The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-09-09
History of the Kamehamehas.
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CHAPTER III.

This was the commencement of the war
against Kamehameha. Kauhi was a good
soldier, having been the principal fighting
chief in the wars of his father kekaulike, on
Maui. His kahu, Kua by name, came to
Alapai and said TO him, ~ have come 10 de-
mand the kingdom for my chief; do You
take your chief 10 be king of Hawaii" Ala
[ pai replied, al viii consent to that; but first
do you bring your chief 10 talk with me, and
then if it is right, / will take my chief to Ha-
waii, to the child Of the chiefs" Kua was
an Unlocking sore-eyed man, and as he re-
Z turned up the hill towards the fort OF Kahni.
Kauhi and his people easily distinguished
/ him. Kauhi inquired what his business was!
Kua replied, 81 am sent by AlapAi, your
/ father, to bring You to him. BY so doing,
| the kingdom will become yours, and Kameha-
meha viii be taken back 10 Hawaii;' that is
my errand in coming; let US go down to the
! seasiden kauhi then consulted with his
chiefs, the priests and the prophets, as to
whether they should take Kua's advice and
go to meet Alapai- The priests answered:
when one sleeps uneasily al night, with an
/ unsatisfactory dream, and another dream
/ shall come which explains the other, then
the day shall be like the stroke of the burst
of swollen stream; thus shall it be with
the wrath of the day, when it meets in the
road with hunehback, and sore-eyed, rain
| bow in front This man who comes hither
is the rainbow, scattering drops 10 cool the
heat Of the day; We all understand this''
/ THE Hawaiian priests, like the oracles of
ancient Greece, were very enigmatiealin their
utteranees.-TRANs-l
Said hua, 80 chief, let us descend, thou
and 1; listen not to the worthless words of
men; at the seaside are words of sense and
value, when thou and Alapai shall converse
/ together"
But kauhi replied to Kua, al shall rot go
| down with you" Then said Kua TO Kauhi,
You shall become poor chief; desired
| that the government should be ours-yours
and mine, but you have despised my words"
| kauhis forces, under KRkaea, immediate
/ ly attacked those fighting for Kamehameha
and defeated them with great slaughter.
Near the house of David Malo, at the bread
| fruit tree on which was wont to be hung
the corpses Of those slain in battle-ihere
the soldiers OF kamehameha were slaughter
ed. Kamehameha himself fed and got on
board the canoes Of Alapai Said Alapai, y
thought that this was q contest between re-
latiOns, but it appears to be an overturning
of the government. 1 shall convey my chief
| (meaning hamehameha) back to Hawaii, and
from thence shall come the war" He accor-
dingly sailed for Hawaii, taking Ksmeha-
meha with him Arriving there, he immedi-
ately made preparations for war against Maui,
with the determination TO spare no pains to
defeat and capture Ksuhi. The latter, hav-
ing heard of the prepsrations of Alapai to
again invade Maui, sent present TO Peleio-
holani, with request that he would come
to Maui to help him. Peleioholani, who was
then acting as king of Oahu, consented to
assist him.
Alapai was one whole year making ready for
the war against Maui, and il was in 17SS when
he finally started. This war against Kauhi
was one that was felt all over the land, and
was noted for new modes of warfare One
was by drying up of the streams OF Kauaula,
Kanahs and Mahoina, the streams of Lahai-
naluna. The streams and the taro patches
were dried up 50 that Kauhi's soldiers and
Alspai kept constant watch over the water
courses of Olowslu, Ukumehame, Wailuku
and Honokawai.
When Peleioholani heard that Alapai was
at Lahains, he gathered all his forces At Hon
okahua and at Eonolua- At Honokahua an
engagement took place, and Alapai's men
were routed and driven as far as Keayzwa.
Alspai was not present at the fight, but hear
! ing that Peleioholsni had attacked his men
and driven them, he Immediately made ready
to meet the Kauai king. AS usual with Ala
pal, be had part Of his forces in canoes, and
part on shore. PeleiohoIaui wished TO join
his forces to those of Kauhi, the chief of
Maui, whom be had come to assist, but Ala
pai holding Lahaina, prevented him from
doing 80. The fighting in this war was very
bloody; Peleioholani had some very noted
warrioTs-heroes Of great many fights, but
Alapai's men far ouinumbered them Blood
flowed like water, and the king of Kauai, in
| irving TO assist the chief of Maui, got him
self into pilikis The battle Of Puunene,
at Ksanapah, was the principal one Peleio-
I holani was surrounded and hemmed in, both
on the side of the land and by sea, by the
soldiers under Kalaniopuu and Keoua- There
Peleioholani and Alapai met again, face to
/ face, to call truce, for the slaughter had
| been great on both sides. THE historian
/ here remarks: {" Is not this in accordance
with Christian warfare s''-meaning it is to
I be presumed, the warfare of civilized na-
tions-''they 20 to war with one another ia
friendly way; and so did the HaEaiiAns in
I the olden times.''l
A principal reason why the King Of Oahu
| 1T appears that Peleioholsui, King of Kauai,
in the commencement Of this history, Is row
termed King Of Oahu, he having probably
either usurped the kingdom, or acted for the
young king who so bravely resisted AiapaLl
and the King of Hawaii met again as friends,
was from the fact that AIapaTs mother be-
longed to Oahu, her name being Kalanikau-
leleiaiEinui From this circumstance, the
chiefs of Hawaii were called brothers Of Pc
leioholani Another reason why friendship
should exist was that KalauiOpuu and Keoua,
Alar,sis generals were both children Of Pc