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16. KEKUHAUPIO 
One of the most famous warriors and chiefs in the days of Kala- 
niopuu and of Kaméhaméha, kings of Hawaii, was Kekuhaupio, who 
taught the latter the art of war. He could face a whole army of men 
and ward off 400 to 4,000 spears at once. In the battle at Waikapu 
between Kalaniopuu of Hawaii and Kahekili of Maui, the Hawaii 
men are put to flight. As they flee over Kamoamoa, Kekuhaupio 
faces the Maui warriors alone. Weapons lie about him in heaps, still 
he is not wounded. The Maui hero, Oulu, encounters him with his 
sling; the first stone misses, the god Lono in answer to prayer averts 
the next. Kekuhaupio then demands with the third a hand-to-hand 
conflict, in which he kills Oulu. 
C. LOVE STORIES 
1. HALEMANO 
The son of Wahiawa and Kukaniloko is born in Halemano, 
Waianae, and brought up in Kaau by his grandmother, Kaukaalii, 
Dreaming one day of Kamalalawalu, the beauty of Puna, he dies 
for love of her, but his sister Laenihi, who has supernatural power, 
restores him to life and wins the beauty for her brother. First she 
goes to visit her and fetches back her wreath and skirt to Halemano. 
Then she shows him how to toll the girl on board his red canoe by 
means of wooden idols, kites, and other toys made to please her 
favorite brother. 
The king of Oahu, Aikanaka, desires Halemano’s death in order 
to enjoy the beauty of Puna. They flee and live as castaways, first on 
Molokai, then Maui, then Hawaii, at Waiakea, Hilo. Here the two 
are estranged. The chief of Puna seduces her, then, after a recon- 
ciliation, the Kohala’ chief, Kumoho, wins her affection. Halemano 
dies of grief, and his spirit appears to his sister as she is surfing in 
the Makaiwi surf at Wailua, Kauai. She restores him to life with a 
chant. 
In order to win back his bride, Halemano makes himself an adept 
in the art of singing and dancing (the hula). His fame travels 
about Kohala and the young chiefess Kikekaala falls in love with 
him. Meanwhile the seduced wife has overheard his wonderful 
singing and her love is restored. When his new mistress gives a kilu 
singing match, she is present, and when Halemano, after singing 
eight chants commemorating their life of love together, goes off with 
the new enchantress, she tries in vain to win him back by chanting 
songs which in turn deride the girl and recall herself to her lover. 
He soon wearies of the girl and escapes from her to Kauai, where his 
old love follows him. But they do not agree. Kamalalawalu leaves 
