Legend of Pumaia. |
Kaao No Pumaia. |
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On the land of Pukoula which adjoins Waiahao1 in the district of Kona, Oahu, was the home of Pumaia. His chief occupation with that of his wife, was hog raising. They at one time had as many as ten hog pens; but amongst his whole herd [of hogs] there was one he thought a good deal more of than all the others; one that measured over a fathom in length which he had vowed he would never part from. This hog was to be kept until the death of Pumaia when it was to be killed. |
O Pukoula e pili la me ka waiahao kahi noho o Pumaia, ma Kona, Oahu. O kana hana he hanai puaa ma kana wahine. Aia ia laua he umi pa puaa, a hookahi puaa punahele loa ia Pumaia, he puaa anana, he puaa lilo ole ia hai, he puaa hanai a make pu me Pumaia. |
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Kualii who was king at this time, was building the temple called Kapua, which was situated to the east of Leahi Hill overlooking Mamala. At the completion of the temple, Kualii ordered that a hog be brought from Pumaia. Upon the arrival of the messengers, Pumaia asked them: “What is the object of your call?” “We have been sent by Kualii to you for a hog for the temple. You give us one.” “Yes, you can have one,” said Pumaia. “There is the pig pen.” This request was kept up until all the ten hog pens were exhausted and there remained but the one hog he thought so much of. After a time Kualii sent his men for another hog. Upon their arrival in the presence of Pumaia, they were asked: “What has brought you here?” “We have been sent by Kualii to come for the hog that is left.” “You shall not have it. He is only seeking trouble. I thought he was really in need of swine, but no.” The men then grabbed the hog and fought with Pumaia for its possession, many against one. In this fight [472]sometimes Pumaia would get possession of the pig and again the others would get it. This was kept up for some time when at last a regular fight was had. Pumaia then struck out one blow on the right and one on the left with his fists, killing all the men except one, who ran to the king, Kualii, and reported to him, saying: “We have all been killed by Pumaia and I alone am left to bring the tidings to you.” Kualii then ordered his soldiers and officers to arm themselves with their spears and other implements of war and to dress in their war helmets and feather capes and when ready to go and make war on Pumaia. |
No Kualii, oia ke ’lii nana ka heiau o Kapua e waiho la ma ke komohana o Leahi puu e nana ala ia Mamala. A paa ka heiau, kena o Kualii e hele i o Pumaia ala i puaa, a hiki na elele, ninau aku o Pumaia: “Heaha ka oukou huakai?” “He puaa, i olelo mai nei o Kualii i puaa no ka heiau ia oe, e haawi mai oe.” “Ae he puaa,” pela mai o Pumaia; “aia ka pa puaa.” Pela no ke noi hooune ana a pau na pa puaa he umi a Pumaia, a koe kana puaa i minamina loa ai. Kena o Kualii i na kanaka e kii i ka puaa, a hiki lakou imua o Pumaia, ninau mai la o Pumaia: “Heaha ka oukou o ka hele ana mai nei?” “I kii mai oukou i ko puaa i koe e lawe, pela mai nei o Kualii.” “Aole e loaa ia oukou, he imihala ia; kai no paha he make puaa kona, aole ka.” Ia wa, lalau lakou la i ka puaa, a lawe me ke aumeume me Pumaia, hookahi keia he nui lakou la. [473]Ia ianei ia lakou la, pela ke aumeume ana a hakaka maoli. Hookahi puupuu a Pumaia ma ka akau, a hookahi ma ka hema, pau loa na kanaka i ka make, a koe hookahi kanaka. Oia kai holo aku a mua o Kualii olelo aku: “Ua pau loa makou i ka make ia Pumaia, a owau, hookuu ia mai i ahailono i lohe oe.” Ia wa, kena o Kualii i na koa, a me na ’lii koa, me koa, me ko lakou mau makaukau a pau loa, na mahiole, na ahuula, na ihe, na pololu, na mea make a pau loa. A makaukau lakou e hele mai e kau me Pumaia. |
