e spirit, at Niuhelewai, by catching her
in a net got from Makalii. Next he kills Lonokaeho, also called
Piokeanuenue, king of Koolau, by singing an incantation which makes his
forehead fast to the ground on the hill of Olomana.[1] After Kaeha's
death, Kaulu marries Kekele, but they have no children.

[Footnote 1: See _Kamapuaa_, where the same feat is described.]

4. PALILA

Palila, son of Kaluapalena, chief over one-half of Kauai, and of Mahinui
the daughter of Hina, is born at Kamooloa, Koloa, Kauai, in the form of
a cord and cast out upon the rubbish heap whence he is rescued by Hina
and brought up in the temple of Alanapo among the spirits, where he is
fed upon nothing but bananas. The other chief of Kauai, Namakaokalani,
is at war with his father. Hina sends Palila to offer his services. With
his war club he fells forests as he travels and makes hollows in the
ground. When he arrives before his father, all fall on their faces until
Hina rolls over their bodies to make Palila laugh and thus remove the
taboo. As he stands on a rise of ground, Maunakalika, with his robe
Hakaula, and his mat Ikuwa, she circumcises Palila and returns with him
to Alanapo. When Palila leaves home to fight monsters, he travels by
throwing his club and hanging to one end. The first throw is to Uualolo
cliff on Kamaile, the next to Kaena Point, Oahu, thence to Kalena, to
Pohakea, Maunauna, Kanehoa, Keahumoa, and finally to Waikele. The king
of Oahu, Ahuapau, offers the rule of Oahu to anyone who can slay the
shark man, Kamaikaakui. After effecting this, Palila (who has inherited
the nature of a spirit from his mother), is carried to the temple and
made all human, in order to wed the king's daughter. He slays Olomana,
the greatest warrior on Oahu, goes fishing successfully with Kahului,
with war club for paddle and fishhook, then, with his club to aid him,
springs to Molokai, Lanai, Maui, and thence to Kaula, Hawaii. Hina's
sister Lupea becomes his attendant. She is a _hau_ tree, and where
Palila's malo is hung no _hau_ tree grows to this day, through the power
of Ku, Palila's god. The kings of Hilo and Hamakua districts, Kulukulua
and Wanua, are at war. Palila fights secretly, known only by a voice
which at each victim calls "slain by me, Palila, by the offspring of
Walewale, by the word of Lupea, by the _oo_ bird that sings in the
forest, by the mighty god Ku." Finally he makes himself known and kills
Moananuikalehua, whose war c