalala mai ke ’lii wahine mai, a me ke anaina kanaka a pau loa o kahi ana i pana iole ai, he mea pilikia loa ia i ka manao o ke ’lii wahine o Kekakapuomaluihi. Nolaila, kuahaua ia mai na mea a pau e hui i kahi hookahi, mai na ’lii a na makaainanana, ke kanikoo, ka haumakaiole, ke kolopupu, koe ka palalauhala, ka mai iluna ke alo, ka mea ku a hina iho. O keia huliamahi ana o na mea a pau loa, i loaa o Pikoiakaalala, eia nae, aole i loaa i loko o keia akoakoa ana, no ka mea, ua pii ae ke kino o Pikoiakaalala i ka nui no kela ai hookahi ana. I ka wa i pana iole ai me Mainele, he kino keiki no ko Pikoiakaalala. Iloko o keia akoakoa ana i ike ia ai o Pikoiakaalala, maloko o kana hana he pana iole. |
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Among the people gathered was an aged woman whose eyes were dim and had grown small till they looked like those of a rat. When Pikoiakaalala saw her, he shouted out: “See that big rat! What a large rat!! It is not afraid of the people. My arrow will hit you! My arrow will hit you!” |
Iloko o ke anaina kanaka e noho ana he luahine haumakaiole ua hele a liilii na maka a like me ko ka iole. Kahea o Pikoiakaalala: “Ka iole nui e! Ka iole nui e! Makau ole i ke kanaka keia iole. Ku oe i ka’u pua! Ku oe i ka’u pua.” |
CHAPTER II. |
MOKUNA II. |
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As Pikoiakaalala was shouting, Mainele and the chiefs heard it, so Mainele spoke up: “You are a deceiving man. Where is the rat that will come into this great assembly of people? You are the greatest of liars.” |
I keia kahea ana a Pikoiakaalala, lohe o Mainele a me na ’lii; i aku o Mainele: “Kanaka hoopunipuni oe; aia i hea ia iole holo mai i loko o keia anaina kanaka nui? He keu oe o ke kanaka wahahee.” |
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“A rat! A rat!” continued Pikoiakaalala. Mainele replied: “Let us make a wager.” In this new wager the king and queen again took part; the king backed up Mainele while the queen supported Pikoiakaalala. As soon as the wager was decided on, Pikoiakaalala made ready to shoot. Before his arrow left the bow, however, Mainele remarked: “If the actual rat is hit then the wager is won and Pikoiakaalala can [458]have the stakes.” He said this because they all felt sure that no rat would be seen in the crowd of people. |
“He iole! He iole!” pela o Pikoiakaalala. Olelo mai o Mainele: “E pili kaua.” Ma keia pili hou ana komo hou na ’lii, o ke ’lii kane mahope o Mainele, o ke ’lii wahine mahope o Pikoiakaalala; a pau ka pili ana o na waiwai, pana o Pikoiakaalala. Wahi a [459]Mainele: “Aia a ku i ka iole ponoi, eo, lilo ka waiwai ia Pikoiakaalala, no ka mea, ua ike na mea a pau aohe iole holo mai i kawa paapu o na kanaka.” |
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When Pikoiakaalala let fly his arrow, it hit the old woman whose eyes were dim and had grown small because of her great age.12 At seeing this Mainele and the people refused to give up the stakes as the old woman was not a rat, but a human being. Pikoiakaalala answered that the object hit by his arrow was a rat, saying: “When a baby is born it is called a child; when it grows bigger it is called a youth; when it stops growing it is called a full-grown man; when he walks with a cane he is called an old man; and when his eyes grow small he is likened to a rat ‘haumaka-iole,’13 a rat. Is not that a rat? It is a rat.” Mainele was therefore beaten. |
Pana o Pikoiakaalala i ka pua, ku ka luahine haumakaiole. Hoole o Mainele a me na kanaka a pau aohe ia he iole, he kanaka ia. I aku o Pikoiakaalala, he iole ia, penei: “Hanau ke keiki; he kino uuku ia; a nui ae, he kino kamalii; a pau ka pii ana o ke kino, he kanaka makua; a lalau i ke kookoo, he elemakule; a liilii na maka, he ‘haumaka-iole,’ iole. Aole ia he iole? He iole ia.” Eo o Mainele. |
