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tation of which l^eing that old men and old women might lie down in the road with- 

 out being ruthlessly killed," or robbed of their belongings. 



By a tremendous effort Kamehameha extricated his foot and chased after the 

 men. There was a large clump of ohia trees in his way which could not be encircled 

 by less than three men. This obstructed Kamehameha from chasing after the men, 

 but he reached around one side of the clump of ohias till he caught one of the men, 

 whose body he bent over towards the clumj) of ohias, and thus killed him. When the 

 other men saw this they were fearfully alarmed and ran away. 



On another occasion, Kamehameha displayed his great strength when he and 

 his own personal attendant, Hema, alone went into a fight with Keoua at Koapapaa, 

 in Kekualele, and at Kealakaha, in Hamakua. There was a deep ravine, and very 

 narrow at the bottom. Kamehameha and Hema went down till they reached this lim- 

 ited space, when they met Keoua's warriors. Forty of them with their spears and 

 javelins jumped on Kamehameha, but they were as nothing to him. He stretched out 

 his hands, caught the warriors, and broke them in two, one after another, all of the 

 time moving onward. Thus Kamehameha slaughtered the soldiers until there re- 

 mained only ten, when he became exhausted. He then told his servant, "Say, help 

 me out." Hema" immediately jumped into the fray, killing the remaining ten; and 

 on that day be became a chief of Kamehameha, being released from his position of 

 attendant. 



OF THE THIRD WAR, KEPANIWAI. 



This is the third of Kamehameha's battles during his reign, and was fought 

 out at Maui, in the Valley of lao, at Wailuku."* It was one of the most renowned of 

 Kamehameha's battles, on account of the great number of canoes, of the people, and 

 of the damming of the waters of lao. This trip of the canoes from Hawaii was called 

 the Great Fleet, which was the first trip of Kamehameha's large pclelcu (canoes) to 

 Maui. It is said that the canoes which came in this single trip were so numerous that 

 they covered the whole landing place from Keoneoio to Olowalu without a space in- 

 tervening. 



In the battle at lao, Kalaikupule" was defeated by Kamehameha, the former 

 fleeing in a canoe and going to Oahu. In this battle the slaughter of the people of 

 Maui was so great that the stream and valley of lao was dammed that the water re- 

 ceded upward and did not flow downward as it does now. On accovmt of the great 

 number oi jieople slain and the great number of deaths of people rolling down the 

 precipice, that battle was known under three famous appellations. They are: Kepa- 

 niwai,"" Kauwaupali,"' and lao. In this war Maui became a possession of Kameha- 

 meha to this day of writing, and no one has ever denounced the powerful arm of Ka- 

 mehameha to this day. 



"This refers to the famous saying, "The old men and "There had been raids on Maui by Kamehameha's 



Kionicii and children shall lie in safety on the highway," forces on two or three occasions previous to this battle 



wliich antedates the niamalahoa decree several genera- of lao valley. 



"°"*- '"Kalaikupule, known also as Kalaiiil;iipnle, a son of 



''The incident here referred to is given in the sketch Kahekili. 



of Hema, a few pages further along. ''Kef'anizvai, the water dam. 



"Kamvan[<ali, the precipice climbers. 



