Note 1 — Introductory material

Hakalanileo1 was the father and Hina2 was the mother of Kana3 the first-born, and Niheu4 was the younger brother of Kana. Uli5 was the grandmother. Hamakualoa, Maui, was the land in which Kana was born, and Halauoloolo was the name of the house. At the birth of Kana, he was in the form of a piece of rope; he had no human form. After the birth of Kana, Uli took and kept it until it assumed a human form, then she brought the child up. The place where Kana was brought up was in Piihonua, Hilo, Hawaii, a place lying to the East of Wailuku, where his house was built, called Halauoloolo.6