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Pomander CoUccfioii of Hcra'aiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



Ik- ne<l at iiiKin, while the sun was high. 

 Tlie small man saw him and the large 



man ; 

 The tall man saw him and the short man 

 At the camp gronnd of Akahipapa. 

 240, Thou gavcst up thy life, thy death ; 



The south land and the north are gone ; 

 There they are now lost, grudge not to 



yield them, dispute not. hold not 



hack. 

 Give up to him what he has gained, with 



his joy, 

 That his followers may be glad, the high 

 officers of trust. 

 243. He is a well fed fowl, the chief is a finished 



man. 

 Warmed in the fire-house until the 



stift'ened feathers rattle ; 

 Of varied colors, like the many colored 



paddles, like the piles of kauila 



timber. 

 The feathers rise and fall when the cock 



spurs ; 

 The cock spurs south and then spurs north, 

 250. 'Till one great spur blow of itself 



Hits the head, he flees, much wounded. 

 The chief bites like a dog, he scratches the 



ground like a fowl ; 

 The foot scratches, the soft dust flies 



upward, 



] hee'^ no i kc awakca, iluna nui no ka la, 

 Ike ke kanaka iki ke kanaka nui,''' 

 Ike kanaka loa kanaka jxjko. 

 I ha papa-" la o .Vkahipapa ; 



240. Ilaawi OC-' i kou ca, o kou make, 

 Lilo ka henia me ka akau. 

 Ala.'-" lilo, mai welawela. niai e'a e'a, mai 



puniu, 

 Waihoa-^ ko ia nei ko, me ko ia nei olioli ; 

 I olioli ai na pilikamau.-* na kahu lauaua. 



245. O ka moa i hanai ia,-'' oki o ka lani, 



I lania"'' i ka hale uahi, a kani eeina ka 



huhi. 

 Ohiohi-' nia hoe panoa la. me he pun 



kauila ka io ; 

 E hulili-" napa iluna ka paku ; 

 Paku ka hema paku ka akau ; 



250. Hookahi-"' no ka pakuna iho, 



Ku no i ka ihu,^" holo hai liilii iana. 

 Hae ka lani helu i ke kahua, 

 Helu ka wawae ku ke'hu. 



"I hee, flee, run away, i. e., Kiwalan. 



'"All classes of men saw him flee, the little man, the great man, etc. 



"'Akahipapa, name of the place where Kamehameha and Kiwalao met and conversed together. 



■'The following lines describe the conversation of Kamehameha and Kiwalao. Haawi oe i kou ea. thou gavest 

 the breath, o kou make, and death, i. e., to give one's life and death. Kiwalao did not wish to light, but Kcoua 

 did. 



"Ala, for aiala, ano, now it is lost; welawela, to be stingy, to hnU] liack one's giving; mai eaea, do not quar- 

 rel ; mai puniu, be not close, stingy. 



■'Waihoa, for e waihoia, let go, leave; ko ia, his, for kona ; ko, what lie lias gained by war; me koia nei olioli. 

 with his satisfaction. This is the advice of the poet to Kiwalao. 



"'Na pilikamau, followers, those attached to Kamehameha ; na kahu laiiaua. iiiakaulii, the ofiFiccrs, those stand- 

 ing high with Kamehameha. 



■'O ka moa i hanai ia, the fattened fowl. Kamehameha; oki o ka laiii, llie chief is a linished man, nothing 

 wanting, i. e., the poet meant, to say, "he is a gentleman." 



""I lania, to lay before a fire to dry. Those who practiced keeping and training game cocks, kept them just 

 before the tight on roosts over a low fire of coals to strengthen them and make them fierce; hale uahi was the 

 smoke house where these cocks were set in training. Kani, to sound, kani eeiia, to sound roughly, as starched 

 paper, rattled as starched cloth; so the feathers of these trained cocks sounded. 



"'Ohiohi, variegated, many colored, as the feathers of a cock ; me he hoe panoa, a kind of paddle found on 

 Kauai, the wood was variegated with many colors; me he puu kauila, name of a heavy, hard red-wood. Where a 

 heap of war instruments lay piled together there was a snisular appearance; ka io. the mass, the heap. So Ka- 

 mehameha appeared. 



""E hulili. a rising tremo, the tremulous motion of the feathers of a cock when fi,ghting, the feathers tremble 

 and napa. slightly rise and fall. Ka paku. when spurring, paku keehi (kicking). 



"■Hookahi, once the striking, pakuna, i. e., pakuana, as if one stroke of the spur was enough. 



"Ku no i ka ihu. the conquering cock strikes his adversary in the head, the conquered one flees, hai liilii. 

 liroken to pieces, i. .-., entirely conquered; ia na, he emphalically, such was the fight belwi-eii K,-iniclianielia and 

 Kiwalao. 



