Note 59 — Introductory material (continued 6)

The erection of this historic temple of Puukohola is generally credited to Kamehameha I, in obedience to the instructions of Kapoukahi, Kauai’s renowned prophet, whereby he would obtain supremacy over Hawaii without more loss of life.—Pol. Race, vol. I, p. 240. According to this tradition it is shown that Kamehameha’s work was simply one of reconstruction and reconsecration to his war god Kukailimoku, for victory over his opponents, and it is a coincidence that the same deity as Kaili, Lono’s war god, presided here, as also at the heiaus of Muleiula, in Kohala, and Makolea in Kahaluu, Kona, in their consecration by Lono as acknowledgment for his victories.—Ib., p. 122. ↑