5o8 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



As Kakaalaneo drew near he said: "Who shall have the first chance? Shall it 

 be the stranger or the son of the soil?" ' Kepakailiula replied: "Let the son of the soil 

 have the first chance and the stranger the last." As soon as this was said, Kakaalaneo 

 threw his spear with the full belief that he would hit Kepakailiula. As the spear neared 

 Kepakailiula, he made a quick motion of the right elbow outward and allowed the spear 

 to enter in between his arm and body and then closed his arm again on the spear, as 

 the wind whistled by and the point of the spear quivered. The spear was held this way 

 for a moment and was then thrown onto the dung heap. Kakaalaneo believed he had 

 surely hit Kepakailiula, so expressed his delight in the following chant: 



I have hit him with my spear, 



My spear never misses its object when thrown 



At a blade of grass, 



At an ant, at a flea, 



Why should it miss you a larger object? 



Die, you shall not escape. 



When Kepakailitila threw the spear away, Kakaalaneo looked on and said: 



Why did my .spear miss the mark? 



Was it pushed from its course by a southern storm? 



Or warded off by the lauawa? ^ 



You have escaped my right. 



You shall be caught by the spear in my left. 



You shall die, you shall not escape. 



Kakaalaneo threw another spear. Kepakailiula opened out his left elbow and 

 allowed the spear to pass between the arm and body, when he closed his arm on it and 

 held it there for a moment, then threw it on the dung heap after the first spear. When 

 Kakaalaneo saw that he had again failed and having no other weapon, he turned to flee. 

 Kepakailiula then called out: "Is the mighty one then about to flee?" With this he swung 

 his war club Oleloikahie upwards and struck his opponent between the legs which ctit 

 him in two. Kakaalaneo with his last gasp then cried out: "Ye chiefs of Maui, are 

 yoti then to see me thus die without rendering me some assistance?" At this the Maui 

 chiefs and warriors jumped on Kepakailiula. Kepakailiula dropped his war cltib and 

 met them with his hands, catching those that came near him and breaking them in two, 

 allowing none of the chiefs to escape. The soldiers when they saw this turned and fled. 

 Kiinoho and Kiihele then jumped ashore and entered into the fight thus making three 

 on their side. Kepakailiula led the fight uprooting the trees and rocks on his way and 

 rolling them onto the enemy. When Kuktiipahu saw his son-in-law causing a great 

 slaughter amongst the people he took up the young wife in his arms, ran in front of 

 Kepakailiula and stood her up. When Kepakailiula saw it was his yotmg wife, Kapua- 

 okeonaona, he took her up, placed her on his back and retraced his steps, thus putting 

 a stop to the useless slaughter of the people. 



The people from the canoes then came ashore, baked the pigs and food and dwelt 

 in the abandoned houses. Kepakailiula after calling the people together addressed 

 them saying: "If you wish to reside on Maui do so, and if you wish to return to Hawaii 



'A customary form in a contest; courtesy giving the ^ Lauaiva, a Maui wind, 



stranger the choice first. 



