Note 8 — PREFACE. (continued 5)

While Keawenuiaumi was in the mountain he one day said to his high priest,8 Mokupane: “You must invoke the gods for the death of Kalaepuni that I may again reign as king of the whole of Hawaii.” Soon after this request of the king was made, Mokupane the priest sent two forties of men to Kahoolawe on canoes to dig a well9 ten fathoms in depth and to place large rocks around the mouth of the well. The name of the land where they were to dig the well is known as Keanapou and it is there to this day. After the well was dug and the rocks put in place, an old man and his wife were placed in charge of it; they were fisher folks.