The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-26
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This is story the daring Hawaiian
history After the death OF Captain Cook kamehameha
slowly gaining large
King Kahekil
extending the boundaries which he exercised rule Ka
he had conquered Maui and the adjacent Islands and had sent
Oahu also tempting Kae and he had already taken
among
chiefs and at last with an immense feet Of canoes filed with war
known Diamond Head His spread along the
Punauu, the fountain Black Point noted by this
fresh under the coral reef and is found only by the
quench their thirst
large number OF the followers OF KaheEi passed
m King Of Oahu had taken b He
kings always reveng seductive
port coming CHEF The guest
Messengers We're to all parts Of Oahu and the
hastily gathered together Over the mountains and along the
mee p e Maui invaders "' Tue 0Ss was "oe inadequate TO
is name the district bordering the fine lagoon now
the the The chiefs Eva
In this company eight famous warriors,
The night shadows falling around the when
been passed from to the other and secret expedition
ouaged each other undertake expedition Fernandez
evening" - ''' ,.',' ''',~7~ ~9''N '''S
pendd wooded shores and the park inland and have
the plains covered with and the lower ridges
with ntana bushes cannot realize the desolate Of the
The tropical riance of the region around Honolulu belongs
1t this arid plain here by
trees and few borderd by patches that the
poured in
Of the land was covered with the hard which
boulde until they the sandy slopes Diamond
tar from the old heia temple which had been used for
o most qmen royal part OF which was often the
to lnct such INJURIES upon the Maui would make their
names remembered NIB in the the Maui household
wholly unauthorized but fully within spirit
for personal vaor aude and total disregard of
The OF these heroes Pupuka Nakaoul Puakea
ha5 ah rd ah stationed near
temple the foot of Diamond Probably had
ro od | @ OF oa no an
OF six hundred sweeping
said to be force OF at least six hundred
was hand hand and in that respect favorable the eight
the heart OF tn body of its foes The Maui had
They thought little company would afford
he a a a m m he war gods and had hoped to take
quickly the formidable character OF the eight fighters
Wave upon of from Maui against eight but
Large numbers killed while the eight still fought side by side
II ldS Deeh sald hght TO winch Hawaiian e
record parallel Eight
some time victorious in their onslaught
But the around them
and overwhelming body slowly the
dead and dying and crush them by weight
the whispered call the eight
hc onslaught against the circle OF warriors surrounding them 1t
marvellous After awful
broken down and the eight aped the piles the
and lied toward the One OF the
legged He could fight well hut could not swiftly
MS comrades he Maui pressed closely after the fleeing chiefs
Makatoulu the 6oW-egged rpped thrown In
1avin
ed Maui chief caught him and placed face
upward SO that he could not do injury Then Kaukoaoa
start swiftly toward the heiau have his captive
the first victim of the war