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After this fight Pumaia left Pukoula and moved on to Kewalo where he was met by the soldiers and a regular battle was fought in which Pumaia slew all of Kualii’s warriors and officers. One of the men, however, managed to escape and carried the result to Kualii. When Kualii heard that his warriors and officers had all been killed, he called all his chiefs and warriors to come together, with his god, Kanemuka. Pumaia in the meantime had moved on to Pawaa, where he was met by Kualii and his men, and another battle was fought in which Pumaia again slew all the chiefs and warriors, with the exception of Kualii and his god. When Kualii saw that his men and chiefs were all slain he prayed to his god to capture Pumaia, and so through the power of this god Pumaia was caught and bound. Kualii was so incensed at Pumaia that he was immediately killed and was dragged to Kapua where his dead body was thrown into the pit with the men he had killed. In the course of the ill treatment given his body, the jaws were crushed and cut up into fragments. |
Haalele iho la keia ia Pukoula, nee aku la ia a Kewalo, o kahi ia i hoouka ai me Pumaia, malaila i luku ia ai na koa, a me na ’lii o Kualii a pau loa i ka make ia Pumaia. Hookahi i pakele a lohe o Kualii. Ia lohe ana o Kualii, ku ia, me kona mau alii a pau loa, hele mai me na koa, me kona akua o Kanemuka. Ua nee aku la o Pumaia a Pawaa, i laila, loaa o Kualii ma, o ke kaua iho la no ia, pau loa o na koa a me na ’lii i ka make ia Pumaia, a koe o Kualii me ke akua ona. Kaumaha o Kualii i ke ’kua ona ia Pumaia, ia haawi ana i ke akua, paa o Pumaia i ka hopu ia ma ka mana o ke akua. No ka nui loa o ka huhu o Kualii ia Pumaia, pepehi ia iho la ia a make, alako ia a hiki i Kapua, kiola ia ilalo o ka lua, maluna iho ka poe make a Pumaia i luku ai. Ma keia hoomainoino ana ia Pumaia, ua wali ka iwi auwae, a ua weluwelu no hoi. |
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Pumaia’s wife and young daughter in the meantime were at home where they were awaiting for his return, from early in the afternoon until midnight. At this long absence of Pumaia the mother remarked to the daughter: “Your father perhaps is dead. In all his travels before this he generally returned home before dark.” While the two were talking they heard a shaking noise outside the house and an indistinct call to open the door. The mother then rose and opened the door, and lo it was the spirit of Pumaia. Relating to the spirit of Pumaia: It is told in this legend that the spirit is always much stronger than the living body and that several people have been killed by spirits; the following narrative will show this. |
No ka wahine a Pumaia. Noho iho la ia me ka laua kaikamahine opiopio i ka hale, e kali ana i ka hoi mai o ke kane, mai ka aui ana o ka la a ke aumoe kupono i ke kau. No keia hoi ole mai o ke kane, olelo aku la ka makuahine i kahi kaikamahine: “Ua make paha ko makuakane, aole pela ia e hele nei, i ke ao no hoi.” Ia laua e kamailio ana, halulu ana ma waho o ka hale keia mea, me ke kahea mai e wehe ka puka o ka hale, kii aku la ka wahine wehe, aia hoi, o ka uhane o Pumaia. No ka uhane o Pumaia. Ua olelo ia i loko o keia kaao, he oi aku ka ikaika o ka uhane, mamua o ke kino, ua nui ka poe i make i ka uhane; ma keia hoomaka ana e ike ia ai. |
