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naha kaukahi, he kanaha waa peleleu nui, a he mau waa ohua ka nui. A he nvii hoi 

 na kanaka koa ma keia holo ana a Aiohikupua, a me na hi. Na mea kaua a pau loa, a me 

 ka iho aikanaka a Aiohikupua, o Kalahumoku ka inoa. 



A mahope o ka pae ana o na waa o Aiohikupua ma Keaau, pii aku la ia me kona 

 kuhina i Pahuh e nana ia Laieikawai. A hiki o Aiohikupua me kona kuhina i PahuH, e 

 noho ana na kaikuahine o Aiohikupua, he mau kiai no Laieikawai. 



Olelo mai la lakou: "E Aiohikupua, e hoi oe ano, he kapu o uka nei." Hoopaa 

 aku o Aiohikupua. I mai o Kahalaomapuana : "Ina oe e paa loa mai, make oe ano." A 

 lohe o Aiohikupua, a hoi mai la me ka huhu wela loa. A hiki i Keaau, kena aku la he umi 

 kanaka, e pii e pepehi i na kaikuahine a make. 



Ia Aiohikupua e olelo ana i na kanaka e pii, ike mai la o Waka, ke kupunawahine 

 o Laieikawai i keia hana a Aiohikupua. Hai aku la o Waka ia Kahalaomapuana, ko 

 Laieikawai kuhina nui, a lohe ia, pule aku la ia ia Kihanuilulumoku, penei: 



E Kihanuilulumoku, 



Ko niakou akua mana, 



Nana ia ke kupu, 



Ka eu o ka aina nei la, 



Pepehi ia a make, 



A holo ke olohelohe, 



E ao nae oe ia Kalahumoku, 



I ka ilio aikanaka a Aiohikupua, 



Hemahema oe pau kakou, 



Kulia ko ikaika a pau i luna, 



Amama, ua noa, lele wale. 



Ia po a wanaao, hiki na koa he umi i uka, me ke kuhina o Aiohikupua. Mahope 

 o ko lakou hiki ana i Paliuli, nehe ana ka laau a me ka makani i ke alelo o Kihanuilulu- 

 moku. Ia lakou e hoomau ana i ka hele, kaa loa lakou i waena o ka waha o ua moo nei. 

 Ia wa, maluna ke a luna, he poi ana iho na luna, pau loa lakou nei i loko, aohe ahailono i 

 koe aku, e lohe ai o Aiohikupua. 



Elua la i hala o ke kali ana o Aiohikupua, aohe hoi mai o keia poe, nolaila, hoouna 

 aku la ia he iwakalua poe koa loa ona, e pii e pepehi i na kaikuahine. Pii aku la, lakou a 

 hiki, hamo mai la no ka moo pau i ka ai ia. 



Kakali hou ke 'lii, a hala hou he la, hoouna hou i na koa he kanaha ka nui, a hiki 

 no i uka, pau no i ka make i ka moo. Ma keia hoi ole mai o na koa, kupu ae la ko Aio- 



