Note 289 — CONTENTS. (continued 5)

But because Kameeiamoku was persistent and cunning in his conversation the chief was deceived, and he consented to sail on the canoes. When they arrived at Kawaihae, they saw that the place was covered with a multitude of people. The chief Keoua then realized that he would be killed, so he reached for a cord and tied around his person. The men whom Kamehameha sent to him said: “It is high time for you to be girding up your loins; you will be killed for being cruel to others, for rebelling, for disobeying the laws of the chief.” Then Keoua and his retinue wailed with loud voices. Kamanawa and Kameeiamoku seized Keoua and held his head under the water until he died, whence he was taken and baked in the imu. After Keoua died, one of his attendants, Kaoleioku,289 begged Kamehameha, “O ye chief! grant me protection that would save me.” Kamehameha gave him the papa290 as such; he rejected it, saying that could not save him. Kamehameha next gave the water of Ahukini (perhaps this water is still at Kawaihae at this time). He persisted in his refusal, saying that could not save him. So Kamehameha granted him the mamalahoa, saying at the same time, “No subject and no chief shall take your life; you may live!” The other chiefs objected to this [gift] and said that mamalalaau should be given instead, meaning by this a law which would allow of his being killed; but Kamehameha would not concede, for he had already spoken. Then one of Keoua’s attendants, Wailama, cried as follows: