Note 1 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

[This noted prophecy of Keaulumoku on the rise of Kamehameha and his overthrow of Keoua, is here published in full in translated form for the first time. Up to canto XII, the translation and its copious notes is the work of Judge Andrews. All revisions have been made with care to do justice to the work of so profound an Hawaiian scholar, yet with reluctance, from the apparent presumption. Judge S. B. Dole expressed himself similarly in his giving publicity for the first time to the translation of cantos I to IX (inclusive) of this chant in the Islander, in 1875. Three other cantos (X, XI and XII) were referred to at that time but were held for revision and only now see print. Since then three additional cantos (XIII, XIV, and XV) are found in the version of “Haui ka Lani” published in King Kalakaua’s “Mele Aimoku” collection of 1886, and are embodied here for completion, translated by the editor of these Memoirs, with the aid of J. P. Kuluwaimaka, a famed chanter. The notes of the larger portion particularly refer to the Hawaiian version, and, as formulated by Judge Andrews, will be found to throw much light on ancient thought and usage, as also interpretations of many obsolete terms.—Editor.] ↑