22 Ponuuuicr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



structor in the art of using the war club as well as the other arts of warfare. Be- 

 cause of the fact that Kalonaikahailaau was living in Koolau, Kawelo ordered his wife 

 to proceed to her father's place and request that he reveal the use of a certain stroke 

 of the war club, also the bow and arrows used for shooting rats, and the axe used in 

 hewing canoes. 



On this journey to Koolau, Kanewahineikiaoha proceeded on ahead while Kama- 

 lama followed behind her. She did not see the young man on this outing. They 

 proceeded in this manner to Nuuanu, where they were when the sun sunk below the 

 horizon. Kanewahineikiaoha followed the winding trail down the steep cliff first 

 while Kamalama followed a few moments later. Before she got to the house, she 

 entered the stream and had a bath, while Kamalama hid himself outside of the house, 

 ])ut at a point close enough to overhear anything said in the house. When Kanewa- 

 hineikiaoha entered the sleeping house, she found that her mother was all by herself, 

 for Kalonaikahailaau was in another house kapued to the women, preparing awa 

 for the gods. When the mother saw her daughter she sprang on her and began to 

 wail, which was heard by the husband, and he sent a man to enquire as to the cause 

 of the wailing. The wife then informed the man that it was their daughter, Kanewa- 

 hineikiaoha. The man then returned to Kalonaikahailaau and told him that it was 

 their daughter. When he heard this, he concluded his prayers and returned to the 

 main house. When he met his daughter, he asked: "What is the object of my 

 daughter's journey in this dark night with the ghosts?" The daughter then told 

 the father the object of the journey, saying: "I have come for a certain stroke of 

 the war club, the one called Wahieloa, for my husband and myself, to take with us 

 to Kauai and to use it fighting against Aikanaka." At hearing this, Kalonaikahai- 

 laau chanted as follows : 



Our stroke of the war club will never do for your husband. 



Your husband is a plover, his legs are slim ; 



Your husband is a sandpiper, he runs here and there on the beach ; 



When struck by a big wave he would fall over easily ; 



Your husband is like the stalk of the banana, all he can do is to stand up.^* 



Your husband is like a hala tree, it has long hanging roots.'" 



Our stroke of the war club is fit only for your father, 



Who is large from top to bottom. 



The south wind may blow but he will not fall over. 



The moae wind may blow but he will not fall over. 



When the aalii""' tree does fall it must be uprooted. 



Kanewahineikiaoha then said: "All of what you have just said is heard by 

 my husband; he will miss nothing." The father replied: "What good ears he must 

 have; he is in Kona and we are here in Koolau" and yet he hears everything. How 



"Not a complimentary picture presented as his esti- "Aalii (Dodonaea viscosa), a rather common tree in 



mate of his son-in-law, Kawelo. high elevations, of hard grained dark wood. 



"The pandanus tree (hala), banyan like, has aerial '".Across the island, but more than its width in dis- 

 roots, nature's support for its heavy crown of leaves tance. 

 and fruit. 



