Pili line

The overall arc of his career describes a brilliant young chief from foreign lands who was eager to share his abundant knowledge of advanced technology with distant frontier rustics.

It was in Tutuila that he first took refuge,[10] and where he acquired the Tuitele title,[11] but again grew discontent with the chiefs there who appointed him and later mocked his lack of skill in fishing, so onward he traveled to Upolu.

Samoan lore at this point recounts Pili's departure for Aopo where he established a vast plantation, became king, had many descendants, and later died.

It is in this window of the narrative that he likely found sojourn in Hawai'i at the behest of po'o-kahuna Pa'ao and established the Pili line there.

[13] Legends tell of a pair of dragons in Wailuku river near Hilo, one named Pili-a-mo'o, the other Noho-a-mo'o, who were defeated in a contest of arms and magic by Hiiaka the sister of volcano goddess Pele.