692 Fornandcr Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



waihae, they saw that tlie place was covered with a niuhitiide of people. The chief 

 Keoua then realized that he would be killed, so he reached for a cord and tied around 

 his person. The men whom Kamehameha sent to him said: "It is high time for you 

 to be girding up your loins: you will be killed for being cruel to others, for rebelling, 

 for disobeying the laws of the chief." Then Iveoua and his retinue wailed with loud 

 voices. Kamanawa and Kameeiamoku seized Keoua and held his head vmder the 

 water until he died, whence he was taken and baked in the imu. After Keoua died, 

 one of his attendants, Kaoleioku,' begged Kamehameha, "O ye chief! grant me protec- 

 tion that would save me." Kamehameha gave him the f'af>a'* as such; he rejected it, 

 saying that could not save him. Kamehameha next gave the water of Ahukini (per- 

 haps this water is still at Kawaihae at this time). He persisted in his refusal, saying 

 that could not save him. So Kamehameha granted him the mamalahoa, saying at 

 the same time, "No subject and no chief shall take your life; you may live!" The 

 other chiefs objected to this [gift] and said that mamalalaau should be given instead, 

 meaning by this a law which would allow of his being killed ; but Kamehameha would 

 not concede, for he had already spoken. Then one of Keoua's attendants, Wailama, 



cried as follows : 



My lord of the driving rain, 



The rain flying in the upland of Auaulele : 



The rain flies, flying with the wind. 



Flying to the lieadwater [the spring] to give it life. 



My lord from [the land of] the waterfall. 



After this Kamehameha sent some canoes to sail ahead to Oahu. These ca- 

 noes touched at Haneoo, Hana. Kahekili had arrived from Oahu, and it was made 

 known that it was his intention to wage war on Kamehameha. Kamehameha was sent 

 for. He came from Hawaii, and on arriving the fighting began, and was kept uj) un- 

 til Kahekili was defeated. Kahekili returned to Oahu while Kamehameha returned to 

 Hawaii. Kamehameha, however, set up the image called Kawalakii," clothing it with 

 ahiiula and with iiiahiolc for a hat; a spear and a war club of Kona were placed by 

 it, and it was consecrated to Malio. Because Kahekili's famous soldier, Keawepua- 

 hiki, saw that it did not move he went and struck at it with a club and broke it into 

 small pieces. Kahekili sent another famous soldier, Kapakahili by name, to battle with 

 Kamehameha, and they fought here on Maui until Kapakahili was defeated. Then 

 Kamehameha returned to Hawaii, and when he heard of Kahekili's death he went 

 after his kingdom. Then Kaiana rebelled, but was not victorious over Kamehameha. 



That was when Kamehameha commenced the cultivation at Ualakaa;'" the chief 

 was three years on Oahu; then he came to Lahaina. That was the time of the sound- 

 ing reed," that is, a thinned stem of coconut leaf placed on a flat piece of wood 

 which fitted in the mouth ; or it may be fibrous lauhala, and so forth. After three 

 years here, he returned to Hawaii. [Keakaloloa.] 



"This person was Kaniclianiolia's first-born son, but '"Ualakaa, or Roiindtop, at entrance of Manoa valley. 



1)eing at this time an adlierent of the Keoua party he "Ka iiiau kani, a mouth-sounding contrivance with 



was hablc to the death penalties of tlie vanquished, ^ coconut leaf which came into vogue at this time and 



hence his call for adequate protection. became thereafter a national chronological era, as here 



'Papa, a certain class or code of Kamehameha laws. noted, according to ancient custom, which reckoned by 



"Here the essayist confuses the events and time of events, not years, 

 t'mi witli that of Kamcliame]i:L, centuries ai)ari. 



