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| Notes for Ke'awenui-A-Umi | ||||||
| He was King of Hawaii. The marriage between Ke'awenui'a-Umi and Ko'ihalawai was an uncle/niece union.87 Chaper 3 of "Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii" is about Ke'awenui-a-Umi.182 This was a hiapo succession, but to the second son of the fourth wife.181 "In after life Hakau's granddaughter Haukanuinonakapuakea became one of the wives of Uni's son Deawenui-a-Uma". 180 "Of these eight children of Umi, Kealiiokaloa first, and Keawenui-a-Umi afterwards, succeeded their father as sovereigns of Hawaii." 180 "After the death of Keliiokaloa there supervened a season of internal war, anarchy, and confusion, which has left its blurred image on the traditions of the country, for they are neither copious nor clear in regard to it. Yet reading the legends of the time with a tolerably correct conception of the customs and condition of men and things, and knowing that those ancient legends frequently merely hint at an event instead of describing it, because it was well and commonly known at the time the legend was composed or was popularly recited, it would appear that at Kealiiokaloa's death the great district chiefs of the island of Hawaii refused to acknowledge the sovereignty or moiship of Keawenui-a-Umi, the younger brother of Kealiiokaloa. War followed, but the revolted chiefs seem to have been deficient in organisation or co-operation, for Keawenui-a-Umi defeated each and all of them, killed them, and kept their bones - bunkles referred to on page 105 - as trophies. In the legend and chant of Lonoikamakahiki, the son of Keawenui, the names of the six district chiefs whom his father defeated are given: Palahalaha, son of Wahilani of Kohala; Pumaia, son of Wanua of Hamakua; Hilo-Hamakua, son of Kulukulua of Hilo; Lililehua, son of Huaa of Puna; Kahalemilo, son of Imaikalani of Kau; Moihala, son of Hoe-a-Pae of Kona. "180 "After these revolted chiefs had been subdued and disposed of [it is said that the revolted chiefs were conquered and captured in a severe battle fought at Puumaneo, in Kohala district], Keawenui restored order and quiet in the island of Hawaii, on the pattern of his father, Umi. Keawenui is said to have been of a cheerful and liberal disposition,a nd not only frequently travelled around his own dominions of Hawaii, but also visited the courts of the sovereigns of the other islands. His visit to Maui, and his sumptuous entertainment by Kamalalawalu, the Moi of Maui, is particularly described. One of his most trusted friends and 'Puuku' (royal treasurer) was a man named Paukaa, who for many years had served him faithfully and well. But at the court of Keawenui, as at many other courts, jealous and intriguing rivals conspired the downfall of Pakaa, and after a while they succeeded. Pakaa fled to Molokai to escapte the anger of Keawenui, and lived there in retirement and disguise. . . Some time after Pakaa's flight - how long is not stated, but several months may be inferred - Keawenui discovered that the accusations brought against Pakaa had been unjsut and malicious, and, filled with sorrow and regret for the loss of his old friend and the injustice done him, he resolved to seek him in person and be reconciled to him. The account of this voyage of discoery by Keawenui-a-Umi was a favourite subject for listening ears in the olden time . . . After Keawenui's reconciliation with Pakaa, no further event of note during his reign has been recorded in the traditions. His principal residence seems to have been at Hilo." 180 "Keawenui-a-Umi has been greatly blamed by some genealogists for his numerous amours with women of low digree and with the daughters of the common people, thereby impairing the purity of the aristrocratic blood and giving rise to pretensions that in after ages it became difficult to disprove. This objection dates back to the turbulent times of the early part of the reign of Kamehameha I., and has been repeataed since, but may have been of older origin. Admitting, however, that Keawenui's amours were not always conformable to the rules of Hawaiian heraldry, yet it is due to the memory of this great chief and to historical truth to state that during the present century, and in all the legends of the time preceding it, I have found no name or family claiming descent from him and setting up pretensions accordingly, unless they were actually and historically descended from some one of his five wives, all of whom were of high and undoubted aristocratic families." 180 "There can be little doubt that Keawenui himself, as well as the public opinion of the chiefs and landholders of Hawaii, considered his occupancy of the dignity and position of Moi of Hawaii as an usurpation of the rights of his nephew, Kukailani, the son of Keliiokaloa; and this was probably the cause of the commotion and uprising of the great district chiefs in the early part of Keawenui's reign. Thus, when Keawenui was on his deathbed, he solemnly, and in the presence of his chiefs, conferred the sovereignty, the dignity,a nd prerogatives of Moi on Kaikilani, the daughter of Kukailani, and who was the joint-wife or successive wife of his two sons, Kanaloa-kuaana and Lonoikamakahiki. "180 "The Hokeo [part of the outfit of Lonoikamakahiki in his travels] was a large, high, and straight calabash, in which the wardrobe of chifs and other valuables were packed, as in a trunk. This particular 'Hokeo' was famous for containing the bundles of bones of the six rebel chiefs of Hawaii whome his father, Keawenui-a-Umi, had slain." 180 "In the allottment of lands among the chiefs and members of the deceased Moi's family - which, since the time of Keawenui-a-Umi, appears to have become a custom on the death of a Moi . . . " 180 "It had been the custom since the days of Keawenui-a-Umi, on the death of a Moi and the accession of a new one, to distribute and redivide the lands of the island between the chiefs and favourites of the new monarch." 180 Kamalalawalu followed his father as Moi of Maui . . . His sumptuous entertainments of the two Hawaii kings, Keawenui-a-Umi and his son Lonoikamakahiki, are dilated upon in the legends." 180 | ||||||
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