498 Pomander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



OF KAHAHAWAI. 



When Kahekili was reigning as king of Maui, and Kahahana was king of 

 Oahu, it was during this period that Kahahawai with a number of warriors came to 

 make war on Oahu. In this battle the people of Oahu were defeated and slaughtered 

 at Niuhelewai," and the waters of the stream were turned back, the stream being 

 dammed by the corpses of the men. 



After the battle of Niuhelewai, the chiefs and the men retreated and encamped 

 on the mountains of Kaala. They were well supplied with war implements and other 

 things necessary for the destruction of their enemies. So Kahahawai contrived a 

 means of destroying them, thus : They were a little more than forty men, and Kaha- 

 hawai told them to prepare torches. When these were ready they went one evening 

 to the top of a hill which was near to the rendezvous of the enemies where they light- 

 ed their torches. 



After the torches were lit they moved away to a cliff called Ivolekole" and hid 

 themselves there, leaving their torches burning at the former place until they (the 

 torches) died out. The enemies thought that Kahahawai and his men had gone oif to 

 sleep. They therefore made a raid on the men of Kahahawai. But Kahahawai and his 

 men arose and destroyed all the people who were asleep on the hills and the moun- 

 tains of Kaala. Thus the enemies were annihilated, none escaping. Those who raid- 

 ed the torch encampment were captured, there being no avenue for escape from death 

 and destruction bv Kahahawai and his men. 



Therefore, the conquest of Oahu by Kahekili was complete through the bravery 

 and great ingeniousness of his warrior, Kahahawai, in devising means for the destruc- 

 tion of the enemy. Thus Oahu remained in subjugation until the reign of Kalaiku- 

 pule, Kahekili's son, when it was conquered by Kamehameha. 



OF UMA. 



Uma was a daring and very small midget, looking at his person (about two cu- 

 bits and a half in height).'' He was very skillful in the art of bone-breaking, one of 

 the principal things taught in Hawaii. During the time of Kamehameha I, the king 

 of Hawaii, there was much robbery amongst the people, in lonely places, in ravines 

 and in forests of tall timbers. 



Uma belonged to Kohala, and Puehuehu was his place of abode. From there 

 he went to Puuhue, a hill which stands at the southern part of Kohala, a place thick- 

 1}^ covered with woods and shrubbery.'^ When Uma came to this place (he was carry- 

 ing a piece of salt meat) and on entering the forest he found four men resting.'* Two 

 were on the edge of the road, one toward the center, and one standing. 



Uma greeted them but they did not respond, and as Uma turned to go, a man 



"Niuhclczvai is the name of the locality of the Pa- '*Bands of professional robbers infested the lonely 



lama cane field between the Fire and Pumping stations. places of travel throughout the islands in the olden 



"Kolekolc is the name of a pass in the Waianae range time, some of them as lawless bands on their own ac- 



of mountains count, others again in the interest of a chief who would 



-A little short of four feet, English measure. ""'^ ^""^'^ '""'^^^'^ '^>' impoverishing his neighbors. 



"Not so like a forest section in these days. 



