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up to a large leliiia' tree, where Kauhi called Kahalaopuna to come near to him. Think- 

 ing that the call boded no evil she went up to him, but no. As she stood in front of 

 Kauhi, he said: "Lie down." Kahalaopuna obeyed. Kauhi again said: "I am going 

 to kill you for you have taken the property of my lord, which I gave you, and have al- 

 lowed yourself to be defiled." Kahalaopuna answered: "My husband, for you are in- 

 deed my husband, I am not defiled; you must not kill me."" Kauhi then broke ofif a le- 

 hua branch and struck Kahalaopuna with it; two and three times he struck her, when 

 Kahalaopuna chanted the following lines : 



My husband from the uplands of Kahoiwai, 



From the ujilands where the creeping trees grow, 



My husband from Kahaimano, alas! 



Like unto a shark is your jealousy of nie, 



Quickly returning to bite at me. 



My great love for you is, however, broken, alas ! 



Kauhi again said to her: "You shall not live, for you have allowed yourself to be 

 defiled by another." Kahalaopuna answered: "I am not defiled, and I cannot see any 

 reason why you should beat me thus." Again Kauhi beat her until she was almost dead, 

 when Kahalaopuna again chanted : 



My husband from the rising dust of Kawiliwili, 



From the sunny plain of Mahinauli. 



The dark sixjt on the skin reminds me of you. 



Alas ! I am anxiously waiting for the heavy rains, 



And the wind from the front of Pokiikaua, 



My husband in the twilight of Mana 



Who accuses me unjustly. 



I stood and gazed there. 



Ready to weep 



As the tears gathered in my eyes. 



Alas ! Alas, my dear companion ! 



At this Kauhi again prepared to strike her with the stick to kill her. In her last 



faint cry she said : "My love to you. Let me kiss you, my husband, ere I depart from 



this life. Tell our i)arents of my love for them." Kauhi then said: "Why do you give 



your orders when you are thus about to die? I shall kill you." With that he struck her 



with the stick and killed her. Kauhi then dragged the dead body and laid it under the 



lehua tree, covered it over with leaves and ferns, fixed it so that it could not be seen and 



returned to his home. The spirit of Kahalaopttna flew to the top of the lehua tree and 



called out in a chant : 



(J ye vast company that is passing by. 



Go ye to my parents 



And tell them that Kahalaopuna is dead; 



''Lehua, or ohki lehua (Metrosideros I'olyinorfha). my death will be a just penalty, but unless I am found 



•A more literal rendering of this appeal would be: defiled, don't you kill me." 



"My husband, lie with me and if I have been deflowered 



