ua nui loa na waa. Ua olelo ia, ua paa ke kai o Alenuihaha, mai Maui
aku a Kohala a Kawaihae, aole ike ia ka ale ame ke kai.
A pae lakou i Kawaihae, papani ia na kahakai e na waa mai ka lae o
Kanamee, ma Upolu, i Kohala, a hiki ma Kaelehuluhulu i Kona. Kona
loihi, ua like ia me na mile he kanakolu. O ke ’lii o Waimea ame
Kawaihae ia wa, o Kanaloauo. Kaua mai la ia ia Kamalalawalu, a hee aku
la o Kanaloauo ia Kamalalawalu. Kii aku o Kamalalawalu e pepehi.
Ia wa, e noho ana malaila elua kanaka, o Kumaikeau, o Kumakaia. He mau
kanaka laua ua pili ia Lonoikamakahiki ame Kanaloauo. Olelo pahele aku
laua ia Kamalalawalu, penei. “Ua make. Aole make pepehi, e kakau ka
papalina i ka uhi.” No keia olelo, kakau ia iho la o Kanaloauo i ka
uhi, a paele, kuu ia aku la.
NO KUMAIKEAU AME KUMAKAIA.
He keu keia o na kanaka maalea loa i loko oia kau, a he keu nohoi laua
o ka noonoo i mea e make ai o Kamalalawalu ame na koa o Maui a puni.
Ma keia pio ana o Kanaloauo ia Kamalalawalu, hele aku la o Kumaikeau
ame Kumakaia a ke alo o Kamalalawalu, uwe aku la, penei:
Auwe! Akahi no a pili ka maka.
Akahi no a ono ka ai,
Ua pio ke kolohe,
A oe koe ka ai, ka i’a,
Ka puaa, ke kapa, ka pa-u,
Ka aina, ka hale e noho ai,
He mea noho ia iho no ka ka hale la!
Ia oe ae nei e Kamalalawalu,
Moe ia ka hale me ka wahine,
Ono ka ai me ka ia,
Aahu ia ke kapa me ka mahana,
O oe ka ko maua mea e ola ai,
Nau ka e huna keia mau iwi,
E Kalani e! Ua make!
Aole e ola ia oe, ua make!
A pau ka laua uwe ana, olelo aku la laua ia Kamalalawalu:
E Kalani! E wawahi na waa a pau loa,
E okioki ka aha me ka lanalana,
E poke ka iako me ke ama,
E oki o mua me hope o ka waa a pahupu,
O kaua auanei kakou,
A hee o Lonoikamakahiki ma,
Holo mai auanei a kai nei,
O ke kau a na waa,
Ee maluna, a holo i ka moana,
A pae aku i Kahoolawe me Maui—
Ola ke pio.
Ma keia mau olelo a Kumaikeau a me Kumakaia, he mea oluolu loa ia i ko
Kamalalawalu manao. (E kuhi ana ia he oiaio, aole ka uanei.) I hou aku
ua mau kanaka nei ia Kamalalawalu: “Ua make ia oe o Lonoikamakahiki.
Aia kona wahi e make ai ia oe, o kela puu i uka o Waimea, o Hokuula ka
inoa. I luna oe o laila me kou mau koa, hookahi au hana he olokaa i ka
pohaku maluna iho.”
NO KA PUU O HOKUULA.
Aia no ia puu ma Waimea a hiki i keia la, ma ka hema o Kohala Akau. He
puu kaulana loa ia, no ka hoouka kaua ana a Kamalalawalu maluna o
laila, me kona koa kaulana o Makakuikalani. Maluna oia puu, aohe
pohaku, aohe laau, he mauu ame ka lepo ko luna, aka, ma ka olelo a
Kumaikeau ame Kumakaia he pohaku ko luna.
Ma ko laua olelo ana ia Kamalalawalu, oia kona puuhonua e ola ai, nana
ka make. Aole e hiki i ka pohaku, ame ka ihe o lalo ke pii ae i luna,
ame ke kanaka, nokamea, he puu kiekie loa, he hapalua mile paha kona
kiekie mai ka ili o lalo a ka piko o luna loa.
A hiki o Kamalalawalu i luna o laila, i nana iho ka hana, aohe pohaku,
aohe laau, he lepo wale no. Ia lakou e noho ana, me Kumaikeau laua o
Kumakaia, kamailio, ia wa i hoouna ia ai na elele e kii ia
Lonoikamakahiki ame Pupukea. O Lonoikamakahiki, ma Kealakekua, i Kona,
kona wahi i noho ai. A hiki ka elele i mua ona, hai aku la ia ia
Lonoikamakahiki: “Ua hiki mai o Kamalalawalu me Makakuikalani, e kaua
ia olua; a ua kaua mai nei me Kanaloauo, a ua pio ia Kamalalawalu.”
A lohe o Lonoikamakahiki, ninau mai la ia i ka elele: “Aia i hea e kaua
ai?” I aku ka elele: “Aia i Waimea, i luna o kela puu o Hokuula, aia
malaila o Kamalalawalu e noho la, me Maui a puni.”
Ma keia lohe ana o Lonoikamakahiki, ia wa na luna i hele ai e houluulu
i na kanaka o Kona a pau loa. Ua olelo ia, elua lau mano kanaka o Kona
ia wa. Mai laila aku ka elele, a hiki i Kapapala ma Kau, i laila o
Pupukea kahi i noho ai. A lohe ia, houluulu ae la ia ia Kau, a hele mai
la ma waena o Maunakea ame Hualalai. Holo aku la ka elele, a hiki i
Puna, me Hilo, Hamakua, hele mai la lakou ma Kohala, a lohe hele mai la
lakou. Ma keia hele ana, ua nui loa na kanaka, ua piha na alanui, ku ka
ea o ka lepo i ka wawae o na kanaka.
KA NUI O NA KANAKA AME NA ALANUI.
Alanui Akahi. Ma Kaniku mai. (Oia ko Kona.) Elua lau mano kanaka. (Ua
like me 32,000 tausani kanaka.)
Alanui Alua. Ma Ohaikea mai, mawaena o Maunakea ame Hualalai. Ehiku lau
mano kanaka ka nui. O Kau wale no ia.
Alanui Akolu. Ma Mahiki. He umi lau mano kanaka ka nui. Ekolu Moku, o
Puna, o Hilo, o Hamakua.
Alanui Aha. Ma Kaholeiwai a hiki i Momoualoa. Eono lau mano kanaka ka
nui. O Kohala wale no ia.
Ia Kamalalawalu maluna o ka puu o Hokuula, ma Waimea, ike aku la ia i
ka ea o ka lepo i ke a o Kaniku, e hele mai ana a ula ke a i ka lepo.
No ka nui loa o na kanaka, ua nalowale ka uliuli o ke a i ka lepo. A
ike o Kamalalawalu i na kanaka o Kaniku e hele mai ana, ninau aku la ia
ia Kauhiakama: “Mahea kau wahi i hele ai o Hawaii, i ike ole ai oe i ke
kanaka?” I aku o Kauhiakama: “Mai Kawaihae, a Kaawaloa i Kona, ka’u
wahi i hele ai, aole nae he kanaka i loaa ia’u.” I aku o Kamalalawalu
ia Kauhiakama: “Aohe au hale i ike ai e ku ana?” “He hale no, aole nae
he kanaka, he puaa e holo ana, he moa e kani ana.” Ia wa, olelo mai o
Kumaikeau me Kumakaia: “Aole e loaa ia oe kanaka i ka hale, ua pii i
uka i ka mahiai, he wa kakahiaka, ua holo i ka lawaia. Ina he aui la
kau manawa i hele ai, loaa ia oe na kanaka i ka hale.”
Ma keia lohe ana o Kamalalawalu, olelo mai la ia Kauhiakama: “Make
kaua, aole e ola. E kuhi ana au i kau olelo he oiaio, aole ka! I ike no
la oe ia wai, he mea ku wale ka hale aohe kanaka. Kai no o ka hale ku o
ke kanaka noho. Aloha kaua i ka make mamuli o kau olelo, ehia ka mea
aloha o ka wahine me na keiki, i ka ike ole mai i keia puu make, a i ka
ike ole aku ia lakou.”
Ia Kamalalawalu e kamailio ana, hiki mai la o Lonoikamakahiki me Kona a
pau loa. Makai o Puako a uka o Waimea ka paa i na kanaka, aole i ike ia
ka lepo, ka pohaku, a me ka laau, no ka paa i na kanaka. I loko no oia
wa, hiki mai la o Pupukea me ko Kau poe kanaka, ko Mahiki, ko Kohala;
Pania iho no o Waimea paa, aole wahi kaawale. A hui o Kamalalawalu me
Lonoikamakahiki, olelo iho la laua o Makakuikalani me Pupukea ke ku
mamua e kaua. Ina i make o Pupukea ia Makakuikalani, alaila, pio o
Hawaii; a ina hoi o Makakuikalani ke make ia Pupukea, alaila, pio o
Maui. Ua hooholo ia keia mau olelo a laua e Makakuikalani ame Pupukea.
KE KAUA ANA O PUPUKEA ME MAKAKUIKALANI.
Ia wa ku o Makakuikalani me Pupukea me ka laua mau laau palau. Ia laua
e ku ana, pane mai ke kumu a Pupukea, penei: “E Kalani! Haahaa ka
laau.” I mai o Pupukea: “Io i ka hale, pau ke a’o ana a ke kumu.”
Mahope o laila, hahau o Pupukea i kana laau palau, pa i ke kumu, waiho
i lalo. A liuliu, ala mai la ke kumu a olelo mai ia Pupukea: “Pakele
oe! E make au, make oe. Aole, ola ae nei au, ola oe. Nolaila e hue lepo
ka laau.”
Ia Pupukea e olelo ana me ke kumu, hahau o Makakuikalani i kana laau
palau i luna o ka ai o Pupukea (oia ka aa) a haule iho la o Pupukea i
lalo o ka honua, a waiho iho la. Olelo mai kekahi ia Makakuikalani: “A
oi make ko hoapaio, hahau hou ia iho.” I aku o Makakuikalani: “Ua make,
he laau na’u na ka ui.” Nonoi aku o Makakuikalani ia Kamalalawalu: “O
kuu wahi ai e haawi mai oe he umauma naha ko’u.” Ai iho la o
Makakuikalani a maona, pau ae la ka ai o ka umeke. Lalau iho la ia i ke
po’i a papale i ke poo.
E pono e olelo maanei no Makakuikalani. O keia po’i a Makakuikalani i
papale ai i kona poo, he po’i ipu laau. E ia kana olelo kaena: “He po’i
laau ka’u e papale nei, he laau palau auanei kana na laua ia e kike
laau.”
A hiki o Makakuikalani i mua o Pupukea, ala ae la o Pupukea i luna. Ia
laua e ku ana, lalau iho la o Pupukea i kana laau palau a hahau hualepo
ae la ia Makakuikalani. Ma keia hahau ana, waiho o Makakuikalani i
lalo. I aku ke kumu ia Pupukea: “E hoomoe hou ko laau palau i luna o ka
hoapaio i make.” I aku o Pupukea: “Ua make, he laau na ka ui. Ke hele
nei a kukai ka ila o Pupukea.”
A make o Makakuikalani ia Pupukea, ia wa, luku o Hawaii ia Maui.
Nolaila, hee mai la o Maui a ke awa, aohe waa e hoi ai i Maui. Nolaila
kau aku la lakou maluna o Kepoiamalau a pau iho la i ke piho, a make
iho la. Nolaila, luku iho la lakou a pau loa na kane o Maui i ka make.
Ma keia kaua ana, ua make o Kamalalawalu ame Makakuikalani ia
Lonoikamakahiki ame Pupukea, a ua lanakila o Hawaii ma keia kaua ana.
LEGEND OF KEKUHAUPIO.
Kekuhaupio, Expert Spearman.—Oulu, Champion
Slingthrower.—Kalaiopuu-Kahekili Contest on Maui.—Kekuhaupio
Contends With Maui’s Men.—His Stand Against Oulu.
Kekuhaupio was a very famous warrior, and was moreover a high chief of
Hawaii. He excelled in courage and in skill. He could contend against
the government [612] and a countless number of men. Here is
Kekuhaupio’s bravery as herein narrated: The spears were as bath water
[613] for Kekuhaupio, for he could dodge the spears, whether four
hundred, or four thousand. Furthermore, he could escape being hit by
the javelins, spear points, long spears, or stones within the same
interval, for which fact, Kekuhaupio was much feared by every one of
the chiefs and celebrated warriors of that period. His prowess even
continued unto the days of Kalaiopuu [614] and his reign. Likewise
during Kamehameha’s rule.
OF OULU.
Oulu was a famous warrior of Maui at the time of the reign of Kahekili,
a great king of Maui. Oulu is very widely known even to this day on all
the islands of this Hawaii, because of his great skill in throwing the
sling-stone. The stone of Oulu never missed man, pig, dog, chicken, or
any bird. If Oulu should cast his sling-stone, the fire would ignite,
[615] and the soil would be furrowed when the ala fell. Oulu could
contend with a collective body (that is, a very great number of men,
and corresponds to six lau [616] men and more). He could fight against
a whole army. Since Oulu was very skillful in casting the sling-stone,
therefore, he was much dreaded by the whole of Maui and all the
district chiefs. For that reason, Oulu was highly esteemed by Kahekili
up to the time of his death.
RELATING TO THE VOYAGE OF KALAIOPUU TO MAUI TO FIGHT WITH KAHEKILI, THE
KING OF MAUI.
Kalaiopuu sailed from Hawaii and arrived at Maui with his men, very
many in number, and countless canoes. In this journey, Kekuhaupio had
also accompanied Kalaiopuu to Maui. The place where the battle occurred
was at Waikapu, in Maui. In this struggle, Kekuhaupio was not in the
first engagement, because he was at Kalepolepo at that time. Only
Kalaiopuu and the entire forces of Hawaii entered into the conflict. In
this battle, all the Hawaii forces and the king, Kalaiopuu, were
defeated.
At this defeat, Kalaiopuu and all his men retired to the plain of
Kamaomao, between Wailuku and Kalepolepo. On retreating, they were
breathless because the Maui army gave chase. Their feet were becoming
limp and not fleet in running; they were utterly exhausted.
While they were retreating, Kekuhaupio started out from Kalepolepo and
arrived at the plain of Kamaomao. On approaching the plain, Kalaiopuu
met him, whereupon Kekuhaupio asked him: “What is this?” Kalaiopuu
answered: “We are defeated.” Kekuhaupio said: “Stand there to rest
while I combat.”
KEKUHAUPIO’S BATTLE WITH THE MAUI MEN.
At this point, we shall witness the incomparable bravery of Kekuhaupio
and his not being killed by the multitude. When Kekuhaupio had finished
speaking to Kalaiopuu, he planted himself between the Hawaii and the
Maui forces. Whereupon the Mauiites fought against Kekuhaupio
single-handed, but they were not victorious.
In this struggle, Maui’s javelins, long spears, spear points, spikes,
clubs, and every kind of pain-inflicting implement were thrust at
Kekuhaupio. Nevertheless, those things were merely bathing water, for
he was neither struck, nor hit by the stone. In this combat of
Kekuhaupio with Maui, the javelin, spear point, lance, and stones were
stacked up high on his side, and the Mauiites were without weapons.
Because they were then without war implements, they hastened to the
presence of Kahekili and said: “How strange is this man of Hawaii! The
javelin and all weapons are as mere bathing water to him. He is not a
man, but a god. [617] Kalaiopuu and all Hawaii were defeated by us, and
we gave chase until reaching the plain of Kamaomao. When we looked,
behold! this brave warrior was standing. That man was the one that
contended against us; he wavered not, nor did he dodge. He stood there
perfectly calm and confronted us with coolness; still he could not be
struck by us.”
THE CONTEST BETWEEN OULU AND KEKUHAUPIO.
Here we shall notice the courage of Oulu and Kekuhaupio. When Kahekili
heard all the men of Maui’s report relative to Kekuhaupio because of
his superior bravery and skill, he then inquired of Oulu: “How is
that?” Oulu answered: “He is your god’s.” (Here is the meaning of
Oulu’s remark: His sling and missile never missed, when cast at a man,
pig, bird or dog. For which fact, the sling and the stone were deified
in his estimation.) Whereupon, Oulu took up his sling and missiles and
went forth to meet Kekuhaupio.
