Note 4 — Introductory material (continued 2)

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 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.