40 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Kamalama is like a full-grown cock. 



Thoii art the piercing rod ; I will keep the record. 



After they are slain, the record will surely be great. 



Yes, gather up the spoils. 



Kamalama's knees are bent down, 



The food will soon be prepared. 



The nose is bitten by the barking dog. 



The pig will attack its master. 



The shark will attack the kala fish, 



The eel will attack the bait. 



The plover will shake its tail, 



Bend the knees, make him sit, 



Kuahilau our opponent. 



Straighten out the hair, and thus double your points. 



There is a day when one is brave and a day when one is routed. 



This is a cool day, Kamalama, 



For the spear is darting backwards and forwards from the hand. 



The spear is stringing the clififs of lehua. 



The down of a young chicken stands up. 



The feathers of the cock are ruffled. 



Kamalama is like a hidden reef which breaks the canoes of Wailua 



Loaded down with warriors. 



The highways are filled with the fleeing soldiers 



Scattered and peeping like young chicks in the brush. 



Forbear of the great slaughter, 



Beware of thine inwards," Kamalama. 



Eat up the points of the spears 



Made from the rafters of Mamalahoa, 



The kauu'ila wood of Puukapele, 



The ha^upuc of Haalelea, 



The kee of Kalalau. 



They are as playthings for Kamalama. 



Kamalama, my younger brother, come back. 



In this chant of Kawelo's, his three soldiers, Kamalama, Kaeleha and Kalau- 

 meki, heard it, and they returned. Upon their arrival at the place where Kawelo and 

 the others were standing, Kawelo asked them: "How fares the war?" Kamalaina 

 replied: "Kuahulu'-' and his companion and a good many of their men are dead; 

 what few are left are those that are climbing the hill, Nounou; and Kauahoa, our 

 relative, is the greatest warrior that is left on the hill." When Kawelo heard his 

 brother's report, he realized at once that the report given him by Kauluiki and the 

 others was all a lie, and he was therefore satisfied that they were cowards. Therefore 

 he chanted the following lines: 



You certainly do not deserve even a small portion of pity 

 Because of the rock that has just rolled. 



"This chant of Kawelo's, highly figurative through- reports that had been received of the conflict then 



out, is a mixture of hopes and fears through the false raging. 



"Kuahulu, another of Aikanaka's generals. 



