This story is given in the Fornander Collection, Vol. IV, Part III,
with the title Kaao no Kana a Me Niheu, Legend of Kana and Niheu. Mr.
Thrum speaks of the legend of Kana and Niheu as having “ear-marks of
great antiquity and such popularity as to be known by several
versions.” The chant in which his grandmother prays for a double canoe
for Kana is over a hundred lines long; Miss Beckwith speaks of this
chant as being still used as an incantation.