Note 11 — Introductory material (continued 4)

They were all killed without the knowledge of their sisters, as they were at this time composing a mele or chant for the child of Hikapoloa and Mailelaulii which was as yet unborn. They were closed up in another house, never once coming out; as people while composing a name chant were restricted11 and not allowed to go in and out of the house. But Kaulanapokii, the youngest of the sisters, saw the spirits of their brothers standing without heads; five bodies headless, whereupon she wept and walked back and forth within the house. Kaulanapokii was a woman who had supernatural powers and could see certain things. This power is even now possessed by the doctors who give medicines in her name.