The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-05-21

the islands, bringing guns and am
munition to the Hawaiians. Because
of the favorable situation of his
territory Kamehameha was able to
secure more of these necessities Of
war than his opponents, thereby
having a decided advantage over
them.
After some years Kamehameha
and Keawemauhili patched up their
differences sand the latter sent
number of his warriors to aid the
former in a campaign against Maui
and Oahu. Keoua was so enraged
by this that he made an attack on
the Hilo district and defeated and
killed Keawemauhili. Keoua then
invaded Kamehameha's territory
and ravaged two of it's districts,
but was soon driven out of that
part of the island of Hawaii.
In the summer of 1871 Keoua
was killed and Kamehameha be-
came undisputed ruler of the whole
island of Hawaii. He then began
dreaming Of extending his conquests
over all the other islands. His prin-
cipal obstacle, however, was the
strength which had been developed
by Kahekili, the king of Maui, who
had succeeded in making himself
overload of Maui, Molokai, Oahu
and Kauai. For several years the
war, between these two kings went
on internationally, eliminating in an
invasion of Hawaii by Kahekili and
his brother Kaeo. To repel this at
tack Kamehameha collected large
fleet of war canoes with which he
met and defeated the fleet of his
enemy off the north coast of Ha-
wall. In this naval battle each side
used cannon which they had OBJ
tanned from white fur traders and
Kamehameha's victory was large
ly due to the fact that two Eng
lishmen, John Young and Isaac
Davis, were in charge of his ar
tillery.
After this battle there was a
period of peace in the islands. The
aged king, Kahekili, died in the
summer of 1894 and his lands were
divided between his brother and
his son, Kalanikupule, ruling over
Oahu and Molokai and Kaeo keep
ing control of Maui and Kauai. But
uncle and nephew soon were in
volved in war, and in 1904 Kaeo
was killed. Kamehameha now saw
his chance to complete his conquest
of the islands.
Accordingly he summoned his
chiefs and warriors and collected
the largest army in the history of
Hawaii. Embracing in a great fleet
of war canoes, the expedition sailed
from Hawaii in February, 1895, for
Maui. After taking possession of
that island, Kamehameha next oc-
cupied Molokai and then sailed
to Oahu, where he landed at Wal
kiki. During this passage one of
the principal chiefs, Kaiana, desert
Kalanikupule where his army was
posted in the Nuuanu valley.
But despite this detection Kane
hameha won an overwhelming vic
tory over the enemy. Hundreds Of
Kalanikupule's men, including the
traitor, Kaiana, were killed in bat
tie and large number were driven
over the precipice to their deaths
on the rocks below. Kalanikupule
was among those who escaped but,
after wandering about in the
mountains for several months, he
was captured and sacrificed to the
war god, Kukailimoku.
Although this victory was de-
cisive one, there still remained the
islands of Kauai and Miihau to be
conquered. Moreover, during Kane
hameha's absence from Hawaii a
brother of Kaiana had led a revolt
on that island and gained posses
sion of a large part of it. But in
the fall of 1896 Kamehameha re-
turned and in battle fought near
Hilo quickly crushed the rebellion.
This marked the end of Kameha-
meha's wars. From that time on he
could devote his time to building up
the empire of which he had dreamed.
There was no one left powerful
enough to oppose his rule.