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As the jaw bones of Pumaia were so crushed his words were indistinctly heard, so the spirit had to resort to whispers and gesticulations of the hands, like a deaf and dumb person, in order to be understood. Pumaia then said to his wife: “I struck out right and left and killed them all.” The wife asked: “You killed them all?” “Yes, yes,” at the same time bringing the hands together and making the negative motion to indicate that nothing was left. Pumaia then said to the wife: “Let us go and get my body.” The wife assented and took a piece of kapa cloth in which to wrap the body. The blazing spirit2 then went ahead, the wife following until they reached Kapua, the temple of Kualii and the pit where the body had been thrown. The spirit of Pumaia then flew and landed right in the center of the pit and flamed; the night guards were fast asleep, as it was then well on towards midnight,3 the Milky Way being plainly seen. The wife then approached the hole and felt of the dead bodies. The [474]spirit then whispered and at the same time making motions with the hands to remove the dead bodies and pointed down in the bottom of the hole. The wife followed the instructions until she found the body of Pumaia beneath, all ragged and torn. She then collected the pieces and put them in the kapa cloth, in the form of a bundle, put it on her back and returned home. Upon her arrival at the house Pumaia’s spirit told the wife, at the same time pointing at the floor of the house, to remove the mats, dig a hole and conceal the body, before the arrival of the people who would search for the body the next day. The wife did as she was told. On the next day a searching party arrived looking for the body of Pumaia. The searchers asked Pumaia’s wife: “Did you not go and remove the body of your husband last night?” “I do not know anything about it nor have I removed it. Is Pumaia then dead? This is the first that I have heard of his death.” When the searchers heard this they were certain that the wife could not have removed the body, so they returned [to the king]. |
No ka wale loa o na iwi o Pumaia e pili ana i ka waha, nolaila, ua pono ole ke olelo me ka leo, he hawanawana wale no me ke kuhi ana o ka lima, ma o a ma anei e like me ke kuli. Olelo mai la o Pumaia i ka wahine: “U-U-iho-ka akau iho-ka-hema, pau loa i ka make.” I aku la ka wahine: “Pau ia oe i ka make?” “E-E”—hoopili ae i na hapa pulima a hoole mai. I aku o Pumaia i ka wahine: “E kii kaua ia’u.” Ae aku ka wahine; lawe ae la ia he ahu he aahu kapa i mea wahi; mamua ka uhane o Pumaia e lapalapa ana, mahope ka wahine, a hiki laua i Kapua ka heiau a Kualii, aia malaila kona lua i kiola ia ai. Lele aku la ka uhane o Pumaia a luna pono o ka lua, lapalapa, o na kiai ua moe, no ka mea, ua huli ka ia, ke kau o ka po, hele aku la ka wahine a hiki i ka lua, haha iho la, e ahu ana ke kino kanaka. [475] Hawanawana maila o Pumaia, me ka pale mai o ka lima, ma oa ma o, aia ia i lalo ponoi o ka lua. Hana iho la ia peia, a loaa ke kino o Pumaia ilalo, ua weluwelu a okaoka, hooiliili ae la ia a loko o ka ahu a me ke kapa, hana iho la a haawe, hoi mai la. A hiki laua i ka hale, olelo hou mai o Pumaia i ka wahine me ke kuhikuhi o na lima ilalo o ka hale, e wehe i ka moena, a kohi i lua nona, i nalo i ka poe huli kupapau ke ao ae. Hana iho la ka wahine e like me na olelo a Pumaia, a ao ae la, huli ia mai ana ke kino o Pumaia, a hiki na elele i ka wahine a Pumaia, ninau mai la: “Aole oe i kii i ko kane a lawe mai i keia po?” “Aole au i ike, aole no hoi i kii; ua make ka o Pumaia? Akahi no au a lohe ua make.” A lohe na elele, maopopo aole i kii ka wahine, hoi aku la lakou. |
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On the second night, the spirit of Pumaia again came to the wife. The reason for this coming was this: The wife that day looked at her daughter and said: “Yes, I am grieving at our fate as our bones still need blood, not your father as his bones have no blood.” At this Pumaia’s spirit asked: “What are you two talking low about?” The wife replied: “Nothing, we are just talking about death, not of you of the bloodless bones.” Pumaia’s spirit then spoke to the wife: “Let us get away from this place. Take me out and take me along.” After the body had been dug up, they left Pukoula and walked toward the mountains along the road leading to the junction of Pauoa and the road that leads to the Alekoki pool. They then continued on up toward Maemae, and by dawn of [the next day] they reached Nuuanu. |
I ka lua o ka po, hiki hou ka uhane o Pumaia i ka wahine. Eia nae ke kumu i hiki ai. Nana aku la ka makuahine i ke kaikamahine a pane aku: “U, o kaua ka hoi ka mea aloha o ka iwi koko, aole o ko makuakane o ka iwi koko ole.” I mai la o Pumaia: “Heaha ka olua e hamumu nei?” “Aole, e mea wale ae ana no maua i ka make, aole ou o ka iwi koko ole.” I aku la o Pumaia i ka wahine: “E hele kakou; e wehe ia’u a lawe pu.” Pii aku la lakou mai Pukoula aku a ka uakee o Pauoa e hele la a hiki i ka wai o Alekoki, ma laila aku a Maemae, pela lakou i pii ai a owakawaka kai ao o ke kakahiaka nui, hiki lakou i Nuuanu. |
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On the top of the left hand peak of the Nuuanu Pali where you come down toward Hoowahapohaku and look towards the eastern peaks of the pali and right at the top of this left hand peak is a cave. The spirit of Pumaia flew to this cave and lit there flaming. The wife with the bones of Pumaia and the daughter then climbed up the cliff4 until they arrived at the cave, where they made their dwelling. At the end of the fourth day, the last finger5 of food for the daughter was eaten up when the mother said: “I am distressed at your fate, the one having bones that need blood. Here we are following after the bones that have no blood, and have left food and meat.” When they woke up the next morning they saw food, meat and other articles such as kapas, skirts and various other things. All these things had been brought by the spirit of Pumaia from Waikiki. In that one night the spirit had traveled over the whole district. This was carried on for several nights and the food and animals, the fish in the ponds and the growing food were brought to the cave. The spirit of Pumaia kept up these raids until at last it began to raid Kualii’s own lands. All the different properties were taken, even the canoes, mats, war helmets, feather capes, calabashes, water gourds and various other things of the house and the land. At night, while the people were asleep, Pumaia’s spirit would enter the house, carry out the sleepers and then empty the house of their valuables. Upon waking up in the morning the people would find themselves out of doors and their houses robbed of all the things of value; even the growing crops in the [476]field were stolen by Pumaia’s spirit. By these raids the wife and daughter were able to have all they wanted and far more than their needs. One day the wife sighed and said: “Yes, we have all we need, but there is one thing lacking, we have no servant to do our work for us.” When Pumaia’s spirit heard this, it went off and brought back a servant for the wife and daughter. |
Aia ma kela huli o ka pali o Nuuanu e lou mai ana, i ka iho ana a ka Hoowahapohaku, nana aku i ka hikina o ka pali o Nuuanu, aia iluna pono, i ka welau pali oia iho, aia ilaila he ana. Lele aku la ka uhane o Pumaia a laila lapalapa, pii aku la ka wahine me na iwi o Pumaia a me ke kaikamahine a hiki, i nana aku ka hana he ana. Noho iho la lakou ilaila. Eha la i hala, pau kahi mikiai a ke kaikamahine, pane aku ka makuahine: “U, o oe ka hoi ka mea aloha o ka iwi koko; hele mai nei kaua mahope o ka iwi koko ole, haalele aku nei kaua i ka ai me ka ia.” Ia po ana iho, moe laua a ala ae o ke kakahiaka nui, e ku ana ka ai, ka ia, ka waiwai, ke kapa, ka pau, na mea a pau loa. O keia mau mea a pau loa na ka uhane o Pumaia i kii a lawe, mai kai o Waikiki aku, hookahi po mai uka a kai o ka aina, pela aku he po, pau loa ka ai, ka holoholona, ka ia o ka loko, a me ka ai e ulu ana. Pela no ka hana ana a ka uhane o Pumaia, a hiki i ko Kualii mau aina ponoi. Pau loa ka waiwai, na waa, na huamoena, na mahiole, na ahuula, na ipu a me na huawai na mea a pau loa o ka hale a me ka aina. No ka mea, i ka po, i ka wa moe o kanaka, lawe o Pumaia i ke kino a waho o ka hale, waiho, moe oe a ala ae hoi aku i ka hale, aohe na pono o loko, ua pau ia Pumaia i ka lawe ia, pela ka ai o waena; o luna e ulu ana, o ka io ua pau. [477] No keia hana a Pumaia, ua lako loa ka wahine a me ke kaikamahine; nolaila, kaniuhu iho ka wahine, penei: “U, nui ka waiwai ia kaua, a hookahi hemahema i koe, o ke kanaka ole nana e lawelawe mai.” Lohe no o Pumaia, kii no, loaa ke kanaka lawelawe o ka wahine a me ke kaikamahine. |
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Kualii in the meantime was being puzzled and often asked who this unknown thief could be. A priest who was living with him at the time then told Kualii who the thief was in the following manner: “This thief is no other person than your enemy Pumaia; his body is dead, but his spirit is at large and is much stronger than when the body was alive. You will soon be killed; if you act rightly you will then be saved.” “What must I do to be saved?” asked Kualii. The priest replied: “You must build three houses; one house for the wife and daughter; one house for the property and servants; and one house for the bones of Pumaia. After the houses are completed go and bring your enemy back and take good care of his bones; he may then take compassion on you and you will then be saved.” Kualii then consented to do all the things advised by the priest. |
No Kualii. Nui loa kona haohao, a me ka ninau i keia aihue ike ole ia, aia he kahuna e noho pu ana me ia, nana i hai mai ia Kualii. “Aole na he kanaka e, o ko hoa paio o Pumaia; ua make ke kino, o ka uhane ia e hele nei; eia nae, ua oi ka ikaika o ka uhane mamua o ke kino.” Kokoke oe e make, ina e noonoo pono oe, alaiia ola oe. “Pehea e ola ai?” wahi a Kualii. I aku ke kahuna: “E hana oe i ekolu hale, i hookahi hale no ka wahine me ke kaikamahine, i hookahi no ka waiwai a me ka ohua, i hookahi no na iwi o Pumaia. A paa ka hale, kii oe i ko hoa paio a hoihoi mai me ka malama pono, malama o maliu mai ko hoa paio, ola oe.” Ae aku o Kualii i ka olelo a ke kahuna. |
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While this conversation was being carried between the priest and Kualii, Pumaia was amused as he heard the advice of the priest and the consent given by Kualii. He then advised his wife and daughter to return to the shore. The wife in obedience to the instructions made ready for their return. While on their way back to the old home they met Kualii’s men who had been sent to bring them to the king. Upon their arrival at the king’s house, they found everything prepared for their reception and they lived with the king ever after this. [471] |
Ma keia olelo a ke Kahuna ia Kualii, ua akaka wale no ia ia Pumaia. A makaukau o Kualii i na mea a pau loa, ia wa, pane aku o Pumaia i ka wahine a me ke kaikamahine, e hoi i kai. Ae mai ka wahine: “Ae, e hoi kakou.” Hoomakaukau iho la lakou e hoi i kai nei. Ia lakou e hoi mai ana i ke alanui, loaa aku la i na kanaka o Kualii. A hiki lakou io Kualii la, ua hooko ia na mea a pau loa, ua oluolu a me ka noho pu lakou ia wa. [476] |