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After the bet was settled they went into the house and sat down; Pikoiakaalala then looked up at the rafters and said: “Look at that big rat sitting there! Look at that big rat sitting there!!” At this Mainele remarked: “You are a deceiving man. Where is the rat to come from that you could see there? You are the greatest liar I have ever seen. You have no equal.” Pikoiakaalala said: “There is a rat. If I should shoot and hit a rat, what would you do?” “All right, we will make a bet, if you shoot and hit a rat I lose and if you don’t hit one you lose,” said Mainele. The bets were then made, the king and queen doing the betting, consisting of articles of value and land. After the bets were made, Pikoiakaalala let fly his arrow which flew and hit the top-most batten Kuaiole.14 At this Mainele looked on and said: “That is not a rat, that is a batten, you have not beaten me.” Pikoiakaalala replied: “That is a rat, for the common expression is this: ‘Put on and bind down the rat-backed batten.’ Is not that expression connection with the word rat? I say it is; therefore, I have won.” At this everybody present decided that Mainele was beaten. When Mainele was beaten this time, his skill and fame began to wane, while the skill and fame of Pikoiakaalala as a shooter of rats was established. |
A pau keia pili ana, hoi lakou a loko o ka hale, noho. O Pikoiakaalala nana ae la ia i kaupoku o ka hale a olelo ae la: “Ka iole nui e kau mai la! Ka iole nui e kau mai la!!” I aku o Mainele: “Wahahee oe e na kanaka; na wai ia iole holo mai o laila? He oi oe o ke kanaka wahahee, aohe ou lua.” Olelo aku o Pikoiakaalala: “He iole; ina i pana au i kuu pua a i ku, pehea oe e Mainele?” “Ae, i pana oe a i ku ka iole, eo au ia oe, a i ku ole, eo oe ia’u,” pela aku o Mainele. Nolaila, pili hou laua, na na haku alii o laua i pili na waiwai, ka aina. A pau ka pili ana, pana o Pikoiakaalala. Lele aku la ka pua a ku i ka “aho kuaiole” i ke kaupoku maluna iho, ku ka pua. Nana ae la o Mainele a hoole: “Aole ia he iole, he aho ia, aole i eo.” Olelo aku o Pikoiakaalala: “He iole ia, penei ka olelo ana: ‘Kau hilo ia iho ka aho kuaiole.’ Aole ia i pili i ka olelo na ka iole, ua pili, nolaila, ua eo oe ia’u.” Ia wa, hooholo na mea a pau loa, ua eo o Mainele. Ma keia eo ana o Mainele, ua haule loa kona akamai i lalo a me kona kaulana. Ua lilo ke akamai a me ke kaulana no Pikoiakaalala, i ka pana iole. |
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We will now introduce our readers to Keawenuiaumi the king of Hawaii. While Keawenuiaumi was on his way with his canoe makers to the forest of Hilo one day, for the purpose of cutting down a large koa tree for a canoe, two birds flew on to the very top of the tree and called out in a loud voice: “Say, Keawenuiaumi, you cannot make a canoe [out of this tree], it is hollow. It is a worthless canoe; a hollow canoe. A canoe that will never reach the ocean.” |
Maanei, e nana kakou no ke ’lii nui o Hawaii no Keawenuiaumi. I kona pii ana me kona mau kalaiwaa ma ke kuahiwi o Hilo, a oki i ke koa i mea waa, kau ana elua manu iluna o ka wekiu, kahea iho la me ka leo nui: “E, Keawenuiaumi, aohe waa, he puha, he waa ino, he waa puha, he waa hiki ole i ka moana.” |
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When Keawenuiaumi heard this call from the birds the tree-felling was abandoned. As the birds kept up this calling continually Keawenuiaumi became vexed and thereupon made up his mind to go in search of a skillful archer to come and kill the birds. About this time the fame of Mainele as an archer reached Hawaii, so Keawenuiaumi made a vow, “That if Mainele would kill the birds he should receive the king’s daughter in marriage15 together with a portion of the island of Hawaii.” Upon the arrival of Keawenuiaumi’s messengers in Oahu, Mainele was informed of the wish of the king. As soon as Mainele heard that he was wanted on Hawaii, he immediately prepared his double canoe and got together his men who were to accompany him. [460] |
