battle of nu'uanu and the pali notches

     The Battle of Nuʻuanu fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oahu, was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha wars to unify the Hawaiian Islands. It is known in the Hawaiian language as Kalelekaʻanae, which means "the leaping mullet", and refers to a number of Oahu warriors driven off the cliff in the final phase of the battle. The Oahu natives carved out two notches in the stone on the Pali Ridge (the rim of the volcano that formed the island). Here the warriors faced cannons leeward as they prepared to defend against Kamehameha's advancing army.