Note 28 — CONTENTS (continued 6)
Reading edition
This was a sea fight from a fleet of canoes and one or two small vessels off the Hamakua coast in which Kamehameha’s men, aided by some foreigners, with firearms and a mounted gun, won the day over the combined Maui and Kauai invaders. The flame from the mouth of the cannon in this action gave the name of “the red-mouthed gun” to the battle. ↑