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pass unmolested through their camp, and Keaveaheuru, 
the father of Naihe, present chief of Kaavaroa, and 
Kamahoe, father of Hoapiri, two near relatives of 
Keoua, though attached to Tamehameha, went back 
to assure him of his safety, and of the friendly feelings 
of Tamehameha towards him. He accompanied them 
to Tairitii, where they embarked in Taiana’s canoes, 
and directed their course along the western shores to 
Towaihae. On their way he stopped at several places, 
particularly Honomalino, Honaunau, Kaavaroa, Keau- 
hou, and Kairua. The people at each of the places, at 
Honaunau in particular, crowded around him, brought 
him presents of food, hogs, tapa, and fruits, and, by 
every means in their power, demonstrated their attach¬ 
ment to him. Many of them wept, some on account of 
the joy they felt at seeing him again; others, from a fore¬ 
boding fear of the result of his surrender to Tameha¬ 
meha. He stopped two nights at Paraoa, a small vil¬ 
lage a few miles to the southward of Towaihae, where 
he received the greatest assurances of Tamehameha’s 
kind intentions ; and on the morning of the third day, 
proceeded to Towaihae. Tamehameha, with his chiefs, 
was standing on the beach as his canoe came in sight, 
and, with most of the chiefs, intended to protect him; 
but Keeaumoku, a chief of the most sanguinary dispo¬ 
sition, who had grappled with his elder brother in the 
battle at Keei, had determined on his death ; and fear¬ 
ing Tamehameha might frustrate his purpose, if the 
canoe was allowed to land, he waded above his middle 
into the sea; and regardless of the orders of Tameha¬ 
meha, and the expostulations of the other chiefs, caught 
hold of the canoe as it approached the shore, and either 
with his pahoa, or a long knife, stabbed Keoua to the 