Whilst they were standing, some six fathoms being the space between
them, Oulu reached for his stone and placed it in the sling. On casting
the first shot, the wind blew furiously, fire ignited, and the dirt
where it fell was deeply furrowed. It sped with tremendous force and
fell under the feet of Kekuhaupio. The reason for this escape of
Kekuhaupio was his skill in evading. As he raised his foot, that was
the time the place where he had been standing became a deep furrow, and
the spot was permeated with heat, as if it were a fire. Oulu’s first
stone having missed Kekuhaupio, Oulu reached for another, and placed it
in the sling, that being the second. He then shot at Kekuhaupio. At
this missile of Oulu’s, fear and dread entered Kekuhaupio. Wherefore,
Kekuhaupio offered that pebble to the god, Lono. This is the manner in
which he petitioned the god, Lono:
O Lono eh! O Lono eh!
Yours is Oulu’s stone,
Take you the unerring aim,
The force of the sling stone.
Turn it hither, thither; let it miss.
Have compassion on the priest,
On the great warrior of the east.
Let me live! Let me live!
The prayer is heard! Amen! ’Tis released!
Whilst Kekuhaupio was entreating his god Lono, Oulu’s stone came
flying; Kekuhaupio dodged and it went astray. Two of Oulu’s stones had
wandered off. Then, Oulu took another stone and placed it in the sling.
Whereupon, Kekuhaupio besought Oulu, saying: “That is my stone.” [618]
Oulu consented. It was his third and last stone. In this contest of
theirs, Kekuhaupio was victorious over Oulu; [619] and on account of
the defeat of Oulu on that occasion, Hawaii was successful that day.
KAAO NO KEKUHAUPIO.
Kekuhaupio, he oo ihe akamai.—Oulu, kanaka maa kaulana.—Ke kaua
Kalaiopuu-Kahekili ma Maui.—Paio Kekuhaupio i na poe o Maui.—Kona
kaua ana me Oulu.
He Koa kaulana loa o Kekuhaupio a he ’lii nui nohoi no Hawaii. Aohe ona
lua ma ke koa a ma ke akamai. Ua hiki iaia ke kaua me ke aupuni okoa
ame na kanaka he lehulehu loa. Eia ko Kekuhaupio koa i olelo ia maanei:
He wai auau ka ihe no Kekuhaupio, e hiki iaia ke alo i na ihe, he lau a
he mano. E hiki no iaia ke alo i na ihe, elau, pololu, pohaku, iloko o
ka manawa hookahi. Nolaila, ua makau loa ia o Kekuhaupio e na ’lii a
pau loa a me na koa kaulana oia kau. Ua mau kona koa i loko o ko
Kalaiopuu mau la ame kona aupuni. Pela i ko Kamehameha noho aupuni ana.
NO OULU.
He koa kaulana loa o Oulu no Maui, i ka wa e noho ana o Kahekili he
’lii nui no Maui. Ua kaulana loa o Oulu a hiki i keia la, ma na
mokupuni o Hawaii nei a puni, no kona akamai loa i ka maa ana o ka ala.
Aole e hala ka ala a Oulu ke maa i ke kanaka, i ka puaa, i ka ilio, i
ka moa, ame na manu a pau loa. Ina e maa o Oulu i ka ala, a ke ahi,
awawa ka lepo ke haule ka ala i lalo. E hiki ia Oulu ke kaua me ka poe
(oia hoi, he mau kanaka lehulehu loa, ua like me aono lau kanaka a oi
aku). Ua hiki iaia ke kaua me ke aupuni okoa. No ko Oulu akamai loa i
ka maa ala, nolaila, ua makau ia oia e Maui a puni, ame na ’lii aimoku
a pau loa. A nolaila, punahele o Oulu ia Kahekili a hiki i ka make ana.
NO KA HOLO ANA MAI O KALAIOPUU I MAUI E KAUA ME KAHEKILI, KE ’LII NUI O
MAUI.
Holo mai la o Kalaiopuu mai Hawaii mai a hiki i Maui me kona mau kanaka
he nui loa, ame na waa pau ole i ka helu. Ma keia holo ana, o
Kekuhaupio kekahi i holo mai me Kalaiopuu i Maui. O kahi i kaua ai, ma
Waikapu i Maui. Ma keia kaua ana, aole o Kekuhaupio i loko o ke kaua
mua ana, nokamea, aia no o Kekuhaupio ma Kalepolepo ia wa. O Kalaiopuu
ame na kanaka o Hawaii a pau loa kai hele i ke kaua. A ma keia kaua
ana, ua hee ko Hawaii poe a pau loa ame ke ’lii o Kalaiopuu.
Ma keia hee ana, holo o Kalaiopuu ame na kanaka a pau loa i ke kula o
Kamaomao, mawaena o Wailuku ame Kalepolepo. Ma keia holo ana, ua pau ko
lakou aho i ke alualu ia e ko Maui poe koa. Ua hele a hoouka pu na
wawae, aohe mama ma ka holo ana, ua hele a moe okoa.
Ia lakou e holo ana, pii aku la o Kekuhaupio mai Kalepolepo aku, a hiki
i ke kula o Kamaomao. Iaia i hiki ai ma ia kula halawai mai la o
Kalaiopuu me ia. Ninau aku la o Kekuhaupio: “Heaha keia?” I mai la o
Kalaiopuu: “Ua hee makou.” I aku o Kekuhaupio: “Ku iho peia e hoomaha,
o wau ke hoouka aku.”
KO KEKUHAUPIO KAUA ANA ME NA KANAKA O MAUI.
Maanei e ike ai kakou i ke koa lua ole o Kekuhaupio ame kona make ole i
ka lehulehu. A pau ka olelo a Kekuhaupio ia Kalaiopuu, ku iho la o
Kekuhaupio mawaena o Hawaii ame ko Maui poe. A hoouka iho la ko Maui ia
Kekuhaupio hookahi, aole nae lakou i lanakila.
Ma keia kaua ana, o o ka ihe a Maui ia Kekuhaupio, ka pololu, ka elau,
ke kuia, ka laau palau, ame na mea eha a pau loa. Aka, he wai auau ia
mau mea no Kekuhaupio, aole ia i ku aole i pa i ka pohaku. Ma keia
hoouka ana a Kekuhaupio me Maui, ua ku ke ahua o ka ihe, ka elau, ka
pololu ma kona aoao, a me ka pohaku, a ua nele o Maui i ka mea kaua
ole.
No keia nele o lakou i ka mea kaua ole, holo aku la lakou a ke alo o
Kahekili, olelo aku la: “Kupanaha keia kanaka no Hawaii, he wai auau
nona ka ihe ame na mea eha a pau loa. Aohe kanaka, he ’kua. Ua hee o
Kalaiopuu ia makou ame ko Hawaii a pau loa, a e alualu ana makou a hiki
i ke kula o Kamaomao. I nana aku ko makou hana, ku mai ana keia kanaka
koa. Oia kanaka hoi ko makou mea nana i hoouka mai nei, aole i oni ia,
aole hoi i alo ia. I ku malie wale ia mai no me ka nana maikai ia mai,
a o ka nele iho la no ia i ke ku ia makou.”
KE KAUA ANA O OULU ME KEKUHAUPIO.
Maanei kakou e ike ai i ko Oulu koa ame ko Kekuhaupio. A lohe o
Kahekili i ka olelo a na kanaka a pau loa o Maui no Kekuhaupio i ke koa
lua ole ame ke akamai, alaila, ninau ae la o Kahekili ia Oulu: “Pehea
kela?” I mai o Oulu: “Na ko akua ia.” (Eia ke ano oia olelo a Oulu: O
ka maa ame ka ala ana, aole e hala ke maa i ke kanaka, i ka puaa, i ka
manu, i ka ilio. Nolaila, he ’kua ka maa ame ka ala i kona manao.) Ia
manawa, lalau o Oulu i ka maa ame na ala a hele e halawai me
Kekuhaupio.
Ia laua e ku ana, he mau anana eono ke kowa mawaena o laua a elua,
lalau iho la o Oulu i ka ala a hookomo iho la i loko o ka maa.
I ka maa ana i ka ala mua, hio ka makani, a ke ahi, kahawai ka lepo i
haule ai. Lele aku la ia me ka ikaika loa a haule malalo o na kapuai o
Kekuhaupio. O ke kumu o keia pakele ana o Kekuhaupio o kona akamai i ka
alo ana. Iaia i kai ai i kona kapuai o ka manawa ia i lilo ai kona wahi
i hehi ai, i awawa. A ua puni ua wahi la i ka wela me he ahi la. A hala
ka ala mua a Oulu ia Kekuhaupio, lalau hou iho la o Oulu i ka ala, a
ho-o iloko o ka maa, o ka lua ia. Alaila, maa hou o Oulu ia Kekuhaupio.
Ma keia ala a Oulu, komo mai ka makau ame ka weliweli ia Kekuhaupio.
Nolaila, haawi o Kekuhaupio ia ala na ke ’kua na Lono. Penei ke kaumaha
ana a Kekuhaupio i ke ’kua ia Lono.
E Lono e! E Lono e!
Nau ka ala a Oulu,
E lawe oe i ka pololei,
I ka ikaika, i ka maa,
E uli ma o, ma o, e hala,
E nana i ke kahuna,
I ke koa nui o ka hikina,
E ola au! E ola au!
Lele wale! Amama! Ua noa.
Ia Kekuhaupio e kaumaha ana i ke ’kua ona ia Lono, lele mai la ka ala a
Oulu, alo ae la o Kekuhaupio, hala. Alua ala a Oulu i hala. Alaila,
lalau hou o Oulu i ka ala a hookomo i ka maa. Ia wa, nonoi o Kekuhaupio
ia Oulu “Na’u ia ala.” “Ae” mai o Oulu. O ke kolu ia o na ala a Oulu, o
ka pau no ia. Ma keia kaua ana a laua, ua lanakila o Kekuhaupio maluna
o Oulu, a no keia pio ana o Oulu ia la, ua lanakila o Hawaii ia la.
STORY OF PEAPEA.
Peapea, Famed Warrior.—His Battle and Victory Over Kahahana’s
Forces.—Kekuapoi of Rare Beauty.—Peapea’s Display of Courage.
He [Peapea] [620] is a very widely known warrior even to this day, for
his fame spread over all these islands. He was the son of Kahekilinui,
[621] the king of Maui, in consequence of which, Peapea was really a
high chief. Peapea could seize and crush two, three, and even a greater
number of men. They were trifles [622] to him. While Kahahana, a king
of the whole of Oahu here, was ruling, he ceded this island to
Kahekili, the king of Maui, but afterwards rebelled and ignored that
cession. Because of this renunciation by Kahahana, the report of which
reached Kahekili, therefore, Kahekili sailed here with his war fleet
and landed at Waikiki. He dispatched a messenger to summon Kahahana to
come before him to consult [623] relative to the truth or falsity of
the rumor.
The place where Kahahana was residing was at Kaneohe, in Koolaupoko.
When the messenger appeared before him, he delivered Kahekili’s order.
Kahahana on hearing this message questioned [624] his priests: “How are
these words of the king?” The priests answered: “O king! It is not wise
that you comply and restore the land to him, because you are well
prepared at this time; you have nothing lacking. [625] Therefore, let
there be strife and by the point of the spear and javelin will be
decided your victory or your dispossession.”
When Kahahana heard these words of his priests, he was resolved to
battle and to refuse the demands of Kahekili. Two days had elapsed
following the return of the courier that had been sent by Kahekili to
Kahahana, when the report was made that war was the only alternative;
then, battle preparations were made. These arrangements were made at
Waikiki-kai. When the curtains of dawn parted, the ranks commenced to
march up to Nuuanu. Whilst they were ascending, the rumor reached
Peapea in the upland of Manoa, where he was residing, in the woman’s
house. These were the words reported to him: “Say, Peapea! There is a
struggle on the lowlands. When I left, the van was just beginning to
move towards Kulaokahua.” [626] Peapea inquired, “Whose is the battle?”
The herald replied, “The battle is for Kahahana.”
When Peapea heard this he left his wife and ran above Ualakaa, [627]
Makiki, Pauoa, and Kaheiki, which is adjacent to Maemae. There he met
the van of the army of Kahekili. As to the forces of Kahahana, the main
army was at Waolani; [628] while the front was descending from Maemae.
When Peapea arrived between Kahekili’s and Kahahana’s warriors, he
stood to defy [629] [the advance].
PEAPEA’S BATTLE AND HIS VICTORY.
As Peapea was standing between the Maui and Oahu ranks, he commenced to
give battle. He pursued [630] the numerous warriors of Kahahana, and
when they were caught by him, they were crushed (breaking in his hands
as a brittle twig by the destroyer, was his treatment of the men).
Likewise were those on the right hand and on the left. Thus he pressed
upward until he encountered the poe, [631] and they were standing in a
circle. (The meaning of the word “poe”: a very great number of men,
ranging from two laus to a mano, equivalent to eight hundred or more.)
When Peapea approached the section of the army of Kahahana, Peapea
rushed into their midst and was immediately surrounded by overwhelming
numbers. Simultaneously, the javelins were cast, the long spear, the
spike, the war club; the stone was hurled, the maa thrower cast his
sling-shot, the club was struck; but they were as bathing water [632]
for Peapea, and they were as nothing to his powerful strength. Thus he
went slaughtering until reaching Luakaha, in Nuuanu. Kahahana and his
chiefs were defeated and fled, the majority having been all slain by
Peapea. Oahu being conquered by Kahekili, Peapea took Kekuapoi, [633]
Kahahana’s wife, as his own, on account of his courage and strength,
and [they] lived together.
OF KEKUAPOI.
Kekuapoi [634] was highly reputed as an excellent woman with a
beautiful countenance to behold, and she was faultless. It is narrated
in the story of this battle, that she was the superior of Oahu here and
of the other islands. On the death of her husband, Kahahana, Kahekili
had determined to take Kekuapoi as his wife, but, she became his son’s,
Peapea’s. At this seizure by Peapea of Kekuapoi as his wife, Kahekili
was greatly angered. Hence, he dispatched a courier to fetch Kekuapoi
to him, but, she was not relinquished by Peapea. Many were the
messengers Kahekili sent, but Kekuapoi never came, for she was withheld
by Peapea. Wherefore, Kahekili [635] again sent the messenger to summon
Peapea and his wife to appear, and should they remain, then Peapea
would be punished with death. The courier having arrived in the
presence of Peapea so informed him. Peapea, hearing, responded.
PEAPEA’S SECOND DISPLAY OF COURAGE.
Prior to the summoning of Peapea, his death-trap [636] by men was laid
out. Two boards had been arranged. It is said the length of the boards
were forty fathoms, which occupied opposite sides of the path, whereby
Peapea would come to the presence of Kahekili. All the men were
equipped with javelins, war clubs, spear points, stones, and all
death-dealing weapons. Whilst they were stationed behind the boards,
Peapea approached between them. Immediately they cast all their
javelins on Peapea, but they were trifles to him. Those death-dealing
implements were his bathing water. However, as he journeyed [637]
towards Kahekili, there by his right hand was Kekuapoi held. He
traveled in this manner into the presence of Kahekili. He had escaped
death, but, he was wifeless, for Kahekili took her.
KAAO NO PEAPEA.
Peapea, he koa kaulana.—Kaua a lanakila maluna o na koa a
Kahahana.—Kekuapoi, he ui loa.—Hoike Peapea i kona koa.
Oia kekahi koa kaulana loa o Maui a hiki i keia la, a ua kaulana nohoi
oia ma keia mau mokupuni a pau loa. He keiki no ia na Kahekilinui, ke
’lii o Maui, a nolaila, he ’lii nui no o Peapea. E hiki no ia Peapea ke
lalau a haihai i na kanaka elua, a ekolu, a hele aku i ka nui loa, he
mea ole ia iaia. I ka wa e noho ana o Kahahana he alii no Oahu nei a
puni, haawi aku la ia ia Oahu nei no Kahekili, ke ’lii o Maui, a mahope
kipi a hoole i kela haawi ana. A ma keia hoole ana a Kahahana, hiki aku
la ka lono i mua o Kahekili, nolaila, holo mai la o Kahekili me kona
mau waa kaua a pae ma Waikiki. Hoouna aku la ia i ka elele e kii ia
Kahahana a e hele mai i mua ona e kuka no ka oiaio ame ka oiaio ole o
ka lohe.
A o kahi a Kahahana e noho ana, o Kaneohe, i Koolaupoko. A hiki ka
elele i mua ona, hai aku la i na olelo a Kahekili iaia, a lohe o
Kahahana i keia mau olelo, ninau ae la ia i kana mau kahuna: “Pehea la
keia mau olelo a ke ’lii?” I mai na kahuna: “E ke ’lii! aole oe e pono
e ae wale aku a e hoihoi aku i ka aina nona, nokamea, ua makaukau oe i
keia wa aole ou hemahema. Nolaila e kaua, a maloko o ka maka o ka elau
ame ka ihe e ko ai ia a e nele ai oe.”
