CHAPTER IV.
RELATING TO KAEHUIKIAWAKEA.—KAIHUPEPENUIAMOUO AND MUNO.—WALAHEEIKIO AND MOOMOOIKIO.
When Kaehuikiawakea saw that their chief warriors in Wailua were slain, he climbed up the Nounou hill and informed Aikanaka of the facts and how most of their men and the two captains were slain. As Kaehuikiawakea was climbing the hill, Kawelo saw him and so called out to Kamalama in a chant as follows:
O little Kamalama, my younger brother, My younger brother, my younger brother!
Kamalama replied: “Yes.” Kawelo then said to him: “Chase after our relative, unloose his loin cloth, scratch his side and let him go.”
When Kamalama heard this, he chased and caught up with Kaehuikiawakea, and then called out: “You are dead! You are dead!! I am going to kill you, Kaehuikiawakea!!!” When Kaehuikiawakea heard this, he was so afraid that he was almost unable to run any more. On his reaching the top of the hill, Kamalama reached out and took his loin cloth, scratched his side and allowed him to go.
When Kaehuikiawakea arrived in the presence of Aikanaka, he fell face down. Aikanaka then asked him: “Speak the word. Open your mouth and speak the word, I am listening.” Kaehuikiawakea then said: “We have all been slain. There are no men left; all are dead.” Aikanaka then asked: “Whose double canoe is it?” “When it was in the sea, we were told that it belonged to Kamalama; but when it landed, the large bundle which we saw on the canoe turned out to be Kawelo.”
KAIHUPEPENUIAMOUO AND MUNO.
These two men were warriors belonging to Aikanaka, and they were on the Nounou hill with him. While Kaehuikiawakea was speaking to Aikanaka, Kaihupepenuiamouo and Muno stood up and proceeded down the hill with their eight hundred men. Upon their arrival at the bottom of the hill, they were met by Kamalama and his men, and, in a very short time, they were all killed with the exception of Kaehuikiawakea, who returned to the top of the hill and again informed Aikanaka of the results, saying, “All the men are slain and I alone am left. That cannot be called a battle; it is like real fire. Whenever Kamalama throws his spear, it will go through about ten men before it stops.”
WALAHEEIKIO AND MOOMOOIKIO.
While Kaehuikiawakea was relating the outcome of the battle to Aikanaka, these two men stood up and after boasting of what they were going to do to Kamalama, they proceeded down the hill with their four hundred men. At the bottom of the hill, they were met by Kamalama, Kaeleha and Kalaumeki when the fighting began. These two men, Walaheeikio and Moomooikio, were very powerful men and were very skilful in the use of the spear. They could hit a grass blade, an ant, a fly and even a flea. In this battle their men in a short time were all slain, and the two were left alone. They however continued on the fight with Kamalama.
In this fight, Kaeleha’s hand was struck by a blow from a club and he withdrew, leaving Kamalama and Kalaumeki to continue the conflict. Soon after Kaeleha withdrew Kamalama also withdrew, and in fact, he narrowly escaped being slain by the two men. When Kawelo saw that Kamalama was almost spent and how Kalaumeki bravely continued with the fight, he chanted as follows:
When Kalaumeki is passed, The sea becomes calm, the waves become still, The canoes are floating in the line of surf. The hill of Kamae is become hid By the dust from the feet. He is beaten by the sea, The great soldier, Kamalama.
When Kamalama heard this chant by Kawelo, he became very angry and he returned. When Kanewahineikiaoha saw Kamalama returning, she said to Kawelo: “Say, I think your younger brother is angry with you, for there he is coming back.” When Kawelo saw this, he chanted as follows:
The rain cloud of Koolau is making its appearance. It appears from Nihoa, From the lower end of Lehua. It has rained and the valleys are wet. Wet are my lehuas with the makoa rain. The water is running, it is flooding the lowlands, The waters from the uplands are raging, For the sound from the drift logs is heard. It is caused by my favorite younger brother, The great soldier, Kamalama. Say, my younger brother Kamalama, Come back and partake of some food; Perchance it has something to do with thy weakness.
When Kamalama heard this chant from Kawelo, he turned around and retraced his steps until he met Kalaumeki and again resumed fighting. After a short while, Kamalama and companion were routed, and in this way the fighting was carried to the very presence of Kawelo. Upon the arrival of Walaheeikio in the presence of Kawelo, Kawelo chanted as follows: [44]
Why not take my sister as your wife, The ward of Malaiakalani, Take her as your wife?
Walaheeikio then refused to accept the offer made by Kawelo, saying: “It is not for you to present the warrior with a wife. We are going after you until we kill you; when you shall be offered by Aikanaka upon the altar for a sacrifice. Then the whole of Kauai shall be ours, and we will eat the cooked taro.” Kawelo then chanted as follows:
Why not break the point of your spear then And throw it at Kawelo?
Walaheeikio replied: “The point of my spear shall not be broken by you; because you stand there as big as the end of a house, this spear will not miss when I throw it at you.” Kawelo then chanted back the following:
Why don’t you throw your spear at me then? When I shall let it pass at the end of my loin cloth, Where it will glance to the great earth. Then when it is reported to Aikanaka, Under whom you are living in Kauai, Shame, like sickness, will overcome you. [45]
When the man heard this, he threw his spear at Kawelo. When Kawelo saw the spear coming, he struck it with his hand making it touch the end of his loin cloth, then it glanced to the earth, missing Kawelo. This so shamed the man that he immediately turned and started to run away. At this attempt on the part of Walaheeikio to escape, Kawelo struck him with his war club, Kuikaa, killing him instantly.
Upon the death of this warrior, Moomooikio came up and took his place. When Kawelo saw him, he chanted as follows: [46]
Say, Moomooikio, Here, take my wife and let her be your wife, Kanewahineikiaoha. Will you accept her as your wife?
[Here the narrative is the same as that of the other warrior, that of Walaheeikio, therefore that part is omitted.]
After the death of Walaheeikio and Moomooikio by Kawelo, Kaehuikiawakea ran off to the top of the Nounou hill and again informed Aikanaka of the death of the two warriors. When Aikanaka heard this, he said: “At last, the cold feeling has entered me, for the house that has sheltered me is broken.”