themselves ready,
and among them Keinohoomanawanui went out to battle. The lame marshal
had started for the scene the night before.

On the morning of the day of battle, Kalelealuaka said to his wives
that he had a great hankering for some shrimps and moss, which must
be gathered in a particular way, and that nothing else would please
his appetite. Thereupon, they dutifully set out to obtain these things
for him. As soon as they had gone from the house Kalelealuaka flew to
Waianae and arrayed himself with wreaths of the fine-leaved _maile_
(_Maile laulii_). which is peculiar to that region. Thence he flew to
Napeha, where the lame marshal, Maliuhaaino, was painfully climbing
the hill on his way to battle. Kalelealuaka cheerily greeted him,
and the following dialogue occurred:

K. "Whither are you trudging, Maliuhaaino?"

M. "What! don't you know about the war?"

K. "Let me carry you."

M. "How fast you travel! Where are you from?"

K. "From Waianae."

M. "So I see from your wreaths. Yes, carry me, and Waianae shall
be yours."

At the word Kalelealuaka picked up the cripple and set him down on
an eminence _mauka_ of the battlefield, saying, "Remain you here and
watch me. If I am killed in the fight, you return by the same way we
came and report to the King."

Kalelealuaka then addressed himself to the battle, but before attacking
the enemy he revenged himself on those who had mocked and jeered at
him for not joining the forces of Kakuhihewa. This done, he turned his
hand against the enemy, who at the time were advancing and inflicting
severe loss in the King's army.

To what shall we compare the prowess of our hero? A man was plucked
and torn in his hand as if he were but a leaf. The commotion in the
ranks of the enemy was as when a powerful waterfowl lashes the water
with his wings (_O haehae ka manu, Ke ale nei ka wai_). Kalelealuaka
moved forward in his work of destruction until he had slain the captain
who stood beside the rebel chief, Kualii. From the fallen captain he
took his feather cloak and helmet and cut off his right ear and the
little finger of his right hand. Thus ended the slaughter that day.

The enthusiasm of the cripple was roused to the highest pitch on
witnessing the achievements of Kalelealuaka, and he determined to
return and report that he had never seen his equal on the battlefield.

Kalelealuaka returned to Puuloa, and hid the feather cloak and helmet
under the mats of his bed, a