A lohe o Kahahana i keia mau olelo a kana mau kahuna, paa iho la kona
manao e kaua a e hoole i na olelo a Kahekili. Elua la i hala mahope o
ka hoi ana mai o ka elele i hoouna ia ia e Kahekili i o Kahahana ala.
Lohe ia mai la he kaua ka mea i koe. Ia wa, hoonoho ia ke kaua. O keia
hoonoho ana, ma Waikiki kai. I ka moku ana o ka pawa o ke ao, hoomaka
ka laina kaua e pii i uka o Nuuanu. Ia lakou e pii ana, loaa aku la o
Peapea i ka lohe i uka o Manoa, i ka hale wahine kahi i noho ai. Penei
na olelo iaia. “E Peapea! He kaua ko kai, haalele aku nei au e hoomaka
ana e pii ka maka mua i Kulaokahua.” Ninau mai o Peapea: “Nawai ke
kaua?” I aku ka mea olelo: “Na Kahahana ke kaua.”
A lohe o Peapea, haalele iho la ia i ka wahine a holo mai la ma uka mai
o Ualakaa, a Makiki, Pauoa, Kaheiki, e pili la me Maemae. Ilaila loaa
iaia ka maka mua o na kanaka o Kahekili. A o ko Kahahana aoao hoi, i
Waolani ka poe, i Maemae ka maka mua e iho mai ana. A hiki o Peapea
mawaena o ko Kahekili mau koa ame ko Kahahana mau koa, ku iho la ia e
pani.
KE KAUA ANA O PEAPEA AME KONA LANAKILA ANA.
Ia Peapea e ku ana mawaena o ko Maui aoao ame ko Oahu aoao, hoomaka aku
la ia e kaua. Hahai aku la ia i na koa he lehulehu o Kahahana a loaa ia
ia he haihai i ka lima me he lala laau palupalu la, i mua o ka mea
haihai, kana hana ana i ke kanaka. Ke kanaka ua haki ia ia, pela ka
akau me ka hema, o kona mau lima. Pela no kona pii ana a loaa ka poe i
Waolani, e ku poai mai ana lakou. (Ke ano o ka olelo “poe”.) He poe
kanaka nui loa, ua like me elua lau a hiki i ka mano, ua like me ewalu
haneri a oi aku.
A hiki o Peapea i kahi o ka poe kaua o Kahahana, komo aku la o Peapea i
loko o na kanaka, o kona manawa ia i puni ai i ka lehulehu. Ia wa, o ka
ihe, ka pololu, ke kuia, ka laau palau, nou ka pohaku, maa ka mea maa,
hahau ka laau, aka he wai auau ia no Peapea, a he mea ole ia i kona
ikaika nui. Pela no kona hele luku ana a hiki i Luakaha, a Nuuanu. Hee
o Kahahana ame kona mau alii a holo aku la, o ka nui ua pau i ka make
ia Peapea. A puni ae la o Oahu nei ia Kahekili, lawe ae la o Peapea ia
Kekuapoi, wahine a Kahahana i wahine nana, mamuli o kona koa ame ka
ikaika, a noho iho la.
NO KEKUAPOI.
Ua kaulana loa o Kekuapoi i ka wahine maikai loa a me ka nani o ka
helehelena ke nana aku, aole hoi ona kina. A ua olelo ia ma ka moolelo
o keia kaua ana, oia ka oi o Oahu nei ame ko na mokupuni e aku. A iloko
o ka make ana o kana kane, o Kahahana, ua paa mua ko Kahekili manao e
lawe ia Kekuapoi i wahine nana, aka, ua lilo i kana keiki ia Peapea. Ma
keia lawe ana o Peapea ia Kekuapoi i wahine nana, ua huhu loa o
Kahekili. Nolaila, hoouna aku o Kahekili i ka elele, e lawe mai ia
Kekuapoi nana. Aole nae he loaa mai ia Peapea. A nui na elele a
Kahekili i hoouna ai, aohe hiki mai o Kekuapoi, paa no ia Peapea.
Alaila, hoouna hou o Kahekili i ka elele, e kii ia Peapea ame ka wahine
e hele mai, a ina e noho, alaila, o ka make ko Peapea hope. A hiki ka
elele i mua o Peapea, olelo aku la. A lohe o Peapea hele mai la.
KE KOA ALUA ANA O PEAPEA.
Mamua ae o ke kii ia ana o Peapea, ua hoonoho ia ka make o Peapea i na
kanaka. Ua hoonoho ia elua papa, (ua olelo ia, he kanaha anana ka loa o
ke ku ana o na papa elua,) ma kela aoao keia aoao o ke alanui, kahi a
Peapea e hele aku ai a mua o Kahekili. Ua makaukau na kanaka a pau loa,
i ka ihe, ka pololu, i ka elau, ka pohaku, ame na mea make a pau loa.
Ia lakou e ku lalani ana ma na papa, hiki aku la o Peapea i waena o
lakou. Ia wa lakou i o ai i na ihe a pau loa i luna o Peapea, aka, he
mea ole ia ia Peapea, ua lilo ia mau mea make i wai auau nona. Aka,
iaia e hele ana i mua o Kahekili, aia ma kona lima akau o Kekuapoi kahi
i paa ia ai. Pela no kona hele ana a hiki i mua o Kahekili. Pau ae la
kona make. Eia nae, ua nele ia i ka wahine ole, ua lilo ia Kahekili.
BRIEF SKETCH OF KAMEHAMEHA I.
HIS WARS AND CELEBRITIES OF HIS TIME.
Kamehameha was a most famous king for bravery and for his great
strength; he was the foremost of the great chiefs of Hawaii, from the
earliest days, therefore his record [638] must be briefly looked over
from the time of his lowliness until he was prosperous. Keoua (First),
the father of Kamehameha, was the younger brother of Kalaiopuu. [639]
Another name of Keoua was Kalaninuikupuapaikalaninui. The place where
Kamehameha was raised from his childhood up, was at Halawa, in Kohala.
Here he became a planter. He planted the trees which are still growing
to this day, which are the noni, and other kinds. He also built the
temple (heiau) of Hapuu, in Halawa. Thus were spent his days when he
was poor and destitute of land. Of Kamehameha’s person, he had a large
body, which looked to be solidly built, and was very broad on the
shoulders. He was full formed without defects, and there was an
abundance of muscles on his neck.
The great king of Hawaii at that time was Kalaiopuu, and Kiwalao was
born to him. Before his death at Waioahukini, in Kau, Kalaiopuu left
the kingdom to his own son, Kiwalao.
OF KALAIOPUU’S WORDS TO KIWALAO AND KAMEHAMEHA.
Before the death of Kalaiopuu he gave an injunction to the boys,
Kiwalao and Kamehameha, [640] and to all the chiefs, thus: “Boys,
listen, both of you. The heir to the kingdom of Hawaii nei, comprising
the three divisions of land, Kau, Kona and Kohala, shall be the chief
Kiwalao. He is the heir to the lands. As regarding you, Kamehameha,
there is no land or property for you; but your land and your endowment
shall be the god Kaili. If, during life, your lord [641] should molest
you, take possession of the kingdom; but if the molestation be on your
part, you will be deprived of the god.” These words of Kalaiopuu were
fulfilled in the days of their youth, and his injunction was realized.
After the death of Kalaiopuu, Kamehameha came away with his
inheritance, the god Kaili. He took care and preserved it, building for
it stone enclosures at Kona and Kohala. The meaning of stone enclosures
is temples (heiau).
Kamehameha built temples at Hikiau in Kaawaloa; at Keeku, in Kahaluu;
at Keikipuipui, in Kailua, all in Kona; and at Mailekini, in Kawaihae;
Puukohola, in Kawaihae; Hapuu, in Halawa; Kupalaha, in Makapala; and
Mookini, in Puuepa, all in Kohala. In these temples (heiau’s)
Kamehameha was wont to worship his god, Kaili, thus maintaining his
endowment given to him by his uncle, Kalaiopuu.
OF MOKUOHAI. [642]—FIRST BATTLE.
This was the battle that made Kamehameha king of Kona, Kohala and
Hamakua. There remained the three divisions, Kau, Puna and Hilo, in
Hawaii. The cause of this war was the desire of the chiefs of Hilo to
possess Kona, which has a calm and pleasant climate.
When Kalaiopuu died at Waioahukini in Kau, the chiefs of Hilo and Kau
[643] brought his dead body to Kona, in canoes. That was not, however,
the real object of their coming, but they came to Kona, the land that
they had been longing for, to divide it up, and also to make war. On
the way from Kau to Kona, they and the corpse of Kalaiopuu were caught
in the rains on the ocean; therefore, they turned in and landed at
Honaunau, in South Kona, without reaching Kailua, in North Kona, where
they had intended to land. When they landed at Honaunau, Keeaumoku
[644] came to pay his respects to the remains of Kalaiopuu. On this
occasion Keeaumoku well knew by the looks of the chiefs and the men
that there was war brewing.
Soon after their landing at Honaunau with the corpse of Kalaiopuu, the
chiefs and Kiwalao started to divide up Hawaii among themselves, and
when Keeaumoku became cognizant of their warlike designs, he came to
Kamehameha, who was at Halawa, in Kohala, to go and fight. When
Keeaumoku left Kona, he arrived at Kekaha, where he met Kamehameha, who
had already been brought by Kekuhaupio [645] from Kohala. At this
meeting they consulted among themselves their plan of war, and their
own proper proceedings; and their plans being settled upon they set
sail, arriving at Kaawaloa and Keei.
When Kamehameha arrived there Kiwalao came to greet him with lying,
deceitful words, thus: “Listen; we are going to lose our lives. Here is
our uncle (Keawemauhili) insisting on war. It seems we two are the only
ones to die. Oh! Pity us.” After the meeting between Kiwalao and
Kamehameha, the former returned to Honaunau, [646] dividing up the
lands with the chiefs, thereby depriving Keoua of a share in the lands.
This so enraged Keoua that he went with his followers to Keomo and cut
down the coconut trees, killing a man. [647] That man was Kamehameha’s.
This was the commencement of the battle which continued for three days.
In this battle there were four chiefs in defense of Kamehameha; they
were Keeaumoku, Keaweaheulu, Kameeiamoku and Kekuhaupio. [648]
In the days of this battle Keeaumoku was the chief on Kamehameha’s side
who contended with Kiwalao’s warriors. In the fray he got entangled
with a long spear which threw him down. Kiwalao’s men then stabbed him
on the back, with wooden daggers. When Keeaumoku fell a man pierced him
with a long spear, whereby he became very weak and near unto death,
while the man said with a taunting brag: “My spear has struck a
yellow-backed crab.”
Then Kiwalao called to the warrior who was piercing Keeaumoku with the
long spear: “Save the ivory necklace,” by which Keeaumoku understood
that his own death was sealed. And while he was thus lying prostrate on
the ground, Kamanawa was leading the fighting against Kiwalao’s
warriors. Mahoe also stood up with his sling, sending a stone which
struck Kiwalao, knocking him down. When Keeaumoku saw Kiwalao fall, he
crawled over with a great effort, and when he found him he throttled
him with the leiomanu, [649] which he held in his hand; and thus
Kiwalao died.
On the death of Kiwalao, Kamehameha continued the fighting, and became
victorious over the opposing chiefs. Keoua fled by sea to Kau, and
reigned there. Keawemauhili fled over the mountains and became ruler
over Hilo and Puna, while Kamehameha became ruler over Kona, Kohala and
Hamakua. Therefore there were three different rulers on Hawaii at that
time.
OF KAUAAWA.—SECOND BATTLE.
This was Kamehameha’s second battle against his enemies, who were Keoua
and Keawemauhili. This battle took place on the mountains in Kau, [650]
which are called Kauaawa, [651] on account of the rains in the
mountains. In this battle, Kamehameha’s supporters, who were also his
chief advisors in the work necessary for the battle, were Keeaumoku,
Keaweaheulu, Kameeiamoku and Kamanawa. In this battle Keoua and
Keawemauhili were not defeated by Kamehameha, so he retired to
Laupahoehoe. After spending some time there, he again embarked in a
canoe to fight for the conquest of Hilo and Puna.
When he arrived at Keaau, in Puna, he made a landing at Papai, where
fishermen gathered for their daily vocation.
OF KAMEHAMEHA’S GREAT STRENGTH IN FIGHTING.
On landing at this place, where a number of fishermen dwelt, he chased
after them intending to kill them, and while thus pursuing the
fishermen, he fell in a crevice in the rocks where his foot caught and
held him fast. Therefore he tried with all his might to extricate
himself.
When he fell in the crevice, he was struck on the forehead with a
paddle by the fishermen, and on account of this fact the title of that
famous law, the “mamalahoa,” [652] was derived, which prevailed until
the days of Kamehameha III, the interpretation of which being that old
men and old women might lie down in the road without being ruthlessly
killed, [653] or robbed of their belongings.
By a tremendous effort Kamehameha extricated his foot and chased after
the men. There was a large clump of ohia trees in his way which could
not be encircled by less than three men. This obstructed Kamehameha
from chasing after the men, but he reached around one side of the clump
of ohias till he caught one of the men, whose body he bent over towards
the clump of ohias, and thus killed him. When the other men saw this
they were fearfully alarmed and ran away.
On another occasion, Kamehameha displayed his great strength when he
and his own personal attendant, Hema, alone went into a fight with
Keoua at Koapapaa, in Kekualele, and at Kealakaha, in Hamakua. There
was a deep ravine, and very narrow at the bottom. Kamehameha and Hema
went down till they reached this limited space, when they met Keoua’s
warriors. Forty of them with their spears and javelins jumped on
Kamehameha, but they were as nothing to him. He stretched out his
hands, caught the warriors, and broke them in two, one after another,
all of the time moving onward. Thus Kamehameha slaughtered the soldiers
until there remained only ten, when he became exhausted. He then told
his servant, “Say, help me out.” Hema [654] immediately jumped into the
fray, killing the remaining ten; and on that day he became a chief of
Kamehameha, being released from his position of attendant.
OF THE THIRD WAR, KEPANIWAI.
This is the third of Kamehameha’s battles during his reign, and was
fought out at Maui, in the Valley of Iao, at Wailuku. [655] It was one
of the most renowned of Kamehameha’s battles, on account of the great
number of canoes, of the people, and of the damming of the waters of
Iao. This trip of the canoes from Hawaii was called the Great Fleet,
which was the first trip of Kamehameha’s large peleleu (canoes) to
Maui. It is said that the canoes which came in this single trip were so
numerous that they covered the whole landing place from Keoneoio to
Olowalu without a space intervening.
In the battle at Iao, Kalaikupule [656] was defeated by Kamehameha, the
former fleeing in a canoe and going to Oahu. In this battle the
slaughter of the people of Maui was so great that the stream and valley
of Iao was dammed that the water receded upward and did not flow
downward as it does now. On account of the great number of people slain
and the great number of deaths of people rolling down the precipice,
that battle was known under three famous appellations. They are:
Kepaniwai, [657] Kauwaupali, [658] and Iao. In this war Maui became a
possession of Kamehameha to this day of writing, and no one has ever
denounced the powerful arm of Kamehameha to this day.
THE FOURTH BATTLE, AT KOAPAPAA.
This battle was a secret invasion by Keoua. When Kamehameha had gone to
Maui and then to Molokai, at Kaunakahakai, a messenger arrived from
Hawaii, apprising him of Keoua’s cruelty to his (Kamehameha’s)
subjects, by robbing them of their property, by the wantonly killing of
men, women and children, the cutting of taro from the fields with
overbearing arrogance, and all other malicious acts. Women who were
with child were trampled under foot, pierced with small bambus and with
sticks and stones.
When Kamehameha heard of these acts of Keoua, his love for the people
of his three possessions, Kona, Kohala and Hamakua, was manifested, as
they were cruelly slaughtered by Keoua. Kamehameha then abandoned his
idea of going to Oahu.
He went back to Hawaii and fought Keoua in Hamakua, where Keoua was
defeated [659] and escaped to Kau, and afterwards died at Kawaihae, in
Kohala. That battle was called Koapapaa. [660] Here is the explanation
of the name: the warriors of Keoua were reduced by death, and were as
nothing before Kamehameha and his warriors, and were left on the ground
as a lot of logs piled up in an umu (underground oven), and very much
scorched by the heat of the fire.
The death of Keoua by which Kau became a possession of Kamehameha,
happened in this way: When the temple (heiau) at Puukohola, [661] in
Kawaihae was built, Keoua was sent for in Kau, [662] with deceitful
words thus: “O Keoua, your cousin, Kamehameha, has requested that you
come and make friends, and live together in harmony, and to cast aside
all strife.” On these cunning and deceitful words, Keoua came with his
double canoes and landed at Kawaihae. [663] Before his arrival the umu
had been prepared and was red hot. Keoua was then roasted. [664] And
thus Keoua was killed by Kamehameha, who came into possession of Kau,
making four divisions of land in Hawaii, in his possession, namely,
Kau, Kona, Kohala and Hamakua.
