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all; and he said to the wife of liis younger brother whom he had brought: "Say, you 

 woman whom I have taken by my own hands!" "What is it?" the wife answered. 

 "How is it; is it jjossible for me to defeat Kawelo and his ulu adherents?" She re- 

 plied: "If you want to kill my husband and his ulus, here is the only way to insure 

 death: Should you wish the death of the ulus first, then proclaim that all the people 

 gather together to perform the Friday'"' tasks ; and no man shall stay away during that 

 time you have so decreed, and he who defaults will suffer death. Thereby the ulus 

 will be killed,'^' and afterwards my husband. Furthermore, howe\-er, I have in- 

 structed my husband : all things were taught him, except one, and that is fighting with 

 stones, which art 1'''" did not teach him. P>ut if he should come out unscathed from 

 that death-dealing method, what a great pity would it then be that our bones should 

 be allowed to bleach in the sun." The other remarked: "Does he know what he has 

 in store?" Soon after this, Aikanaka summoned all the men to assemble; no man 

 should stav back, and if an\- was absent from the king's call, death would be the pen- 

 alty. Let us leave the proclamation of the king and turn aside to the ulus of Ka- 

 welo. What are they doing now? 



While the ulus were making preparation to attend and ascertain the object of 

 the king's proclamation, young Kamalama''" first cautioned the most of the ulus: 

 "Should we ascend, and should the labor day approach, do not one of you go off; we 

 must remain in one place together; maybe this is a summons^" wherein our death is 

 ])lanned. 



The ulus readilv assented. They therefore went up and approached the place 

 that had been set apart for the work. To their surprise, they noticed the majority 

 of the men held diggers in their hands. But Kamalama had brought his javelin, 

 Hawae, along. Said he to the ulus: "In the event of our remaining here, and the 

 king commands us to ascend to perform the labor, then go up in a body. Here it 

 is: Doom appears to lurk before me — we are going to be killed, and no survivor will 

 remain." Kaulukauloko remarked: "Decidedly so; if we are defeated by them, that 

 is all to it; but wait until the trial takes place." 



However, before an attack was commenced against them, eight piles of stones 

 had been ])repared by the men and the king on a hill, the name of which was Hulili. 

 Immediately the ulus were surrounded, and they were trapped in the centre. He 

 (Kamalama) heard the king command that the diggers be thrust; that the stones be 

 thrown. Kamalama said to the ulus : "There is no hope left ! Seek your strength in 

 order to escape." The ulus began to press forward. They all fought on furiously 

 from early morning until the sun had passed the zenith ; two ulus still survived, and 

 nine were killed. The names of the remainine ulus were Kauluikapapaakea and the 

 friend of Kawelo, Kamalama. Nevertheless, the greater part of the men had been 



"The l>oalima (Friday) was the right of king or chiefs "The other version of Kawelo makes his father-in- 



to the fifth day of the week, of his people for any work law as his warrior-tutor in all except one chib-strokc, 



or service he might wish performed. These were which he reserved in self defense. 



known originally as konohiki days. To disregard the ''"Kamahimaikipokii, of the original, signilies "the little 



law by non-attendance of any tenant on poalima days youngest Kamalama." 



met with severe penalties. /• kuahaua was to proclaim, " '"Premonitio]i of threatened danger puts them on their 



lo herald abroad. guard for concerted action. 



''This assumes that the ulus will ignore the procla- 

 mation. 



