The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1884-03-22
THE LATE DAVID LELE0 KINIMAKA.

The following short biographical
sketch OF the late Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel, the Honorable David Lelee
Kinimaka, .s from the pen of one of
his intimate friends, and one who was
thoroughly we'll acquainted with the
deceased from his boyhood up to the
day Of his demise.
d. l.. kinimaka was born July 9Th,
1851, at Palaueka, Rolualoa, North
Kona, Hawaii He was a lineal de-
scendant of the Kau line of Chiefs.
His grandfather was Kapiiwi, u High
Chief of Kau, and his grandmother
was Kahikoloa, High Chiefess of
Maui, who begat his father, keawea-
mahi Kinimaka. The said Keawea-
mahi Kinimaka was first married to
Haaheo Kaniu, "a High Chiefess, the
foster mother of His Majesty the
King, the circumstances attending
which are fully described on page "
of the d" Honolulu Almanac and Di-
rectory." Haaheo Kaniu died with
out any issue. Her husband again
married one Pal. a half Tahitian wo-
man, descendant from some Tahi-
tian chiefs, by whom he had issue
one daughter and two sons, viz: Haa-
heo Kauiu, (Mrs William P. luna
heihei1, the late David Leleo, and
Kaikala Kinimaka.
During his young days Leleo was
always obedient to his parents, and
was ever ready to do what he was
ordered. The same spirit character
lied him when at school at st. AL
BANS College, and at Luaehu College,
Lahaina, under the principalship and
tutorship of the Venerable Archdea-
con Rev. George Mason, NJ. A. Many
of his schooImates now miss him. He
married June H. 1874, to Hannah
Keolaoka laau, and has issue OF five
children, four daughters and a son,
who now mourn the loss of kind
and affectionate father.
AS to his military career, the writer
can give only brief account. He
first entered into military ranks as a
private volunteer in the ranks of the
cavalry corps, during the reign of His
Majesty Kamehameha '. In 1869 he
Joined the Royal Guards as a private.
He was soon promoted TO the rank of
corporal. At the time of the barracks
riot in 1873, during the reign of His
late Majesty LunalilO, and nearing
the close of the riot, the then Cabinet
ministers AMI colonel of the House
hold troops asked, who of the soldiers
would readily lay down their arms
and swear allegiance to support their
King and the Constitution? Corporal
Kinimaka was the first man to leave
the ranks, and accompanied by about
twenty others, they marched down to
the armOry and surrendered them
selves. During the temporary dis
bandment of the Royal Guards, Kini-
maka was engaged as guard at Oahu
Prison. At the reorganization of the
ROYAL Guards in 1874, after the acces
sion of His Majesty King Kalakaua,
he again enlisted, and was first ap-
pointed sergeant, then sub-lieutenant,
and afterwards second lieutenant. On
the 11th of August, 1874, he was again
promoted and commissioned as first
lieutenant, and his star scented always
to have been in the ascendant. On
February 18th, 1873, the fourth ami
versary of His Majesty's accession, he
was commissioned as captain. On
September 1st, 1880, he was appointed
as Privy Councillor; January 10Th,
1881, was commissioned as major of
the Kings Guard and of the volunteer
forces, a post which he fulfilled cred
itabIy and faithfully. On February
18th, 1888, he was appointed a mem
Der of the Board of Education, and on
March 4th, 1884, was commissioned as
breyet lieutenant-colOnel of the Kings
Guard, commission which he never
saw, and only enjoyed the rank and
title for six days, when he died March
10th, 1884, on the road at Kaumalu-