but mainly connected with the doings of Pele in this part of the
Pacific Ocean. The story runs thus:

Kahinalii was the mother of Pele; Kanehoalani was her father; and
her two brothers were Kamohoalii and Kahuilaokalani. Pele was born
in the land of Hapakuela, a far-distant land at the edge of the sky,
toward the southwest. There she lived with her parents until she was
grown up, when she married Wahialoa; and to these were born a daughter
named Laka, and a son named Menehune. But after a time Pele's husband,
Wahialoa, was enticed away from her by Pele-kumulani. The deserted
Pele, being much displeased and troubled in mind on account of her
husband, started on her travels in search of him, and came in the
direction of the Hawaiian Islands. Now, at that time these islands were
a vast waste. There was no sea, nor was there any fresh water. When
Pele set out on her journey, her parents gave her the sea to go with
her and bear her canoes onward. So she sailed forward, flood-borne by
the sea, until she reached the land of Pakuela, and thence onward to
the land of Kanaloa. From her head she poured forth the sea as she
went, and her brothers composed the celebrated ancient mele:


O the sea, the great sea!
Forth bursts the sea:
Behold, it bursts on Kanaloa!


But the waters of the sea continued to rise until only the highest
points of the great mountains, Haleakala, Maunakea, and Maunaloa,
were visible; all else was covered. Afterward the sea receded until it
reached its present level. This event is called the _Kai a Kahinalii_