Note 40 — Introductory material (continued 2)

When the ivory ornament was received Umi and his companions were liberated from their place of confinement at the father-in-law’s house. After their release at Hilo they returned to Hamakua, reaching Waipio where Umi met his chiefs and the tried councillors40 of his father, who decided at once to make war upon the chiefs of Hilo. The decision was in this wise: war must be waged right away without any waste of time.