Note 11 — Introductory material (continued 3)

It was because of her suffering and lonesomeness in the forest that she was called, Hoamakeikekula.11 After leading the life of a wanderer for some days, she was at last found by a man called Puuhue who was after some house timber. He found her in the following manner: On coming to an olapa12 tree he saw something bright at noon time, up in this tree. When he looked up the tree he saw a very beautiful woman hiding in the ieie13 vines; so he stood under the tree and called out: “Say, come down that I may fondle you and that I may speak to you.”