The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1868-09-09

AluSuouf Vu HlNau. AhS A@ttei NAANA ic "
membered as having been Kind and atfec-
tionate friend TO the common people.
The lands possessed by him were inherited
from his grandfather, MahiolaIi, and he never
interfercd in the landed possessions of the
chiefs or their tenants. He honored his
wives and made feasts for them. His prin-
pal wife-or queen, was Keaka He used to
make progress occasionally through his
dominion of Hawaii, but he lived at Hilo for
several years. During his residence at that
place, keoua, Zone Of his favorite geuersls)
wastaken very sick. He was otherwise call
cd neutrality-suspicious. [Phebus, what
a name1 He died at Waiakea, in the year
l15a, and there the chiefs lamented for him
His brother was Kalaniopuu, by whom he
was persuaded TO abduct Kamehameha IL,
known to US as Kamehameha l) This is
the firre time that the historian has made a
distinction between the two Kamehamehas. ]
II was rumored that Alapai caused the death
of keoua 1t may or may not have been so,
but Immediately after this war broke out
between Alapai and Kalaniopuu
The night that Kalaniopuu went to get
Kamehsmeha, the chiefs were all watching
the corpse of Keoua Among them were
keaweapala, son Of Alapai; Kameeiamoku,
kamanawa, Keeaumoku, and Keaweheulu
These were all called children of Alapai, and
were among his noted warriors, through
whom he obtained his kingdom. They were
,,r,a,arad for a,r- u-arI;ka o,oa-rro-o;o. 81, Z.
might arise; but Puma, the kGAu (body ser
vanp of Kalaniopuu, had prepared q war
canoe and placed it between Piopio and IA
lepolepo. This was the commencement of
Kalaniopuu's disturbances. He had very
few people at the beginning in his attempt
to abduct the chief, and he did not succeed
in his attempt. This however, was the be-
ginning of the war that afterwards took place
between Kalaniopuu and Alapai, and result
ed in the kingdom of Hawaii coming into
the possession of the former.
Kalaniopuu and Keoua were hereditary
chiefs of Hawaii, and to them belonged the
Kingdom by descent But Alapai, by his
prowess and superior ability, earned the
kingdom for himself and cut off many of the
chiefs. He was himself, however, chief of
high lineage, his mother being Kalanikau-
leleiaiwi, and his father Keeaumoku.
After the attempt to abduct Kamehameha,
which is called the battle of Kalepolepo,
there was fight at Paieie, adjoining Puaaloa,
between Alapai and Kalaniopuu After
wards battle was fought between the op-
posing forces at Mokaulele, and it extended
to Mahinsaka- This was another of those
bloody battles of those times. Kalaniopuu
came very near losing his life on this occasion.
He slipped on the pahoehoe (the smooth
Laval and vas seized by two of the soldiers of
Alapai, one on each side. He grappled with
them both and crippled them. Two Others
attacked him and he killed them; two more
came mp and be held them out, one in each
hand
Kalaniopuu's warriors on that day gained
the battle, for the chiefs saw that his soldiers
were very brave, and that he himself was
very strong Inan- Afler the fight of Mahina-
aka, (the full moon) Kalaniopuu became
King of kau and Puma, he being a chief of
Kau, because his ancestors belonged there.
Alapai lived at Hilo for year after this and
then went to Waipio; thence he went TO
Kawaihae and went up to Waimea, at place
called Lanimaomao, where he was taken sick.
Removed thence, he went down again TO Ka-
waihae, and getting more sick, died there,
first making his will, giving the kingdom to
his son Keaweopala This was in the year
1854, and Keaweopala succeeded to the king
dom of Hawaii.
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