Note 17 — CONTENTS. (continued 2)

Therefore let us now consider its being received from Kahiki.17 Kaohelo was a fine-formed woman; her face was good to look upon. Her older sisters were Pele, Hiiaka and Malulani.18 Their birthplace and where they lived for a long time was Nuumealani,19 a place at the border of Kahiki. While they were living there in harmony, and with love each had for the other, there arrived from Hawaii a man named Aukelenuiaiku.20 Upon his arrival there he waged war and conquered the land, and that was why Kaohelo and the others left their birthplace and came here to Hawaii.