Fallen is flic Chief. 



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The mass of common people ; the bald- 

 headed ; 



The multitude of farmers of Kau ; 



To cover with bundles of grass the road of 

 Kapaukua. 



Is the chief thy companion that you should 

 dare to rebel? 

 350. Do you play the game of moa? This is 

 another thing, a chief ! 



He is a chief ! a fighting chief ! The com- 

 mon people fight with common 

 people ; 



The low fellows with low fellows as the)' 

 say : the clod-hoppers with the ser- 

 vants. 



Great pity for thee, — be greatly ashamed. 



Thou little sneaking dog; thou branded 

 servant : 

 355. Thou ancient resident of Naalehu ; thou 

 wast sent for to be hanged. 



The wakeful birfls from ancient time 



remain. 

 The vagabond, unstable as the wind, stays 



on the cape of Kunounou. 

 Slaughter uixin slaughter, Koolau's people 



were trodden under foot. 

 Thy sandals, O Kohala, send and trample 

 down, O Kona; 



Ka makaainana nui poo kuakea" 



Ke kini'* mahiai o Kau. 



Haawe pili.^* poi ai i ke alaloa o Kapau- 

 kua, 



O ka lani anei'" kou hoa i aa mai ai e 

 kipikipi ? 



350. 1 lou mai ai-' me he moa la? He mea e 



keia, he alii, 

 He alii no ! He alii, paio, — he noa-'- no, 



ke noa, haka. 

 He lepo no,^^ he lepo, olelo ; he mahiai na 



he kauwa. 

 Aluha ia oe,-* e alahokahoka. 

 E kena" ilio lepo iki, e na kauwa niaka- 



wela. 



355- Kupa kahiko^" o Naalehu, kiina 'ku aumiia 



Na manu ala kahiko" i koe, 



Ke kulolia,^* aalo makani, noho lae o Ku- 

 nounou, 



Lukulukua-" iho, lukua iho, i kamaa no 

 Koolau, 



Ko pale wawae'" e Kohala, kena e hehi e 

 Kona, 



"Kuakea, white-headed, no hair on their heads. 



"Ke kini mahiai o Kail, kini here refers to the subjects of Keoua, mostly farmers. 



"Haawe pili, bundles of grass for covering the road of Kapaukua. a place hi Kail. Keoua was one put to this 

 service as he had formerly caused the people to lay grass in the road for him. 



■°0 ka lani anei. the poet asks, is the chief Kamehameha your companion ; i aa mai ai, that you should dare 

 challenge or provoke him? E kipikipi, rebel against Kameliameha? 



"I lou tnai ai, lou to pull with the fingers, a game in ancient times; me he moa la, moa a plant that grows 

 in the mountains with crooked roots very strong. Two parties take hold of the roots and stake, he wins whose end 

 or root does not break, something as persons play with the wish-bone of a fowl. He mea e keia, he alii, the poet 

 says, this is another thing, it is a chief you have to deal with. 



"Noa, common people. 



"He lepo rio, the common people fight together; Icpu, epithet given to the common people. Olelo, as the 

 saying is, he mahiai, one who cultivates the soil, here applied by the poet to Keoua, that he was not only a rustic 

 but a servant of servants. 



"'Aloha ia oe, said in derision, contempt, pity for you; e aloha hokahoka, be ashamed, tee yourself foolish, 

 words of the poet. 



"E kena for keia ilio lepo iki, O thou little dog, e na emphatic, see kena, this servant low, grovelling, maka- 

 wela, applied to the lowest grade of servants; this is all applied to Keoua. 



■'Kupa kaliiko, kamaaina. an ancient son of the land, Keoua o Naalehu, wlierc Keoua lived. Kiina aku a umiia, 

 sent for to be hanged (not as we hang), but strangled, which was done by putting a rope about the criminal's neck 

 and two or more persons pulling at each end of the rope. 



"Na manu ala kahiko, the owls hovered around in the evening to catch mice. Hawaiians made a low shelter 

 under which one would crawl and make a noise like a mouse, the owls would poiuice upon the place and be caught ; 

 I koc, i. e., the remnant of Keoua's soldiers. 



■"Ke kulolia, applied to Keoua, represented as a beggar in miserable circumstances ; a ah, dodging, whiffling, 

 inconstant as the wind ; noho lae, like a person living on a cape of land ; Kunounou, name of a cape at Kati. 



"'Lukulukua for lukuluku ia, a great slaughter. Lukua for luku ia, slaughter upon slaughter; i kamaa, so 

 many were killed that they were trodden upon in Koolau, a part of Hamakua, Hawaii . Thus evils came upon 

 Keoua being conquered by Kamehameha. 



"Ko pale wawae, ko for kou, thy feet, defenders, kamaa, shoes, sandals, o Ivohala. Kena send and tread down 

 o Kona. i. e., trample down Keoua. 



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