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Legends of Old Honolulu (Mythology)

Note 4 — XXIV LEPE-A-MOA

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The young chief desired to visit the court of Kakuhihewa, who resided at Waikiki.4 The grandmother, Kapalama, sent messengers to Ke-ao-lewa, the ruler of the birds of the heavens, for new clothing fit for the young chief, and they returned with a magnificent feather sash, and a glorious red feather cloak, shining like the blossoms of the lehua-tree, and fringed with yellow feathers which were like golden clouds in the light of the setting sun.

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