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  • Therefore, he instituted games called makahiki, and ordered that they should be held in his honor, and then sailed for foreign lands on a three-cornered raft, stating that he would return some day -- and that was the last of Lono.

    Roughing It, Part 8. Mark Twain 1872

  • Therefore, he instituted games called makahiki, and ordered that they should be held in his honor, and then sailed for foreign lands on a three-cornered raft, stating that he would return some day -- and that was the last of Lono.

    Roughing It Mark Twain 1872

  • Therefore, he instituted games called makahiki, and ordered that they should be held in his honor, and then sailed for foreign lands on a three-cornered raft, stating that he would return some day -- and that was the last of Lono.

    Roughing It 1871

  • Ia Laieikawai ma ko laua wahi me kana kane, he mea mau ia Kaonohiokala ka iho pinepine mai ilalo nei e ike i ka pono o kona mau kaikuahine, a me kana wahine opio (Laielohelohe), ekolu iho ana i ka makahiki hookahi.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ua nui no na la o ka Makaula ma Kauwiki, aneane makahiki a oi ae paha, aole nae oia i ike iki i ka hoailona mau ana e ukali nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ka lima o ka makahiki, ma ka pau ana o ka hapaha mua o ua makahiki la, iho hou mai la o Kaonohiokala i kana hana mau ilalo nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I keia hele ana o Kaonohiokala, hookahi makahiki; ia manawa, aole o kanamai o ka haohao o Laieikawai no ka hele loihi o kana kane.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Mahope iho oia manawa, hoomau aku la ke Alii i ka inu awa a hala na la he nui, ua like paha me hookahi makahiki, aole nae ke Alii i ike i ka waiwai oia hana ana, nolaila, hoopau iho la ke Alii ia hana.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A kaawale aku la kona kaikuahine, a i ka pau ana paha o a hapaha elua o ka lima o ka makahiki, iho hou mai la oia ilalo nei e hooko i kona manao kuko ia Laielohelohe.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Elima paha makahiki ka loihi o ko laua noho ana ma ka hoohiki paa o ka berita mare; a i ke ono paha o ka makahiki o ko Laieikawai ma noho pono ana me kana kane, ia manawa, haula iho la o Kaonohiokala i ka hewa me

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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