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

Note 1 — CONTENTS (continued 4)

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Palila was a very brave man and very powerful, for in battle he could fight single handed against a multitude of people. He belonged to Alanapo, in Humuula, at Koloa, Kauai. Alanapo was a kapued temple sacred to the gods from the time of darkness,1 and it was in this temple that Palila was brought up by the gods, and while here he received his instruction in all the arts of warfare.

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