THE FIFTH BATTLE, CALLED KE-PU-WAHA-ULAULA. [665]
This was Kamehameha’s fifth battle which he fought against the rebel
chiefs [666] Kahekili and Kaeo. The latter came from Kauai to Oahu and
met Kahekili, both going to Hawaii, and at Kohala fought Kamehameha.
They were defeated. In this vanquishment, the people of Kauai, and of
Oahu and of Maui were slaughtered by Kamehameha and his warriors, so
that the corpses of the people floated on the sea outside of Kohala,
and looked red; hence the appellation Kepuwahaulaula. The head and the
skin of the corpses were as red as the gun.
THE SIXTH BATTLE, CALLED KAIEIEWAHO. [667]
When Kamehameha heard that Kahekili had died in Oahu, and that the
government of Oahu was under the control of Kalaikupule, his son, he
set sail and arrived at Oahu, where he fought Kalaikupule at the famous
pali of Nuuanu. Kalaikupule was defeated by Kamehameha. In this battle
the people of Oahu were massacred at the cliffs of Nuuanu. The people
stepped upon each other, and the people that day were in heaps at the
bottom of the cliffs of Nuuanu. And by this battle the whole group of
islands, including Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and Kauai, [668] was
conquered by Kamehameha.
PIHANA.
Pihana was a very celebrated warrior chief of Oahu, in the days of
Kalaikupule, the great chief of Oahu. He (Pihana) was noted for his
bravery and skill; the use of the spear, the lance, the javelin, were
as a bath to him; his joys and pleasures; he could fight other people
and many of them with the help of but a few soldiers.
THE SIXTH BATTLE. [669]
This was the battle between Kamehameha and Kalaikupule at Nuuanu.
Kalaimoku was Kamehameha’s chief warrior, from Hawaii, and Pihana was
Kalaikupule’s chief warrior.
When Kamehameha with his many soldiers came over from Hawaii in his
canoes, the first of the canoe fleet in charge of Kalaimoku,
Kamehameha’s chief warrior, landed at Kapua. [670] Just as Kalaimoku
was about to disembark, Pihana, with his nine soldiers, came and stood
at the landing place of Kapua. The fight then commenced. The men from
Hawaii under Kalaimoku, at that time, were eight times forty in number.
[671] All of them threw their spears and lances at Pihana and his nine
soldiers, but none were hit nor were any killed. After they had fought
for some time, they moved to Waikiki where the fighting was renewed.
Here the Hawaii men tried to mob Pihana, but were unsuccessful. The
fighting kept moving thence to Kulaokahua, then to Puowaina, [672]
behind which a man of the Oahu warriors was secretly shot by a
foreigner’s gun. From that place they moved on to Pauoa, and passing
this place came to Kaheiki, a place adjacent to Maemae. [673] Here the
Hawaii forces came to a stand.
Kalaikupule and his warriors were encamped above at Waolani [674], and
it was only his chief warrior, Pihana, that was battling with
Kalaimoku. Kalaimoku and the Hawaii soldiers were distinguished by
being surrounded by a fine-meshed net, which was the outside enclosure
for the men; if a man was on the outside, then he was an Oahuan; if
within the net enclosure, he was a Hawaii man. On account of this
action, Pihana and his nine men stood up and fought Kalaimoku, in which
engagement Pihana and his men were not defeated.
Therefore Kalaimoku asked Pihana to cease his resisting and to cede
Oahu to Kamehameha. Pihana replied: “I will not give you the land until
I have bathed [675] myself in Hawaii’s medicine (weapons). In three
days I shall leave the land in your hands.” Then Pihana stood alone
before the soldiers from Hawaii. They cast their spears and lances and
javelins, and threw stones at him, but Pihana simply dodged them.
Thus he stood until tired when he laid down, face downward, and then on
his back. He then stooped and exhibited his posterior in vulgar
defiance, and in all that time the men from Hawaii were casting their
spears and javelins at him without hitting him. The men from Hawaii,
looking at him found no one among many equal to him in agility and
daring.
After two days had passed Pihana joined his forces, which was the time
of the great battle. He tore the surrounding net and stood at the
opening. No spear nor lance was hurled, the dread of Pihana being so
great. On the third day Pihana again came forward to fight with the
warriors from Hawaii. He went up to Kalaimoku and ceded the land to
him. Therefore Kalaikupule was vanquished.
SEVENTH BATTLE BY KAMEHAMEHA.
After Kamehameha had fought Kalaikupule on Oahu, Namakaeha, a chief who
was residing at Hilo, raised a rebellion there, and made preparations
to war upon Kamehameha. At that time Kamehameha was on Oahu, and he
immediately returned to Hawaii [676], to fight Namakaeha. In the battle
which ensued Namakaeha was slain by Kamehameha at Kaipalaoa, in Hilo.
This was the last battle by Kamehameha when he assumed the
administration of his whole kingdom from Hawaii to Niihau, in which he
reigned peacefully to the day of his death. On the consolidation of
these Islands from Hawaii to Niihau under one great ruler, Kamehameha,
with all the chiefs under him, he established his policy and wisdom
over all his kingdom with uprightness.
THE ADMINISTRATION OF KAMEHAMEHA.
Kamehameha was a very wise king, and was honest, kind, charitable and
humane. This is how he arranged the work of his kingdom: Kamehameha was
the great ruler over all. There were four chief executives under him:
these were Keeaumoku, Keaweaheulu, Kameeiamoku and Kamanawa. [677]
There were also advisors and counselors in the affairs of the kingdom.
There were four of them: Kai, Kapalaoa, Kaaloa and Kauakahiakaola. With
these people Kamehameha carried out all of his works, and through them
important laws were made, which carried great influence upon the
people, such as the Mamalahoa [678] and the Maumae, [679] “that the old
and the infirm might lie down in the road and not be molested.”
Here are also the names of certain men whom Kamehameha brought together
to be with him; men who were skillful in all things, and who were
considerate and intelligent. Here are their names and their offices:
Kalaimoku, a favorite, a chief warrior; Hewahewa, a priest; Kaumiumi, a
fortune-teller; Kapoukahi, a statesman; Kaaloakauila, an advocate;
Kekakau, a surf rider; Kekuhaupio, a celebrated warrior; Kepaalani, a
canoeist; Waipa, a shipwright; Palake, a canoe builder; Kapueuhi, a
dancer; Kamakau, a chanter; Keaweaheulu, a lua-apana (jester);
Hoomakaukau, a steward; Wahahee, a masseur; Kalaimamahu, the law-giver
or judge; Kamaalo, god impersonator; Kanihonui, observer of the kapu
restrictions; Kaikioewa, an extortioner (thief). The word lua-apana
means doing nothing, spending time in laziness. The word kikoola means
robbing others of their property, and perjuring.
He took care of the people as though they were children, and his wives
he placed as guardians. He, with his chiefs and the men of his court,
cultivated the land and the result of which was that most noted field
of Kuahewa, in upper Kailua, North Kona, Hawaii. It was most noted for
its great size and length. It comprised eight divisions of land, about
seven miles.
The most valuable commodity during Kamehameha’s reign was the iliahi,
[680] a very fragrant wood and very valuable, which flourished in the
mountains, and in places thickly covered with vegetation. The feathers
of the birds, of the oo and other birds, were made into feather cloaks
for the chiefs and the warriors.
The extent of Kamehameha’s reign was seven [681] years, and he died at
the commencement of the eighth, in the year of the Lord, 1819. [682] He
died at Kailua, in Kona, Hawaii, and it was there that Liholiho [683]
was set apart as heir to his (Kamehameha’s) kingdom.
OF THE CHIEF KEKUAOKALANI, AND HIS INSURGENCY.
The cause for this insurgency of Kekuaokalani [684] was on account of
the raising of the restrictions, and Liholiho allowing the same to be
done; this angered Kekuaokalani, who threatened to make war and destroy
the reformers. Here is the meaning of Aikapu: [685] The husband ate by
himself, had a separate house, a separate oven, and so forth; so did
the wife. They were separated in their social life. Ainoa [686] means:
The husband and his wife eat together, dwelt in the same house, and so
forth.
When Kamehameha died the kingdom fell to Liholiho. Kekuaokalani did not
want Liholiho to remove the restrictions of the kingdom; he was in
favor of aikapu, therefore he opposed Liholiho, but Kaahumanu [687] and
the chiefs refused to continue the restrictions. The cause of this
reformation was the death of Kamehameha. All the people went into
mourning, and it was during that time that the husband and wife ate
together, eating all foods that were restricted, and thus ainoa spread
down to the battle at Kuamoo with Kekuaokalani.
When Kekuaokalani heard that Liholiho and all the chiefs had acceded to
the ainoa, he went and resided at Kaawaloa with his wife, Manono. He
then prepared to rebel and to fight against the ainoa people. Then two
chiefs, Naihe and Hoapili, set sail from Kailua to Kaawaloa. They said
to Kekuaokalani: “We have come to bring you back to your nephew and
reside at Kailua, and it shall be as you desire whether the
restrictions be continued or raised. But that shall be as you desire.”
Kekuaokalani then said: “You two tarry here until Manono hears about
it. Tomorrow I will tell you.”
They rested there, and in the morning Kekuaokalani came to the presence
of Hoapili and Naihe. They then asked, “Are we going?” Kekuaokalani
said “Yes,” but his assent was not real. He was bent on war. Wherefore
Naihe and Hoapili said: “The navel is cut then, companion.”
After this Naihe and Hoapili returned and arrived at Kailua, and told
Kalaimoku to prepare for war. Nine war canoes were made ready.
Kalaimoku marched overland, and when he came to Lekeleke, the battle
commenced with Kekuaokalani’s scouts. In this battle Kalaimoku was
defeated and a number of his men were killed. They again met at Kuamoo,
where they fought from morning till evening when Kekuaokalani was
killed. He was hit in the leg by a bullet, the effects of which
rendering him very weak. His wife Manono remained safe.
Manono was a very beautiful woman and her face very fair to look upon.
She called to Kalaimoku and the men thus: “O spare us two! There is no
safety before the mouth of a gun.” Kalaimoku then said: “You shall not
live, because the chief has been killed.” Therefore she was shot and
died soon after.
After the death of Kekuaokalani and his wife Manono at Kuamoo,
Kalaimoku returned with the warriors to Kailua. They held a
consultation and decided to make war upon that other insurgent,
Kainapau, a commoner, residing at Waipio, in Hamakua. Kalaimoku and his
men then set sail and arrived at Kawaihae. From here they marched up to
Waimea, arriving at a place called Pahupahua, near Mahiki, where the
fighting occurred. In the melee the rebels were annihilated and
Kainapau overthrown. He fled to the uttermost backwoods of Waipio,
hiding there, and while so doing, was found by the searchers. Kainapau
was killed on the spot, and his intestines strung out to dry in the
sun. That is the dreadful end of the evil-minded, the rebellious and
the wrong-doer, a horrible death.
OF HEMA.
Hema was one of the most famous warriors in the days of Kamehameha, and
a man who was not afraid of the bravery and strength of others. Hema
was not trained to be a warrior, or in the art of war. He was not
accustomed to the waging of wars, and was never a warrior. He was a
steward of Kamehameha, and his duties were to take and keep in charge
rations for the king every day. While going abroad in war times he was
the bearer of food, and when a battle was in progress and Kamehameha
became hungry, then Hema would bring him provisions.
In all these works pertaining to a steward Hema was an expert, and was
satisfactory to Kamehameha, but he had not received a chiefly term, nor
fame, nor was he a favorite, but on the day that he chose to be a
warrior and destroyed the enemies of Kamehameha, that day he became a
chief and a favorite of Kamehameha, and abandoned his stewardship.
When Kamehameha was fighting against Keoua at Koapapaa, in Hamakua, at
a place called Kealakaha, near to Kaula, and in a deep valley called
Kekualele, there a fight occurred between the strongest warriors of
Keoua against Kamehameha. At that particular place the standing room
was only a fathom in width, and it was there Kamehameha fought against
forty [688] or more of Keoua’s warriors.
After considerable fighting Kamehameha was very much out of breath, and
the men of Keoua were being reinforced. Just then Kamehameha
expectantly turned to the rear; but there were no chiefs, nor warriors
behind him, only Hema the steward.
While Kamehameha was talking to Hema, the enemies were preparing to
take Kamehameha’s life, but Hema fearlessly leapt forward and slew the
warriors of Keoua. By this work of Hema in leaping forward to repulse
the enemies, Kamehameha was victorious that day, and his life was
saved, and Keoua defeated. Hence the name Koapapaa until this day,
which means that the warriors became a storehouse of death and the
lance and the spear the pathway, here and there. The warriors were left
there in that valley, a pile of earth.
When Kamehameha witnessed the matchless bravery of Hema, he said:
“Today you become a chief as I am, and today you refrain from carrying
and shouldering baggage, and you shall be a courtier in my presence,
and in the presence of the chiefs and the people also. He who disobeys
your word shall die. If the delinquent be a chief he shall lose his
lands.” [689] Therefore Hema was exalted until his death, and was very
famous in the days of Kamehameha.
On reflection, therefore, perhaps there never was a man on the
continents, or on the Isles of the Sea, who had never studied the
requirements of a warrior, and who did go to war as Hema was, the
unlearned.
OF NALU.
Nalu was a very celebrated warrior during Kamehameha’s reign, and was
an accomplished soldier. It is said that in his fighting days he could
stand and fight fearlessly against an overwhelming number of his
enemies and beat them, because he gloried [690] in the use of the
lance, the spear, the javelin, the cudgel, the stone ax and the
encircling pikoi rope. Nalu was therefore greatly feared in his warrior
days and fighting in battles. No land division chief would dare and
fight him; no warrior, no land, or island [691] would dare and fight
Nalu, his great strength being the source of fear among all. Kamehameha
was also apprehensive of Nalu on account of the latter’s
accomplishments in bravery and skill.
MOOLELO POKOLE NO KAMEHAMEHA I.
KANA MAU KAUA, A POE KAULANA OIA WA.
He ’lii kaulana loa o Kamehameha I no ke koa a me ka ikaika loa, a oia
ka oi o na ’lii nui o Hawaii nei mai kahiko loa mai, nolaila, he pono e
nana pokole i kona moolelo o ka noho ilihune ana, a me ka noho waiwai
ana. O Keoua mua ka makuakane o Kamehameha, o Kalaiopuu kaikaina no o
Keoua (o kekahi inoa o Keoua, o Kalaninuikupuapaikalaninui). O kahi i
hanai ia ai o Kamehameha, o Halawa, i Kohala, mai kona wa uuku a nui,
alaila, mahiai o Kamehameha. Nana na laau e ulu la ma Halawa a hiki i
keia la, oia ka noni, a me na mea e ae, a me kela heiau o Hapuu, makai
o Halawa. Pela kona noho ana i kona wa ilihume, aina ole.
O ke kino o Kamehameha, he kino nui, paa ke nana aku, he kihikihi o
luna kipoohiwi, he lawa ke kino, aohe hakahaka, he nui kona aa o luna o
ka a-i.
O ke ’lii nui o Hawaii ia wa e noho ana o Kalaiopuu, a ua hanau nana o
Kiwalao. A make o Kalaiopuu ma Waioahukini ma Kau, hooili ihola ia i ke
aupuni maluna o kana keiki ponoi, o Kiwalao.
NO KA OLELO A KALAIOPUU IA KIWALAO A ME KAMEHAMEHA.
Mamua ae o ka make ana o Kalaiopuu, waiho aku ia i kana olelo kauoha i
na keiki, ia Kiwalao a me Kamehameha, a me na ’lii a pau loa: “E na
keiki, e hoolohe mai olua, o ka hooilina o ke aupuni o Hawaii nei, oia
na moku ekolu, o Kau, o Kona, o Kohala, o Kiwalao ke ’lii, oia ka
hooilina o na aina. O oe hoi e Kamehameha, aole ou aina, aole ou
hooilina waiwai, aka, o kou aina a me kou hooilina, o ke ’kua o Kaili.
Ina oe i noho a lalau ko haku ia oe, lawe ia ae ke aupuni, a ina hoi
nau ka lalau i ko haku, e nele oe i ke ’kua ole.” Ma keia mau olelo a
Kalaiopuu, ua hooko ia i na la o kana mau keiki, a ua ko no elike me
kana mau olelo kauoha, aole i hala.
