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MISSIONARY TOUR 
the bounty of our kind host, yet felt grateful for his 
attention. At nine a. m. we were joined by our com¬ 
panions from Kaavaroa, and shortly after set out again 
on our tour. Mr. Bishop went in the canoe, the rest 
of us walked on towards Honaunau, a considerable 
village about five miles distant. 
Leaving Keei, we passed on to Mokuohai, a spot 
celebrated as the place where, in the year 1780 or 1781, 
the great battle was fought between Kauilceouli* eldest 
son and successor of Taraiopu, and his cousin, Tame- 
hameJia, by which the latter, though before only pos¬ 
sessed of two districts, became sovereign of the whole 
island. This battle is considered by most of Tame- 
hameha’s friends (who frequently allude to it in talking 
of him) as the foundation of all his subsequent power 
and greatness in the Sandwich Islands. During seven 
successive days, a severe conflict was maintained, with 
doubtful success. On the morning of the eighth day, 
it was renewed with augmented fury on both sides, and 
continued raging until noon, when the death of Kaui- 
keouli terminated the struggle in favour of his rival. 
The circumstances attending his death were singular. 
Keeaumoku, (the father of Kaahumanu, Piia, and 
Kuakini, present governor of Hawaii,) Tamehameha’s 
principal general, with a few of his companions, had 
advanced a considerable distance beyond the main 
body of his warriors, and was completely surrounded 
by Kauikeouli’s men. After defending themselves for 
some time against superior numbers, all the associates 
of Keeaumoku were slain, he himself was dangerously 
wounded by a number of stabs with the pahoa,f and 
* Called also Kivaraao.-~fThe pdhoa is a dagger, from 
eighteen inches to two feet long, made of wood or iron. 
