Kana immediately espoused the cause of Hakalanileo, and ordered his
younger brother, Niheu, to construct a canoe for the voyage. Poor
Niheu worked and toiled without success until, in despair, he
exclaimed, upbraidingly, "Thy work is not work; it is slavery. There
thou dwellest at thy ease in thy retreat, while with thy foot thou
destroyest my canoe."

Upon this, Kana pointed out to Niheu a bush, and said, "Can you pull
up that bush?"

"Yes," replied Niheu, for it was but a small bush, and he doubted not
his ability to root it up; so he pulled and tugged away, but could
not loosen it.

Kana looking on, said, tauntingly, "Your foeman will not be overcome
by you."

Then Kana stretched forth his hands, scratching among the forests,
and soon had a canoe in one hand; a little more and another
canoe appeared in the other hand. The twin canoes were named
_Kaumueli_. He lifted them down to the shore, provided them with
paddles, and then appointed fourteen rowers. Kana embarked with his
magic rod called _Waka-i-lani_. Thus they set forth to wage war upon
Kapeepeekauila. They went on until the canoes grounded on a hard ledge.

Niheu called out, "Behold, thou sleepest, O Kana, while we all perish."

Kana replied, "What is there to destroy us? Are not these the reefs
of Haupu? Away with the ledges, the rock points, and the yawning