Keliiokaloa, Mao
approaches, and while speaking apparently about the moves of the game,
conveys to him the intelligence that now is the time to strike. Mao
kills the king by a blow on the neck, and they further slay all the 800
chiefs of Hawaii save Kalapanakuioiomoa, whose daughter Keaweikekahialii
marries, thus handing down the high chief blood of Hawaii to this day.

[Footnote 1: Mr. Stokes found on the rocks at Kahaluu, near the _heiau_
of Keeku, a petroglyph which the natives point to as the beheaded figure
of Kamalalawalu.]

16. KEKUHAUPIO

One of the most famous warriors and chiefs in the days of Kalaniopuu and
of Kamehameha, kings of Hawaii, was Kekuhaupio, who taught the latter
the art of war. He could face a whole army of men and ward off 400 to
4,000 spears at once. In the battle at Waikapu between Kalaniopuu of
Hawaii and Kahekili of Maui, the Hawaii men are put to flight. As they
flee over Kamoamoa, Kekuhaupio faces the Maui warriors alone. Weapons
lie about him in heaps, still he is not wounded. The Maui hero, Oulu,
encounters him with his sling; the first stone misses, the god Lono in
answer to prayer averts the next. Kekuhaupio then demands with the third
a hand-to-hand conflict, in which he kills Oulu.

C. LOVE STORIES

1. HALEMANO

The son of Wahiawa and Kukaniloko is born in Halemano, Waianae, and
brought up in Kaau by his grandmother, Kaukaalii. Dreaming one day of
Kamalalawalu, the beauty of Puna, he dies for love of her, but his
sister Laenihi, who has supernatural power, restores him to life and
wins the beauty for her brother. First she goes to visit her and fetches
back her wreath and skirt to Halemano. Then she shows him how to toll
the girl on board his red canoe by means of wooden idols, kites, and
other toys made to please her favorite brother.

The king of Oahu, Aikanaka, desires Halemano's death in order to enjoy
the beauty of Puna. They flee and live as castaways, first on Molokai,
then Maui, then Hawaii, at Waiakea, Hilo. Here the two are estranged.
The chief of Puna seduces her, then, after a reconciliation, the Kohala
chief, Kumoho, wins her affection. Halemano dies of grief, and his
spirit appears to his sister as she is surfing in the Makaiwi surf at
Wailua, Kauai. She restores him to life with a chant.

In order to win back his bride, Halemano makes himself an adept in the
art of singing and dancing (the _hula_). His fame travels about Kohala
and the young