Note 5 — CONTENTS (continued 4)

The place where the battle was being fought was called Paa and here the two kings with their chiefs and a great number of their warriors were gathered. While the battle was at its height, Palila rose and came out of Alanapo, took up his war club, Huliamahi5 by name, and went out until he came to a rise looking down on the lowlands of Paa. The name of this rise is Komoikeanu.6 While he stood meditating, looking at the battle that was raging below him, he concluded that it was a battle being fought against his father; so he twirled his club and threw it. The club flew through the air, traveling at such speed that the earth shook and the trees were thrown down. It was by means of the falling trees that the warriors of Namakaokalani were destroyed until there were none left. This destruction of the army of Namakaokalani caused his defeat and Kaluaopalena, the father of Palila, became the ruler of the whole of Kauai.