Note 14 — CONTENTS (continued 2)

At that time Namakaokalani was at war with Ku, king of Puna and Kau, and the land was nearly all in the possession of Ku. Therefore Namakaokapaoo told Namakaokalani and Namakaokaia: “You two stay back; let me do the fighting.” He asked them: “When will you fight?” Namakaokalani answered: “In two days we will fight. That is the day that I would be devoid of all my possessions and all Hawaii would belong to Ku. There are with Ku two very brave and very strong men. One, who is Kahuaai, is a very powerful soldier, who has a thorny spear for a weapon, and who never misses when he throws it at a man or any other object. Kaunakiki is a soldier whose strength lies in breaking a man to pieces;14 if he caught a man he (the man) would be all broken up before he reached the ground. Therefore Ku insists on the battle taking place; he has no fear or dread, because he relies on these men.”