Pele has made of it a heap of ruins; the trees of the mountains have descended toward the sea; the ohia and pandanus are on the shore.

Your country is no longer habitable." The chief made answer; "Prophet of evil, if what you now tell me is true, you shall live; but if, when I return to my country, I prove the falsity of your predictions, I will come back on purpose, and you shall die by my hand." Unable, in spite of his incredulity, to forget this terrible prophecy, Keliikuku set sail for Hawaii.

He reached Hamakua, and, landing, traveled, home by short stages.

From the heights of Hilo, at the village of Makahanaloa, he beheld in the distance all his province overwhelmed in chaotic ruin, a prey to fire and smoke.

In despair, the unfortunate chief hung himself on the very spot where he first discovered this sad spectacle.
This tradition of the meeting of Keliikuku and Kaneakalau is still sometimes chanted by the Kanakas.