Note 338 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

I ka hele ia, by the soldiers of Kamehameha; ke ku, because they ate standing, to be always in readiness for battle; the places above mentioned were so desolated by Kamehameha’s armies by the poe huikahi, i.e. Kamehameha’s soldiers had short malos which were fastened only in one place, hence the name of his soldiers, synonymous with ka poe ku, above; the short malos were in distinction from the poe huilua, long malos, tied twice. ↑