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art thou?" Kauhi answered without fear: "Kauhiakama's." Haloalena again asked 

 him: "Was it Kauhiakama that told 3'ou to destroy all my skeletons?" Kauhi replied: 

 "Kauhiakama did not tell me to destroy the skeletons in your storehouses, but what he 

 told me was to come and act in a mischievous manner and to be fearless. This was all 

 he told me; therefore I came and acted mischievously." This was the cause of the hos- 

 tilities between the king of Lanai and the king of Maui, and the reason why the king 

 of Lanai wanted to be independent and not be any longer under the king of Maui. At 

 this time the chiefs of Lanai were under the control of Kamalalawalu, king of Maui. 



When Kualii heard of this proposed war he set sail from Hilo and first touched 

 at Kaupo where he found that the Maui chiefs had gone to Lanai. Upon hearing this 

 Kualii continued on his way to Lanai and landed at Wailehua. Upon his arrival at this 

 place Kualii saw a fleet of war canoes in Kekaa. Kamalalawalu at this time was on 

 Lanai with his army waiting for the return of Haloalena when the fight would commence. 

 When Haloalena heard that Kualii was on his way to this war he decided to wait with 

 his fleet of war canoes at Kekaa. On the next day the news of Kualii's arrival at 

 Wailehua was carried to Haloalena. Lnmediately upon hearing this he started off to 

 meet Kualii and entreat him to take up his cause and fight Kamalalawalu. 



That night Kualii and the chiefs of Lanai sailed under the lee side of Kaena as 

 directed by the people who were acquainted with the place. All that night until the 

 next day Kualii's canoes were moored along the beach at Manele. [In the meantime 

 Kamalalawalu was still waiting for Haloalena.] After a time Kamalalawalu grew 

 anxious and sent for his messenger Hinau and instructed him to make a circuit of 

 Lanai. When Hinau arrived at Manele he saw Kualii's fleet of canoes moored there, 

 and according to their appearance judged them to be war canoes. Upon making this 

 discovery Hinau drew closer with the intention of ascertaining if they were Haloalena's. 

 He did not, however, see Haloalena and Kualii, but by the paddlers he recognized Ha- 

 loalena's canoes, and by the shape and appearance of the others he was positive they 

 belonged to Kualii. 



Upon making this last discovery Hinau returned to Kamalalawalu and informed 

 him of what he had seen in the following words: "I ran by way of Maunalei to Kaena 

 without seeing the king. From this last place I continued to Manele and there I saw 

 some canoes moored along the beach which had the appearance of war canoes. Upon 

 making this discovery I drew closer so as to ascertain their true character. I did not, 

 however, see the chiefs who owned the canoes, but I saw the king's paddlers; they ap- 

 peared to me to be Haloalena's men, and the other canoes looked like those of Kualii. 

 I did not, however, see Kualii. 



When Kamalalawalu heard Hinau speak of Kualii, he immediately sent for 

 some soldiers and ordered them to go and bring Kualii. When Kauhi heard the orders 

 given to the soldiers he thereupon set out and ran to Manele to meet Kualii without 

 receiving any orders from Kamalalawalu to do so, but took it upon himself to be the 

 first person to bring Kualii. When Kauhi arrived at the place where the canoes moored 

 he first looked for Haloalena's canoes and upon ascertaining which canoes were his, 

 this mischievous son of Kauhiakama unfastened the rope that held Haloalena's canoes 



