332 Fornandcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



THE THIRD BATTLE, BETWEEN KAMAPUAA AND KUILIOLOA. 



After the conquest of Kahiki by Kamapuaa, he left his father-in-law, Kowea, in 

 charge of the country, while he went on his way to meet Kuilioloa. 



Kuilioloa was a dog" which had a human body and had also supernatural powers. 

 He was a great soldier and a famous warrior. He was the strongest man in his coun- 

 try and no one was found who would face him. 



Before Kamapuaa met Kuilioloa, Kamapuaa had met his two wives, and it was 

 by these women that Kamapuaa was informed of their husband being a dog, and how 

 they feared Kuilioloa. Because of their fear they requested of Kamapuaa to kill their 

 husband and in that way free them from him ; and for this service the two were willing 

 to become the wives of Kamapuaa should he succeed in killing Kuilioloa. 



After this conversation between them, Kuilioloa came home, and upon seeing 

 Kamapuaa his countenance became changed, his hair stood n\i, his upper jaw went up and 

 his lower jaw came down and his teeth were exposed. When Kamapuaa saw the fea- 

 tures of Kuilioloa, he chanted the following mele: 



Bristling up, yes. 



Bristling up. 



He seems mad, yes. 



He seems mad. 



The toes are scratching, 



The tail is twisting, 



The eyes are threatening. 



The teeth are exposed, 



Ready to bite. 



I am bitten, 



I am bitten. 



That is from you the dog, 



Death is from me the hog. 



After this Kamapuaa called for his supernatural hog bodies, the weeds," kukui, 

 the amaiimaii, the tihaloa, to hold open the mouth of Kuilioloa, that it could not bite. The 

 hogs then entered the mouth of Kuilioloa and ate his inwards until he was killed. 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Fourth Battle, Between Kamapuaa and Peee. 



Kamapuaa sailed for Hawaii and in due course of time landed in Puna ; then he 

 proceeded to Kilauea, where Pele*'' and her sisters and brothers were living. When 

 Kamapuaa arrived at Kilauea he went and stood on a point of land called Akanikolea, 

 looking down into the pit, a place kapued by Pele for her own use. It was on this point 



"A case of dog-man against hog-man power. While "Mostly grass, shrubs and weeds with which to clog 



Kamapuaa is the lone representative of the swine tribe the dog's mouth. 



in the list of Hawaiian demigods there are several "Pelc, goddess of the volcano, and her Hiiaka sisters, 



legends which seek to immortalize the dog with super- of which there were eight, and five brothers, who pre- 



natural powers. sided over the destiny of Kilauea. 