Mahope o ka make ana o Kalaiopuu, hoi maila o Kamehameha me kona
hooilina o ke ’kua o Kaili, a malama ihola, a hana i mau papohaku no
kona akua no Kaili, ma Kona, ma Kohala. O ke ano o ka huaolelo
papohaku, he heiau. Kukulu ihola o Kamehameha i na heiau:
O Hikiau, ma Kaawaloa, o Keeku, ma Kahaluu, a me Keikipuipui, ma
Kailua, i Kona. O Mailekini, ma Kawaihae, o Puukohola, ma Kawaihae, o
Hapuu, ma Halawa, o Kupalaha, ma Makapala, a me Mookini, ma Puuepa, i
Kohala.
Ma keia mau heiau o Kamehameha i hoomana ai i kona akua o Kaili, a pela
no hoi oia i malama ai i kona hooilina, mai ko laua makuakane mai o
Kalaiopuu.
NO MOKUOHAI.—KAUA MUA.
Oia ke kaua i ku ai o Kamehameha i ka moku o Kona, o Kohala, o Hamakua,
koe ekolu moku o Hawaii, o Kau, o Puna, o Hilo. O ke kumu o keia kaua
ana o ka makemake o ua ’lii o Hilo ia Kona i ka pohu, a me ka maikai,
nolaila ke kaua.
A make o Kalaiopuu ma Waioahukini ma Kau, lawe maila na ’lii o Hilo a
me Kau i ke kino kupapau o Kalaiopuu, maluna o na waa i Kona nei. Aka,
aole ia o ko lakou manao maoli, aka, i hiki lakou i Kona, ka aina a
lakou i makemake nui ai, alaila okioki, a kaua no hoi. Ma keia holo ana
mai Kau mai a Kona, ua loaa lakou i ka ua ma ka moana me ke kino
kupapau o Kalaiopuu, nolaila, pae lakou i Honaunau, ma Kona hema, aole
i hiki i Kailua ma Kona akau nei, kahi a lakou i manao ai e pae. A pae
lakou ma Honaunau, hele maila o Keeaumoku e ike i ke kupapau o
Kalaiopuu. Ma keia ike ana o Keeaumoku, ua maopopo ia ia he kaua ke ano
o na ’lii a me na kanaka.
Ma keia pae ana o na ’lii me ke kino kupapau o Kalaiopuu ma Honaunau,
ia wa, okioki ihola na ’lii a me Kiwalao i ka aina o Hawaii, no lakou a
pau. A ma ko Keeaumoku ike ana i ko lakou ano kaua, kii maila ia ia
Kamehameha ma Halawa i Kohala, e hele e kaua. Ia Keeaumoku i holo ai
mai Kona aku a Kekaha, halawai maila o Kamehameha meia, no ka mea, ua
kii mua aku o Kekuhaupio ia Kamehameha ma Kohala. Ma keia halawai ana o
lakou, kuka ihola lakou i ke ano o ke kaua, a me ka hana e pono ai, a
akaka ihola, holo aku la lakou a hiki ma Kaawaloa, a ma Keei.
A hiki o Kamehameha malaila, hele maila o Kiwalao e aloha ia Kamehameha
me na olelo pahele hoopunipuni, penei: “Auhea oe, e make ana kaua, eia
no ka makuakane o kaua ke pue mai nei e kaua (oia o Keawemauhili), elua
wale no paha auanei kaua e make, aloha wale kaua.” A pau ka ike ana o
Kiwalao me Kamehameha hoi akula o Kiwalao a Honaunau, okioki i na aina
me na ’lii, a nele o Keoua i ka aina ole, huhu ihola ia. Hele aku la o
Keoua me kona mau kanaka a hiki ma Keomo, kua ihola i ka niu, pepehi i
ke kanaka, make ihola ko Kamehameha kanaka. Alaila, hoomaka ke kaua,
ekolu la i kaua ai. Ma keia kaua ana, eha alii mahope o Kamehameha,
Keeaumoku, Keaweheulu, Kameeiamoku, Kekuhaupio.
Iloko o na la i kaua ai, o Keeaumoku ke ’lii ma ko Kamehameha aoao i
kaua aku, me ko Kiwalao poe kaua. Ma keia hoouka ana o Keeaumoku, ua
hihia oia i ka pololu, a hina ihola ilalo, o o ihola na koa o Kiwalao i
ka pahoa ia Keeaumoku ma kona kua. I keia hina ana, hou ihola kekahi
koa ia Keeaumoku i ka pololu, a ua nawaliwali oia, aneane e make, me ka
hua olelo kaena penei: “Ku aku la kau laau i ka aama kua lenalena.”
Alaila, pane mai o Kiwalao i ke koa nana e hou nei o Keeaumoku i ka
pololu: “E malama i ka niho palaoa.” Alaila, maopopo ia Keeaumoku e
make ana ia i loko o ka Kiwalao olelo ana. Ia Keeaumoku e waiho ana
ilalo, alaila, hoouka aku la o Kamanawa me ko Kiwalao poe koa, a ku
aela hoi o Mahoe me kana maa, a pa aku la o Kiwalao i ka pohaku, hina
ilalo. A ike o Keeaumoku ua hina o Kiwalao ilalo, hooikaika aela ia, a
loaa o Kiwalao, uumi ihola ia me ka leiomanu ma kona lima, a make ihola
o Kiwalao.
A make o Kiwalao, hoouka ihola o Kamehameha me na ’lii, a lanakila aela
o Kamehameha mahuka aku la o Keoua ma ke kai a hiki i Kau noho alii. A
o Keawemauhili, mahuka aku la ia ma ka mauna a noho alii maluna o Hilo
a me Puna. A o Kamehameha hoi, noho alii ihola ia maluna o Kona, o
Kohala, o Hamakua. A nolaila, akolu alii noho aupuni o Hawaii ia wa.
NO KAUAAWA.—KAUA ALUA.
O ka lua keia o ko Kamehameha kaua ana i kona mau enemi, oia o Keoua a
me Keawemauhili. O keia kaua ana, ma ka mauna o Kau, nolaila kela inoa,
o Kauaawa, no ka ua ma ka mauna. O na kokua o Kamehameha ma keia kaua
ana, a o kona mau kuhina noia ma ka noonoo ana i na mea e pono ai ka
hana ana, o Keeaumoku, o Keaweheulu, o Kameeiamoku, o Kamanawa.
Ma keia kaua ana, aole i hee o Keoua me Keawemauhili ia Kamehameha,
nolaila, hoi aela ia a noho ma Laupahoehoe. Mahope o keia noho ana o
Kamehameha i Laupahoehoe, hele aku la ia maluna o ka waa, e kaua hou ai
i Hilo a me Puna.
A hiki o Kamehameha ma Keaau i Puna, o Papai kahi o na lawaia e noho
ana, oia ke awa a Kamehameha i pae ai.
KA IKAIKA O KAMEHAMEHA MA KA HAKAKA ANA.
Ma keia pae ana o Kamehameha, he mau lawaia e noho ana ma laila, alualu
aku la o Kamehameha e pepehi i na lawaia. Ma keia alualu ana, ua haule
o Kamehameha i loko o ka mawae a paa loa kona wawae, nolaila, oni aela
ia me kona ikaika loa.
Ia ia nae i haule ai i loko o ka mawae, oia ka wa i hahau ai na lawaia
i ka lae o Kamehameha i ka hoe, a pa ihola ia i ka hoe. A no loko o
keia pa ana o ka lae o Kamehameha i ka hoe, kela kanawai kaulana loa i
kauia a hiki i na la o Kamehameha III oia ka Mamalahoa. Eia ke ano: “E
hele ka elemakule a me ka luahine a moe i ke ala,” aole e pepehi wale
ia, aole hao wale ia ko lakou waiwai.
A no ka ikaika loa o ko Kamehameha oni ana, hemo aela kona wawae,
alaila, alualu aku la ia i ke kanaka. Aia hoi, he opu ohia nui e ku ana
mamua o ko Kamehameha alo, ekolu kanaka nana e apo puni ae, oia ka mea
nana i keakea i ko Kamehameha hahai ana, aka, apo aku la o Kamehameha
me kona mau lima ma na aoao o ke opu ohia, a loaa aku la ke kanaka ia
ia, hoopio maila ia i ke kino o ke kanaka i ke opu ohia, a make ihola.
A ike kekahi mau kanaka makau ihola, a holo aku la.
O kekahi hoike ana o Kamehameha i kona ikaika. Ia ia i hele ai me kona
kahu ponoi me Hema, i loko o ke kaua a Keoua ma Koapapaa i Kekualele,
ma Kealakaha, ma Hamakua, he kahawai hohonu manao loa ia, a he haiki
loa o lalo o ka honua, o ke kahawai, iho aku la o Kamehameha me Hema, a
hiki ia wahi haiki, halawai maila na koa o Keoua me Kamehameha. Ia wa,
lele mai na koa o Keoua he kanaha, iluna o Kamehameha, me ka pololu, ka
elau, ka ihe, aka he mea ole ia mau mea ia Kamehameha. Lalau aku o
Kamehameha me kona mau lima, hakihaki i na koa, hele aku ana imua, pela
o Kamehameha i noke ai i na koa, a koe he umi koa, pau ke aho o
Kamehameha. Olelo ia i kona kahu ia Hema: “E, e kokua ae oe ia’u,” ia
wa, lele o Hema, pau na koa he umi i koe i ka make, nolaila, lilo o
Hema ia la, he ’lii no Kamehameha, pau kona kahu ana.
KAUA AKOLU.—KEPANIWAI.
O keia ke kolu o na kaua a Kamehameha i kona aupuni; ma Maui keia kaua
ana, ma ke kahawai o Iao, ma Wailuku. O keia kekahi o na kaua kaulana
loa a Kamehameha no ka nui o na waa, no ka nui o na kanaka, no ka paa
ana o ka wai o Iao. Ma keia holo ana mai a na waa mai Hawaii mai, ua
kapaia o ka waa nui, oia ko Kamehameha peleleu mua o ka holo ana i ke
kaua ma Maui. Ua olelo ia ka nui o na waa ia holo hookahi ana mai, ua
pani ia ke awa mai Keoneoio a Olowalu e na waa, aole wahi kaawale.
Ma ke kaua ana ma Iao, ua hee o Kalaikupule ia Kamehameha, a mahuka aku
la ma ka waa a noho i Oahu. A ma keia kaua ana, ua luku ia na kanaka o
Maui, a ua paa ka hohonu o ka wai o Iao a me ke kahawai, a ua hoi ka
wai i uka, aole kahe i kai elike me keia wa. No ka nui loa o na kanaka,
ke kumu paa o ka wai, a no ka nui loa o ka poe make mailuna mai o ka
pali. Nolaila, ua kapa ia ia kaua ana ma na inoa kaulana ekolu, o
Kepaniwai, o Kauwaupali, o Iao. Ma keia kaua ana i lilo ai o Maui ia
Kamehameha, a hiki i keia kakau ana, aole nohoi he mea nana i hoole i
na lima kakauha o Kamehameha a hiki loa i keia kau.
KAUA AHA A KAMEHAMEHA, KOAPAPAA.
O keia kaua ana, he kaua poa na Keoua, a hala o Kamehameha i Maui, a
Molokai, a Kaunakahakai hiki maila ka elele mai Hawaii mai, e hai mai
ana i ko Keoua paia i ko Kamehameha mau makaainana, hao wale i ka
waiwai, pepehi wale i ke kane me ka wahine, ke keiki, kokohi ku i ke
kalo i waena, a me na hana ino a pau loa. Na wahine hapai keiki,
hehihehi ia me ka wawae, pahu ia me ke ulili liilii, a me ka laau, ka
pohaku.
A lohe o Kamehameha i keia mau hana a Keoua, hu mai kona aloha i na
makaainana o kona mau moku ekolu, o Kona, o Kohala, o Hamakua, i ka
luku wale ia e Keoua me ka hoomainoino, a me ka pono ole, alaila, pau
ko Kamehameha manao ana e holo i Oahu. Hoi aku la o Kamehameha a hiki i
Hawaii, kaua laua me Keoua ma Hamakua, a hee aku la o Keoua ia
Kamehameha, a noho ma Kau, a mahope make ma Kawaihae i Kohala. A ua
kapaia ia kaua ana o Koapapaa; eia ke ano oia inoa: O na koa o Keoua ua
lilo i make, a i mea ole imua o Kamehameha, a me kona mau koa, a ua
waiho lakou ilalo ma ka honua me he mau pauku laau la, elike me na mea
kalua i loko o ka umu e ahu ana, me ka papaa loa i ka wela o ke ahi.
O ko Keoua make ana a lilo ai o Kau ia Kamehameha, penei no ia: A paa
ka heiau o Puukohola i Kawaihae, kii ia akula o Keoua ma Kau, mamuli o
na olelo maalea, penei: “E Keoua, i olelo mai nei ko kaikaina ia oe o
Kamehameha, e holo oe, e ike olua, a e noho pu, a e noho me ka oluolu,
e pau ke kue ana.” Ma keia mau olelo pahele maalea, holo maila o Keoua
me kona mau kaulua a pae ma Kawaihae. Ma keia pae ana ua makaukau ka
umu, ua enaena, a kalua ia ihola o Keoua. A pela i make ai o Keoua ia
Kamehameha, a lilo aela o Kau ia ia, loaa aha moku o Hawaii ia
Kamehameha, o Kau, o Kona, o Kohala, o Hamakua.
KAUA ALIMA, OIA O KE-PU-WAHAULAULA.
O ka lima keia o ko Kamehameha kaua ana me na ’lii kipi, oia o Kahekili
a me Kaeo. Hala maila o Kaeo mai Kauai mai a Oahu, loaa o Kahekili.
Holo aku la laua a Hawaii ma Kohala, kaua me Kamehameha, a hee laua, ma
keia hee ana, ua luku ia ko Kauai, a me ko Oahu, ko Maui, a ua pau i ka
make ia Kamehameha a me kona mau koa.
A ma keia make ana, ua lana ke kino kupapau o na kanaka ma waho o ke
kai o Kohala, a ua ulaula ke nana aku. A nolaila kela inoa, o
Ke-pu-wahaulaula. Ua like ke poo, ka ili o na kanaka me ke pu ka
ulaula.
KAUA AONO, O KAIEIEWAHO KA INOA.
A lohe o Kamehameha ua make o Kahekili ma Oahu, a ua lilo ka noho alii
o Oahu ia Kalaikupule, kana keiki, alaila, holo maila o Kamehameha a
hiki ma Oahu, kaua ihola me Kalaikupule ma ka pali kaulana o Nuuanu, a
hee aela o Kalaikupule ia Kamehameha. Ma keia kaua ana, ua luku ia na
kanaka Oahu nei ma ka pali o Nuuanu, ua hehi kekahi maluna o kekahi, a
ua lilo ke kanaka ma ia la i ahu no lalo o ka pali o Nuuanu.
A ma keia kaua ana, ua puni na mokupuni a pau loa ia Kamehameha, Maui,
Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe, Kauai.
NO PIHANA.
Oia kekahi alii koa kaulana loa Oahu nei, i na la o Kalaikupule ko Oahu
nei alii nui. Ua kaulana loa ia no ke koa a me ke akamai, o ka ihe, ka
pololu, ka elau, he wai auau ia nona. Ua hiki ia ia ke hoouka me ka
poe, a me ka lehulehu, me na koa uuku loa.
KE KAUA AONO.
Oia ke kaua ana o Kamehameha me Kalaikupule ma Nuuanu. O Kalaimoku ko
Kamehameha pukaua nui, mai Hawaii mai, a o Pihana ko Kalaikupule pukaua
nui.
I ka holo ana mai a Kamehameha mai Hawaii mai me kona mau waa, a me na
koa he lehulehu loa, a pae ma Kapua, ka makamua o na waa, oia o
Kalaimoku ka pukaua nui o Kamehameha. Ia Kalaimoku i hoomaka mai ai e
lele mai na waa mai a ka aina, ia wa i hele aku ai o Pihana me kona mau
koa eiwa a ku ma ke awa o Kapua. Hoomaka ko lakou hoouka kaua ana, o na
kanaka a pau loa o Hawaii me Kalaimoku ia wa, ewalu kanaka ka nui o
lakou. Oia poe a pau loa kai hou mai i ka ihe a me ka pololu ia Pihana,
a me kona mau koa eiwa, aole nae lakou i ku, aole hoi i make kekahi o
lakou. Pela lakou i kaua ai a pau ia, nee mai la lakou a Waikiki, kaua
hou. Ilaila i alu ai na koa o Hawaii ia Pihana, aole i ku. Malaila ka
hele kaua ana a hiki i Kulaokahua, malaila a Puowaina ma kona kua iho,
ku kekahi koa Oahu nei i ka pu a ka haole, i ki malu ia. Malaila ae ko
lakou pii ana a hiki i Pauoa, a hala ia, pii mao o Kaheiki e pili la me
Maemae, alaila, ku ka poe o Hawaii.