A lohe o Keawenuiaumi i keia leo o na manu, haalele i ke oki ana i ke koa, no ke kahea mau o na manu pea i na la a pau loa; nolaila, uluhua o Keawenuiaumi, a manao iho la oia e imi i kanaka akamai i ka pana pua i make na manu. Ua hiki aku ke kaulana o Mainele ma Hawaii a puni i ka pana iole, nolaila olelo o Keawenuiaumi me ka hoohiki: “Ina e make na manu ia Mainele, alaila, lilo kana kaihamahine i wahine na Mainele, a me kekahi aoao o Hawaii.” A hiki na elele a Keawenuiaumi i Oahu nei, hai ia Mainele i na olelo a Keawenuiaumi. Ia lohe ana o Mainele i keia holo ona i Hawaii, hoomakaukau iho la ia i na waa a me na kanaka holo pu me ia. [461] |
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When Kauakahi, the man who found Pikoiakaalala sleeping on the sand, heard of the contemplated trip to be made by Mainele to Hawaii, he went to Pikoiakaalala and told him of what he had heard, saying: “Mainele is going to Hawaii to shoot birds for Keawenuiaumi; the messengers have just arrived from Hawaii.” Pikoiakaalala answered: “If you wish me to go along you had better go up and get some ie vines and make a basket in the shape of a calabash for me to hide in, so that I may not be seen by Mainele, and you can say that it is a basket for the safe keeping of your god. This will be the means of getting me to Hawaii.” Kauakahi then followed out the instructions given by Pikoiakaalala and had the basket made, and the trip with Mainele arranged. |
O Kauakahi, ke kanaka nana i lawe o Pikoiakaalala, ia ia e moe ana ma ka ae one mahope o kona pae ana mai Kauai mai, olelo aku la ia ia Pikoiakaalala: “E holo ana o Mainele i Hawaii e pana ai i na manu, ua hiki mai nei na elele a Keawenuiaumi.” “Ae, ina oe e manao e holo au, e pii oe i ie, a ulana hokeo, i wahi no’u e noho ai, i ole au e ike ia e Mainele, a e olelo no hoi oe, he hokeo akua nou. Pela au e hiki ai.” Hana iho la o Kauakahi e like me na olelo a Pikoiakaalala, a makaukau ka hinai ie, a me ka holo o Mainele. |
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When Mainele’s preparations were finally completed, he approached Kauakahi and said: “Let us sail to Hawaii.” Kauakahi replied: “All right, I am willing to go to Hawaii with you providing you give me your consent to do what I want.” “What is it you want?” asked Mainele. “I have a basket where my god is kept. The canoe in which this god is to be taken, as I want to take it along, must be tabued and no one must be allowed to take passage in it outside of myself.” This was satisfactory to Mainele. On the day agreed on for the voyage to start for Hawaii, Mainele, his followers and paddlers boarded their double canoe, while Kuakahi and Pikoiakaalala, who was in the basket, boarded their canoe, the basket in the after part and Kuakahi in the fore part of the canoe. |
I aku o Mainele ia Kauakahi: “E holo kaua i Hawaii.” Ae mai o Kauakahi: “Ae, he ae no ko’u i ka holo me oe i Hawaii, aia nae a ae oe i ka’u olelo.” “Heaha ia ia olelo?” wahi a Mainele. “He hokeo akua no’u, he kapu kona waa e kau ai, aohe kanaka e kau ma kona waa, owau wale no.” Ua pono ia olelo ia Mainele. I ka la o lakou i holo ai i Hawaii, kau aku la o Mainele ma kona mau kaulua, me na ohua a me na hoewaa; o Kauakahi me Pikoiakaalala i loko o ka hokeo ie ma ko laua waa, mahope ka hokeo, mamua o Kauakahi. |
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A few words of explanation relating to the basket. This was made with several openings which allowed a free current of air and enabled Pikoiakaalala to sit therein. After leaving Oahu to their rear, the canoes after a quick passage, were laid to off the cliffs of Kaholo, at Lanai, on the afternoon of that same day. In the evening the breeze from Kahalepalaoa which came directly from behind them sent their canoes flying along at such a rate of speed that by dawn of the next morning they were able to make out the waterfall of Kawaikapu on the steep cliffs of Makaukiu, Kohala, Hawaii. At this place is a sort of a bay surrounded by high cliffs which opens directly to the sea and which was right ahead of the canoes as they were approaching land; the name of the place is Kuukuunaakaiole. Pikoiakaalala upon seeing where they were said to Kauakahi: “Tell Mainele to shoot at the mouth of the rat which is dimly seen ahead of us.” When Mainele heard this he replied to Kauakahi: “That is not a rat, that is a cliff, you are mistaken.” |
