The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-09-02
History of the Kamehamehas.
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SHAf-rEk IL
KeksnfEks, King Of Mani being sick. as
stated in the last chapter, eszharked in aest
Of canoes with bis wives ard children. bis
retinEe Of chiefs and soldiers, and landed n
Espazhu, in KalA Piseiag the king eu a
asizssis, (palxnqainl he WAS carried up the hill
10 HAlekn. al kakahua- There he died, and
the people larasnted him with loud and sor,
rowful sries.
The chiefs being Sprrehensive Of an attack
from Alapai, Kiug OF Hawaii. who was on a
wzriike eSpsdrion against Maui. they there
fore e1t OF all The flesh. lezying Gully the
6ones Of the King, in order that they might
be easily carried uo to lao Thence taken on
board Of the canoe, thsy wss~ s.---r--.-a -
Kapoh, in Maalzea, and thenee eslling and
resting az eighteen other places Of note, TN
til they entered Kspela
EekaElike died in the month Of March.
A D. 1885
Meantime, Alspai, sailing from Kohala
with his chiefs and his large force Of fighting
uen, caused the chiefs Of Maui TO fear
Landing AT Nokalaa, in Kaapo, Alspai heard
thar ksksRliks was sick and could not ne
cover, and 50 without thinking further Of
war, be Immediately desired TO meet Keksu-
ike and his dAughter Keksaipofwa Hear.
/ ing also that the Kiagdou Of Maui had been
I eeereed 70 Hsmshamehs, Alapai was pleased
and woald not make war upon the child Of
( bis sister
AlaPai with all his forces, proceeded on
and aEded At kfhelp1koa- Kalaniopuu and
Keoua were the principal generals of the
troops, and were Jointly in command in all
his eouquests- At Kiheipukoa, AIapai met
T with keknaipoiwa Nui, with Kamehameha.
the heir OF the Kingdom IF Maui, together
with the children Of keksulike, and his head
chiefs from al parts Of Maui Here they
had friendly meeting with Alapai, the King
/ Of Hawaii
While at Kiheipukoa, AIapai heard that
there was war on Molokai, the King of Oahu
having invaded that island The chiefs Of
NolokAi were mostly Of Hawaiian origin
children and grandchiIdreu Of Keawe- They
had been badly defeated and driven BY the
King Of Oahu The chiefs Of MoIokai were
eneauped On hill The King Of Oahu had
DESTROYED the enclosures Of the fshpouds
and rsyaged the country.
I When AlaPai heard this, be felt sympathy
for the chiefs Of Mol0kai, for they were reIa-
tiyes and children Of his [After the native
style CT deuominating children, whereby the
most distant relationship, which anoug Eu-
ropeans Is ignored, iz By the Hawaiians strict
ly regarded--TEASs.l He therefore made
ready and sailed to MoIokai to join in the
E4r. He landed az PulSoa, and the camp of
the HzwaiiaEs extended from WaiaIua to Ka-
[ l1adha-au thar space was full of the soldiers
of Alapai The fighting WIS going on st
kamAloo. and KapuaIei WIS the battlefield.
/ The chiefs Of MolCkai with their forces, Join
ed with those Of Hawaii, rade large army.
From Kaunakakai TO Naiv= vaz occupied bv
the chiefs and soldiers Of oahu The fight
ing went ou Tor four days IN succession with
out any advantage TO either side.
! kapGohokzlani, the king Of Oahu, was en-
eauped az kalamazla Ee had drawn I'D his
forces, the different bands, with great order
and skill forming a square The different
divisions were each under different com
u4Edsr.
On the nth day, the decisive battle took
( Place at KawslA The forces Of Molokai at
tackled from maEkA, ~hIs those OF Hawaii
fought from their canoes. the most Of them.
however, being On the shore The battle
commenced IN the morning and lasted until
IAte IN the aftsrroou- The Oahuaus were
surrounded both from mzlza and ulazai. aud
were Peuned Up IL 4 suaL space They were
defeated with great slaughter Of chiefs and
counou people KapHGhoEa1i, the King Of
I OahG vas killed, near E4miIoIoA But few
Of hiz people escaped, md sailed away for
Oahg-
Ths wy on MolokAi ieing finished, and
the chiefs Of that island having again come
I Into undisturbed POSSESSION of their lands,
AIaPai conceived the idea CT sailing for Oahu
and comparing that Island for himself. for
he lad heard that there vas no king there.
Atthis tine PsleiohaFaniEas King Of Kauai
AlApai accordingly sailed for Oahu With his
chiefs and warriors, accompanied BY the
chief. Of N0IokaL He inquired Of those
~ho knew the coasts Of Oehu fora good place
to I4zd On that Island he k1EssSeEos (cozu-
seIIori said that waikiki aad waialae were
both g00d landing places The ehisks rssid-
t izz principally At vTaikfk AID HouolzIs, Il
aPai accordingly sailed for Oahz with the in
tentien Of I4nding It TazzikL
EapiiohoIIni, Esng Of Oahu having been
slain II MoI0kzi. he vas zzeeeeded by his
sou, Eazahaokalani, At that tine shout six
years old
Al1pai I'D not szceEsd n landing at Wal
kikt, and made the attempt az EaiaIae- Bzt
EaaAha0kaIazi- tie Feung King Of Oahu with
his Ezrri1rz, stood OF the store and drove
the fnEaderz hack 10 their eauoes, 50 that
thsT PIT away fer Kaizo- Hare Kazaha rzet
them agziz and drove them hack So also
It HEzaEza, and AI4paI Was II doubt
EheEher Or net to rgtaru 20 Nolokzi Its
related Of this brave you1z King 0f Oahu,
Eho this sEecessfzIIF oPPossd the great
warrior KInz q BzEaI IN deSeuze Of his IL
heri-a1ee- that be directed the movements of
lis soIdisrs az5 Led the battle Il person seat
ed On the sEo1i5ers of bis zrtert1zfs- ard
thaz he vas constantly moving here ant
there zhzrzTs- Lis people ws-s engaged, En-
cnzrzgfnz them bg his presence and VOICE
Afrgr csrzuI-1ffor with hEz coznseITorz