Note 19 — Introductory material

The old men lived on with Kaoleioku for forty-five days, when they decided to return to the bottom of the Waipio Valley. As they were about ready to make their return, they said to Kaoleioku and Umi: “We are going home this day and will spend the night along the road. We will be five days on the way and on the sixth day we will arrive at Waipio. You must, therefore, remain until the nights of Ole and Kaloa, when you must come down, because there are three Oles and three Kaloas,19 giving you six days on the way. On the day of Kane you must remain on the cliff overlooking Waipio until the next day, the day of Lono, the day when the sacred ceremonies of placing new feathers on the gods are observed; that will be the day when Hakau shall be killed.” These arrangements were then accepted by them all as being final.