O Kalaikupule a me ka poe kaua, mauka lakou o Waolani kahi i hoomoana
ai, a o kona pukaua o Pihana, oia ka mea nana e hoouka ana me
Kalaimoku. O Kalaimoku a me ka poe koa o Hawaii, he poe okoa ia, ua paa
o waho i ka upena nae, oia ka pa o waho o na kanaka, ina mawaho ke
kanaka, alaila, he Oahu ia, ina maloko o ka upena he Hawaii ia. Ma keia
hana ana ku mai o Pihana me kona mau koa eiwa, a hoouka me Kalaimoku,
ma ia hoouka ana, aole i hee o Pihana me kona mau koa.
Nolaila, nonoi aku o Kalaimoku ia Pihana, e hooki i kona kaua ana mai a
e haawi mai ia Oahu nei no Kamehameha. Olelo mai o Pihana: “Alia au e
haawi aku ia oe i ka aina, aia a pau kuu auau ana i ka laau a Hawaii,
ekolu la i koe, alaila, waiho aku au i ka aina i kou lima.” Alaila, ku
mai o Pihana hookahi imua o na koa o Hawaii, hou na kanaka i ka ihe a
me ka pololu, a me ka elau, nou ka pohoku, alaila, he alo wale no ka
Pihana hana. Pela kona ku ana a maloeloe, moe ilalo, a pau ia, huli
iluna ke alo, a pau ia, hoopohopoho ka lemu iluna, hou no o Hawaii i ka
ihe a me ka pololu, aka, aohe ku o Pihana.
Ma ka nana ana a na koa o Hawaii, aole e loaa kona lua, i ke akamai a
me ke koa luaole i loko o ka lehulehu. A hala elua la, nee aku la o
Pihana a hiki i ka poe, oia ke kaua nui loa, hahae aku la o Pihana i ka
upena o waho, a ku aku la ma ka waha, aole nae he ihe hou mai a me ka
pololu, no ka makau ia Pihana. I ke kolu o ka la, ku hou o Pihana e
kaua me na koa o Hawaii, a hele aku la o Pihana a loaa o Kalaimoku
haawi aku la i ka aina ia Kalaimoku, nolaila, pio ai o Kalaikupule.
KAUA AHIKU A KAMEHAMEHA.
Mahope o ko Kamehameha kaua ana ma Oahu me Kalaikupule, kipi o
Namakaeha ma Hilo, he ’lii no e noho ana malaila, a hoomakaukau ihola
oia e kaua me Kamehameha. Ia wa, e noho ana o Kamehameha ma Oahu,
alaila, hoi aku la ia i Hawaii no ke kaua me Namakaeha. Ma keia kaua
ana, ua make o Namakaeha ia Kamehameha ma Kaipalaoa ma Hilo. O keia
kaua, ka hope loa o ko Kamehameha hooponopono ana i kona aupuni holo
okoa, mai Hawaii a Niihau, a mahope o laila, noho ihola ia me ka
maluhia a hiki i kona la make. Ma keia kuikahi ana o keia pae aina mai
Hawaii a Niihau, hookahi alii nui o Kamehameha, a malalo na ’lii aimoku
a pau loa. A ua kukulu oia i kona noonoo a me kona naauao maluna o kona
mau aina a pau me ka pololei.
KO KAMEHAMEHA HOOPONOPONO ANA I KONA AUPUNI.
He ’lii naauao loa o Kamehameha, he ’lii hana pololei, he ’lii oluolu,
he ’lii lokomaikai, he ’lii malama kanaka. Penei kona hoonohonoho ana i
kana mau hana i loko o kona aupuni. Hookahi alii nui maluna, o
Kamehameha. Eha kuhina malalo ona, o Keeaumoku, o Keaweaheulu, o
Kameeiamoku, o Kamanawa. Eia hoi kona poe imi manao, a hoa kukakuka i
na mea pono ai ke aupuni, eha lakou, o Kai, o Kapalaoa, o Kaaloa, o
Kauakahiakaola. Mai loko mai o keia poe, ka mea e holo ai ka Kamehameha
mau hana a pau loa, a mai loko mai o lakou na kanawai ano nui, a kau ka
makau o ka lehulehu, oia ka mamalahoa, ka maumae: “E hele ka elemakule
a me ka luahine a moe i ke ala.”
Eia hoi na kanaka akamai i laweia mai e Kamehameha e noho pu meia, he
poe akamai i kela mea keia mea, a he poe noonoo me ka naauao. Eia ko
lakou mau inoa a me ka lakou mau hana:
Kalaimoku, he punahele, he pukaua; Hewahewa, he kahuna; Kaumiumi, he
kilokilo; Kapoukahi, he kuhikuhipuuone; Kaaloakauila, he kakaolelo;
Kekakau, he heenalu; Kekuhaupio, he koa kaulana; Kepaalani, he hoewaa;
Waipa, he kapilimoku; Palake, he kalaiwaa; Kapueuhi, he hula; Kamakau,
he olioli; Keaweaheulu, he luaapana; Hoomakaukau, he aipuupuu; Wahahee,
he lomilomi; Kalaimamahu, he kanawai; Kamaalo, he akua; Kanihonui, he
aikapu; Kaikioewa, he kikoola. No ka hua olelo luaapana eia ke ano: he
nohowale, he hoopau i ka molowa. No ka huaolelo kikoola, eia ke ano, he
haowale i ka hai waiwai, a me na olelo lalau.
Ua malama oia i na makaainana mehe keiki la, a me kana mau wahine, ua
hoonoho i mau kiaiai. A ua mahiai oia i ka ai me kona mau alii, a me na
kanaka aialo, oia kela mala kaulana loa o Kuahewa, mauka o Kailua ma
Kona akau, Hawaii. Ua kaulana loa ia no kona nui loa a me kona loihi ke
nana aku. Ua komo ewalu ahupuaa i loko ona, ua like me ahiku mile.
O ka waiwai nui i loko o ko Kamehameha noho aupuni ana, o ka iliahi, he
laau aala loa ia, a he laau waiwai loa, ua ulu ia laau ma na mauna, a
ma na aina nahelehele loa. O ka hulu o na manu, o ka oo a me ka manu e
ae, oia ka ahuula o na ’lii a me na koa.
O ka nui o ko Kamehameha mau makahiki o ka noho aupuni ana, ehiku ia, a
make ihola ia i ka walu o na makahiki, oia ka makahiki o ka Haku 1819.
Ma Kailua, i Kona Hawaii kahi i make ai o Kamehameha, a malaila i
hoolilo ia ai o Liholiho i hooilina no kona aupuni.
NO KE ’LII O KEKUAOKALANI; KONA KIPI ANA.
O ke kumu o keia kipi ana o Kekuaokalani, o ka noa ana o ka ai kapu, o
ko Liholiho ae ana i ka ainoa, oia ke kumu i huhu ai o Kekuaokalani a
manao ai e kaua, e luku i ka poe ainoa. Eia ke ano o ka ai kapu; ai
okoa ke kane, hale okoa, imu okoa, a pela aku; ka wahine, pela no, he
kaawale laua ma na pono o ke kino. Ainoa, eia ke ano; he ai pu ke kane
me kana wahine, he nohopu i ka hale hookahi, a pela aku.
A make o Kamehameha, ili ke aupuni ia Liholiho. A o Kekuaokalani hoi,
aole ona makemake ia Liholiho e ainoa ke aupuni, makemake oia e aikapu,
nolaila, aua oia ia Liholiho, aka, hoole o Kaahumanu a me na ’lii, aohe
makemake e aikapu. O ke kumu o ka ainoa ana, o ka make ana o
Kamehameha, nolaila, kumakena na mea a pau loa, a i loko oia wa, ai pu
ke kane me ka wahine, ai i na mea kapu a pau loa, a nolaila, ua laha
mai ia noa ana a hiki i ke kaua ma Kuamoo, me Kekuaokalani.
A lohe o Kekuaokalani ua ainoa o Liholiho a me na ’lii a pau loa, holo
aku la ia a noho ma Kawaaloa, me kana wahine o Manono. A hoomakaukau
ihola ia e kipi, a kaua me ka poe e ainoa ana, alaila, holo aku la
kekahi mau alii mai Kailua aku a Kaawaloa, oia o Naihe a me Hoapili. I
aku laua ia Kekuaokalani: “I kii mai nei maua ia oe, e hoi me ko keiki
i Kailua e noho ai, a aia no hoi i kou manao, e ainoa paha, e aikapu
paha, aka, aia no i kou manao.” I aku o Kekuaokalani: “Pela iho olua, a
lohe o Manono, apopo hai aku au ia olua.”
Moe ihola lakou a ao aela, hele maila o Kekuaokalani a ma ke alo o
Hoapili a me Naihe, olelo aku laua: “O ka holo keia o kakou?” ae aku o
Kekuaokalani, “Ae.” Aka, aole ona ae io, he manao kaua kona. Noia mea,
olelo aku o Naihe me Hoapili: “Wehe i ka piko la e na hoahanau.”
Mahope olaila, hoi maila o Hoapili me Naihe, a hiki ma Kailua olelo
akula ia Kalaimoku: “E hoomakaukau no ke kaua, a makaukau na waa eiwa,
hele maila mauka.” A hiki o Kalaimoku ma Lekeleke, hoomaka ke kaua na
kiu o Kekuaokalani, ma keia kaua ana, hee o Kalaimoku a make kekahi mau
kanaka ona. A mahope, halawai me Kekuaokalani ma Kuamoo. Malaila lakou
i kaua ai, mai ke kakahiaka a ahiahi, make o Kekuaokalani, ku kona
wawae i ka poka a nawaliwali loa; koe kana wahine o Manono.
He wahine maikai loa o Manono, a he nani kona helehelena ke nana aku,
oia kai hea mai ia Kalaimoku a me na koa, penei: Kahea mai o Manono, “E
ola maua e! Aole e ola i ka waha o ka pu.” I aku o Kalaimoku: “Aole oe
e ola, no ka mea, ua make ke ’lii,” nolaila, ki ia aku la i ka pu, a
make ihola.
A make o Kekuaokalani ma Kuamoo, me kana wahine o Manono, hoi maila o
Kalaimoku me na koa a hiki ma Kailua, ahaolelo ihola lakou a holo, e
kii e kaua i kela kipi ma Waipio, i Hamakua, oia o Kainapau makaainana.
A holo aku la o Kalaimoku me na koa, a pae ma Kawaihae, pii aku la
lakou a hiki i Waimea, ma Pahupahua e kokoke ana ma Mahiki, loaa ke
kaua. Ma keia kaua ana, ua luku ia ka poe kipi a ua hee o Kainapau a
holo aku la ia mai Mahiki aku a uka loa o Waipio, pee. Ma keia pee ana,
ua loaa i ka poe huli, a malaila ua pepehi ia o Kainapau, a o kona
naau, ua uu ia a kaulai i ka la. Oia ka hope weliweli o ka poe lokoino,
kipi a hana pono ole. He make hoomainomaino ia.
NO HEMA.
Oia kekahi koa kaulana loa i loko o ko Kamehameha mau la, a he kanaka
makau ole i ko hai koa a me ka ikaika. O Hema, aole oia i ao ia i ke
koa a me ke kaua, aole i maa ma na hoouka kaua, aole no hoi oia he koa.
Aka, he aipuupuu o Hema na Kamehameha, o kana hana o ka lawe a me ka
malama i wahi ai na ke ’lii i na la a pau loa. I ka wa hele mao a mao,
i ka wa kaua, oia ka mea lawe ai, i ka wa e kaua ai o Kamehameha a
pololi, alaila lawe aku o Hema i ka ai a me kahi ia.
Ma keia mau hana a pau loa i pili i ka aipuupuu, ua makaukau loa o
Hema, a ua kupono i ko Kamehameha makemake, aka, aole i loaa kona inoa
alii, a me ke kaulana a me ka punahele. A i kona la i lalau ai i ke koa
a luku aku i na enemi o Kamehameha, ia la oia i lilo ai i alii, a
punahele na Kamehameha, a pau kona lawe ana i ka oihana aipuupuu.
Ia Kamehameha e kaua ana me Keoua, ma Koapapaa, i Hamakua, aia kela
wahi ma Kealakaha e pili la me Kaula, ma kela kahawai nui hohonu, o
Kekualele kona inoa, ilalo o laila i hoouka ai na koa ikaika o Keoua me
Kamehameha. No ka mea, o ka honua olalo e ku ai, hookahi anana wale no
ke akea, a maia wahi i noke ai o Kamehameha me na koa o Keoua, he
kanaha a oi aku. Mahope o keia noke ana, ua pau loa ke aho o
Kamehameha, a ua nui mai na koa o Keoua, ia wa huli o Kamehameha i
hope, aohe alii, aohe koa mahope ona, hookahi wale no o Hema, o ka
aipuupuu. Ia Kamehameha e olelo ana me Hema, ia wa i makaukau ai na koa
o ka enemi e lawe i ko Kamehameha ola, alaila, lele o Hema me kona
makau ole a pepehi i na koa o Keoua. Ma keia lele ana o Hema e pale i
na enemi, ua lanakila o Kamehameha ia la, a ua pakele kona ola a ua hee
o Keoua. Nolaila, oia kela inoa o Koapapaa a hiki i keia la; ke ano
oia, ua lilo na koa i papaa na ka make, o ka pololu a me ka ihe, i
alanui hele mao a maanei, ua waiho ia lakou he ahua lepo ma ia kahawai
ia la.
A ike o Kamehameha i ke koa lua ole o Hema, olelo aku la ia: “I keia la
oe e lilo ai i alii elike me a’u, a i keia la e waiho oe i ka lawe, a
me ke amo i ka ukana, a e lilo oe i punahele ma ko’u alo a me kona
’lii, a pela na makaainana. O ka mea hoole i kau olelo, e make ia, ina
he ’lii ka mea hoole, e hemo kona aina.” Nolaila, ua kiekie o Hema a
hala ia i ka make, a ua kaulana loa no hoi iloko o ko Kamehameha mau
la. Nolaila, ma ka noonoo ana, aole paha he kanaka e noho ana ma na
aina puniole, a me na moku o ke kai i ao ole i ke akamai o ke koa, a
hele e kaua e like me Hema, ka mea ao ole ia.
NO NALU.
Oia kekahi koa kaulana loa i ko Kamehameha mau la, a he koa akamai loa
no hoi. Ua olelo ia, i loko o kona mau la kaua, he hiki no ia ia ke ku
imua o ka lehulehu e kaua ai me ka makau ole, ina he nui, a he lehulehu
kona mau enemi ma kekahi aoao, he hiki no ia ke pale aku. No ka mea, o
ka pololu a me ka ihe, ka elau, ka newa, ka pahoa, a me ka pikoi lua,
he wai auau ia no Nalu. Nolaila, ua makau loa ia o Nalu i loko o kona
mau la e noho ana i koa, a e hele ana i ke kaua; aohe alii aimoku e aa
ia ia, a e kaua mai; aohe koa, aohe aina, a moku e aa mai ia Nalu, no
ka mea ua makau loa ia kona ikaika e na mea a pau loa. A ua makau no
hoi o Kamehameha ia Nalu, no keia mea i ke koa a me ke akamai o Nalu.
FAMOUS MEN OF EARLY DAYS.
OF KEKUAWAHINE.
Kekuawahine was a master hand at deceiving and falsifying; he could
turn an untruth into a reality; from correct to incorrect, and so
forth. When Kamehameha was residing at Pakaka, [692] Kona, Oahu (that
is the place where “White man Jim” lives), at the time that the islands
from Hawaii to Niihau were subjugated by him, he was living with his
wife, Kaahumanu. Kanaihalau was an uncle of Kaahumanu, whom she placed
in power over Hamakua, Kawaihae and Waimea. These lands are on Hawaii,
and of course, Kanaihalau became very much favored by his niece,
Kaahumanu. On this account Kekuawahine and all the chiefs were very
envious of him, and could not get along together at Waimea and
Kawaihae. Therefore Kekuawahine meditated on a plan of action.
Kanaihalau was then with his deputy, superintending the lands. There
were two of them, however, Kanaihalau and Malaihi, who were chiefs over
Hamakua, Waimea and Kawaihae. Malaihi was at Oahu, residing with
Kekuawahine, and while thus living together, Kekuawahine said to
Malaihi: “Let us go until we come near to the presence of Kamehameha;
you will then stay behind, and I will go forward and have conversation
with Kamehameha, while you will watch me talk.” After this conference
they set forth, and when they were near enough, Malaihi remained
behind.
