Note 46 — PREFACE. (continued 3)

We will now speak of Pele. Pele was indeed really killed in the battle that was fought on Maui with her cousin, but she traveled in spirit to Hawaii, at which place she again came back to life. It was Pele and Hiiaka that dug that pit at Kilauea, on the slope of the Mauna Loa mountain, and this place has become their own to this day, and no one will dare dispute their claim.46 After the death of Pele, Namakaokahai returned to her own land in Kalakeenuiakane47 where she lived with her husbands and son and nephew.