Some say that he deposited the body of Umi in the great pali of Kahulaana, but no one knows the exact spot; others say that it was in a cave at Waipio, at Puaahuku, at the top of the great pali over which the cascade of Hiilawe falls.
From time immemorial it was the custom at Hawaii to eat the flesh of great chiefs after death, then the bones were collected in a bundle, and concealed far out of the way.

Generally it was to a faithful attendant, a devoted _kahu_, that the honor of eating the flesh of his chief belonged by a sentiment of friendship, _no ke aloha_.

If they did not always eat the flesh of high chiefs and distinguished personages, they always took away their dead bodies, to bury them in the most secret caves, or in most inaccessible places.

But the same care was not taken with chiefs who had been regarded as wicked during their lives.

The proverb says of this: _Aole e nalo ana na iwi o ke 'lii kolohe; e nalo loa na iwi o ke 'lii maikai_--The bones of a bad chief do not disappear; those of a good chief are veiled from the eyes of all the world.
The high chiefs, before death, made their most trusty attendants swear to conceal their bones so that no one could discover them.