As Malaihi did so, Kekuawahine spoke as follows: “I am now going to
have a talk with Kamehameha. Keep your eyes on me, and do not wander,
because on this day we will seal Kanaihalau’s death. If I stretch out
my hand, that is the signal for Kanaihalau’s death. If I bow down and
nod back toward here, then that is a sign for you to go and kill
Kanaihalau. So you remain and watch while I go and talk with
Kamehameha.”
Kekuawahine then proceeded to the outside of Kamehameha’s fence and
stood there watching Kamehameha chatting with the chiefs. And while
they were talking Kekuawahine stretched his arm toward the sea, and
afterwards looked to the rear and nodded. After performing these
movements, he returned to Malaihi.
When he had come before Malaihi, he said: “Well, you saw me perhaps
stretch my hand toward the sea?” Malaihi answered: “Yes.” “And you saw
me nodding my head to the rear here?” Malaihi answered: “Yes.” Then
Kekuawahine said to Malaihi: “You go back to Hawaii today, and when you
arrive kill Kanaihalau.”
After these instructions Malaihi went back to Hawaii, and landed at
Kawaihae. He then went up and passed Waimea, arriving at Hamakua. He
found Kanaihalau residing at Eleio, in Waikoekoe. Kanaihalau was then
murdered, the bones were stripped of the flesh and bundled up in mats,
hence the expression “Kanaihalau Paahu” to this day. The death of
Kanaihalau was reported to Kaahumanu in Oahu, who thereupon began to
wail until she came into the presence of Kamehameha, and when
Kamehameha heard of the occurrence, he commanded that Malaihi be
killed. Thus died those chiefs.
OF MAKAIOULU.
Makaioulu was one of Kamehameha’s celebrated warriors in the war
between Oahu and Kamehameha, at Nuuanu. Kaalamakaoikuwa was the warrior
of Oahu, and resided at Luahenewai, Waikiki-kai. Makaioulu with a
companion warrior, Naaimokuokama by name, came and met Kaalamakaoikuwa.
Instantly Makaioulu was seized and held prisoner, while Naaimokuokama
ran away. And while he was running, Makaioulu called after him: “Do you
run away and leave me?” When Naaimokuokama heard this he stopped.
Makaioulu then said: “Hurl that spear that you hold in your hand
straight to my navel.” Naaimokuokama did so, and at the same time that
he did, Makaioulu dodged to one side, the spear striking
Kaalamakaoikuwa and killing him. Makaioulu escaped, and they went
thence to Puowaina.
Here were ten soldiers, who when they saw the two, pointed their ten
spears at them at the same time. And while they were doing this,
Makaioulu turned rearward and said to his companion: “Say, if they hurl
their spears to my front, you stand sideways; and if they hurl at my
side you stand at my right. Do not wink or you will be hit.” Makaioulu
then faced about and went forward. And when he came near to the ten men
they hurled spears at him. He dodged and the spears missed him. As
their spears missed him, Makaioulu made a sweep with his war club which
caught six men, four escaping.
They went thence to Niuhelewai where Kupaka was stopping. He was a
celebrated warrior of Kahahana, the great chief of Oahu, before the
reign of Kalaikupule. When the two arrived at the place, Kupaka made a
lunge with his spear at Makaioulu without result; Makaioulu, however,
had a narrow escape from death, because he had his club in his left
hand. Kupaka was, however, killed by Makaioulu.
The two continued on to Kalauao, at Ewa, where they met with a large
number of warriors who surrounded Makaioulu. He considered a way for
his escape from the hands of these people, and at last found it. He
said to them: “If you all were to fight me, it will be to your shame.
The best way is that one of you engage me, that is right; but if you
mob me you will be ashamed, because I am only one.” They consented and
stood up one by one. By so doing they were all killed by Makaioulu.
When Makaioulu left Ewa, he went toward Waianae. At the hill of
Kapolei, on its western side, he met a robber who was sitting on the
edge of the road, with a kuia [693] stick in his hands, a war weapon of
Hawaii nei. When he came up to the man Makaioulu uttered his greetings,
but the other would not respond. Makaioulu turned and proceeded on his
way. The man then hurled his kuia which Makaioulu noticed by the shadow
which passed over his head. He parried the kuia with his club and then
turned and said: “Here, I am going to kill you; for I greeted you with
love and you did not respond, and I see that murder was on your mind.”
Just then the man started to run with all speed. Makaioulu chased after
until he caught him, grabbed him by the neck, turned the face upward
and killed him. Then Makaioulu went from that place till he came to
Makua, [694] where he met two women who understood the art of breaking
bones, and where he came near being killed; but because of his own
skill and knowledge of the art himself he escaped death, and the women
were killed by him.
OF MAKOA.
Makoa was a very fast runner in the days of Kamehameha I, and was
far-famed, having no equal. Kamehameha was once sojourning at the sea
beach at Kawaihae. From there to Hilo, at Waiakea, is a very great
distance, interspersed with rough road, gulches and deep ravines. The
distance is about eighty miles, going and coming.
When Kamehameha was about to eat his breakfast and the awa was being
chewed it was found that there was no accompanying dish for the
drinking of the awa; that was the time for Makoa to run to Hilo to get
mullet from the pond of Waiakea, on the boundary adjoining Puna. As
soon as he received the mullet Makoa returned to Kamehameha, arriving
with the fish still quivering, not dead. Then Kamehameha drank his awa
down followed by eating the mullet to remove the bitter taste of the
awa. The return of Makoa was yet in the morning time, not at noon. The
distance to be traveled at the present time would take four days, going
quickly and back, without baggage, but with some difficulties,
stiffness and soreness.
OF KANEAKAEHU.
Kaneakaehu was one of the fastest runners in the days of Kamehameha. He
could run from Kailua, in North Kona, to Waiakea, in Hilo, in a very
short time. The distance from Kailua to Hilo is about one hundred
miles, going and coming, as there were three divisions of land to be
traversed, namely, Kohala, Hamakua and Hilo, and the same on the
return. Only three divisions, but they abounded in rocks, and very
rough. The road was very crooked and the precipices very steep and
craggy.
It was habitual with Kamehameha that when it was time to have his meal,
the fish, pond-mullet, was to be sent for in Waiakea, Hilo, either in
the morning or in the evening; and when the meal was ready and the awa
chewed, then Kaneakaehu started to get the fish. And when he got them,
he returned and placed the fish, still alive and quivering, on
Kamehameha’s plate, which fish Kamehameha ate. That was the speed of
Kaneakaehu mentioned in this writing as witnessed by people of old and
known to the young people of today.
OF KELIIMALOLO.
Keliimalolo was one of the fastest runners of Maui, when Kahekili was
king. Hana, in Maui, was the birthplace of Keliimalolo. One day he and
his companions left Hana, sailing for and arriving at Kapakai, in
Kohala, Hawaii. On arriving at Kapakai, Keliimalolo left without
helping to draw the canoes up. He went along the beach and arrived at
Kawaihae, Puako and Kaniku, successively. Thence [695] on to Kiholo,
Mahaiula, Kaelehuluhulu, Kailua, Holualoa, Kahaluu, Keauhou, and
Kaawaloa. At this place he lost the road (because it was covered by the
sea, a fording place until this day). Keliimalolo left two joints of
sugar-cane there, and returned. [696]
On arriving at Kapakai, in Kohala, where their canoes were beached,
their baggage was not yet taken to their friends’ house, and the canoes
were not covered; his companions had not even washed the sea-salt of
the voyage.
His companions then inquired: “Where have you been, Keliimalolo?”
Keliimalolo replied: “I went along that direction to a sandy landing
away inland, with water near by; there was a temple (heiau) on a hill.
From thence to a coconut grove at an open place, where a salt works’
implements were piled up.”
While Keliimalolo was relating his tale, the folks declared: “You are a
lying man. The sandy landing is Kawaihae, to which belongs the temple
on the hill of Puukohola. Mailekini was the name of the heiau. How
could you get there? You have just gone and returned this early
morning; how could you get there and return? It takes two days to go
over, and on the fourth day arrive here again.”
“When I passed the coconut grove, I continued past several alkali
plains, and then came to the black volcanic rocks; from there to a
sandy stretch with a pond on the upper side. When I passed this I
continued on on the volcanic rocks until I came to where kou trees were
growing, and a patch of dry sand; from there to a sharp-pointed cape;
and I went till I came to where the kou and the coconut were growing.
Further on I came to a very large coconut grove, and when I passed this
I came upon a bay running far inland. Then the road was lost. There I
left my two joints of sugar-cane, and returned and have just arrived.”
By this narration the folks of Kapakai acknowledged its truth, as the
places named were correct, the alkali plains being Kalahuipuaa; the
rocky land, Kaniku; the sandy stretch and pond were Kiholo; the kou was
Mahaiula; the dry sandy patch was Kaelehuluhulu; the long cape,
Keahole; Kailua, the kou and coconut; Kahaluu, the coconut grove, and
Kaawaloa the bay.
The course of Keliimalolo the folks acknowledged to be true, but his
reaching these places was a wonder to them, and they doubted that he
did so on account of the shortness of time taken to travel it.
Therefore they disputed, and the dispute being at intense heat, they
made a wager. And when the stakes were up, inquirers went to the places
that Keliimalolo had gone over, and when they came to Kawaihae, the
people of the place acknowledged that they had seen the runner going
along the beach in the early morning. Thus they went questioning along
all the sea beaches until they came to Kaawaloa. There they found the
two joints of sugar-cane that Keliimalolo had left. Then they found
that all the words of Keliimalolo were true, and that they all had lost
their wagers to him.
The distance traveled in going and coming, was about ninety miles. It
is a very bad place to this day; full of rocks; tortuous up and down;
zigzagging in and out, up and down; a very long cape in some places, a
hot burning sun in another place. And if people were traveling in their
natural speed without baggage, it would take about one week to go and
return. But to Keliimalolo, it was only the time of a breakfast, not a
whole day, nor days. After this Keliimalolo, with his wife and his
sisters dwelt up in Keolewa, a place in Kohala adjoining the hill of
Puuhue.
While Keliimalolo was residing there, he afterwards, together with his
wife and a sister went down to Koaie to fish for hinalea. They were
about ready to go home in the evening, but a shower was coming windward
which frightened his wife and sister. He therefore grabbed hold of his
sister in one hand and his wife in the other, and ran with great speed
and entered their dwelling house at Keolewa. Then the rain fell. The
distance from the beach at Koaie to Keolewa was five miles.
OF KAMOEAU.
Kamoeau was an adept at guessing and at repartee; he knew the character
of a man by his voice; a rooster by his crowing in the day or night; a
woman by the ringing sound of her kapa block; and the birds by their
singing.
If Kamoeau happened to be going on the road and heard the kapa block
ringing, if the ringing be sharp it denoted her to be an unsightly
woman; if the ringing be hollow, she had some personal defects; if a
prolonged ringing, she was comely. Kamoeau never failed to characterize
this or that woman by hearing alone, and not by sight. If a rooster
crowed he could tell its color and shape according to its voice. If a
black rooster, the voice was hollow and of sudden termination; if
light-colored, the crowing was strong at the beginning and ended in
broken accents; if dark red, the crowing at first was sharp and then
became deep-toned; and if the rooster be mottled (auha), the voice
would be harsh at the start and ended weakly.
Kamoeau could lie under water from morning until noon, and then emerge
therefrom. It is therefore a most extraordinary thing to think of, and
the power and knowledge, the accuracy of the guessing, if it were true,
was something supernatural, and was only transmitted by the deity to
Kamoeau.
OF PAHIA.
Pahia was a resident of Hilo, and was a righteous and very honest man;
was not fraudulent and fickle; was not pompous nor recreant as other
people. While residing in Hilo, or journeying to Kohala, if Pahia was
entertained by a resident, or a friend, or a pretended wife, or
brothers or parents, if the repast consisted of roasted pig, or a
chicken, or turkey, or fish; or perhaps salt, or taro leaves, or
roasted kukui, [697] or perhaps limu [698] and so forth, then Pahia
would return the same. If a pig was roasted for his use, Pahia would
make a remark thus: “Aia no io wahi a Pahia,” which meant, a pig was
roasted for his use. Pahia would return the compliment to his
entertainer when the latter came to his place; and if young taro leaves
[699] were given to Pahia to eat, Pahia would give his entertainer the
same thing when the latter visited him. And if roasted kukui was given
to Pahia, he would likewise compliment with the same ingredient, and in
the same way in all other things.
OF KAWAAIKI.
Kawaaiki was noted for his dexterity in cliff climbing. He could climb
the most abrupt precipice. Kawaaiki was a resident of Molokai, and the
cliffs that he climbed in Molokai were those at Pelekunu. These cliffs
are very precipitous and very high, measuring about two hundred fathoms
from the base to their crest. The top of the cliffs careened outwards,
making a curve inwards at the base. Just a little below the summit of
the cliffs, there stood a palm tree, and this was the object that
allured Kawaaiki to climb that precipice.
During his ascent the sea below was covered with canoes, because the
cliffs rose abruptly from the sea. Kawaaiki’s hold against the cliffs
was made with his chin, his toe-nails and his finger-nails. In this way
he ascended till he came to the trunk of the palm tree. Near by where
the palm tree was growing was a cave, and in it was the home of a
demi-god of olden days, which was Koloea by name. When Kawaaiki reached
the mouth of the cave, he held on to it with his chin, his body and
limbs hanging down. He then seized hold of the trunk of the palm tree
and climbed up. As he landed, in the mau [700] sphere perhaps, he
observed that Koloea had the body of a bird with a human head. He took
hold of the palm tree, cut it and threw it down. After cutting the palm
tree he descended.
OF KAOHELE.
Kaohele was most renowned for bravery and his great speed at running;
he was without an equal. He belonged to Molokai. During the reign of
Kahekili as king of Maui, he (Kahekili) came to make war upon Molokai.
In this war the king and people of Molokai were defeated, therefore
certain warriors pursued Kaohele, and if caught were to kill him. While
they were pursuing him, he showed wonderful speed, running and jumping,
running and jumping. Therefore the pursuers were stationed in relays.
As for instance: one at Honolulu, one at Kulaokahua, and one at
Waikiki. If the first pursuer chasing after Kaohele did not catch him,
then the next would continue the pursuit, and so on; hence the
utterance: “Combine the speed in order to catch Kaohele.”
While thus running before his pursuers, he came to a certain Niheu
cliff called Kawa, which is in Molokai to this day. There was at this
place a bathing pool for the people. The ground below was very wide,
and the cliffs quite lofty by casual observation. Below were crowded
the warriors and chiefs from Maui, armed with lances and spears, ready
to kill Kaohele.
When Kaohele arrived at this place he made a great leap from one bank
to the other, and escaped, without the pursuers ever coming near to
him. Many of the older people saw the place where Kaohele made the
leap, and they asserted that the distance from bank to bank was
thirty-six feet. Therefore Kaohele was quite famous in this and that
place throughout these Islands from Hawaii to Niihau, on account of his
speed in running and his bravery.
OF KAHAHAWAI.
When Kahekili was reigning as king of Maui, and Kahahana was king of
Oahu, it was during this period that Kahahawai with a number of
warriors came to make war on Oahu. In this battle the people of Oahu
were defeated and slaughtered at Niuhelewai, [701] and the waters of
the stream were turned back, the stream being dammed by the corpses of
the men.
After the battle of Niuhelewai, the chiefs and the men retreated and
encamped on the mountains of Kaala. They were well supplied with war
implements and other things necessary for the destruction of their
enemies. So Kahahawai contrived a means of destroying them, thus: They
were a little more than forty men, and Kahahawai told them to prepare
torches. When these were ready they went one evening to the top of a
hill which was near to the rendezvous of the enemies where they lighted
their torches.
After the torches were lit they moved away to a cliff called Kolekole
[702] and hid themselves there, leaving their torches burning at the
former place until they (the torches) died out. The enemies thought
that Kahahawai and his men had gone off to sleep. They therefore made a
raid on the men of Kahahawai. But Kahahawai and his men arose and
destroyed all the people who were asleep on the hills and the mountains
of Kaala. Thus the enemies were annihilated, none escaping. Those who
raided the torch encampment were captured, there being no avenue for
escape from death and destruction by Kahahawai and his men.
Therefore, the conquest of Oahu by Kahekili was complete through the
bravery and great ingeniousness of his warrior, Kahahawai, in devising
means for the destruction of the enemy. Thus Oahu remained in
subjugation until the reign of Kalaikupule, Kahekili’s son, when it was
conquered by Kamehameha.
OF UMA.
