Brief Sketch of Koiiiehaiiielia I. /^.yi 



ka Mamalahoa. Eia ke ano: "E hele ka elemakule a me ka luahine a moe i ke ala," aole 

 e pepehi wale ia, aole hao wale ia ko lakou waiwai. 



A no ka ikaika loa o ko Kamehameha oni ana, heme aela kona wawae, alalia, alu- 

 alu aku la ia i ke kanaka. Aia hoi, he opu ohia nui e ku ana niamua o ko Kanlehameha 

 alo. ekohi kanaka nana e apo puni ae, oia ka niea nana i keakea i ko Kamehameha hahai 

 ana, aka, apo aku la o Kamehameha me kona man lima ma na aoao o ke opu ohia, a loaa 

 aku la ke kanaka ia ia, hoopio maila ia i ke kino o ke kanaka i ke opu ohia, a make ihola. 

 A ike kekahi mau kanaka makau ihola, a holo aku la. 



O kekahi hoike ana o Kamehameha i kona ikaika. Ia ia i hele ai me kona kahu 

 ponoi me Hema, i loko o ke kaua a Keoua ma Koapapaa i Kekualele, ma Kealakaha. ma 

 Hamakua, he kahawai hohonu manao loa ia, a he haiki loa o lalo o ka honua, o ke kaha- 

 wai, iho aku la o Kamehameha me Hema, a hiki ia wahi haiki, halawai maila na koa o 

 Keoua me Kamehameha. Ia wa, lele mai na koa o Keoua he kanaha, iluna o Kameha- 

 meha, me ka pololu, ka elau, ka ihe, aka he mea ole ia mau mea ia Kamehameha. Lalau 

 aku o Kamehameha me kona mau lima, hakihaki i na koa, hele aku ana imua, pela o Ka- 

 mehameha i noke ai i na koa, a koe he umi koa. pau ke aho o Kamehameha. Olelo ia i 

 kona kahu ia Hema: "E, e kokua ae oe ia'u," ia wa, lele o Hema, pau na koa he umi 

 i koe i ka make, nolaila, lilo o Hema ia la, he 'Hi no Kamehameha, pau kona kahu ana. 



KAU.A. AKOLU. KEP.^NIWAI. 



O keia ke kolu o na kaua a Kamehameha i kona aupuni ; ma Maui keia kaua ana, 

 ma ke kahawai o lao, ma Wailuku. O keia kekahi o na kaua kaulana loa a Kamehameha 

 no ka nui o na waa, no ka nui o na kanaka, no ka paa ana o ka wai o lao. Ma keia holo 

 ana mai a na waa mai Hawaii mai, ua kapaia o ka waa nui, oia ko Kamehameha pele- 

 leu nnia o ka holo ana i ke kaua ma Maui. Ua olelo ia ka nui o na waa ia holo hooka- 

 hi ana mai, ua jjani ia ke awa mai Keoneoio a Olowalu e na waa, aole wahi kaawale. 



Ma ke kaua ana ma lao, ua hee o Kalaikupule ia Kamehameha, a mahuka aku la 

 ma ka waa a noho i Oahu. A ma keia kaua ana, ua luku ia na kanaka o Maui, a ua 

 paa ka hohonu o ka wai o lao a me ke kahawai, a ua hoi ka wai i uka, aole kahe i kai 

 elike me keia wa. No ka nui loa o na kanaka, ke kumu paa o ka wai, a no ka nui loa o 

 ka i^oe make mailuna mai o ka pali. Nolaila, ua kapa ia ia kaua ana ma na inoa kaulana 

 ekolu, o Kepaniwai, o Kauwaupali, o lao. Ma keia kaua ana i lilo ai o Maui ia Kameha- 

 meha, a hiki i keia kakau ana, aole nohoi he mea nana i hoole i na lima kakauha o Kame- 

 hameha a hiki loa i keia kau. 



