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count of his quick traveling, he sailed and returned that self-same day without a night 

 intervening. Tarrying two days at Kawaihae, they departed for Maui, and landed at 

 Keawaiki, which was Lele, and which, at present, is Lahaina. There were Kamalala- 

 walu and Makakuikalani. 



After Kavihiakama had disembarked at Lele, Kamalalawalu questioned him: 

 "How is Hawaii?" Kauhiakama gave his reply, boasting and misleading: 



Beautiful" Koliala ! The people's height is to the nose. 



There are no men on the whole of Hawaii.^" 



I have voyaged from Kawaihae, 



To Kaawaloa, in Kona. 



There are no men ; the houses stand empty. 



On account of these words of Kauhiakama, Kamalalawalu was deceived; and 

 therefore, he made preparations to sail away and fight with Lonoikamakahiki. 



Let us briefly comment on Kauhiakama. He was an exceedingly careless man re- 

 garding his proceedings, and was very ignorant. It seemed as if his stomach" and 

 head belonged to others that he could not be more thoughtless. While he had been 

 cruising from Kawaihae to Kaawaloa, the seashore borders were completely covered 

 with standing houses. Since he had approached in the early morning, the dwellers had 

 ascended to the uplands to till the soil, while others had gone fishing, therefore, they 

 were not found in the houses. It was at Kohala, the place he had seen that there were 

 many men and numerous houses, and which was the only place, he thought, that was 

 populated. 



KAMALALAWALU AND MAKAKUIKALANl's VOYAGE TO HAWAII TO BATTLE WITH 



LONOIKAMAKAHIKI AND PUPUKEA. 



On this journey of Kamalalawalu's with his Maui men to Hawaii to fight, there 

 were very many canoes."* (It is said that the Alenuihaha channel was so covered from 

 Maui to Kohala and Kawaihae that the waves and the sea were invisible. ) 



When they landed at Kawaihae, the seashores were blockaded by the canoes from 

 the promontory of Kanamee, Upolu, to Kohala, and thence to Kaelehuluhulu, in Kona, 

 and whose extent approximated thirty miles. The chief of Waimea and Kawaihae at 

 that time was Kanaloauo. He gave battle to Kamalalawalu, and Kanaloauo was de- 

 feated by him. Kamalalawalu then went forth to slay him. 



At that time, two men, Kumaikeau and Kumakaia, were abiding there. They 

 were men related to Lonoikamakahiki and Kanaloauo. Both cunningly addressed Ka- 

 malalawalu, saying: "He is conquered;" it is not wise to kill, but let a veil conceal his 



"'Lei, wreathed or bedecked ; synonymous with naiti, 

 beautiful Kohala; hence unprepared for warfare, and 

 designating the men as but dwarfs (i-ka nuku), was 

 further evidence of weakness in a contest. 



'"Judgment on the whole is given from a wrong im- 

 pression of the two misjudged districts hastily crossed, 

 as shown in the narrative. 



"Opu ame ke poo; head and stomach ; no hai, be- 

 longed to others. The seat of thought with Hawaiians 

 was the stomach ; and to be so misled indicated that 

 some one else possessed his mind. 



"This large canoe fleet resembles that of Umi in his 

 invasion of Maui, and allowing for exaggeration in 

 both cases, it indicates the largeness of war fleets in 

 those days. 



"Ua make, in the sense used here is more likely stun- 

 ned, or injured, or feigning death rather than dead, as 

 shown in the context. The word make has many defi- 

 nitions, and the anxiety of his relatives to have him 

 covered instead of killed shows hope of possible rescue 

 or release. 



