382 Pomander Collection of Hoivaiian folk-lore. 



After the lapse of some tens of days, after the incidents recorded above, Omaoka- 

 niaii met a man who was born and raised on the place, who asked him: "Why is it that 

 Imaikalani has not been slain by your people?" Omaokamau answered: "I don't know 

 why." The man said: "He can be slain, it can be done easily. It will not take much of 

 an exertion." Omaokamau then asked him : "Will you tell me how it can be done?" The 

 man then said to Omaokamau: "Say, if you obey what I will tell you, then I will do 

 what you want." Omaokamau then again asked him: "What do 3'ou want me to do?'' 

 The man said: "Don't speak a word about me and never re])eat to any one that I told 

 you how to get the best of Imaikalani, because I am his own immediate servant, a back- 

 bone; I am one of his kahili bearers." Omaokamau then gave his promise, that he would 

 not tell any one, not to the king, not to his own brothers nor to any other person. "If 

 you should hear or know that I have broken my promise, then my life shall be forfeited," 

 continued Omaokamau. Because of this promise made by Omaokamau, the man said: 

 "The birds which sit on the outside are his eyes, and it is by them that he is warned of 

 the approach of any person. On hearing this warning he prepared himself for the con- 

 flict. The men with him are also his eyes ; they are the ones who tell him when the enemy 

 is near and this gives him a chance to use his wits and to defend himself. But if the 

 birds and the men are first killed then Imaikalani can be slain, he will not escape." 



When Omaokamau heard this from the man, he stood up and started off to carry 

 out the advice given him. When he came up to the place where the birds generally sat 

 he cre])t up cautiously and struck them with his club, killing them. But before Omao- 

 kamau had the chance to kill the birds, they gave their warning note and Imaikalani 

 heard it; so he asked his men to look and see if a man was coming. The men then 

 looked and saw that it was Omaokamau. When Omaokamau came up to the guards, they 

 thought he had come to do battle with Imaikalani, and that he would come to the battle 

 ground and there make his stand, when Imaikalani would get ready to fight him ; but in 

 this they were mistaken, for Oniaokamau did not go to the battle ground but came right 

 along fearlessly with his war club in his hand. As soon as he came up to the two men 

 he struck them with his war club, killing them. He then turned to Imaikalani and poked 

 him in the stomach with the point of his club, killing him. 



Omaokamau then returned to Umi, the king, and told him of the death of Imai- 

 kalani, slain by his hands. W^hen Umi and the rest of the people heard this, they asked 

 him how he was able to kill the great and famous Imaikalani. Omaokamau then said to 

 them : "This is how I was able to slay Imaikalani : Yesterday on going down to the 

 stream of Manoni for a bath, I met a Maui man who asked me : 'Have you people killed 

 Imaikalani ?' I said, 'No.' Then he said to me : 'Yes, it is only a small thing to kill him.' 

 When I heard this, I asked him to tell me how it could be done, while I promised him at 

 the same time that I would keep his name and identity a secret. He then told me how I 

 was to do it; said he, 'Here is the way to kill Imaikalani: You must first kill the birds 

 and the two watchmen, who are Imaikalani's guards and who give him warning of the ap- 

 proach of any person. Kill the birds and the men, then you will be able to kill Imaika- 

 lani.' That is how I was able to kill him." 



