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akua mana a me ka ikaika loa. A he heiau ikj hoi ko Hilo o Hunnuihi, e Hke me ko Kauai 

 heiau o Humuula, a he kapu no, a he 'kua no, a he mana no, ua hke a hke. 



O ke 'hi o Hilo ia wa, o Kuhikuhia, o Wanua ko Hamakua ahi, e noho ana lana 

 me ke kaua. O na koa kaulana o Hamakua, o Moanonuikalehua, o kana Laau palau o 

 Koholalele, hookahi lau kanaka e amo ai, eha haneri ma ka hehi Imu. O Kumunuiaiake, 

 he koa ia, o kana ihe, he mamane o Kawaihae, he umi anana ka loa, aole e maalili kana 

 ihe ke o i ke ahupuaa hookahi. O Puupuukaamai, he koa ia, o kana laau he pololu, he 

 koaie makua no ke kuahiwi, lulu ka makani, hoi ka wai o ke kahawai, pau na lau kanaka 

 ekolu i ka i>ahu hookahi ana. () neia mau koa ekolu, mahope o Wanua ke 'lii o Hama- 

 kua 



O ka Palila hana i ka ])ali o Kaula, o ka olokaa ijju i ke alanui, me ka hele ole ma 

 o a ma o, me ka ike o na mea a j^au o ke alanui kona wahi noho. Iloko o ka wa kaua, 

 ua nui ka make o na kanaka o Hamakua, aole nae i ike ia ka mea nana e luku nei, pela 

 a nui na la i hala mahope, aohe ike ia. Aka, ua lohe kekahi poc ma ka leo, i loko o 

 ka hoouka poe ana o ke kaua, ])enei : 



.\ make na'u na Palila, 



Na kama a ka Walewale, 



Na ka hanai a Lupea, 



Na ka 00 kani i ke kuahiwi nei la, 



Na ke 'kua ikaika na Ku. 



ka leo wale no ke lohe ia, aole ke kino, no ka mama loa o Palila ma ka holo ana, 

 nolaila, aole mea i ike ia ia, aka, ua nui ka noonoo o na kanaka nona, no ka i)au loa i ka 

 make. A o ka olelo a kekahi poe aole ana hele e kaua, he olokaa ipu wale no kana hana 

 i ke alanui, aohe ano koa, aohe hele ma o, a ma o. I ka hoouka kaua ana ma Kukaiau 

 i Hamakua, i laila o Palila i hoike kino ai ia ia iho imua o ka lehulehu, a me na 'Hi o 

 na aoao elua, a me na koa kaulana ekolu, oia o Moanonuikalehua, o Kumunuiaiake, o 

 Puupuukaamai. 



1 ka hoouka ana o ke kaua, ua oi ka ikaika o na koa o Hamakua i ko Hilo, a 

 ua nui ka make o Hilo i ko Hamakua. Ma keia hoouka ana ua lohe ia ka leo kaena a ua 

 mau koa nei, e olelo ana: "Owai ko Hilo koa ikaika e ku mai e kaua." 



A lohe o Palila i keia alelo kaena a ua ]xk koa nei, alalia, nonoi aku ia i ke 'Hi 

 o Hilo, ia Kulukulua, e waiho ke kaua aluka a me ka i)oe, a e ku ])akahi. Ina i make ke 



