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to himself, and that he would wait until his brothers were led to the altar, when he 

 would make the last attempt and save them. At the time that Umalehu and his 

 brothers were about to be killed, Kila also went inside of the place of their expected 

 death and said: "Let me die first, and my brothers after me." When his mother and 

 aunt saw that Kila loved his brothers more than he did himself, they gave up their 

 determination to have their sons killed. 



CHAPTER IX. 



How HOOIPOIKAMALANAI AND HeR SiSTER LiVED IN WaIPIO AND ThEIR 



Return to Kauai. 



HOOIPOIKAMALANAI and her sister lived with their sons in Waipio many days 

 after this; but when the food began to show itself above the ground in all the lands, 

 then they returned to Kauai where Kila, his brothers and mother and aunt, made new 

 regulations and adjustments of the land and its government. Hooipoikanialanai and 

 her sister desired and insisted that Kila take charge and act as king of Kauai accord- 

 ing to the wish of Moikeha. In this desire of Hooipoikamalanai and her sister they 

 were disappointed, as Kila did not wish it to be so, but insisted that his mother and 

 aunt should be at the head of the government, their sons to live with them as advisers, 

 while he himself was to be independent; for, as he expressed it, he was satisfied with 

 his own land, Waipio. When his mother and aunt saw they could not prevail on Kila 

 to think as they did, Hooipoikamalanai and her sister acted as the rulers of Kauai 

 until their death, while Kila returned to Waipio with Kunaka, his adopted father. 



At the death of Hooipoikamalanai and Hinauu, their sons lived on after them 

 as the joint heirs and successors of the land in the place of their mothers. At about 

 this time Keoloewa, one of the chiefs of Kauai, rose in revolt against the sons of 

 Moikeha, in which he became victorious, and the sons of Moikeha were thus deprived 

 of their lands; for Keoloewa, by reason of his conquest, took all the lands to himself. 

 Shortly after this Keoloewa set sail for Waipio, Hawaii, to urge upon Kila to come 

 back to Kauai to be its king. Upon explaining his mission, Kunaka accepted the 

 offer made in behalf of his adopted son, and Kila returned with Keoloewa to Kauai 

 and assumed the position as king of Kauai with Keoloewa as his prime minister. 

 Shortly after Kila had assumed the position of chief ruler of Kauai, Laamaikahiki 

 arrived from Tahiti, this being his second visit to Hawaii. 



LAAMAIKAHIKl'S SECOND VISIT. 



After Laamaikahiki arrived at Tahiti upon his return from his first visit to 

 Hawaii, he heard through Hawena that Moikeha had died; so he decided to come for 

 the bones of Moikeha his father. Laamaikahiki soon after set sail for Hawaii and 

 first appeared off the Kau coast, and by evening of the same da}' had his canoe moored 

 on the beach at Kailikii. The following story is told of his arrival at Kau. 



