"
These words enraged Aiwohikupua. Then a flush rose all over his body as
if he had been dipped in the blood of a lamb.[31] He turned right to the
crowd and said, "Who will dare to defy the Kauai boy, for I say to him,
my god can give me victory over this man, and my god will deliver the
head of this mighty one to be a plaything for my paddlers."
Then Aiwohikupua knelt down and prayed to his gods as follows: "O you
Heavens, Lightning, and Rain, O Air, O Thunder and Earthquake! Look upon
me this day, the only child of yours left upon this earth. Give this day
all your strength unto your child; by your might turn aside his fists
from smiting your child, and I beseech you to give me the head of Ihuanu
into my hand to be a plaything for my paddlers, that all this assembly
may see that I have power over this uncircumcised[32] one. Amen."[33]
At the close of this prayer Aiwohikupua stood up with confident face and
asked Cold-nose, "Are you ready yet to strike me?"
Cold-nose answered, "I am not ready to strike you; you strike me first!"
When Cold-nose's master heard these words he went to Cold-nose's side
and said, "You are foolish, my pupil.
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