Olelo hoakaka no ka hokeo ie. No ka hakahaka o ka ulana ana, komo ka makani i loko, aole e pau ke aho, nolaila i komo ai o Pikoiakaalala i loko e noho ai. A hala o Oahu nei mahope o lakou, hoalulu na waa o lakou mawaho o ka pali o Kaholo, i Lanai, a ahiahi, hina ke kehau o Kahalapalaoa mahope o na waa, holo aku la lakou mai ia ahiahi a owakawaka kai ao o ke kakahiaka nui, nana aku la lakou i ka wailele o Kawaikapu i na pali hulaana, e kupono ana i Makaukiu ma Kohala i Hawaii. Aia hoi, he hulaana, o Kuukuunaakaiole ka inoa e hamama mai ana kona waha i kahi a na waa e holo aku nei. I aku o Pikoiakaalala ia Kauakahi: “E olelo aku oe ia Mainele e pana aku i ka waha o ka iole e pouliuli mai nei.” A lohe o Mainele i ka olelo a Kauakahi, hoole maila: “Aohe iole, he pali ia; he kanaka lalau oe.” |
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Upon passing the cliffs they continued on their way to Hilo, at which place they arrived the next day and landed at Kaipalaoa. Everybody upon landing proceeded to the place where Keawenuiaumi was at that time residing with the exception of Kauakahi and his basket. When Mainele saw that Kauakahi was left behind he asked him: “Let us go on up?” Kauakahi replied: “I will not go on up unless the basket which my god is in goes with me.” When Mainele heard this, he requested of Keawenuiaumi that men be furnished to carry the basket along up to the house, whereupon Keawenuiaumi ordered four men to pack the basket to the house. Upon their arrival at the house, Kauakahi spoke to Mainele: “I don’t think it right for us to live in the same house with our god; it is best that you ask Keawenuiaumi that a small house be given me where I can live with the god.” Mainele therefore requested of Keawenuiaumi for [462]a house for the god and Kauakahi. As soon as the king heard this, orders were given that a small house be built, which was finished in no time, where Kauakahi moved in with his basket. This request was really made at the wish of Pikoiakaalala, in order that he might not be seen by Mainele and the people. |
A haalele lakou i na pali hulaana, po a ao hiki lakou ma Hilo a pae ma ke awa o Kaipalao; pii na mea a pau a hiki i kahi o Keawenuiaumi, koe o Kauakahi me ka hokeo ie ana. I aku o Mainele: “E pii kaua.” Olelo mai o Kauakahi: “Aole au e pii a hiki kuu hokeo akua. Ia lohe ana o Mainele, kauoha aku la o Mainele ia Keawenuiaumi i kanaka no ka hokeo akua e hiki ai i uka. Kena mai la o Keawenuiaumi eha kanaka, amo aku la i ka hokeo ie a hiki i ka hale, olelo aku o Kauakahi ia Mainele: “Aole kakou e pono ke noho ma ka hale hookahi me ke ’kua o kaua, e aho e olelo oe ia Keawenuiaumi i wahi hale no maua.” Olelo aku la o Mainele ia Keawenuiaumi, i [463]hale no ke akua o laua me Kauakahi; mahope oia lohe ana, aohe i upuupu iho paa ka hale, haawale o Kauakahi me ka hokeo ie. O keia mau hana a pau loa, na Pikoiakaalala wale no, i ole oia e ike ia e Mainele a me na kanaka. |
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On the second day of their arrival at Hilo, Keawenuiaumi, Mainele and the people proceeded up into the koa forest where the tree that had been already picked out was situated. On this trip the basket was carried along, and when they arrived at the tree, Kauakahi and his basket remained at a little distance from the others. The king’s canoe makers then proceeded to cut down the tree. Just as soon as this was done the birds lit on the tree and called out: “Say, Keawenuiaumi! You cannot make a canoe [out of this tree], it is hollow. It is a worthless canoe, a hollow canoe. A canoe that will never reach the ocean.” |
