The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-11-14

IustFuctlonsi At every point touched,
klla made diligent inquiry after
the old comrades OF his father,
VINO had come with Moikeha from
TAHITI, and who, at their own
request, had been left at various
places, as previously mentioned.
| several OF them, moved by the sight
OF canoe voyaging to their old home,
| begged TO be allowed TO join the COM
| pany that they might revisit Tahiti.
| quite a reinforcement was thus made
to the strength Of his crew.
In introducing himself Kila used this
| formula. 81 Owau nei KIla Eka. o Kila
| kai, o kila NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ka-
| ma wau MOikeha - am Kila Of the in
| land. kila Of the shore. Kila the son OF
! Moikeha and the beautiful kamalanai.
In this way Kila dutifu1y called
! and paid his respects to his aunts, Ma
/ kapuu and NiakaaOa, the sisters OF
| Moikeha, living on Oahu, who had
| come with him from Tahiti, and after
satisfying the inquiries of the old Ia
| dies as to the welfare Of Moikeha in his
| home on Kauai, he went on his way.
| Passing close under the lee of Molo-
| kai and Maui he arrived at kau, in
/ Hawaii, from the southern point of
which, after making his final prepar-
/ ations, in the early morning of q clear,
i y y
! put TO sea and trimmed their course
| for the distant lands Of KukUlu Ka-
| hiki.
! Owing to the failure of food and
| water, due to the unexpected prolong-
/ alton of the voyage from stress of
| weather, the vOyagers were reduced
! to great extremity, and would have
! persisted but for provisions obtained
/ in some unaccOuntable, miraculous
! WI .Ia oil ma CriIl
tions credited TO the aid Of some
/ ghOstly being that came walking on
| the surface of the ocean.
! Arriving at an uninhabited island,
| according TO one account, they landed
| and proceeded to make an oven, as If
! for the cooking of foOd-thOugh in
| fact they had none TO cOok-and on
| opening the oven, behold, n marvel
| they found it full of meat and yegeta-
! bles-an appetiZing feast for the time,
| with enough left over to maintain
them until they reached their destina-
| ton at lIoaulanuikea, where they ar
rived in half famished state.
Kila called and paid his respects to
| the old lady Luul<ia, now queen, who
! inquired after her quOndam lover,
MOikeha; and in answer to his ques-
| tions as to the whereabouts of Laa,
! informed him that the prince lived
concealed in the mountainous regions
| OF Kapaahu.
| KILA'S SEARCH FOR LAA.
After many days spent in fruitIess
search for Laa, Kila, in despair. gave
! up the effort to find him as bad job
and commanded to prepare for the
| hOmeward voyage to Hawaii, declaT-
| ing that by this time Moikeha would
| in his anxiety be sending all eXpedi-
/ ton to look them up. He was, how
| ever, diSsuaded from his unwise re-
solve 10y the approximations of the
| sage Kamahualele, who sought out
venerable prophecies and sorceress,
| KulIelepOlani, whom Olopana had
| been wont to consult. From her Kila
had assurance that his search for Laa
would speedily be successful il he
| would but follow her directions. She
reminded him that on the morrow
| would begin Il period of tabu, and he
! must provide a human body rs
sacrifice to be placed on a lele= at
Lanikeha, the ancient temple of
his brother, by the aid of which
he would be able to approach him
with safety-for Laa was 4 strict OBJ
server of the tabu, very religious
MAINLAND these ceremonial duties ac-
cOmplished, he might confidently seek
out Laa and introduce himself, being
guided by the sound of his drum to the
clearinghouse (muaJs where Laa was
performing religious ceremonies in
honor of his god, Lonoikaoualii.
"A IeIe was a scatiolding or frame on
which human body or other sacrifice was
placed after death, where 1t was allowed to
remain until the flesh had fallen from the
bones.
. For the perfect observance of the tabu
| (kapul, a domestic establishment in an
! cient Hawaii must consist of at least SIX
| houses: LIST, a heiau, sanctuary, to house
| the idols; I'd, mua, mems clearinghouse,
| both of them tabu to women; Sd, hale noa,
common clearinghouse; 18th, hale alma,
women's eating-house; 9TH, hale kua. in
| which the women beat tapa, braided mats,
| etc; 9th, hale pea, in which the women
| stayed during their periods of monthly de-
| Element. The last was tabu to men.
This was done Kila entered the
mua and concealed himself until a
! certain period in the service (aha)
/ was reached, when he came forward
and made himself and his errand
| known. On hearing that MOikeha
still lived and wished to see him, Laa
Immediately prepared to return with
| Kila to Hawaii. He took with him
his idols Lonoikaoualii and consid
cradle retinue of followers, including
priests (l<ahunas), among whom was
| a celebrated sorcerer (kilOkilO) named
| Naulamaihea.
The voyage to Hawaii, so far as
tradition informs us, was without in
cident One important piece of bag
gage that Laa-mai-kahiki, as he is
from this time to be called, brought
| with him was his kaekeeke drum,
consisting of n hollow, carved log,
covered, as to its open mouth with
| tightly drawn head of shark skin.
aa-mai-kahiki seems to have set
great store by his drum, his priests
and his idol, and always kept them
by him even in his travels.
On arriving off the coast of Kauai
he made known his presence by beat
ing n tattoo on his drum, greatly to
the wonder of the inhabitants. Moi
keha, thus appriZed of his approach,
made suitable preparations for his en-
tertainment and accommodation. But
after landing Laa-mai-kahiki seems
to have preferred to go with Poloahi-
! lani, the high priest of the island and
| be lodged at the heiau, along with
his idol Lonoikaoaulii, to faring with
Moikeha.
Long residence is claimed for Laa-
mai-Kahiki at Kualoa, in kOolau,
Oahu, where he married three wives
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WaOlena and
| NToDO-bv each of whom. SinOnlarlV