474 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWATI [ETH. ANN. 33 
At the beginning of the fight the messengers returned to tell 
Aiwohikupua of this terrible battle. 
When they heard from Snipe and his companion of this battle 
between the lizard and the dog, Aiwohikupua looked toward the 
mountain. 
As they looked the clouds rose straight up, and no short time after 
turned seaward, then Aiwohikupua knew that the lizard had pre- 
vailed and Aiwohikupua regretted the defeat of their side. 
In the evening of the day of the fight between the two marvelous 
creatures Kalahumoku came limping back exhausted; when the chief 
looked him over, gone were the ears and tail inside the lizard. 
So Aiwohikupua resolved to depart, since they were vanquished. 
They departed and came to Kauai and told the story of the journey 
and of the victory of the lizard over them. (This was the third time 
that Aiwohikupua had been to Paliuli after Laieikawai without ful- 
filling his mission.) - 
Having returned to Kauai without Laieikawai, Aiwohikupua 
gave up thinking about Laieikawai and resolved to carry out the 
commands of Poliahu. 
At this time Aiwohikupua, with his underchiefs and the women 
of his household, clapped hands in prayer before Lanipipili, his god, 
to annul his vow. 
And he obtained favor in the presence of his god, and was released 
from his sinful vow “ not to take any woman of these islands to wife,” 
as has been shown in the former chapters of this story. 
After the ceremonies at Kauai, he sent his messengers, the Snipe 
and the Turnstone, to go and announce before Poliahu the demands 
of the chief. 
In their bird bodies they flew swiftly to Hinaikamalama’s home at 
Hana and came and asked the people of the place, “ Where is the 
woman who is betrothed to the chief of Kauai?” 
“ She is here,” answered the natives of the place. 
They went to meet the princess of Hana. 
The messengers said to the princess, “ We have been sent hither 
to tell you the command of your betrothed husband. You have three 
months to prepare for the marriage, and in February, on the night 
of the seventeenth, the night of Kulu, he will come to meet you, 
according to the oath between you.” 
When the princess had heard these words the messengers returned 
and came to Aiwohikupua. 
Asked the chief, “ Did you two meet Polahu?” 
“ Yes,” said the messengers, “we told her, as you commanded, to 
prepare herself; Poliahu inquired, ‘ Does he still remember the game 
of konane between us?” 
