Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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36 ~~UNINDER HAWAIIAN SKIES

W~akea at tihe time of Haumea's death there are said to have been
six gyenerations. After these followed nineteen other generations
andi that some Ilortioll of these dwxelt on the identical part of the
continent that is now comprised in the Hawaiian group. Thle
twentieth of these generations, called Kapawa, is referred to as
livingc at Kukaniloko, ill the (listrict of Waialua, island of Oahu.
lKnkanilolko is said to have been the birthplace of Kapawa. Froml
tile timie of Kapaxva tLo the present day tile generations of men onl
tilese Islands are more or less knowvn anld tiheir ancestry readily
traced.
Kukaniloko was the birtlhplace of the great chiefs. Such as
were lbori tilere were regrarded as favored and their stattis ever
fixed. H-igll chiefesses about to give birth, traveled to Kukaniloko, if tilat wvere physically possible. There, ill tile presence of,
anld yet partially conlceailed from tile clhiefs, tile new life was
givein to tile Ilatioll. Tile chiefs, from their designated rock platforms, surromunling tile ceiltral birth stone, received tile babe and
fostered it aild prolounicedI it tLo be tile certain issue of tlle nmother,
Only ill the year 1925) the llenmbers of tile Daughters of I-awvaii,
comlposed of women of thle Hawaiian aild Anglo-Saxon races,
bornl ill ifawaii, soleilili-ly redledicate(1 tllis sacred place, havinog
rescued it froml commercialismi aild the inllcusionl of tile area ill
a sugar field. Tile stolles were brought to iigllt from a growNtll of
brusih. Amid old-time cllaltinog tile sacred grounid was sav~ed to
future geieratiolls. And vet the origin of Kukaniloko gYoes back
illto iliiisty, hazy eras. Tllis sacredl spot is only a mile froill the
o-reatest Anierican ulilitary, post, Scilofleld Barracks.
The first stanza of the I-iawaiian creatioll. taken froul tile
Knitilipo, says:
At the time whien the, Earth becantie warmn,
At the timie when the, Heavens changed-;
At the, time when the Suna's rayvs caine forth
To hrighten the solar monthsAt the time of the summner months of MakaliiThant wans Night;
That was the warmnth that gave birth to the Earth.