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s])ear which threw him down. Kiwalao's men then stabbed him on the back, with 

 wooden daggers. When Keeaunioku fell a man i)icrccd him with a long spear, where- 

 by he became very weak and near unto death, while the man said with a taunting brag: 

 "My spear has struck a yellow-backed crab." 



Then Kiwalao called to the warrior who was piercing Keeaunioku with the 

 long spear: "Save the ivory necklace," by which Keeaunioku understood that his 

 own death was sealed. And while he was thus lying prostrate on the grovmd, Ka- 

 manawa was leading the fighting against Kiwalao's warriors. Mahoe also stood up 

 with his sling, sending a stone which struck Kiwalao, knocking him down. When 

 Keeaunioku saw Kiwalao fall, he crawled over with a great effort, and when he 

 found him he throttled him with the leioiiiaiiii,'' which he held in his hand; and thus 

 Kiwalao died. 



On the death of Kiwalao, Kamehameha continued the fighting, and became 

 victorious over the opposing chiefs. Keoua fled by sea to Kau, and reigned there. 

 Keawemauhili fled over the mountains and became ruler over Hilo and Puna, while 

 Kamehameha became ruler over Kona, Koliala and Haniakua. Therefore there were 

 three different rulers on Hawaii at that time. 



OF KAUAAWA. SECOND BATTLE. 



This was Kaniehameha's second battle against his enemies, who were Keoua 

 and Keawemauhili. This battle took place on the mountains in Kau,'' which are 

 called Kauaawa," on account of the rains in the mountains. In this battle, Kanieha- 

 meha's supporters, who were also his chief advisors in the work necessary for the 

 battle, were Keeaunioku, Keaweaheulu, Kameeiamoku and Kamanawa. In this battle 

 Keoua and Keawemauhili were not defeated by Kamehameha, so he retired to Laupa- 

 hoehoe. After spending some time there, he again embarked in a canoe to fight for 

 the conquest of Hilo and Puna. 



When he arrived at Keaau, in Puna, he made a landing at Papai, where fish- 

 ermen gathered for their daily vocation. 



OF kamehameha's great strength in fighting. 



On landing at this place, where a number of fishermen dwelt, he chased after 

 them intending to kill them, and while thus pursuing the fishermen, he fell in a crev- 

 ice in the rocks where his foot caught and held him fast. Therefore he tried with 

 all his might to extricate himself. 



When he fell in the crevice, he was struck on the forehead with a paddle by 

 the fishermen, and on account of this fact the title of that famous law, the "iiiaiiiala- 

 hoa,"^'" was derived, which prevailed until the days of Kamehameha III, the interpre- 



"Leioinano, not Ic'wmanu, was a small shark-toothed "Kami aiva is virtually "bitter war," and may or may 



weapon, termed by some a dagger, though its use seems not have been caused by excessive rains, suggested by 



to have been with more of a saw purpose than a thrust. a division of the word into the phrase /eci iia aiua, 



"Kamehameha's second battle, pitted against the tliough in fact this would be misty rain, 



forces of Keoua of Kau and Keawemauhili of Hilo, re- "Kamehameha's famous iitaiiialahoa law was given by 



suiting indecisively, was in the windward section of him after recovery from his serious situation and the 



Hawaii, not in the southern district of Kau, for on his capture of his assailants, when he uttered this decree to 



defeat Kamehameha fell back upon Laupahocboe. protect them and their people against the penalty, of 



the then law, of stoning to death. 



