CHAPTER II.
Aikanaka, King of Oahu, Hearing of Kamalalawalu’s Beauty, Sends for Her.—Refusing to Comply with the Mandate, Aikanaka Sends an Army Against Halemano.—With Wife and Grandmother They Flee to Molokai, Thence to Kaupo, Kohala, and Hilo.—Kamalalawalu Taken by Huaa.—Halemano Returns to Kohala.—His Wife Follows.
Kamalalawalu lived with Halemano as husband and wife, and the fame of the beauty of Kamalalawalu was soon spread all over Oahu until it came to the ears of Aikanaka, the king of Oahu, who was living at Ulukou in Waikiki. Upon hearing this, Aikanaka sent messengers to go and bring Kamalalawalu to him in order that he may see her for himself. When the messengers arrived [and presented the king’s request], Kamalalawalu refused to obey. On the return of the messengers to Aikanaka without Kamalalawalu, other messengers were sent but she still refused. This was kept up until ten delegations had been sent and Kamalalawalu as often had refused to come. The premier was then sent, but he too returned without any better success. Finally Aikanaka got so angry that he declared war against Halemano and his parents.
When the army of Aikanaka arrived at Pooamoho in Halemano, Halemano saw it coming early in the morning; so he said to his wife: “Here comes the army of Aikanaka. We are going to be killed. I told you to go in obedience to the king’s command, [269] but you would not listen to me. Now death is sure to come. You two go your way [270] and I will go mine.”
Soon after this Halemano and his wife together with the grandmother left their home and traveled to the Kolekole stream; from this place they proceeded to Waialua; then to Laiewai; then to Hauula and from there on to Kualoa, Kahaluu and Moelana. At this place there was a large awa field growing; Kaaealii, the grandmother of Halemano, then broke some of the awa leaves and hid themselves under them.
In the meantime Aikanaka had issued an order over the whole of Oahu, that Halemano should be killed on sight. The people of all Koolau therefore gathered and made a search, even to the awa field at Moelana; but they could not be found, though they looked for them everywhere, for the leaves picked by Kaaealii concealed all three of them.
After the searchers had gone, they remained in hiding until dark, when they came out and proceeded to Kukui, on this side of Makapuu, where Halemano had some relatives. Here they went in and made themselves known; a pig was then killed for them and they partook of a hearty meal, after which Halemano said to the people of the place: “Will some of you take us to Molokai?” At midnight they boarded a canoe and set out, landing at Kaunakakai in Molokai. Here they remained for some time farming, and when their crops were almost ripe they set out for Lele, [271] Maui, where they sojourned for a time. While living in Lele, they saw the top of Haleakala as though floating above the clouds; Halemano became so enraptured at sight of the top of the mountain that he wished to move to Haleakala and live in Kaupo, Maui.
After that they returned to Molokai and again set out for Maui, landing at Lele, this time to make their residence in Kaupo. From Lele they journeyed to Kula, then to Ulupalakua, and from there on down to Kaupo, where they had decided to live. After tilling the soil and planting their crops they remained here until the crops were almost ripe, when they set out and sailed for Hawaii, landing in Umiwai, in Kohala.
Upon their arrival at Umiwai in Kohala, they remained here as castaways. Kapuaokeonaona, the daughter of Kukuipahu the king of Kohala, then found them, and when she saw how handsome Halemano looked and how beautiful Kamalalawalu was, she invited them to come and live with her. When they arrived at the house a pig was killed and food was prepared for them. Here they lived for about six months. At the end of this time Halemano said to Kamalalawalu: “Let us leave our grandmother here while you and I go on to your place.” His wife consented to this.
They went from Kohala to Waimea where they spent the night; from this place they continued to Hamakua and spent the night at Kaumoali; from this place they proceeded on to Uluomalama in Waiakea, Hilohanakahi, where they stayed. After living in this place for twenty days, Huaa the king of Puna, heard that Kamalalawalu was in Hilo, so he sent a messenger to Kamalalawalu and she was taken to the king of Puna. [272] When she was being taken by the messenger of Huaa, she instructed her brother Kumukahi to take good care of Halemano, which he promised to do.
Halemano and his brother-in-law, Kumukahi, then lived together, after Kamalalawalu had left them, for over eighty days, during which time Kamalalawalu never once met them, so the thought of returning to Kohala sprung up in Halemano’s mind. While on his way back [to Kohala], as he passed through the shrubbery at Keakui he saw the maile [273] as it grew on the ohia trees, so he sat down to make himself a maile wreath. As he was thus busily stripping, [274] Kamalalawalu stood behind him and took hold of one corner of Halemano’s mantle while tears welled up in her eyes. [275] Halemano then turned around and saw it was his wife, at which he wept and said: “You, my wife, of the parched plains of Kumanomano and of the waterless wastes of Lihue! How strange of you! I thought that when I came with you [to your home] that you would be true to me; but I see you are not.”
After their weeping, they again took up their journey and continued as far as Uluomalama at Waiakea, where they stayed for twenty days. Then from this place they continued on to Kukuipahu in Kohala, where they made their residence and took up farming. The place where Halemano did his farming is at Ihuanu, the height looking down on Kauhola point and the surf of Maliu. [276] This field where Halemano cultivated is famous to this day, for it is said that the covering of Ihuanu was palaholo [277] and the watchman of the field was Kekuaualo.