Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04
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KEINOHOOMANAWANUI AND
KALELEALUAKA.
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After war had ceased and all men
had returned to their homes, KENO
hoomauawa's name was in everybody's
mouth as being the most valiant man,
who did more execution among the
ranks of the enemy than any other
single man in the whole of the Kings
army. This, however, the hunch-back
inspector would not admit. for he had
watched Keinoboomauamei during the
war, and had obtained an idea of his
strength, but there was yet another
man who was mightier than he or any
ten of the Kings warriors combined.
If he could only know the mans name
or his countenance, he would then
show Kekuihuoa the strongest and the
bravest man that he had in his realm,
but this was impossible to do, as he
knew not the man. So one day the
hunchback laid before the King plan
by which he thought the bravest war
riors would be known, which was, that
a grand parade of all the warriors who
had been in the late war should be
held on a given day to be appointed
by the King, when all the trophies of
war gotten by the warriors would be
displayed, and who ever had the most,
was to be accounted the bravest man.
This idea pleased the King; SO runners
were dispatched throughout the island
to inform the people of the Kings
wish; none were to remain, on pain Of
death, except the feeble and blind
When the grand parade day arrived
the Alelele plains were filled with peo-
pie from every part of the island. A
large shed had been built for the coca
sion, wherein the King and his wives
sat surrounded by the high chiefs and
chiefesscs, both ends of the shed being
left open for ingress and egress. The
time having arrived for the great dis
play of the trophies of war, the warriors
passed before the King each with their
trophies in their hands, which were
counted by persons set apart for the
purpose. The warriors came in at one
end of the shed and went out at the
other. One steady stream of men
poured in until Keinohoomanawanu
came in with twelve servants, each with
a spear and an ahuula on their backs,
Keinohoomauawanui having on him
self the largest and the best of the
ahuulas and mahiolo (feather cap) on
his head. These were his trophies of
war AS the multitude saw such
large display of ahuulas for one man,
and all obtained by him on the battle
field from the Kings enemies during
the thirteen days war, there went up
from the people tremendous shout
signifying that he was the bravest man
in the Kings realm, while the process
sion of warriors were passing, the
hunch-back inspector had seated him
self in prominent place, where he
could observe each mans countenance
and see the kind of trophies each war
rior had, but in all the multitude of
men that passed he did not see his
man, so he called to the King to send
out the runners to see if all had obeyed
the Kings order by being present at
the grand peagent The King having
sent the runners out TO ascertain, pres
emily one of the runners came back
saying that there was yet one man who
had not made his appearance; he was
the Kings son-in-law, so the King sent
a messenger ordering Kalelealuaka to
appear before him. The messenger
having delivered his message returned
and informed the King that he and
his wife would appear in short time
Kalelealuaka then told his wife, who
was in the rear house, to prepare her
self, as they were desired by her royal
father to appear before him in accord
ance with his wishes. She felt ashamed
to think that she should appear before
this great concourse of people without
one single trophy of war to show the
people and the King that her husband
had been one of those who fought; but
her fathers commands had to be
obeyed, so she bathed herself and
wound around her waist the best tapa
she had, and was about to throw over
her shoulders another tapa, when her
husband stopped her. He then pulled
out from under the mats the various
ahuulas that he had obtained at the
war, and picking out the handsomest
one, put it over his royal spouse's
shoulders She was amazed to see
all these ahuulas and wondered how
her husband became possessed of
them, as during the time of war he
never went to fight, always remaining
at home, or else was out in
the fields cultivating, as he
gave her to understand However,
after having seen that his wife had all
that was necessary, he put on one Of
the ahuuIas himself, with a helmet on
his head and spear in his hand, with
several of their servants carrying the
remainder Of the ahuulas and the one
hundred and thirty jaws which he had
taken from the Kings enemies.
So they started for the shed where
the King and chiefs were impatiently
waiting for them; when the populace
caught sight Of them they became
amazed and wondered by what manner
Of means did this "sleepy-head" get his
ahuulas. helmets, spears and other