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of Aikapu:** The husband ate by himself, had a se])arate house, a separate oven, and 

 so forth; so did the wife. They were separated in their social life. Ainoa*" means: 

 The husband and his wife eat together, dwelt in the same house, and so forth. 



When Kamehameha died the kingdom fell to Liholiho. Kekuaokalani did not 

 want Liholiho to remove the restrictions of the kingdom; he was in favor of aikapu, 

 therefore he opposed Liholiho, but Kaahumanu"' and the chiefs refused to continue 

 the restrictions. The cause of this reformation was the death of Kamehameha. All 

 the ])eople went into mourning, and it was during that time that the husband and 

 wife ate together, eating all foods that were restricted, and thus ainoa spread down to 

 the battle at Kuamoo with Kekuaokalani. 



When Kekuaokalani heard that Liholiho and all the chiefs had acceded to the 

 ainoa, he went and resided at Kaawaloa with his wife, Manono. He then prepared 

 to rebel and to fight against the ainoa ])eople. Then two chiefs, Naihe and Hoapili, 

 set sail from Kailua to Kaawaloa. They said to Kekuaokalani: "We have come to 

 bring you back to your nephew and reside at Kailua. and it shall be as you desire 

 whether the restrictions be continued or raised. But that shall be as you desire." Ke- 

 kuaokalani then said: "You two tarry here until Manono hears about it. Tomorrow 

 I will tell you." 



They rested there, and in the morning Kekuaokalani came to the presence of 

 Hoapili and Naihe. They then asked, "Are we going?" Kekuaokalani said "Yes," 

 but his assent was not real. He was bent on war. Wherefore Naihe and Hoapili 

 said: "The navel is cut then, companion." 



After this Naihe and Hoapili returned and arrived at Kailua, and told Kalai- 

 moku to prepare for war. Nine war canoes were made ready. Kalaimoku marched 

 overland, and when he came to Lekeleke, the battle commenced with Kekuaokalani's 

 scouts. In this battle Kalaimoku was defeated and a number of his men were killed. 

 They again met at Kuamoo, where- they fought from morning till evening when Ke- 

 kuaokalani was killed. He was hit in the leg by a bullet, the efifects of which render- 

 ing him very weak. His wife Manono remained safe. 



Manono was a very beautiful woman and her face \'ery fair to look upon. She 

 called to Kalaimoku and the men thus : "O spare us two! There is no safety before 

 the mouth of a gun." Kalaimoku then said: "You shall not live, because the chief 

 has been killed." Therefore she was shot and died soon after. 



After the death of Kekuaokalani and his wife Manono at Kuamoo, Kalaimo- 

 ku returned with the warriors to Kailua. They held a consultation and decided to 

 make war upon that other insurgent, Kainapau, a commoner, residing at Waipio, in 

 Hamakua. Kalaimoku and his men then set sail and arrived at Kawaihae. From 

 here they marched up to Waimea, arriving at a place called Pahupahua, near Mahi- 

 ki, where the fighting occurred. In the melee the rebels were annihilated and Kai- 

 napau overthrown. He fled to the uttermost backwoods of Waipio, hiding there, and 



"Aikapu was not only the eating apart by husband "Kaahumanu, the favorite queen of Kamehameha I, 



and wife, but it inckidcd restrictions upon women on and appointed premier of the kingdom shortly before 



many articles of food which the men were free to in- his death, 



dulge in. 



"Ainoa was to eat free from all restraint; a release 

 from kat>u. 



