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

Note 26 — CONTENTS (continued 3)

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When the two came up to the men at Pahoa,26 they found them sharpening their wooden daggers and getting ready to cut Kamapuaa open. The sons of Lonoaohi then spoke to the men using the words told them by their father. When the men heard this they gave up their daggers. It was because of this fact that this place was called Pahoa and it is so known to this day. The men therefore carefully carried Kamapuaa and placed him in the temple.

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