Uma was a daring and very small midget, looking at his person (about
two cubits and a half in height). [703] He was very skillful in the art
of bone-breaking, one of the principal things taught in Hawaii. During
the time of Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaii, there was much robbery
amongst the people, in lonely places, in ravines and in forests of tall
timbers.
Uma belonged to Kohala, and Puehuehu was his place of abode. From there
he went to Puuhue, a hill which stands at the southern part of Kohala,
a place thickly covered with woods and shrubbery. [704] When Uma came
to this place (he was carrying a piece of salt meat) and on entering
the forest he found four men resting. [705] Two were on the edge of the
road, one toward the center, and one standing.
Uma greeted them but they did not respond, and as Uma turned to go, a
man grasped him on the back. Uma faced about and threw the end of a
rope [706] (about three feet long), which encircled and held fast one
of the men. Another man with an iron spade [707] leaped forward to stab
him. But Uma got hold of the first man he had caught, by the hair, and
held him as a shield. This man was hit by the spade of the other man
and killed. Another man leaped up to stab Uma with the iron spade but
Uma dodged and caught him on the throat; that was his last moment.
Three were killed and one ran away, thus escaping from Uma.
Thence he went on the way down to Kapia, at Waimea, looking toward
Maunakea mountains, and continued on to Manauea stream to have a drink
of water. While he was drinking, ten men appeared from down stream.
When they came up to Uma, he saluted them, but they did not respond. He
then arose and turned to go when one of the men sprang forward to seize
him, but he slipped from under the man and caught the man by the
throat, which made the man’s tongue hang out. Another man also sprang
forward, but he got a kick from Uma that sent him into the water. Thus
Uma dealt with the men, save two, who escaped by running away.
Uma went on to Mahiki, [708] a place between Waimea and Hamakua, where
he met an old man sitting in the road, at a resting place in the Hill
of Moeawa (Puu o Moeawa). He saluted Uma, and Uma did the same to him.
He then took a smoke from his pipe, handing it to Uma after an
interval. And while Uma was smoking the old man pushed the back of the
pipe, but it did not go down because Uma was on the look-out, and
therefore did not receive the misfortune intended for him. Uma,
however, had in a loop of his girdle some salt which he threw in the
eyes of the old man. And while he was rubbing his eyes which were
burning Uma threw the pikoi at end of a three-foot cord, which
encircled and held the man fast, and his limbs were broken in pieces.
Uma then went on his way.
While on his way, having passed Hamakua and upper Hilo, he came to
Kaupakuea where a little further on, was a ravine full of neneleau
[709] shrubbery. When Uma arrived at that place, he found a great big
man sitting in the stream. Uma saluted him, but the other did not make
any answer. In this meeting Uma came near losing his life by that man,
because of the man’s great size and his proficiency in the art of
bone-breaking. It was when Uma was about to turn and go on his way that
the man jumped on his back and grabbed his neck, swinging Uma up.
Therefore Uma slipped down and behind the man’s leg. He got hold of the
man’s testicles and tore them from the body, and the man was killed.
Thus Uma escaped.
OF NAPUELUA.
Napuelua was a celebrated warrior of Kauai, when he was living at his
birthplace in Waiakalua, Koolau, Kauai. That was the time that
Kaumualii was reigning as king of Kauai. Napuelua was taught to be a
warrior and also all the acts in olden times relating to battle, such
as spear-dodging, slinging, bone-breaking and all other things.
When Kaumualii died, Humehume reigned over the kingdom of Kauai. At
that time a battle was fought between Humehume and Kahalaia. In this
battle Kauai was defeated, and many people were taken prisoners by the
Hawaii people. And Kahalaia made a decree over the whole of Kauai,
thus: If a man was black-skinned from the feet to the thighs, he was
considered completely black, and should be killed. Not one of them was
to escape. Thus was the decree on any and every one found with the
mark.
When the fort at Waimea was subdued by the Hawaii warriors, they hunted
the defeated of Kauai to destroy and kill them. And when they arrived
at Waiakalua, Napuelua was hiding in a woman’s sacred house. The
searchers entered the house and found Napuelua, and looking on him saw
that he was black.
Then the soldiers were mustered up in five rows with muskets, to shoot
Napuelua. Just then Napuelua stood up watching his chance. The guns
were pointed and fired at him. He, however, fearlessly ran forward and
seized the guns which were being fired at him. He got four guns, and
after that the soldiers’ ranks were broken; and in the confusion
Napuelua escaped, thereby deriving his name, the two guns.
OF HAWAE.
Hawae was famous all over Hawaii for his great strength and power. That
was the origin of the lines, “Only one Hawae but Kona is desolated.”
Here is the meaning: An expert in the art of killing by prayer, which
is the death prayer of the Hawaiian to this day.
When he was residing in Kona, not one man on his land escaped death,
and he never let one pass before his face. He was so very sacred. The
lauhue was the only thing that grew about his place, and the chickens
and the pigs and the dogs were his regular companions.
OF KAHAUOLOPUA.
Kahauolopua was noted for his strength at lifting lauhala bundles for
his house up the Kupehau precipice, which is between Honokane and
Pololu, in Kohala, Hawaii. With one load of lauhala two large houses
were enclosed, one a dwelling, the other a canoe shed.
On this load that he was carrying were his wife and child. The reason
for this method was because the precipice, Kohewaawaa by name,
projected into the sea, the waves coming up and breaking against it
then subsiding. As Kahauolopua was going along with his load the waves
dashed over him, then he would brace himself against them by thrusting
his staff against the precipice, then went on when the waves receded.
While walking thus the load was made heavier by being wet through his
wading in the sea, but it was nothing compared to his great strength.
And the distance that he carried his load of lauhala was nearly three
miles in length, and very bad and precipitous, not mentioning the
dancing waves; and for this feat he became noted throughout Kohala
until this day.
POE KAULANA O KA WA I HALA.
NO KEKUAWAHINE.
He kanaka maalea loa o Kekuawahine i ka pahele, a me ka hoopunipuni. He
hiki ia ia ke hoolilo i ka oiaio ole i oiaio, i ka pololei i pololei
ole, a pela aku no. I ka wa e noho ana o Kamehameha ma Pakaka, Kona,
Oahu (oia kahi a Kimo haole e noho nei), i ka wa i puni ai na aina ia
Kamehameha mai Hawaii a Niihau, e noho ana ia me kana wahina o
Kaahumanu. O Kanaihalau, he makuakane ia no Kaahumanu, hoonoho aku la o
Kaahumanu ia Kanaihalau maluna o Hamakua, Kawaihae, Waimea. O keia mau
aina, aia ma Hawaii, lilo aela o Kanaihalau i punahele imua o kana
kaikamahine o Kaahumanu. Ma keia lilo ana o Kanaihalau i punahele, ua
huahua loa o Kekuawahine a me na ’lii a pau loa, a ua pono ole ko lakou
noho ana ma Waimea a me Kawaihae, nolaila, noonoo ihola o Kekuawahine i
kana mea e hana ai.
O Kanaihalau, aia no oia e hooponopono ana i ka aina me kona hope. Elua
nae laua, o Kanaihalau, o Malaihi, oia na ’lii maluna o Hamakua,
Waimea, Kawaihae. O Malaihi, ma Oahu nei no ia kahi i noho ai me
Kekuawahine. Ia laua e noho pu ana, olelo aku la o Kekuawahine ia
Malaihi: “E hele kaua a kokoke aku i ke alo o Kamehameha, noho iho oe,
owau ke hele aku e kamailio pu me Kamehameha, alaila, nana ae oe i ku’u
kamailio.” Mahope o keia kamailio ana, hele aku la laua a kokoke, noho
ihola o Malaihi.
Ma keia noho ana a Malaihi, olelo aku o Kekuawahine, penei: “Eia au ke
hele nei a kamailio me Kamehameha, e nana pono ko maka ia’u, mai lalau
oe, no ka mea, o ka la keia make o Kanaihalau ia kaua. Ina i kuhi ku’u
lima o ko Kanaihalau make ia, ina i kulou ku’u poo a kunou i hope nei,
alaila o ko kii ia a pepehi ia Kanaihalau. Nolaila, e noho oe e nana, e
hele au e kamailio me Kamehameha.” Hele aku la o Kekuawahine a hiki ma
waho o ka pa o Kamehameha, ku aku la nana i ke kamailio a Kamehameha me
na ’lii. Ia lakou e kamailio ana, kuhi aku la ko Kekuawahine lima i
kai, a pau ia, nana maila ihope nei a kunou maila, a pau keia mau mea
ia ia i ka hana, hoi maila ia a hiki imua o Malaihi.
A hiki o Kekuawahine imua o Malaihi, i aku la ia ia Malaihi: “Ea, ua
ike ae nei no paha oe ia’u i ke kuhi o ku’u lima i kai?” “Ae” aku o
Malaihi, “ae.” “A ua ike ae nei no oe ia’u i ke kunou o ku’u poo i hope
nei?” “Ae” mai o Malaihi, “ae.” Alaila, olelo aku o Kekuawahine ia
Malaihi: “E hoi oe i Hawaii i keia la, a hiki oe, pepehi oe ia
Kanaihalau a make.”
Mahope o keia mau olelo, hoi la o Malaihi a hiki i Hawaii, a pae ma
Kawaihae, pii aku la ia a hala o Waimea, hiki i Hamakua, loaa o
Kanaihalau e noho ana ma Eleio i Waikoekoe. Pepehi ia ihola o
Kanaihalau a make, holehole ia na iwi a wahi ia i ka ahu moena, nolaila
kela inoa, “Kanaihalau Paahu,” a hiki i keia la. Ma keia make ana o
Kanaihalau, ua lohe o Kaahumanu i Oahu nei, nolaila, makena oia a hiki
i ke alo o Kamehameha, a lohe o Kamehameha kena aku la ia e kii e
pepehi ia Malaihi, pela i make ai ia mau alii.
NO MAKAIOULU.
Oia kekahi koa kaulana o Kamehameha, i ke kaua ana Oahu nei me
Kamehameha ma Nuuanu. O Kaalamakaoikuwa ko Oahu nei koa, e noho ana ia
ma Luahenewai, ma Waikiki kai. Hele maila o Makaioulu me kona hoahele,
he koa no, o Naaimokuokama, a halawai laua me Kaalamakaoikuwa, ia wa,
hopu ia maila o Makaioulu a paa, holo o Naaimokuokama. Ia Naaimokuokama
e holo ana, kahea mai o Makaioulu: “O ka holo ka kau, haalele oe ia’u?”
ia kahea ana, ku o Naaimokuokama. Olelo aku o Makaioulu, “O ko ihe e
paa ala i ko lima, pahu oe a pololei i ku’u piko.” Ia wa, pahu o
Naaimokuokama i kana ihe. Ma keia pahu ana, e alo ae ana o Makaioulu
loaa o Kaalamakaoikuwa i ka ihe, a ku ihola, a make loa, pakele aku la
o Makaioulu, a hele aku la laua mai laila aku, a hiki ma Puowaina.
Ilaila e noho ana he umi koa, ike maila lakou ia laua, hou like maila
lakou i na ihe he umi. Ia lakou e hou ana, huli ae la o Makaioulu i
hope, a olelo aku i kona kokoolua: “E! hou lakou la i ku’u alo, kunihi
oe; i hou lakou i ku’u aoao, ma ka akau oe o’u e ku ai, mai imo oe o ku
oe.” Alaila, huli aku la o Makaioulu hele imua, a hiki ia io lakou la
he umi, ia lakou e hou ana, alo ae la o Makaioulu hala, a hala ka lakou
ihe, e huelepo iho ana o Makaioulu i kana laau palau, loaa eono kanaka,
pakele aku eha.
Malaila aku laua o ka hele ana a hiki i Niuhelewai, e noho ana o Kupaka
ilaila, he koa kaulana no Kahahana, ke ’lii nui Oahu nei mamua aku o
Kalaikupule. A hiki laua ilaila, hou maila ia ia Makaioulu i kana ihe,
aole i ku, aka, pakele nae o Makaioulu mai make, no ka mea, ma ka lima
hema kana laau. A make ihola o Kupaka ia Makaioulu.
Hele aku la laua a hiki ma Kalauao i Ewa, ilaila i halawai ai laua me
ka poe koa he nui loa, a puni o Makaioulu, alaila, noonoo ihola ia i
mea nona e pakele ai i loko o ka lima o ka lehulehu, a loaa ihola. I
aku o Makaioulu ia lakou: “Ina oukou e kaua me a’u, alaila, he mea
hilahila ia no oukou, eia wale no ka pono, i hookahi o oukou i hookahi
a’u, alaila, pono, aka, ina e alu oukou ia’u, alaila, hilahila oukou,
no ka mea, he hookahi a’u.” Ae lakou, ia wa ku pakahi, ma ia hana ana,
ua pau loa lakou i ka make ia Makaioulu.
A haalele o Makaioulu ia Ewa, hele aku la ia ma Waianae a ka puu o
Kapolei, ma kona aoao komohana, halawai oia me kekahi kanaka poa, e
noho ana ma kapa alanui, he kanaka me ka laau kuia, kekahi mea make o
Hawaii nei. A hiki o Makaioulu i mua o ua kanaka ala, aloha aku la
keia, aole oiala aloha mai, huli aku la o Makaioulu hele. E pahu aku
ana ua kanaka ala i ke kuia, ike o Makaioulu ma ke aka, i ka malu ana
iho o ke aka maluna o ke poo. Ia wa o Makaioulu i pale ai i kana laau,
a hala ae la, alaila, huli ae la o Makaioulu a olelo aku la penei: “E!
make oe ia’u, no ka mea, ua olelo aku au ia oe ma ke aloha, aole oe i
aloha mai, eia ka he make kou manao.” Ia wa, holo ua kanaka nei me kona
mama loa, alaila, hahai o Makaioulu a loaa, hopu ihola ma ka ai, a lole
aela i ke poo iluna, a pepehi ihola a make loa. Alaila, hele aku la o
Makaioulu malaila aku a hiki i Makua, ilaila he mau wahine akamai i ka
lua, mai make o Makaioulu ilaila, aka, no kona ike a me ka akamai, ua
pakele ia i ka make, a ua make na wahine ia ia.
NO MAKOA.
He kukini mama loa ia i loko o ko Kamehameha I mau la, ua kaulana loa
ia, aohe ona lua. Ia Kamehameha e noho ana ma kahakai o Kawaihae,
malaila aku a hiki i Hilo ma Waiakea, he loihi loa, he ino, he kahawai,
he alu poopoo. Ua like ka loihi me na mile he kanawalu, mai ka hele ana
a ka hoi ana.
I ka wa e ai ai ka aina kakahiaka o Kamehameha, a mama ka awa, aohe
pupu e inu pu ai me ka awa, alaila, o ka nanawa ia o Makoa e holo ai i
Hilo i ka anae o ka loko o Waiakea, aia ma ka palena e pili la me Puna.
A loaa ka anae, hoi maila o Makoa a hiki imua o Kamehameha, me ka
kapalili no o ka ia; aole i make. Ia wa inu o Kamehameha i ka awa a
pupu i ka anae, no ka muemue o ka awa. O keia hoi ana mai o Makoa, eia
no i ka manawa kakahiaka, aole i ke awakea. O ka lohi oia wahi ke hele
ia i keia wa, ua like me na la eha, ke hele mama loa me ka ukana ole, a
hoi mai, aka pilikia no nae, mauluulu loa, me ka eha.
KANEAKAEHU.
Oia kekahi kukini mama loa i ko Kamehameha mau la. Ua hiki ia ia ke
holo mai Kailua, ma Kona akau a hiki i Waiakea ma Hilo, no ka manawa
pokole loa. O ka loihi mai Kona a Hilo ua like me haneli mile, mai ka
hele ana a ka hoi ana, no ka mea, ekolu moku e hele ai, o Kohala, o
Hamakua, o Hilo, a pela no ka hoi ana mai ekolu no moku, he nui no ke
a, a me ke ino, he kekee loa ke alanui e hele ai, a he mau pali hohonu
awaawaa loa.
He mea mau ia Kamehameha aia a hiki i kona wa e ai ai, alaila, kii i ia
i Waiakea ma Hilo, oia ka anae loko. Ina i ke kakahiaka, ina i ke
ahiahi, a makaukau ka ai, a me ka awa i ka mama, alaila, holo o
Kaneakaehu i ka ia, a loaa ka ia, hoi maila meia kapalili ola no a luna
o ke pa, a Kamehameha ai ihola. Oia ke ano a me ko Kaneakaehu mama i
olelo ia ma keia kakau ana, elike me ka ike o ka poe mua a me ka lohe o
ka poe hou a hiki i keia la.
KELIIMALOLO.