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Kaehuikiawakea then started off running until he arrived at the beach, then 

 he pkinged in and swam to the canoe. While he was swimming toward the canoe, 

 he was seen by Kamalama, who chanted to Kawelo as follows : 



Say, Kaweloleimakua, 



Let us land, let us land. 



The offspring from the cliffs of Puna, 



The eyes of Haloa are looking from above, 



My lord, my chief. 



"What is it, what is it?" asked Kawelo. Kamalama replied: "Here is a man 

 for an offering to our god. Here he is; he is about to come aboard." Kawelo said: 

 "Is our cousin, Kaehuikiawakea, then to be the person whom you think we ought to 

 take and offer as a sacrifice to our god?" 



As soon as Kaehuikiawakea reached the canoe, he climbed aboard and asked: 

 "What are these canoes for?" Kamalama replied: "They are war canoes." Kaehu- 

 ikiawakea again inquired: "When you make war, who is your champion?" Kama- 

 lama replied: "I am." The man then asked again: "Where is Kawelo?" "He is in 

 Oahu." The man again asked: "What is this large bundle on the platform?" "It 

 contains our dift'erent things," answered Kamalama. 



Kaehuikiawakea then stood up and felt of the bundle with his feet and 

 remarked about the size of the bundle. After a while, he again asked Kamalama: 

 "How is the fight to begin?" Kamalama replied: "Let us first be allowed to come 

 ashore, then you can lift our canoe ashore. After that we will go and take a bath, 

 then come back and partake of some food; after we are satisfied we will then gird on 

 our loin cloths more tightly and the fight shall then begin." 



Kaehuikiawakea consented to this and said to Kamalama: "We will not get 

 out of breath for such as you, since Kawelo whose strength has been rumored to us 

 has remained behind." Soon after this, he again said to Kamalama boastingly: 

 "You go back to Oahu; these are not the canoes with which to fight Kauai." 



You must have a large canoe, 



A small canoe, a long canoe 



And a short canoe 



Before you come and make war on Kauai. 



W'hile this conversation was being carried on between the two on the canoes, 

 the people began to gather on the shore with the two champions, Kuahulu and Oni- 

 onikaua. The number of men under these two were about eight hundred, not counting 

 the women and children. 



As soon as the canoes touched the beach, the Kauai men were anxious to begin 

 the attack, but Kaehuikiawakea stopped them sa3'ing: "Don't fight them now. Let 

 us carry the canoes to the dry sand and then let these people go and have a bath, 

 and when they return, let them partake of some food; when they are satisfied they 

 can then gird on their loin cloths, then after that we can fight them."'"' The men 



"Very considerate antagonists. 



