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When Paepae saw for himself that it was indeed Kualii he decided there and then 

 to abandon his first idea of enlisting Kauhi's aid, and left in haste for Kekaha to notify 

 the chiefs of his discovery and to ask their consent to the change in the programme. 

 Upon his arrival at Kaunakakai he fonnd that all the chiefs of Kekaha had gone to 

 Kalamaula preparing for another battle to commence upon the arrival of Kauhi. But 

 when Paepae arrived at Kalamaula the chiefs saw that Paepae had returned alone and 

 so were anxious to hear what he had to say about his mission. 



When Paepae came up to the chiefs he was asked: "Where is Kauhi, the chief?" 

 Paepae replied: "I left here with my mind fully made up to procure Kauhi, but upon 

 my arrival at Kaanapali I met Kualii, the king of Oahu, so I returned to inform you of 

 this fact and to urge upon you to try and enlist him on our side, else the Koolau chiefs 

 will get him first." When the chiefs heard this they urged upon Paepae to again set 

 sail, and also sent Kapolei, daughter of Keopuolono, to entertain Kualii. Early that 

 morning Paepae reached Kaanapali, but to his surprise found that Kualii had already 

 left for Molokai at dawn. 



Upon hearing that Kualii had already left for Molokai, he boarded his canoes again 

 and returned in haste. While in mid-channel he saw the flapping of the sails of canoes 

 inside of the reef at Kamalo, so Paepae followed in. Before the several things in Kua- 

 lii's canoes could be taken ashore and before the canoes could be hauled on the beach, 

 Paepae arrived and moored his canoe at the stern of Kualii's canoes. Without further 

 delay Paepae told Kualii the object of his errand in the following words: "I have come 

 to entreat you to come to our rescue. The chiefs of Koolau have taken up arms against 

 us with the intention of taking away from us our lands from Kawela to Maamomi. 

 Because of this desire on their part we have had several disputes and a battle is about 

 to commence. A minor engagement has alreadj' taken place, however, in which we 

 were beaten. The majority of the chiefs are encamped on the top of Maunaloa." 



When Kualii heard this he immediately gave his consent and the canoes were 

 again put to sea and they set sail for Kaunakakai where they arrived in due time. A 

 council was then held by the chiefs, at the close of which they set out. The men were em- 

 barked on the canoes, while the Molokai chiefs and Kualii went by land until they reached 

 Maamomi, where Kualii and the chiefs took the canoes and set sail for Kalaupapa. 



When the chiefs of Koolau heard that the war was to be carried into Kalaupapa, 

 the war canoes were put out from Halawa and from all the Koolau side to go to battle. 

 But Kualii and his chief warriors, Maheleana and Malanaihaehae, with two other war- 

 riors had alread}' encountered the chiefs residing at Kalaupapa and had defeated these 

 chiefs. But other chiefs of Koolau and Kona with their men arrived soon after this 

 who were prepared to continue the battle against the chiefs of Kekaha. In this battle 

 Paepae was very conspicuous both in strength and bravery, so much so that he and his 

 force surpassed the chief warriors of Kualii. When Kualii and his followers were vic- 

 torious over all the chiefs of Molokai all the lands on the Koolau side came into Pae- 

 pae's possession. This victory was not, however, gained through the use of the war 

 clubs, but through the use of Kualii's stone axe named Haulanuiakea. Following is 

 the story of the destruction of the enemy by Kualii with the blade of the axe. 



