Note 1 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
Reading edition
Kaleikuahulu was a person of ingenuity. He was a chief, a priest, a diviner, a counselor, the king’s genealogist, and a renowned poet who composed many songs. He was a grandson of Keawe, King of Hawaii, and the son of Kumukoa, King of Molokai. He was born at Kainalu on Molokai in the year 1725, when Kalanikuihonoikamoku was King of Maui, and Kanealii his grandmother was chiefess of Molokai. He lived for some time on Oahu and on Kauai, when Kaiana and Namakeha lived with Kamehameha on Hawaii. Kaleikuahulu also lived on Hawaii with Kamehameha, who appointed certain of his chiefs to learn from Kaleikuahulu the genealogy of kings.
Unfortunately the original Hawaiian of the chant was not among the papers of Judge L. Andrews which enrich this collection, nor has a copy been found. The version in Vol. IV of these Memoirs, pp. 13–17, credited to Pakui, resembles it in part. ↑