Nuhou, Volume I, Number 18, 25 April 1873 — PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA. [ARTICLE]

PUHIOKAALA; OR THE SPOUTING CAVE OF KAALA.

| COiVL LL: DED. J Tbe greafc Puhikapa was griove(3 to heai' from Ua of.the. loss of his young chief. J>ut ihe' pricst Papalua sfcanding near, i>ald : " 01», Ohief bf i!oaven, und of all the iBle«; there \vhere Kaaiuiii has leape<3 is the Bca den of Opunui, and as )>rave gpear inan ean fbllow the turtle to liis deep sea nest, l:e will soe the mouili of the eave, aiid in it T think, he will 'fiud his lost love, Kaala the jaBmin of Palawai/' , At £his • Ua roused up/ She eal!ed' to her hrother Keawe, and laying hold on liim, p\dled him towards the shorc, erjing out: ,l To tlij eanoe, quiek, I will help thee to paddle to Kau-1 inalapau," For thus Bhe eouhi reaeh the eave, Hoonep than by the way of thc bluffs. .\nd the i great chief also fo!lowing, sprang into his swiftest! < anoe, and helping v\'as his wont, plunged his | Madc deep into the swelling tide, and bounded \ ulong by t}ic fiowning sliorc of Kumoku. ] When Kaaialii plunged beneath the surging waters, he beeauie at onee, the searching diver of' the Hawaiian seas; and as his keen eyē peered ! throughout the depths, Ik 4 saw the portals of the j oeean cave into whieh poured tlie ehargmg main. | He t Ihen stcmming with ensy p]ny of his well' knit | Hnii)S, the suek and rush of the sea, shot throu«:h ! the eurrent ofthe gorge ; and sooil stood up upon • the sunless strand. , j At ftrst he saw not,but his eara took m at on<f? a sad and piteous moan, a sweet, sad inoan \ ior his luingry car, of the voiee of herle sought. | And there upon thē eold, dauk, dismal floo'r he eould dimly. sec his bleeding, dying love; and.i quickly claspirrgv and soothing her } īlfted her up j to bear her to the upper air ; but the moans of \ his poor weak Kaala told him she would bc I in bearing hcr through the sea. I And as he sat down, and held her in his arms, j she feebly spoke: " Oh, my ehief, 1 ean die ! nuw. 1 feared that the lish gods would take me, J and ī should never see thee more. The pulii bit: me, and the crabs crawlcd over me, and when I i dared the sea to go and seek thee, my weak arms ' eould not light the tidc, atid ī was torn against j the jaws of the cave, and this apd the fear of the ! gods have so hurt me, tfcat ī must die.'' j " ,Not so my love," said the sad aud tearful! ohiei'..... 44 I am \rith thee now. I give thee thc ! warmth of my heart. Feel i6y life in thine. Live,! oh, my Kaala, fbr me. Come, rest and be ealin,; and wheo thou eanst hold thy breath 1 w ill take ! thee-to the swcet air agaiu, and to thy valley, \ where thou shnlt twine wreaths lor me;" And ' thus with foud word§ and caress he sought toj Boothe his love. I But the poor girl sull bledas she moaned; and ! with fointer voiee she said : 51 No, uiy ehief, I i shali ncver twine a wreath, but only my arms | onee more around thy neek.'' And leebly elaap-* | uig hnn, ehe said sobbing, niinting tones, j * aloha, niy sweet Lord, lay ule auiong the Ilow-1 ers by the Spriug of and do not e!ay my ; father.** j And tj)cn breath)ng mmm and inurmure "of; love, she lay for a ttmo weak ar<d fainting upon ' hcr lovere bretist, with her arms drooplng by \m\ side. Biit all at onee ghe clasps his iieek, and J with eheek io eheek, *he cUng6, «he lwv !ast i!irobs of love and awny . !

