324 Fo)uander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



While Kanaloapulehu and his followers were fleeing they met the Kohala and 

 tlie Hamakna rebels at a place called Nakikiaianihau. Kanaloapulehn commanded 

 them, saying: "Let us go back and encamp at Haleokapuni, and let some of us go on to 

 Puukohola, and when Lonoikamakahiki is seen approaching Nakikiaianihau, then we 

 will occupy Puukohola so we can shower rocks from above and Lonoikamakahiki's battle 

 will be a defeat." All the chiefs observed the commands of the general and encamped at 

 Haleokapuni immediately below the temple of Puukohola' and Mailekini at Kawaihae. 

 Lonoikamakahiki, however, did not manoeuver as was anticipated by the rebels. 



After Lonoikamakahiki became victorious at the battle of Kaunooa he consulted 

 his priests ( kahunas) as to what steps best to take in order to lead to victory. The priests 

 directed him to proceed by way of Pili until they came to Puupa, "and there a big battle 

 should be fought, because thus far we have only fought against the Konas, and know 

 nothing about Hilo and Puna, nor of Hamakna. Pay no heed to Kohala, it is a small 

 district; let us fight her last. Proceed against the triplets. Puna, Hilo and Hamakna." 



Lonoikamakahiki followed the directions of his priests.' Proceeding upwards 

 from Kaunooa and about midwa}^ of the plains at about midnight they could see the 

 fires of the rebels at Puupa. Lonoikamakahiki asked his priests: "What is that fire?" 

 The priests answered: "A battle. It is the fires of the traitors of the land." He asked 

 again: "What of us?" The kahunas answered: "Send along forty men with torches 

 in their hands, each man to carry four torches to burn, so as to deceive and to give the 

 rebels the impression that there are four iorty men, allowing them to proceed directly 

 and when immediately outside of Puupa permit them to light their torches so we may 

 be able to locate the whereabouts of the enemy and learn where they are encamped, the 

 battle to begin at once, we to follow them from the rear and the forty from the opposite 

 direction, and the enemy will be routed." 



Receiving the instructions from the priests, Lonoikamakahiki sent out forty men 

 with Pupuakea, who made forty-one. They followed the instructions of the priests, 

 each man carrying four torches, proceeding along the direction indicated by the priests. 

 They travelled along to the outskirts of the camp of the rebels, lighted their four 

 forty torches and set up a tremendous shouting, "Onto the traitors of the land! Onto 

 the traitors of the land!" and such like. 



The rebels saw the burning torches and heard the loud yells. After first count- 

 ing the number of torches and discovering there were onlj' four forties the rebels gave 

 chase. While the rebels were absent Lonoikamakahiki and his men arrived, and in the 

 fight with Pupuakea's men, who gained b}- repulsing the rebels, Lonoikamakahiki and 

 his army stood off read}' to receive them. The battle waxed fierce and hard until the 

 two divisions of Lonoikamakahiki and Pupuakea came together, when there was great 



'The erection of this historic temple of Puukohola is generally credited to Kamehameha I. in obedience to the in- 

 structions of Kapoukahi, Kauai's renowned prophet, whereby he would obtain supremacy over Hawaii without more 

 loss of life. — Pol. Race, vol. I, p. 240. According to this tradition it is shown that Kamehameha's work was simply 

 one of reconstruction and reconsecration to his war god Kukailimoku, for victory over his opponents, and it is a 

 coincidence that the same deity as Kaili, Lono's war god, presided here, as also at the heiausof Muleiula, in Kohala, 

 and Makolea in Kahaluu. Kona, in their consecration by I^ono as acknowledgment for his victories. — lb., p. 122. 



°The war being directed b^- the priests instead of Ijy tried warriors of the king shows their notion of being directed 

 by the deities in temple services. 



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