The seer asked some one in the crowd, "What is this assembly for and why are all these maidens standing in a circle before the chief?"
He was told, "All the virgins have been summoned by the chief's command, and the two who please Aiwohikupua, these he will take for his wives in place of Poliahu and Hinaikamalama, and their parents are to be clothed in feather cloaks."
Then the seer stood before the chiefs and all the assembly and cried in a loud voice:
"O chiefs, it is a wise and good thing for the chief to take whichever one of these virgins pleases him, but not one of these can fill the loss of Poliahu and Hinaikamalama.
"If any one of these virgins here could compare in beauty with the left leg of my daughters, then she would be worth it. These are pretty enough, but not like my daughters."
Said Aiwohikupua in an angry voice, "When did we ever know that you had daughters!"
And those who had brought their daughters before the chief looked upon the seer as an enemy.
And to the chief's angry words the seer replied, "Did I not seek diligently and alone for a ruler over all these islands? And this lord of the land, she is my daughter, and my other daughters, they are my lord's sisters.
"Should my daughter come hither and stand upon the sea, the ocean would be in tumult; if on land, the wind would blow, the sun be darkened, the rain fall, the thunder crash, the lightning flash, the mountain tremble, the land would be flooded, the ocean reddened, at the coming of my daughter and lord."
And the seer's words spread, fear through the assembly. But those whose virgin daughters were present were not pleased.