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TMK : ( 3 ) 8 - 1 - 008 : 004 ' Report No . 827 - 031821
<br /> The plan was for Ke-opu-o-lani to go in a double hull canoe and Hoa-pili in a single one. Naihe
<br /> ordered Hoa-pili to land at Keauhou and wait the coming of Ke-kua-o-kalani, but Ke-opu-o-lani
<br /> heard the order and took canoe with Hoa-pili and came to Kailua. Upon landing she was met by
<br /> the chief and there was much wailing. Ke-opuo-lani said "I was to have been killed.""Where is Ke-
<br /> kua-o-ka-lani?" asked Ka-lanimoku. "He is coming by land." "How did he receive you?" "Friendly
<br /> means have failed; it is for you to act now," and Ke-opu-o-lani then ordered Ka-lani-moku to
<br /> prepare for war on Ke-kua-o-ka-lani. Arms and ammunition were given out that evening to
<br /> everyone who was trained in warfare, and feather capes and helmets distributed. The next
<br /> morning Ka-lani-moku encouraged his followers to go forward,saying, "Go quietly, be strong, be
<br /> soldiers,and drink of the bitter waters,0 my little brothers.There are lands ahead,honor,wealth.
<br /> Do not turn back,whether death or life lies ahead."He then placed the carriers of food and water
<br /> and marched his men to Keauhou,where they camped. Ka-lani-moku then sent Ka-heana, called
<br /> also Moehau, [to Ke-kua-o-ka-lani's men] with the word, "Let your chief come and confer with
<br /> your chief Liholiho at Kailua, and if he will consent there need be no war." Moe-hau met Ke-kua-
<br /> o-ka-lani at Kuamo'o and gave the message. "Where is Ka-lani-moku?""Encamped at Kea[u]hou."
<br /> "I command you to return to Ka-lani-moku and if he attacks to seize him and await my coming."
<br /> The two were talking outside the stone wall at Lekeleke. Some of the advance scouts of Ka-lani-
<br /> moku's following,fired a shot.The kahu kissed Ke-kua-o-ka-lani,jumped into the seas, and swam
<br /> to meet Kalani-moku at Kawanui. Ke-kua-o-ka-lani's scouts fired and killed some of the men and
<br /> wounded two chiefs on the side of free eating,but not seriously.They were Kaiki-o-'ewa,wounded
<br /> in the calf of the leg,and Holua-loa,the friend for Ka-uhi-wawaeono and husband of Kaka'e.These
<br /> were the first casualties, and had they been fatal,the battle would have gone to the tabu eaters.
<br /> Ka-lani-moku's men retreated, but others,seeing how few in number the shooters were, pressed
<br /> forward,the two sides met, and at Kuamo`o the battle began in earnest.
<br /> • Ke-kua-o-ka-lani showed conspicuous courage during the entire battle. He kept on advancing and
<br /> even when shot in the leg he fought on bravely until afternoon,when he was surrounded and shot
<br /> in the chest and died facing his enemies. His wife Manono fought at his side. When he was shot
<br /> she cried out to Ka-lani-moku to spare her,for he and she had the same father. "How is the chief?"
<br /> he called. "He is dead." "Then it would disgrace me in men's minds for you to live." How pitiful to
<br /> hear a woman plead for her life!She fell at her husband's side under a volley of shots. Kuaiwa,the
<br /> kahuna who had urged the revolt,was seized at Kailua and another plotter,named Wahahe'e,who
<br /> shot Puakau, and they were killed and their bodies dragged along the highway (alaloa). Ku-a-ka-
<br /> mauna the son Lono-hiwa, Pe'ape'a, and Na-heana fled to the bush. Manono,the son of Ka-nau-
<br /> kapu and Keawe-haku,went into hiding among the cliffs of Waipi`o;many hid in the bush and some
<br /> escaped to Maui. All were finally pardoned by Liholiho and their lives spared... (Kamakau 1961:
<br /> 227-228)
<br /> Ka'awaloa Ahupua'a had a coastal village that figured prominently in the history of the region.The settlement was
<br /> visited by the first foreign vessels on January 17, 1779 by Captain James Cook.The account of Cook's arrival and the
<br /> mistaken belief that he was the returned God Lono is described by Kamakau as follows:
<br /> ...on January 17, 1779, he put in at Ka'awaloa Bay. Ka-lani-'opu'u was fighting Kahekili on Maui at
<br /> the time. Captain Cook arrived during the tabu time of the Makahiki when no man could paddle
<br /> out to the ship without breaking the law and forfeiting all his possessions. But when Captain Cook
<br /> appeared they declared that his name must be Lono,for Kealakekua was the home of that deity
<br /> as a man, and it was a belief of the ancients that he had gone to Kahiki and would return.They
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