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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 2 (of 3)

Note 12 — CONTENTS (continued 3)

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At the close of the chant Kamapuaa grunted [like a hog] although he was still on the back of the men. When the company arrived at Kahana, the tusks of Kamapuaa went down on either side and the whole company of men were killed, with the exception of Makalii,12 who was spared to carry the tidings to Olopana. This fellow ran to the presence of Olopana and told him how all the men had been destroyed excepting himself. Olopana then ordered the men from Kahana to the point of Kaoio, numbering about twelve hundred, to get ready to go and make war on Kamapuaa. When these men came to Kamapuaa he was again bound and placed on sticks and carried [to Olopana]. When Kamaunuaniho saw this she again chanted the name of Kamapuaa, saying:

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