388 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
These words enraged Aiwohikupua. Then a flush rose all over his 
body as if he had been dipped in the blood of a lamb.*t He turned 
right to the crowd and said, “ Who will dare to defy the Kauai boy, 
for I say to him, my god can give me victory over this man, and my 
god will deliver the head of this mighty one to be a plaything for 
my paddlers. 
Then Aiwohikupua knelt down and prayed to his gods as follows: 
“O you Heavens, Lightning, and Rain, O Air, O Thunder and Earth- 
quake! Look upon me this day, the only child of yours left upon 
this earth. Give this day all your strength unto your child; by your 
might turn aside his fists from smiting your child, and I beseech you 
to give me the head of Ihuanu into my hand to be a plaything for 
my paddlers, that all this assembly may see that I have power over 
this uncircumcised *? one. Amen.” ** 
At the close of this prayer Aiwohikupua stood up with confident 
face and asked Cold-nose, “Are you ready yet to strike me?” 
Cold-nose answered, “ I am not ready to strike you; you strike me 
first !” 
When Cold-nose’s master heard these words he went to Cold-nose’s 
side and said, “ You are foolish, my pupil. If he orders you forward 
again then deliver the strongest blow you can give, for when he 
gives you the order to strike he himself begins the fight.” So Cold- 
nose was satisfied. 
After this, Aiwohikupua again asked Cold-nose, “ Are you ready 
yet to strike me? Strike my face, if you want to!” 
Then Cold-nose instantly delivered a blow like the whiz of the 
wind at Aiwohikupua’s face, but Aiwohikupua dodged and he 
missed it. 
As the blow missed, Aiwohikupua instantly sent his blow, struck. 
right on the chest and pierced to his back; then Aiwohikupua lifted 
the man on his arm and swung him to and fro before the crowd, 
and threw him outside the field, and Aiwohikupua overcame Cold- 
nose, and all who looked on shouted. 
When Cold-nose was dead his supporters came to where he was 
lying, those who had warned him to end the fight, and cried, “ Aha! 
Cold-nose, could the fruit we have never tasted save you? Will you 
fight a second time with that man of might?” These were the 
scornful words of his supporters. 
