Nuhou, Volume I, Number 23, 13 May 1873 — KEAHIAKAWELO [ARTICLE]

KEAHIAKAWELO

A LEOIiNI) 01 LN> 7 AI, ln tbe dwti'iet of Kaa , 011 tho wcstern bidc of Lanai, thore aro sevcral tumuli of large sfcones. and eome rude co»tnvance of sacrificial altar, surrounded by a low wall enclosure. Ifere three genei*ations anterior fco the reign of Kahekili J; "wlio wa« Kiog of Maui and Lanai, lived ihe prophet: Kaweio, who kept up'a constant fire burning day and niglit upon this altar ; and asimilar fire responsive to it, was maintained by anothei; prophefc Waha, on tbe opposite eide of Molokai. Now Kawelo had a daughfcer to assist in keeping watcli and to feed the sacred lire, and Waha had a son ; and it was declared to the people by these prophets, that so long as the fire burned, hogs and dogs would never cease from the land; bufc should it l)ecome extinguished tliese animale would pass away, and the kanakaa would on!y have fish and sea-weed to eat with their poi, The people believing in this revelation, brought an abundance of fuel to feed the fire, and of swine and eanines to feed the faithful eeiTants of Hawaia's gods. And now the son named Nui. and the daughter named Pepe did not have tliat faith in the fire, whieh their fathers, or their people did; and they cared more to feed the fires in their own hearts. Nui would often cross the ehannel in his eanoe fco visit Pepe; and one fine night, as he watched his fire ? and saw fche brlghfc flame on Lanai, he observed it to leap up very high, and he tboughfc lie beheld his beloved Pepe. At this he w T as so exeited with love and fear about Pepe, that after piling up his fire wifch hard mamani Woojd, he ran to the beach jumped into his eanoe, and pulled over to/Lanai, and was happy to find Pepe all well Their delighfc in eaeh other's society caused them to overlook the fire, and by and by fchcy obeerved that all was dark afc the a-ltar of Keahiakawelo, anā dark also'ph 'Molokai; and they fearing the, anger bf tbeir fafcher's and of the people fied away in the eanoe to MauL Kawelo was so chagrioed ? and also alarmed at the angev of thc people, that he threw himself headlong from a precipice of fche barranea of Maunalei. And many nafcives of Lanai believe to this day, that their native hogs and dogs have paesed away, in eonsequenee of the propheey of Kawelo.

§3P Tbe eucaljptus g!obulus or blue gum is In great demai]id lu Mauritius for feTer. A decoetion of-ihe leaves is eon6idered an unfailing remedy fqr the prevailing fever of that island,