. Legends of old Honolulu . firepit in the volcanoKilauea, and has swept the seashore, even pour-ing her lavas into the deep seas; but the oceanhas never retaliated by entering into anotherconflict to destroy Pele and her servants. Ka-mapuaa was the last who poured the sea intothe deep pit. The friends of Lohiau, a princefrom the island of Kauai, waged warfare withPele, tearing to pieces a part of the crater inwhich she dwelt; but it was a conflict of landforces, and in its entirety is one of the veryinteresting tales handed down by Hawaiiantradition. Kamapuaa figured to the last days of Pele-
. Legends of old Honolulu . firepit in the volcanoKilauea, and has swept the seashore, even pour-ing her lavas into the deep seas; but the oceanhas never retaliated by entering into anotherconflict to destroy Pele and her servants. Ka-mapuaa was the last who poured the sea intothe deep pit. The friends of Lohiau, a princefrom the island of Kauai, waged warfare withPele, tearing to pieces a part of the crater inwhich she dwelt; but it was a conflict of landforces, and in its entirety is one of the veryinteresting tales handed down by Hawaiiantradition. Kamapuaa figured to the last days of Pele-worship in the sacrifices offered to the fire-god-dess. The most acceptable sacrifice to Pele wassupposed to be puaa (a pig). If a pig could not besecured when an offering was necessary, thepriest would take the fish humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-puaa and throw it into the pit of fire. Ifthe pig and the fish both failed, the priest wouldoffer any of the things into which, it was said intheir traditions, Kamapuaa could turn APPENDIX PARTIAL LIST HAWAIIAN TERMS USED(For Pronunciation see page x) aa, 43-ahakea, , , ,, 213-219, , , , 2, , ,, II. aumakua, 64, 66, 99, 114, , 55-Avaiki, 13, 14- awa, 2, 4, 34-36, 49, S3, 109, no,146. bara, 12. bread-fruit, 7, , Museum, , 84. calabash, 17, 36, 40, 45, 68-97, 262, , 97, 119. i3Q. 151-156, 209, 229, , 57, 62, , 29, 52, etc. Ewa, 29, 177, 258. eepa, 5-11, 62, 102, 106, 174. Ehu, 66. Elepaio, 100, 174, 233. feather garments, 60, 118, 221, 229. Hainoa, 108, , , 24, 129, , , 178, , , , 188. Hanapepe, 187. hao, 3, 148. hau,122. Hauula, 144, 145. Haumea, 18, 24, 30, 47-49. Hawaii, 3, etc. Hawaiki, 12-22. heiau, 6, 8, 47, 51, 90, 108, 142, 183, Pele, ,
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