ami )ier ]|oor torn oom» lirs limp withiii Uie.imu ; of the lovb lorn ehleA * I ! t | As he crics oufc in his woe there are otfiCr' | voices in -the cavc, First he hcars tho voice oH jUa epcaKmg, to him in *ootlring tones as : etoopB to thc hody ol' her lrieiul ; and then in a | ! 3ittlc while he hears the volcc of his great lei\uer 1 ; calling ta him' and hidding him etay liia grlef, J . •'Oh King of all the Sea«, ?1 gaid Kaaialii 6tandlng < up, an<l seaving Kaala to the arms of Ua, " ii ! have lost the jasmine Ihou gavest ine'; it is hroken I and'dead| and I have no more joj in I£fe. ? ~ < " Whal," said Kamehameha,' " art thou a! ; ehief, and woukl east away life fbr a girl ? flere! \is Ca, who !oves thee ; she ia young and tenderl | like Kaala. Thou ehalt have her, and more If J | thou dost want, Tsjou Bhalt have besideß the I land I gave the in Kohala, all that thou shalt ask | !of Lanai. Its great valley of Palawai ehall be| ; thine ; and thou.shalt watch iny lishing grounds j iof Kaunolu, and be the Lord of Lanai." | Hear, oh Ohief of Ohiele,' 1 said Kaaialii, "I j |gave to_Kaa!a more of my life in loving her, and ; | of my strength in eeeking for her than ever 1 gave j for thee in battle. I gave to, her 'more"of love! than 1 ever gave to my mother, and more of my! thōnght than I ever gave to my own lifc. She j was my tery breath, and my iife, and how sball I live without her ? " Her face, since first I eaw her has been eveibefore me ; and her warm hrea*ts were iny joyl and repose ; and now that they are eokl to me, I! must go where hcr voice and love have gone. If! I shut my eyes now I eee iier hest; therefore let nie shut my eyes for evermore." And ae he | epoke, he stooped to clasp his love, said a Under i word of adifu to Ua ; and then with a gwift | ;etrong blow, erushed in brow and brain with a j ; stone. I | The dead ehief lay by the side of his love, and j ;Ua wailed over both. Then th'e great King or-1 dercd that the two lovers shoukl lie side by sidc | on a ladge of tlie eave ; and that they ehouklhe j wrapped in tapas whieh should be brought down |through thc sea in tight bamboos. And then therc was great wailing for the ehief and the maid who lay in the eave ; and thus wailed Ua ; Where urt thou, oh, brave cīnef? Where art ihou, oh, fond girl ? WiU ye sleep by the soutid of the sea ? Aud wiU ye dream of the gods of the deep » Oh, sire, \vhere now is thy child ' Oii, iuot!ier, \vhere uow thy son *' The lands of Ko!iala shaīl mourn Anu valleys of Lanai shall lameia, | Tlie spear of the chief shall rot in the cave» I Aud the tapa of t!ie maU is U ft undone, \ Thc \vreaths for his neek thev shall fade j They shall fade away ou the hllk. ] Oh f Kaaialii, who the uhu ? } ] Oh, Kaala, who shi\ll gather the >»<)« u ' ; I Have yc gone to the shores of Kahik!» To tlte laiKi of our father, Waken ? WtU ye feed on the oT ihe cave ? T " Aiui the limpets of the svuf beaten shore v - Oli, ehlei; oh, friēiid, I w\k\ld <eed ye, # Oh, ehiei, oh, friend, I rest wiih \e Ye loved, like the suu and the iiower, V\- Uved like ihe fish uud the f*?ave. Aud i.ow like tht m a s«hell, eleep iu yovvr < avo l y tHe 60A» Alas ! oh, chief al i-» ohj, friead, W ill ye sleep iu the cave cvermore * And th«e l*a wule<,V»u<|l th«n wae ?»rafi atraj by Jiei- l>rother to ILe fk>rK>ttful ehoi® ofKauiK>!u,' \*herotbero loiKi W4tliug for tl«? chWf ami ' the uiaid; aud nu\ny woro thc k;\uifc\us <>r ohauts' ol iameutatiou for tbe two lovors, who sklc' ; bv eide iu the {?pouti»g Cavo ol Kaula. ! —|- ! ' 1 ' * s | ~ liko a «ahnea. \ T!te iAiiniue o! Lanii»