uaua

Hana-uaua, and in the darkness brought all their food to the canoes.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

The people of Hana-uaua heard the noise, and said that strangers had come, but whether for a fight or a feast they did not know.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

Fiti-nui was to go forth to fight and be killed by the Hana-uaua.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

They could not defeat the Hana-uaua, for they were small in number and the Hana-uaua were great.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

Piina of Hana-uaua, who lived in the next valley below this plateau.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

And when the season of the breadfruit had come and gone, one night when the rain and the wind made the earth tremble and slip, the people of Hana-uaua heard a roaring and a crashing.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

But they knew of the spear rock, and of the prophecy, and they were in truth the lost brothers of the Hana-uaua people.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

"That was four generations ago, and ever since that time the people of Hana-uaua have looked for some sign from their brothers who went away.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900