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Pauoa, and Kaheiki, which is adjacent to Maemae. There he met the van of the 

 army of Kahekih. As to the forces of Kahahana, tlie main army was at Waolani ;" 

 while the front was descending from Maemae. When Peapea arrived between Ka- 

 IiekiH's and Kaliahana's warriors, he stood to defy'" [the advance]. 



peapea's battle and his victory. 



As Peapea was standing between the ]\Iaui and Oahu ranks, he commenced to 

 give battle. He pursued" the numerous warriors of Kahahana, and when they were 

 caught by him, they were crushed (breaking in his hands as a brittle twig by the de- 

 stroyer, was his treatment of the men). Likewise were those on the right hand and 

 on the left. Thus he pressed upward until he encountered the poc'' and they were 

 standing in a circle. (The meaning of the word "poe" : a very great number of 

 men, ranging from two laus to a iiiaiio, equivalent to eight hundred or more. ) 



When Peapea approached the section of the army of Kahahana, Peapea rushed 

 into their midst and was immediately surrounded by overwhelming numbers. Simul- 

 taneously, the javelins were cast, the long spear, the spike, the war club; the stone 

 was hurled, the maa thrower cast his sling-shot, the club was struck ; but they were 

 as bathing water'' for Peapea, and they were as nothing to his powerful strength. 

 Thus he went slaughtering until reaching Luakaha, in Nuuanu. Kahahana and his 

 chiefs were defeated and fled, the majority having been all slain by Peapea. Oahu 

 being conquered by Kahekili, Peapea took Kekuapoi," Kahahana's wife, as his own, 

 on account of his courage and strength, and [they] lived together. 



OF KEKUAPOI. 



Kekuajjoi''' was highly reputed as an excellent woman with a beautiful counte- 

 nance to behold, and she was faultless. It is narrated in the story of this battle, that 

 she was the superior of Oahu here and of the other islands. On the death of her 

 husband, Kahahana, Kahekili had determined to take Kekuapoi as his wife, but, she 

 became his son's, Peapea's. At this seizure by Peapea of Kekuapoi as his wife, Ka- 

 hekili was greatly angered. Hence, he dis])atched a courier to fetch Kekuapoi to him, 

 but, she was not relinquished by Peapea. Many were the messengers Kahekili sent, 

 but Kekuapoi never came, for she was withheld by Peapea. Wherefore, Kahekili" 

 again sent the messenger to summon Peapea and his wife to appear, and should they 

 remain, then Peapea would be punished with death. The courier having arri\'ed in 

 the presence of Peapea so informed him. Peapea, hearing, responded. 



SWaoIani, the upper part and small valley above the "On the principle "to the victor belongs the spoils," 



Country Club, Nuuanu. Peapea claims the famously beautiful wife of Kahahana 



"Pant, in this case a hindrance to the army's advance; '°'' himself, 



to stay the proceedings, there he stood, defiant. "All traditions referring to Kekuapoi agree in loud 



"Hahai aku la: he gave chase. On catching Kaha- Praise of her rare beauty in face and form. Aohe ana 



hana's men he crushed them (haihai—i ka lima) in his '""■ She had no second, i.e., there was none to compare 



hands. with her. 



'■Poc, the company or large body of men ; the main "Kahekili is determined not to be robbed of his legiti- 



body of the army. mate spoils of war, according to the usage of those 



"Here again is the a.'(ii' auau, or enjoyment of Peapea 

 as if bathing. 



