15. KEAWEIKEKAHIALII
This chief, born in Kailua, Kona, has a faithful servant, Mao, who studies how his master may usurp the chief ship of Hawaii. One day while Keaweikekahialii plays at checkers with King Keliiokaloa, Mao approaches, and while speaking apparently about the moves of the game, conveys to him the intelligence that now is the time to strike. Mao kills the king by a blow on the neck, and they further slay all the 800 chiefs of Hawaii save Kalapanakuioiomoa, whose daughter Keaweikekahialii marries, thus handing down the high chief blood of Hawaii to this day.
[Footnote 1: Mr. Stokes found on the rocks at Kahaluu, near the heiau of Keeku, a petroglyph which the natives point to as the beheaded figure of Kamalalawalu.]