to have been the progenitor of the _Kanaka-maoli_, the people living
on the mainland of Kane (_Aina kumupuaa a Kane_): the youngest was the
progenitor of the white people (_ka poe keo keo maoli_). This Lua-nuu
(like Abraham, the tenth from Noah, also like Abraham), through his
grandson, Kini-lau-a-mano, became the ancestor of the twelve children
of the latter, and the original founder of the Menehune people,
from whom this legend makes the Polynesian family descend."

The Rev. Sheldon Dibble, in his history of the Sandwich Islands,
published at Lahainaluna, in 1843, gives a tradition which very
much resembles the history of Joseph. "Waikelenuiaiku was one of ten
brethren who had one sister. They were all the children of one father,
whose name was Waiku. Waikelenuiaiku was much beloved by his father,
but his brethren hated him. On account of their hatred they carried him
and cast him into a pit belonging to Holonaeole. The oldest brother
had pity on him, and gave charge to Holonaeole to take good care of
him. Waikelenuiaiku escaped and fled to a country over which reigned a
king whose name was Kamohoalii. There he was thrown into a dark place,
a pit under ground, in which many persons were confined for various
crimes. Whilst confined in this dark place he told his companions to
dream dreams and tell them to him. The night following four of the
prisoners had dreams. The first dreamed that he saw a ripe _ohia_
(native apple), and his spirit ate it; the second dreamed that he saw
a ripe banana, and his spirit ate it; the third dreamed that he saw a
hog, and his spirit ate it; and the fourth dreamed that he saw _awa_,
pressed out the juice, and his spirit drank it. The first three dreams,
pertaining to food, Waikelenuiaiku interpreted unfavorably, and told
the dreamers they must prepare to die. The fourth dream, pertaining to
drink, he interpreted to signify deliverance and life. The first three
dreamers were slain according to the interpretation, and the fourth