Pallcii is flic Chief. 



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An upright chief; an upriglit cliicf, en- 

 tirely upright : 

 285. Entirely just he shall enjoy liic lantl. 

 He enjoys the land Hawaii of Keawe. 

 Hawaii is from ancient times. Kcawe is 



recent : 

 The chief Malela was thy predecessor. 

 Malela arose, the strong- east wind, 

 2yo. The furious east wind, when it rushes on 



like fire : 

 But the strongest east wind is the chief 



Akaleiohua, 

 (.)f Kalanimiilanimehamcha the kapu 



chief. 

 .\ real kapu chief, all sacreclness Ijelongs 



to him ; 

 Deep homage is his or hurning: the chief's 



attendants all 1x)w to this chief. 

 295. He is. first, a high chief: second, of late a 



con(|uering- soldier. 

 The chief is the man, the high soaring- 



bird of Kii. 

 A man from the very high place, the high 



place of the wind of Laa. 

 The Kameeliko of the high chief, the 



descendant of Hoomilialau, 

 The source of winds which come forth 



and become men. 



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e ahi pono.' lie ahi pono, he honua pono. 



285. I'ono wale ia e ai mai la, 



Ka ai ana i ka aina ia I lawaii* o Keawe. 

 O Hawaii kahiko. o Keawe ka i lalo, 

 O ka lani^ o Malela la ko luna, 

 Ea Malela" ka luoaeku, 



290. Ka moae kukukn," pakuku ahi. 



Ka makani** aeku ikaika, o Akaleiohua ka 



lani, 

 O Kalaninuilanimehameha" i ke kapu: 

 O ke kapu no,'" o ka hoano, pan no i nci 



lani, — 

 O ka moc," o ke puhi, o ka wohi pau no 



i nei lani. 



295. O ke alii'- nui no kalii. o ke koa iho nei 

 alua, 



ka lani,'' o ke kanaka, o lolaniku : 



lie kanaka no kaulu hanae," no kaulu 

 makani a I<aa, 



O Kameelikookalaninui'-'' ka pua a Hoomi- 

 lialau 



.\ ke kunni o''' ka makani i puka mai ai 

 waikanaka 



'He alii pono, a supremely excellent chief, an excellent country. 

 'Hawaii the former possession of Keawe. 



°0 ka lani, Kaniehanieha is the Malela, the superior. Malela, an ancient king of excellent character, formerly 

 li\ed on Oalui. Kaniehanieha is likened to him. 



"Ea Malela, ka moackn, Malela arose, came as the strong east wind; moae, the soft east wind; Moachii, is 

 the strong east wind. 



'Ka moae kukukn. the strong e;ist wind, stronger than moaeku, whicli is the commencement of a strong wind. 

 Moae kukukn is when the wind rages, pakuku ahi when it rages furiously as fire. 



"Ka makani. a strong east wind, .\kaleioliua, name of an ancient chief. Kaniehanieha is .\kaleiohua, the poet 

 will not admit any are stronger than he. 



"O Kalaninui was a kapu chief of the highest grade, a high chief of Maui, the brother of Kahekili who was 

 tlic father of Kamehameha. 



'"O ke kapu no, he was a real kapu chief; hoano, separated, sacred. Pau no, pili no, nona no, he belongs, is 

 connected with this chief, i. e., Kamehameha. 



"O ka moe. the obeisance, the bowing down, the prostration of the people on the approach of a chief; o ke 

 pulii, the burning of a person who does not prostrate himself before a chief, 1. e.. a chief of the highest class: 

 o ka wohi, epithet of a chief below that of an alii puhi ahi, they are all below Kamehameha. 



'"O ke alii, Kamehameha was a high chief, his natural chieftainship was one ; o ke koa, his being a suc- 

 cessful soldier was the second part [of his greatness]. 



"O ka lani, he, Kamehameha, was a chief, he was a man, a common man. lolaniku, 10, name of a bird 

 that soars high in the air, lani very high. Ku, name of one of the great gods. 



"He kanaka no kaulu hanae, a man from on high, kaulu, what is very high, on top of a cliff; no kaulu ma- 

 kani. from the high place of winds of Luii ; the god of the winds. Xame of the man who regulated the wind, lived 

 at the extreme west end of Molokai. 



■''O Kameeliko. the name of one of the ancestors of Kamehameha; o ka lani nui. of tlie high chief; na pua, 

 descendant ; mamo a Hoomilialau, an ancient chiefess, the goddess of storms, hurricanes, thunder, and all wonder- 

 ful events ; meaning Kameeliko, i. e., Kamehameha, is the descendant of the wonder-working goddess Hoomilialau. 



".■\ ke kuniu. the author of the winds that came forth (are born ) waikanaka and become men. i. e., though 

 born of the wind, they become reasonable, rational men. 



