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pleted the mele tliey held a conference as to the proper course for them to follow in 

 order that they might both reap equal benefit. Following is how they decided which 

 course to pursue while all b}' themselves and before the mele was made public: 



"Since we have composed and completed this mele, you (Kamakaaulani) must 

 therefore go and give its name to Kualii, and I (Kapaahulani) will go to the other chief 

 and urge him to make war upon Kualii. And when we become acquainted of the place 

 where the battle is to be fought ' then you are to take Kualii to the place and there con- 

 ceal yourselves in the bushes. You are to leave a mark on the road, however, so that 

 I may be informed of your being there. I will then stand and chant this mele that we 

 have just composed." 



After completing their arrangement, Kamakaaulani gave out the mele which was 

 known as the name of Kualii. Some considerable time after this, these two brothers 

 again got together and decided upon the time when they should bring about what 

 they had agreed iipon. The following is what they said at this last meeting while by 

 themselves : 



Kamakaaulani: "You go to the chief of Koolauloa' and bring him to the plains 

 of Keahumoa' where we will conceal ourselves. When you see a knotted ti leaf and 

 the tail of a small fish (aholehole)^ on a pile of sugar-cane peelings, then remember 

 that it is the sign that we are there and you can stand on that spot and chant the 

 mele. This must, however, be on the eve of Kane.' Yoii will find us on the plains 

 of Keahumoa." As soon as this was agreed upon, Kapaahulani proceeded on his 

 way to meet the chief of Koolauloa. When Kapaahulani reached Waialua where the 

 chief of Koolauloa had come and was residing for the time being, soon after his 

 arrival there he introduced himself to the chief, and thereupon urged him to go and 

 make war on Kualii. 



On a certain evening while the priests and the chief were watching the heavens 

 in order to discover if they could defeat Kualii, the astrologers, after a careful study, 

 were certain that their army would not be able to overcome the army of Kualii. When 

 Kapaahulani heard the decision arrived at by the priests of the chief of Koolauloa, he 

 remarked to one of the chief's attendants: "You go to the chief and tell him for me 

 that his priests are mistaken in their interpretations." Upon hearing this remark 

 made by Kapaahulani, the man went and said to the chief: "O Chief, that man (Kapa- 

 ahulani) has just said that your priests are mistaken in their interpretations." The 

 chief replied : "You go and bring that man to me. Let him come and say what he has 

 told you." 



Kapaahulani was then sent for and he was brought in the presence of the chief, 

 who asked him: "Is it true that you have said that my priests are mistaken in their 

 interpretations?" Kapaahulani replied to the chief: "Yes, it is true your priests are 



■ The place of baUle was generally by mutual agreement of contesting parties. Taking the enemy unaware does 

 not seem to have been a feature of Hawaiian warfare as a rule. 

 -The name of this opponent is shown later to be Lonoikaika. 

 'Ahumoa was in the Ewa district of Oahu. 

 * .Iholeholc {Kiih/ia i>ia/o). 

 ^The night of Kane was dark, the moon being twenty-seven days old. 



