. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. southernislands from Hawaii, new arrivals from the south,and chiefs who were great fighters, there was onechief, Moikeha, of whom an interesting story or legendis This chief was born in the middle of the twelfth cen-tury and was a younger son of a powerful Hawaiianchief or king. Not being satisfied with his prospects onthe islands, he sailed away, with one of his brothers, tothe Society Islands, where the two took forcible posses-sion of a large district, and built themselves residenceswhich for that day were quite sumptuous. 1 Myth
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. southernislands from Hawaii, new arrivals from the south,and chiefs who were great fighters, there was onechief, Moikeha, of whom an interesting story or legendis This chief was born in the middle of the twelfth cen-tury and was a younger son of a powerful Hawaiianchief or king. Not being satisfied with his prospects onthe islands, he sailed away, with one of his brothers, tothe Society Islands, where the two took forcible posses-sion of a large district, and built themselves residenceswhich for that day were quite sumptuous. 1 Myths and Legends of Hawaii, collected by King Kalakaua. HOW THE HAWAIIANS CAME TO HAWAII. 49 After four or five years, the brothers quarreled, andMoikeha^ determined to return to Hawaii. His fleetwas an imposing sight. A large double canoe containedthe chief, several priests, his idols, an astrologer, a navi-gator and personal attendants; in all about forty per-sons, with musicians to enliven the voyage. The great canoe was a hundred feet in length, was. ANCIENT DOUBLE WAR CANOES. Red was the painted red, and floated a red pennon,royal color at that time. A large party of chiefs and retainers, with weaponsand provisions, filled the other war canoes. The voy-age of over twenty-five hundred miles was prosperous,and after touching at several places, the chief anchoredhis fine fleet in a roadstead off the island Kauai,^ where1 Pronounced Moy-kee-ha. ^ Pronounced Kaw-wi. 50 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. the great chief of the island, Puna by name, held hisbarbaric court. This court was noted for the chivalry ofits chiefs and the rude splendor of its feasts and games. A royal daughter of the chief, named Hooipo, was thepride and glory of the court. Her father, seeing thathis daughter showed no disposition to marry any one ofthe many suitors for her hand, at last suggested thata manly contest between the rivals should decide thequestion. The comely maiden assented. It was finally agreed that a
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