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sometimes Pumaia would get possession of the pig and again the others would get it. 

 This was kept up for some time when at last a regular fight was had. Pumaia then 

 struck out one blow on the right and one on the left with his fists, killing all the 

 men except one, who ran to the king, Kualii, and reported to him, saying: "We have 

 all been killed by Pumaia and I alone am left to bring the tidings to you." Kualii 

 then ordered his soldiers and officers to arm themselves with their spears and other im- 

 plements of war and to dress in their war helmets and feather capes and when ready 

 to go and make war on Pumaia. 



After this fight Pumaia left Pukoula and moved on to Kewalo where he was met 

 by the soldiers and a regular battle was fought in which Pumaia slew all of Kualii's 

 warriors and officers. One of the men, however, managed to escape and carried the re- 

 sult to Kualii. When Kualii heard that his warriors and officers had all been killed, 

 he called all his chiefs and warriors to come together, with his god, Kanemuka. Pumaia 

 in the meantime had moved on to Pawaa, where he was met by Kualii and his men, and 

 another battle was fought in which Pumaia again slew all the chiefs and warriors, with 

 the exception of Kualii and his god. When Kualii saw that his men and chiefs were 

 all slain he prayed to his god to capture Pumaia, and so through the power of this god 

 Pumaia was caught and bound. Kualii was so incensed at Pumaia that he was imme- 

 diately killed and was dragged to Kapua where his dead body was thrown into the pit 

 with the men he had killed. In the course of the ill treatment given his body, the jaws 

 were crushed and cut up into fragments. 



Pumaia's wife and young daughter in the meantime were at home where they 

 were awaiting for his return, from early in the afternoon until midnight. At this long 

 absence of Pumaia the mother remarked to the daughter: "Your father perhaps is dead. 

 In all his travels before this he generall}' returned home before dark." While the two 

 were talking they heard a shaking noise outside the house and an indistinct call to open 

 the door. The mother then rose and opened the door, and lo it was the spirit of Pumaia. 



Relating to the spirit of Pumaia: It is told in this legend that the spirit is always 

 much stronger than the living body and that several people have been killed by spirits; 

 the following narrative will show this. 



As the jaw bones of Pumaia were so crushed his words were indistinctly heard, 

 so the spirit had to resort to whispers and gesticulations of the hands, like a deaf and 

 dumb person, in order to be understood. Pumaia then said to his wife: "I struck out 

 right and left and killed them all." The wife asked: "You killed them all?" "Yes, 

 yes," at the same time bringing the hands together and making the negative motion 

 to indicate that nothing was left. Pumaia then said to the wife: "Let us go and get 

 my bod}'." The wife assented and took a piece of kapa cloth in which to wrap the 

 body. The blazing spirit ' then went ahead, the wife following until they reached 

 Kapua, the temple of Kualii and the pit where the body had been thrown. The spirit 

 of Pumaia then flew and landed right in the center of the pit and flamed; the night 

 guards were fast asleep, as it was then well on towards midnight," the Milky Way being 

 plainly seen. The wife then approached the hole and felt of the dead bodies. The 



' Lapalapa, as used here is to indicate the blazing nature of Pumaia's spirit in its directing movements. 

 ^ Hull ka la, the turning fish, was the appearance of the Milky Way. 



