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in the event of the husband’s being killed, they 
seldom survived. 
A pile of stones, somewhat larger than the rest, 
marked the spot where the rival chief and his 
affectionate and heroic wife expired. A few 
yards nearer the sea, an oblong pile of stones, in 
the form of a tomb, about ten feet long and six 
wide, was raised over the grave in which they 
were both interred. A number of lowly flowering 
bushes grew around, and a beautiful convolvulus 
in full bloom almost covered it with foliage and 
flowers. We could not view this rudely con¬ 
structed tomb without renewed lamentation over 
the miseries of war, and a strong feeling of regret 
for the untimely end of the youthful pair, espe¬ 
cially for the affectionate Manona, whom even 
the horrors of savage fight, in which the demon of 
war wears his most terrific form, could not pre¬ 
vent from following the fortune, and sharing the 
dangers, that she might administer to the comfort, 
of her much-loved husband. This feeling was 
not a little increased by the recollection of the 
delusion of which they were the ill-fated victims, 
and in support of which they were prodigal of 
their blood. Alas ! they knew not, till from the 
fatal field they entered the eternal world, the 
value of that life which they had lost, and the 
true nature of that cause in which they had sacri¬ 
ficed it. The piles of stones rose thick around 
the spot where they lay; and we were informed 
that they were the graves of his kahu, (particular 
friends and companions,) who stood by him to the 
last, manifesting a steadfastness which even their 
enemies admired, and a degree of courage worthy 
of being exercised in a better cause. 
Kekuaokalani was first cousin to Rihoriho, He 
