Note 18 — Introductory material (continued 3)

The tidings of this great victory of Kepakailiula were carried to Oahu, and when Kakuihewa the king heard of it, he became afraid, because Kakaalaneo the most skillful spearsman, the king greatly feared by him, had been killed by this man. Kakuhihewa therefore took the name of Kepakailiula18 and made him his son and told his immediate attendants: “Go and bring my son to Oahu that he may enter into his land.” Upon the arrival of the canoes at Maui and landed at Kapueokahi, Hana, the messenger asked: “Where is the chief Kepakailiula?” “In those long large houses.”19 When the messengers arrived at the houses indicated they again asked for the chief, Kepakailiula answered: “I am he.” The messengers replied: “We have come to take you to Oahu upon the request of your father, Kakuhihewa, that you may enter the land.” The chief consented to this and sailed for Oahu, taking with him his two wives, and his foster fathers with their wife. Upon their arrival at Oahu they landed at Waikiki, where Kakuhihewa was residing at the time. Kakuhihewa then gave the whole of Oahu over to Kepakailiula. Kepakailiula then in turn made his foster fathers the joint kings of Oahu, to have possession of everything on the land, under the land, and from the mountains to the sea, reserving to himself and Kakuhihewa their rights20 as rulers. The foster fathers thereupon became the joint kings [of Oahu].