A Sfory of Kamehameha. 691 



A pau ke mele ana, olelo mai kela ia Kikane: "E hoi oe a ke "Hi, olelo aku e 

 hoi i Hawaii, alaila nana mai ia'u, a uhi kapa eleele, a kau hoi ka puaa i ka nviku, alaila, 

 kii mai i ka aina;" me he mea la, he olelo hoohuakeeo keia, o ke ano oia, aia a make 

 kii aku i ka aina. (3 ka huli hoi mai la no ia o Kikane a hiki imua o Kamehameha. 

 Ninau aku ke lii: "Aohe huaolelo a Kahekili ia oe?" "He huaolelo no," wahi a ke ai- 

 kane. "Pehea?" Hai aku la no hoi keia e like me ka mea i olelo ia mai iaia. 



NO KA IIOI ANA O KE'lII I HAWAII. 



A lohe ke 'Hi i keia man olelo, manao iho la ia e kipi ana o Kahekili iaia. Aolc 

 nae keia i maika i ua man pohaku nei, a o ka hoi e no keia. Makaukau na waa aohe 

 mea koe, kau iho la na kanaka he nui a me ke 'Hi ])u kekahi, a holo aku la a hiki ma 

 Kawaihae; aia kela wahi ma Kohala, ma ke komohana akau o Hawaii. Noho ke "Hi 

 ilaila ; o ka hoomaka ana ia e oki ka waa nunui i kapaia he peleleu. Ia wa, hai ae la ke 

 'Hi i kona kanawai he Mamalahoa, o ke ano oia, aohe alii, aohe makaainana e hele ma 

 ko lakou manao iho i ka lakou hana; o ka mea hoolohe ole i keia, he make kona; aia wale 

 no ma ka ke "Hi hana e hana ai. O kekahi alii o Keoua ka inoa, aole ia i hoolohe, ua 

 hele ia ma kona manao iho a luku aku i na kanaka o W'aimea, aole nae i hooko koke o 

 Kamehameha i ke kanawai maluna ona. 



I ke oki ana i ka waa a me ka hana ana a maikai, ekolu makahiki pau cono 

 lau waa, ua like ia me elua haneri a me kanaha. Pau keia, hoi ke 'Hi i Hilo, malaila 

 ooki Hou i na lau waa he eono iloko o na makahiki ekolu, hui ia me kela man waa ma- 

 nuia 480 iloko o na makahiki eono. Pau ia, hoi hou ke "lii i Kawaihae, oki hou i na 

 lau waa he eono i na makahiki ekolu, hui 'a me kela man waa, 720 iloko o na makahiki 

 eiwa. Pau ia, Hoi hou ke "lii i Hilo e oki hou i man waa eono lau i na makahiki 

 ekolu, hui ia me kela mau waa mamua, 960, iloko o na makahiki he unukumamalua ; 

 alaila ua lawa ka makemake o ke "lii. 



Pau ka hana ana i na waa peleleu, hoouna "ku 'la ke 'Hi elua mau kanaka, o Ka- 

 meeiamoku anie Kamanawa, e kii ia Keoua. A hiki keia mau elele imua o Keoua, ni- 

 nau mai kela: "Heaha ka olua i hele mai nei i o'u nei?"" Pane aku laua nei: "I hoou- 

 na mai nei ke "lii e kii mai maua ia oe."' Olelo aku o Keoua: "Ina he make ka ke "Hi 

 ia"u ano ka wa pono o olua e hai mai."' Olelo aku o Kamanawa ma: 'Aohe make a ko 

 keiki, he aloha ko keiki ia oe, nolaila, ko maua mea i Hoouna ia mai nei."' Pane mai 

 na kahu o Keoua: "E ke "lii, o kela mau olelo i hai ia mai la, he alapahi, oia Hoi, he 

 wahahee, aohe oiaio, eia nae ka maua, mauka nei kakou e hele ai, ina mauka nei, alaila, 

 he make ia Kamehameha a He make no hoi ia kakou."" 



Aka, mamuli o ka paakiki ame ka maalea o na olelo a Kameeiamoku, ua inmi ke 

 "lii a o ka ae no ia e holo maluna o na waa. I ka hulo ana n lakou nei a hiki ma Ka- 



