Kukuipahu and Niulii are chiefs of Kohala when Kapunohu, the great warrior, is born in Kukuipahu.  Kanikaa is his god, and Kanikawi his spear.  Insulted by Kukuipahu, he goes to the uplands to test his strength, and sends his spear through 800 wili-wili trees at once.  Two men he meets on the way are offered as much land as they can run over in a certain time; thus the upland districts of Pioholowai and Kukuikiikii are formed.  Kapunohu makes a conquest of a number of women, before joining Niulii against Kukuipahu.  In the battle that follows at Kapaau 3,200 men are killed and trophies taken, and Kukuipahu falls.  Kapunohu, armed with Kanikawi, kills Paopele at Lamakee, whose huge war club 4,000 men carry.  After this feat he goes to Oahu, where his sister has married Olopana, who is at war with Kakuhihewa.  Kapunohu pulls eight patches of taro at one time for food, then joins his brother-in-law and slays Kakuhihewa.  Next he wins against Kemano, chief of Kauai, in a throwing contest, spear against sling stone, and becomes ruler over Kauai.  His skill in riddles brings him wealth in a tour about Hawaii, but two young men of Kau finally outdo him in a contest of wit.

5.  KEPAKAILIULA

When this son of Ku and Hina is born in Keaau, Puna, in the form of an egg, the maternal uncles, Kiinoho and Kiikele, who are chiefs of high rank, steal him away and carry him to live in Paliuli, where in 10 days’ time he becomes a beautiful child; in 40 days he has eyes and skin, as red as the feather cape in which h& is wrapped, and eats nothing but bananas, a bunch at a meal.  The foster parents travel about Hawaii to find a bride of matchless beauty for their favorite, and finally choose Makolea, the daughter of Keauhou and Kahaluu, who live in Kona.  Thither they take the boy, leaving Paliuli forever, and this place has never since been seen by man.  The girl is, however, betrothed to Kakaalaneo, king of Maui, and when her parents discover her amour with Kepakailiula they send her off to her husband, who is a famous spearsman.  Kepakailiula now moves to Kohala and marries the pretty daughter of its king.  Two successive nights he slips over to Maui, fools the drunken king, and enjoys his bride.  Then he persuades his father-in-law, Kukuipahu, to send a friendly expedition to Maui, which he turns into a war venture, and slays the chief Kakaalaneo and so many men that his father-in-law is obliged to put a stop to the slaughter by running in front of him with his wife in his arms.  He then makes Kukuipahu king over Maui and goes on to Oahu, where Kakuhihewa hastens to make peace.  One day when Makolea is out surf riding, messengers of the king of Kauai, Kaikipaananea, steal her away and she becomes this king’s wife.  Kepakailiula follows her to Kauai and defeats the king in boxing.  One more contest is prepared; the king has two riddles, the failure to answer which will mean death.  Only one man knows the answers, Kukaea, the public crier, and he is an outcast who has lived on nothing but filth air his life.  Kepakailiula invites him in, feeds, and clothes him.  For this attention, the man reveals the riddles, Kepakailiula answers them correctly, and bakes the king in his own oven.  The riddles are: