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TMK : ( 3 ) 8- 1- 008 : 004 ' Report No . 827 - 031821
<br /> were full ofjoy,all the more so that these were Lono's tabu days.Their happiness knew no bounds;
<br /> they leaped for joy[shouting]: "Now shall our bones live;our'aumakua has come back.
<br /> These are his tabu days and he has returned...Hikiau was the name of Lono's heiau at Kealakekua,
<br /> and it lay close to the beach.The kahunas of the heiau were among the first,together with those
<br /> who fed the god, to adopt the error of the rest of the people.The men hurried to the ship to see
<br /> the god with their own eyes.There they saw a fair man with bright eyes,a high-bridged nose,light
<br /> hair, and handsome features. Good-looking gods they were! They spoke rapidly. Red was the
<br /> mouth of the god. When they saw the strangers letting out ropes the natives called them Ku-of-
<br /> the-tree-fern (Ku-pulupulu)and Coverer-of-the island(Moku-hali`i).These were gods of the canoe
<br /> builders in the forest. When they saw them painting the ship they said, "There are Ma'ikoha
<br /> [originator of the wauke plant] and Ehu (Fair-haired)daubing their canoe,and Lanahu (Charcoals)
<br /> daubing on the black!"When they saw the strangers smoking they said, "There are Lono-pele and
<br /> his companions [of the volcano] breathing fire from their mouths!" Another sailor who put up a
<br /> flag at the masthead they called Ku-of-the-colored-ensign (Ku-ka-lepa-'oni`on'o)..."
<br /> ...When Captain Cook went ashore at Kealakekua the kahuna, believing him to be a god, led him
<br /> to the heiau [Hikiau] and seated him above the altar where sacrifices were offered. The kahuna
<br /> stepped back, and had a soft white tapa wrapped about his loins. Captain Cook was covered with
<br /> a cloak of red tapa like that about the images.Then the kahuna prayed thus:
<br /> Ou mau kino e Lono i ka lani.
<br /> He ao loa,he ao poko, he ao ki'ei,
<br /> He ao halo, he ao ho'opua i ka lani,
<br /> Mai Uliuli,-mai Melemele, mai Kahiki,
<br /> Mai Ulunui, Mai Ha'eha'e,
<br /> Mai'Oma'oku'ululu, mai Hakalau'ai,
<br /> Mai ka aina o Lono i wahi aku ai,
<br /> I ka lewa nuu,i ka lewa lani,
<br /> I ka papaku, i ka papakahui a Laka.
<br /> 0 lalo hana, o ole puu ka honua.
<br /> E Ku, e Lono, e kane, e Kanaloa,
<br /> E ke akua mai Kahikiku, mai Kohikimoe,
<br /> Eia ka mohai, eia ka alana,
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<br /> E ola e ke alii, e ola i na pulapula,
<br /> A kau i ke ao malamalama,is lana honua.
<br /> Amama. Ua noa...
<br /> ...On Ka-lani-'opu'u's return with his chiefs and warriors from Maui on January 24,1779,he landed
<br /> at'Awili in Ka'awaloa and stayed in Hanamua at the home of Keawe-a-heulu,who had been with
<br /> them on Maui fighting with Ka-hekili... Ka-lani-'opu'u treated Captain Cook with hospitality,giving
<br /> him hogs,taro, potatoes, bananas, and other provisions, as well as feather capes, helmets, kahili,
<br /> feather leis,wooden bowls beautifully shaped,tapa cloths of every variety,finely woven mats of
<br /> Puna,and some especially fine mats made of pandanus blossoms. In return Captain Cook gave Ka-
<br /> lani-'opu'u some trifles. It is said that the hat that Cook gave to Kalani-'opu'u is in the wrappings
<br /> of the head of Keawe-i-kekahi-ali'i-o-ka-moku...(Kamakau 1961:98-101)
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