282 I'oniander Collection of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



Yea, vanquished is the coward, 



The man with spear ; 



With spear and drum, 



Shall be vanquished by Namakaokapaoo. 



When Namakaokaia heard these words of Namakaokapaoo, he adopted him as liis 

 bosom friend, and they hved together in the most restricted sacredness. 



At that time Namakaokalani was at war with Ku, king of Puna and Kau, and the 

 land was nearly all in the possession of Ku. Therefore Namakaokapaoo told Namakao- 

 kalani and Namakaokaia: "You two stay back; let me do the fighting." He asked them: 

 "When will you fight?" Namakaokalani answered: "In two days we will fight. That is 

 the day that I would be devoid of all my possessions and all Hawaii would belong to Ku. 

 There are with Kti two very brave and very strong men. One, who is Kahuaai, is a 

 very powerful soldier, who has a thorny spear for a weapon, and who never misses when 

 he throws it at a man or any other object. Kaunakiki is a soldier whose strength lies in 

 breaking a man to pieces;" if he caught a man he (the man) would be all broken up be- 

 fore he reached the ground. Therefore Ku insists on the battle taking place ; he has no 

 fear or dread, because he relies on these men." 



After two days had passed the battle was ready to be fought at Kawaihae. Na- 

 makaokapaoo with his friend Namakaokaia then came to Kawaihae, where Ku, the king, 

 was abiding. When they came near to where Ku was sitting, Namakaokapaoo ran vtp to 

 Ku, took hold of his head and pushing it back broke his neck, and the king died. All 

 Hawaii was thus subdued by Namakaokalani, and Namakaokapaoo reigned as king. 

 After several ten day periods Namakaokapaoo left Hawaii and returned to Oahu, and 

 from Oahu he visited his father Katiluakahai, in Kahikipapaialewa, where the story of 

 Namakaokapaoo ends. 



"Experts in the lua, or wrestling, by a sudden strangle hold on their opponent were said to be able to break 

 their bones in mid-air, ere throwing them to the ground. 



