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of succession to that of conquest over the lands of her father. 
The death of the chief dispersed his army: most of the war¬ 
riors escaped to the Puhonua, or city of refuge; and among 
those who sought sanctuary, by approaching the king’s per¬ 
son, was Ivaraimoku, then but an inferior chief. Tameha- 
meha however adopted him as his friend from that time; 
and having bound him to him by gratitude, he made use of 
his extraordinary talents and prudence, both in council and 
in the field; and during his life, and even since his death, 
Karaimoku has done honour to the choice of the king. 
This battle took place A. D. 1781. 
On Captain Vancouver’s first arrival, in 1792, at Ha¬ 
waii, the whole of that Isle and Maui were subject to 
Tamehameha, but the remainder of the group were still 
governed by the independent kings of Taui and Oahu, 
between whom and Tamehameha there was an actual war 
going on, though, as it appeared, a truce had been agreed 
on for some months, a destructive sickness having raged in 
the Islands. Two powerful chiefs, Tiana and Kahomotu, 
governed part of Hawaii, under the king, who, himself, 
accompanied by Karaimoku, conducted the war. 
It was in the early part of this reign that the desire for 
ships of a better description than the canoe, had induced 
Tiana and some other chiefs to project the seizing several 
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