At that time Kakuhihewa learned who the young man was, and was glad that he had not treated him uncivilly in any way and so lost his wonderful aid. He was very, very thankful for his victory over the king of Maui.
He ordered his servants to find Kauilani, but they could not. He was fully lost.
Wailuku, the wife of Maui-nui, asked Kakuhihewa what he intended to do with them.
He replied: “I will not kill. I am for life. I do not know how to make a man. I do not want [[243]]death. If you had won, you should have your desire. Now I will have life as my wish.”
Maui-nui returned to his island, but his wife remained with her brother.
The king ordered his people to make search everywhere for Kauilani. They went to Kauai, but he had not returned to his parents. They visited Maui and Hawaii, but found no trace. For several months the search was prosecuted. Even the mountains, hills, valleys, forests, jungles and caves were looked over as carefully as possible. By and by two chiefs, Kou and Waikiki, saw the signs of a high chief over Kapalama’s group of houses, and went up to make inquiries. They saw Kauilani and told him that the king wanted him to come back.
Lepe-a-moa said: “You must reveal yourself, and you must go back to that wife. Her time has come.”
Kauilani sent the chiefs, Kou and Waikiki, back to the king with the message that he would follow the next day.
In the morning he met the king, who said: “This year I have been near to death and from you came life, and you have been lost, to my sorrow. Now my daughter’s child is near birth, perhaps you can give life to your child.”
Kauilani went to his wife’s home. The [[244]]caretakers refused to let him give any aid until they had tried all their arts and failed.