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The Kahunaanaana and the Kahunalapaau have never been considered as belonging to the high caste of Kahuna maoli. The Kahunaanaana, or sorcerers, inherited their functions. They were thoroughly detested, and the people feared them, and do to this day. The doctors were of two kinds. The first, the Kahunalapaau proper, comprised all who used plants in the treatment of disease.
They ate in advance the price of their labor, which usually consisted of hogs and fowls, and they died of starvation before the leaves ceased to sprout on the tree their adze had transformed into a canoe. The kauwa, servants, must not be confounded with the kauwa maoli, actual slaves. A high chief, even a wohi, would call himself without dishonor ke kauwa a ke 'lii nui, the servant of the king.
The sacerdotal order had its origin in Paao, whose descendants have always been regarded as the Kahuna maoli. Paao came from a distant land called Kahiki. According to several chiefs, his genealogy must be more correct than that of the kings.
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