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which Kawelo caught hold of. His wife asked him: "What is the matter with you, 

 Kawelo?" Kawelo replied: "I was ashamed for you,"" because they said I was a 

 born servant." Kanewahineikiaoha then said: "How strange of you! You must first 

 consider whether you are a born servant. Had I not seen you, you would have been 

 killed." Kawelo then thought for a while, and chanted as t'ollows: 



The chicken is tlie king, 



Tiie chicken roosts on the house. 



And sits over your liead, Aikanaka. 



The chicken wakes you up in the mornino-. 



The chicken is a king, it is a king. 



At the end of this chant, Aikanaka said to his priests : "Kawelo says that a 

 chicken is a king." The priests said to Aikanaka: "You tell Kawelo that chickens 

 are servants." When Kawelo heard these remarks repeated by Aikanaka, he again 

 chanted as follows : 



The feathers of the chickens are plaited 



Into kahili, that stand in the presence of kings. 



Your back, Aikanaka. is brushed by the kahih. 



Therefore chickens are kings. 



Chickens are kings, Aikanaka, 



And not servants. 



At the close of this chant, Kawelo heard no more replies from the top of the 

 hill."' This was because they were afraid of Kawelo, and they had secretly left the 

 hill and had proceeded to the uplands of Hanapepe, at Koula, where Aikanaka took up 

 his residence. 



When Kawelo and his wife arrived on the top of the hill, they saw no one, not 

 even Aikanaka the king. Kawelo then lighted a fire"'' which was seen by Kamalama 

 and the adopted sons, Kaeleha and Kalaumeki. 



CHAPTER Vni. 



The Division of the Lands of Kauai. — Aikanaka Becomes a Tiller 



OF Ground. 



After the conquest of Kauai by Kawelo, he proceeded to divide the lands 

 ef|ually between his followers and companions in arms.'" He did not act greedily and 

 take all the l)est lands and the riches that came with the conquest. The following 

 division of Kauai was made by Kawelo, to Kamalama, Kaeleha and Kalaumeki: 

 Koolau to Kalaumeki; Puna to Kaeleha; Kona to Kamalama; the whole of Kauai 

 to Kawelo. 



"Ashamed on his wife's account. "According to custom "to the victors belong the 



•'Kawelo silences his enemies and thcv flee, leaving spoils," the new ruler divides tlie conquered lands 



him conqueror. ' ^"'""6 his brave warriors. 

 "The prearranged signal of victory. 



