290 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



"Yes, it is true, because wlieu you offered to wager your lauds uutil there remaiued 

 but a very small portion of Oaliu he refused and would not wager his feather kahili 

 for all the land you offered ; but he accepted instead the inside of this house. He took 

 this offer because of yourself the king, and your people, in order to kill us. We are 

 beaten. You had better cry out to the king for mercy, and that we be saved." Kakuhi- 

 hewa then called out: "Say, King of Hawaii, have mercy! You have won." 



When Ivonoikamakahiki heard this call for mercy, together with the cries of the 

 people, he desisted and allowed the people to get away, and in the name of his regularly 

 accepted law, "Mercy has rendered the law useless," he withheld his hand and would 

 not attack the people further. This was the beginning of the many hoopapa contests 

 of lyonoikamakahiki. 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Contests, and the Arrival 



OF Kaikilani. 



After this defeat of Kakuhihewa by Lonoikamakahiki, Lanahuimihaku and 

 his companion then said to Kakuhihewa: "Say, Kakuhihewa, since we have been beaten 

 by the king of Hawaii in this contest, let this be his victory. Our idea is this : we think 

 it a good plan that we go out fishing. It is more than possible that the king of Hawaii 

 can be enticed to follow us out, and if he does, and he gets excited over the sport, he 

 will surely ask us for hook, line and bait ; then we will shame him, for he is a king 

 without any knowledge of the art of fishing. If this can be done we will be able to 

 defeat him, and you will then get his feather kahili." 



Because of this, Kakuhihewa made up his mind to agree to this proposition 

 expressed by Lanahuimihaku and his companion, so all doubts were removed from his 

 mind as to his ability to win the feather kahili, and being easily led by Ivanahuimihaku 

 and his companion, Kakuhihewa of course consented. It was a common thing with 

 Kakuhihewa to give in to the wishes of the two men, for he had the most implicit con- 

 fidence in them. 



On the morning of the day after, Kakuhihewa and his men made ready the 

 double canoe and set out for the fishing grounds for a day of fishing. The fishing 

 grounds they decided to go to that day were the ones called Akaka, directly out of 

 Kailua, at a point from which Kahuku in Koolauloa and Mokuoniki on the east of 

 Molokai could be seen. 



When Lonoikamakahiki saw Kakuhihewa setting out for the purpose of fishing, 

 he turned and said to his retainer, Loli: "I think it a good idea that we follow Kakuhi- 

 hewa and his companions and look on while the king of Oahu does his fishing." 

 Loli replied to his ward: "You must not urge us to follow out to watch the fishing, for 

 if you get stubborn I will get killed, because you do not know how to fish." To this 

 Lonoikamakahiki said to Loli: "Why should you get killed without any cause?" 

 The attendant replied: "Here is the reason why I shall be killed: after we get to the 

 fishing grounds you will see Kakuhihewa and his companions hauling in the fish, 



