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and he tilled the soil in all places where he resided, and when in Kona that was his 

 great occupation ; he was noted as the husbandman king. Fishing was another favorite 

 vocation of Umi-a-Liloa whereby he was widely known as a fisherraan, from which he 

 was called the "chubby" of the fishermen.' Aku fishing was his favorite, and he so- 

 journed all along the barren coast from Kalahuipaa to Makaula. He also fished for 

 ahi, and for kala, and his fishing companions famous in that line were Pae, Kahuna, 

 and others. All the chiefs of his government were noted in cultivating the land and 

 in fishing, and other important works which would make them independent. 



Another thing that Umi-a-Liloa was famous for was his battle with the gods. 

 The cause of this battle was in this way : His royal consort, Piikea, had supernatural 

 grandmothers," who were Hapuu and Kalaihauola, and who desired to have a grand- 

 child that they might take it to Oahu to bring up, because the mother of Piikea, Laie- 

 loheloheikawai, belonged to Oahu. It was Laieloheloheikawai who sent the super- 

 natural grandmothers to Hawaii to obtain one of Piikea's children. When they 

 arrived in Hawaii Umi-a-Liloa refused to permit a child to be taken to Oahu to her 

 (Piikea's) mother. He had already made a vow that none of his children with Piikea 

 would be given to any one, and on that account the supernatural personages murdered 

 people during the night, for in the morning the dead people were found. This con- 

 tinued every night, the people dying without cause. Umi-a-Liloa was therefore 

 astonished at the way the men were killed without any knowledge of the murderers. 



Piikea then said to Umi-a-Liloa : "There is no other cause of death. My grand- 

 mothers, Hapuu and Kalaihauola, did the killing. They were sent by my mother to 

 bring one of our children, but you have withheld it, and that is why the people are 

 murdered." "How may the killing by the gods cease, then?" asked Umi. Piikea 

 answered : "When a child is obtained." But he was skeptical of the death by the 

 gods, yet the killing was still continuing. Therefore Umi-a-Liloa offered to fight the 

 deities at the sandy plains of Kamakahonu. Human beings battle with their hands, 

 clubs and stones, but the gods without hands, and when the battle was fought the 

 gods were victorious over the battle of men. The place is called Kauakeakua and 

 Kaiakeakua' to this day. 



As Hapuu and Kalaihauola were at the house with Piikea, the latter being preg- 

 nant with child, the old women slapped on Piikea's knees and the child was delivered 

 in front of one of the old women. The child being a girl, it was taken away by the 

 said deities and lived in Oahu. Thus the child Kahaiaonui-a-Piikea, or Kahaiaonui-a- 

 Umi, became the adopted of Laielolielohekawai. When Umi-a-Liloa returned from the 

 battle with the gods, behold the child was taken by Hapuu and Kalaihauola. 



It is said that there was another cause of the war; the unfaithfulness of Umi-a- 

 Liloa relative to his children. He was asked for his offspring from the very first child, 

 which he consented to give, but when a child was born he withheld it and would not 

 give it, but promised that the next child would be theirs (the gods), and so on and on. 



^ Poupou, rendered here "chubby", applied as a nickname, hardly agrees with the earlier statement of Umi's 

 excellent physique, which in one place won him two wives to the one each of his companions. 

 -(.)r grandmothers possessing supernatural powers. 

 ^"Battle of the god" and "sea of the god," in the sense of overwhelming. 



