4o8 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



The first battle on Oabu in which Kualii took part where a general war was had, 

 was the one fought on Kawaluna, the heights above Waolani,' where a great slaughter 

 took place that reddened the pili grass of Keanakamano. The history of that battle is 



told as follows : 



Oahu had four kings just prior to the time of Kakuhihewa; Lonohulimoku was 



the king of Koolaupoko; Lonohulilani was the king of Koolauloa and Waialua; Lono- 



kukaelekoa was the king of Waianae and Ewa : and Lonoikaika was the king of Kona, 



from Moanalua to Maunalua. While Kualii was residing at Kalehuawehe, in Waikiki, 



at a time when he was about to attain the age of manhood, he began to be dissatisfied 



with the king of Kona district, because his immediate attendants often complained of 



being oppressed and would come to him with the following remarks : 



"If your muscular body was only that of a fearless warrior these bones would 

 indeed be saved: but no, your strength is worthless. Here we are being ordered 

 roughly by the different chiefs which is so degrading and angers us. In your younger 

 days you could beat everybody whom you fought against. Being so fearless in your 

 childhood days, one would think it would continue; yet alas, it was only the fearless- 

 ness of youth." Kualii replied: "There will be fighting then, since you have found 

 the cause why I should urge it. A few days hence the pili grass will be reddened." ' 



On the expiration of the days during which the temple on Kawaluna was dedi- 

 cated,' the following night the army of Lonoikaika arrived on Keanakamano, as word 

 had been carried to Lonoikaika that "Kualii has rebelled." This was the reason why 

 the soldiers slept that night on the plains of Keanakamano, Kualii in dedicating the 

 temple on Kawaluna had overstepped himself. Very early that morning Kualii aroused 

 his father Kauakahiakahoowaha' with the words: "Say, Where art thou? Rouse 

 up the men, we are now surrounded by the enemy; there is one army below us, there 

 is another army from Koolau and there is still another one from Waialua ; there is but 

 one pali left, that of Waolani, therefore you must rouse up the men and get them 

 together as I am ready for the battle." Kauakahiakahoowaha replied: "How do you 

 know that we are surrounded by the enemy?" 



Kualii spoke up: "The night tells me that there will be war in the day time, for 

 the king, Lonoikaika, has remarked, that we have rebelled against him, because we 

 have come here to dedicate this temple on Kawaluna, thus taking upon ourselves 

 something which only a great god has power to do." Kauakahiakahoowaha replied: 

 "Say, Kualii, since the night has told you that there will be war during the day and 

 you say there is left us but one more pali, that of Waolani, my idea is this: let us 

 escape by way of that pali this early morning and return to Waikiki." Kualii replied: 

 "Why should we run? Do you suppose that we would be saved by escaping? If we 

 are to die in this battle, running will not save us, we would indeed die; and if we are 

 to live, we will surely live." 



' On the northerly side of Nuuanu Valley, now the Country Club. 

 ^ Reddened with men ; the gathering armies. 



^Kualii appears here to assume a hereditary royal right to this high service, though rival aliis were ruling Oahu's 

 several districts. 



* Kauiikahiakaliotncaha, Kualii's father, was a great-grandson of Kahuihewa. king of Oahu. Mahuliia was Ku- 



alii's mother. 



