7o6 Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian folk-lore. 



Kauahiia! Ymw older brother is in trouble. They have been placed in a dangerous 

 position by \(>ur younger brother, Kawelo." At that moment he awoke and said: 

 "Return and I will follow." He immediately bestirred himself and as his weapon, 

 Kahihikolo, which was sacred to Kumakaohuohu, his superior younger brother, stood 

 near at hand, the sacredness was ignored; he uprooted it, trunk and leaves, and went 

 down and stood at the landing. His younger brother saw and recited his chant, as 



follows : 



Awake, ^' O Kaiiahoa, 



The champion of Hanalci ! 



Strikingly strange is liis skiniber (hiring tlie noonday. 



Postpone the battle, O companion-in-birth;"- 



Spare me who is yonr kinsman." 



Kauahoa replied: "Perhaps my weapon will not be fully satisfied with you. Lot 

 us string llowers ; my garland is completed, whereas yours is not. Let us urinate. 

 1 urinate for a length of time: you, a short time. Why, then, will this weapon spare 

 you?""'' Kauahoa struck but [the blow] fell harmlessly on the back of Kawelo, who 

 urged his ulus forward: "O Kaulukauloko, Kaulukauwaho, etc., strike vehemently; 

 and hold the weapon down fast." When Kauahoa tried to withdraw [the weapon] it 

 mo\(.'(l not." Kawelo ran his spear: Kuikaa, from head to foot, and Kauahoa was 

 killed. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Kawelo Loses His Wife to Aikanaka. — Plot to Kill Kawelo and His Ulus. 

 — Kamalama, the Last Defender, Falls as He Calls Kawelo From Surfing. 

 — Kawelo Buries His Friend. — Is Stoned to Supposed Death. — His Half- 

 Sister Appointed Caretaker of the Body. 



Kawelo dwelt peacefully with no one to contend with in war, but, after living 

 together with his wife she was taken^^ by the ruling chief, Aikanaka. At this, Ka- 

 welo was left without a wife. Because Kawelo grieved very much for his wife, a 

 thought came to him to seek a way whereby his older brother might be thwarted. 



He dwelt alone, but meditated within himself: "What shall I do to him? 

 Either death, perhaps, or life?" And when he had spent some time in musing", all at 

 once he noticed the crowd assembled on the lowland for surf-riding, which always 

 drew a gathering from morning" to evening, and great was the desire of Kawelo; con- 

 sequently he forgot his wife and engaged in his fav^orite pastime of surf-riding. Let 

 us now depart from the narrative of Kawelo and speak about the beloved friend of 

 the marvelous one and his ulu followers. 



Whilst they were engaged with comparative comfort in their special calling, 

 spear practice, thereafter an idea occurred to the king, Aikanaka, to destroy^^ them 



'"A call lo a realization of his silualion. "Aikanaka serves Kawelo willi his same nicilicino, 



".\n attempt to win over Iiis brother whom he desig- "'i" '" 1"'"" seeks vengeance. 



nates as hixiluinaii, companion-in-birth. "''The spear practice is convincing to tlie king thai lie 



''Taunting in riddles. Hawaiians were much given is in danger unless he can accomplish the death of them 



to such. ''" • '' ti'pclii id lakou api.ut i ka make. 