I ka lua o ka la o lakou ma Hilo, pii o Keawenuiaumi me Mainele i kahi o ke koa waa, a na manu e hea ai, me ka auamo ia o ka hokeo ie. A hiki pono lakou malalo o ke kumu o ua koa nei, noho kaawale aku la o Kauakahi me ka hokeo ie. Ia wa, ooki na kalai waa a Keawenuiaumi i ke kumu o ke koa, kau ana na manu, kahea ana: “E, Keawenuiaumi e! Aohe waa, he puha. He waa ino, he waa puha. He waa hiki ole i ka moana.” |
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As soon as the people heard the call, Mainele shot at the birds, but his arrow did not come anywhere near them on account of the height of the tree. A staging was then built up which reached about half way up the tree, but even then Mainele’s arrow did not reach the birds. Pikoiakaalala then whispered to Kauakahi: “Ask Mainele and Keawenuiaumi why the birds are not hit. Perhaps Mainele was not shooting at them, if he did he would hit them.” When Mainele heard the remarks of Kauakahi, he replied: “Why don’t you shoot at them yourself? There are the birds, here is the bow and here are the arrows, go ahead and shoot, may be you will hit them.” At this Kauakahi replied: “All right, I will ask my god to shoot the birds.” Pikoiakaalala then came out of the basket with his rat shooting arrows to the surprise of Mainele and the Oahu people that accompanied him, for they had not known that a man had been in this basket all this time. Upon coming up to Keawenuiaumi, Pikoiakaalala requested that a basin of water be brought and made to stand under the tree. As soon as this was done Pikoiakaalala came and stood over the basin; while he looked into the basin at the reflection of the birds in the water, he held his arms above his head with his bow bent and his arrow aimed at the birds; as soon as he saw that the birds were in line he let fly his arrow which flew true to the mark hitting both birds and they came tumbling down to the ground. The people upon seeing this great skill shown by Pikoiakaalala gave a mighty shout. |
Lohe na mea a pau loa, pana o Mainele i ka pua, aohe launa ae i na manu. Hana ke olokea he alanui e pii ae ai a waena o ke koa pana ae, aohe no he launa ae i na manu. Hawanawana aku o Pikoiakaalala ia Kauakahi: “E ninau alu oe ia Mainele a me Keawenuiaumi heaha keia ku ole o na manu? He pana ole ia paha i ka pua, ina paha e pana ia ku na manu.” A lohe o Mainele i keia olelo a Kauakahi, i mai la: “Aole no la hoi e pana ae; aia no hoi ka manu ke kau mai la, eia ka pua, pana ae no hoi paha, malama o ku ia oe.” I aku o Kauakahi: “Ae, e olelo ae au i kuu akua a nana e pana na manu.” Ia wa ku ana o Pikoiakaalala mai loko ae o ka hokeo ie me kana pua pana iole. Alaila, ike o Mainele a me na kanaka o Oahu aku nei he kanaka ko loko o ka hokeo ie. Olelo aku o Pikoiakaalala ia Keawenuiaumi: “I poi wai, e lawe mai a malalo o ke kumu o ke koa nei kukulu.” I loko oia wa pana o Pikoiakaalala i na manu; kulou iho la kona poo i loko o ke poi wai, e nana ana i ke aka o na manu i kupono ka pua ke pana, o ka lima me ka pua iluna kahi i pana ai, o na maka i loko o ke poi kahi i hooponopono ai i ke kupono. Ia pana ana, ku na manu a elua, pahu ana i lalo, uwa ka aha kanaka i ke akamai o Pikoiakaalala. |
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Keawenuiaumi, true to his word gave his daughter to Pikoiakaalala to wife and also gave him a portion of Hawaii, which made Kauakahi a very rich man. Mainele was so ashamed that he immediately returned to Oahu. [451] |
Lilo ke kaikamahine a Keawenuiaumi ia Pikoiakaalala a me kekahi aoao o Hawaii waiwai o Kauakahi, hilahila o Mainele a hoi mai i Oahu nei. [464] |
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1 This name, showing Pikoi’s descent, is a departure from the customary form, being not only of, or from, Alala, but is more definite as from ka (the) Alala. ↑ |