In the month called "the first twin," when the sea was calm, they left
Kauai and came to Hawaii. Many days passed on the voyage.
As they sailed, they arrived in the early morning at Makahanaloa in
Hilo. Then said the man who had seen Laieikawai before to the chief,
"See that rainbow arching over the uplands; that is Paliuli, where I
found her." Now the rain was sweeping Hilo at the time when they came to
Makahanaloa.
At the man's words, the chief answered, "I will wait before believing
that a sign for Laieikawai; for the rainbow is common in rainy weather;
so, my proposal is, let us anchor the canoes and wait until the rain has
cleared, then if the rainbow remains when there is no rain, it must be a
sign for Laieikawai." The chief's proposal was the same as
Aiwohikupua's.
So they remained there as the chief desired. In ten days and two it
cleared over Hilo, and the country was plainly visible.
In the early morning of the twelfth day the chief went out of the house,
and lo! the rainbow persisted as before; a little later in the day the
rainbow was at the seacoast of Keaau; Laieikawai had gone to the coast
(as in the narrative before of Aiwohikupua's story).
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