Note 16 — Introductory material (continued 2)

As Kakaalaneo drew near he said: “Who shall have the first chance? Shall it be the stranger or the son of the soil?”16 Kepakailiula replied: “Let the son of the soil have the first chance and the stranger the last.” As soon as this was said, Kakaalaneo threw his spear with the full belief that he would hit Kepakailiula. As the spear neared Kepakailiula, he made a quick motion of the right elbow outward and allowed the spear to enter in between his arm and body and then closed his arm again on the spear, as the wind whistled by and the point of the spear quivered. The spear was held this way for a moment and was then thrown onto the dung heap. Kakaalaneo believed he had surely hit Kepakailiula, so expressed his delight in the following chant: