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To wed a woman very many years his senior was not the desire of his heart. Yet realizing that it might be perilous to go contrary to the express desire of the powerful monarch he quietly consented "to take the bitter pill.

Page 48 48 K E O UA lua, permanently, upon one of the divisions of land which Piia had received as her portion out of her father's large estate. Soon afterward the old conqueror's death occurred, upon which Kaahumanu became regent of the whole group. The first party of missionaries had just arrived. Piia and Laanui, together with Queen Kaahumanu and several other chiefly persons, were among the first converts to Christianity. Likewise Laanui and Piia were one of the first couples to be married by Mr.

Their favorite dwelling was at Waialua, Island of Oahu. They found the climate there so salubrious and balmy that they loved it, visiting Honolulu only when their presence at court was demanded.

Unfortunately her corpulence did not inure to healthfulness and before long Piia sickened and died. Before passing awayshe said to her husband: "Laanui, I wish to divulge a secret in my heart to you.

It was not my work that you gave up your patrimonial inheritance to me. It was at the instigation of Kamehameha that I played coyly toward you in order to gratify his selfish motives. For your cheerful sacrifice of what was so dear to your heart I feel it is my duty to repay you. Therefore in return for great kindness I leave this dear Waialua to you, as well as all the other lands which I own, for my token of love for you. I cannot die happy without making this reparation while the breath.

Forgive me for the part I took in the wrongful measure. A few days later Piia was no more. Jasson Rives whose Hawaiian name designated by Queen Kaahumanu was Luahine , who had landed on these shores and become the Aikane-Punahele of Prince Liholiho, the heir apparent to the throne.

He had taken to wife Holau II, a descendant of Kaihikapumahana, the only daughter of Lonoikamakahiki Kapuokalani and his wife Kaikilanialiiwahine o Puna and sister of Keawehanauikawalu, ancestor of Kekuanaoa, father of the last line of the Kamehamehas. Judd spoke of the twin girls as becomingly pretty. As they grew up they were greatly sought after in marriage and Virginia Kahoa was the first to leave their adopted home. She became the wife of Mr. Subsequently Laanui found in the elder sister, Teresa Owana Kaheiheimalie the choice of his heart and his second wife.

He was then almost twice the age of his young wife but that did not mar the match, for his gentleness and kindly disposition had completely won her affection. They lived at Waialua most of the time. Their town residence i,s now owned by the James Campbell estate, its frontage being on Punchbowl, Hotel. In time a little daughter appeared on the scene to bless their union and the people from all around Waialua visited the new-born babe with a hookupu in silver dollars.

That custom was styled "palala. Friends and interested people from Honolulu also brought offerings to mingle with those of Waialua and were generously entertained by Laanui and Owana.

They named their darling child Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani-"Elizabeth" after the baptismal name of Queen Kaahumanu and the Hawaiian name after one of Laanui's sisters, the firstborn of the family, who died at the age of five years. Elizabeth was idolized by her parents and the people of Waialua living under Laanui. For five years they longingly hoped for a male heir further to brighten their home before their wish was realized.

It became evident soon after the birth of their little son that Owana's health was failing. Judd, the resident physician and one of the missionaries, did all in his power to save the afflicted mother, but in two months grief over a departed wife for the second time was Laanui's portion. The site was already provided by the king, being on the lot where the old barracks now stands. It took more than a year to construct the building, which was one of adobe of the old Spanish style, a square edifice enclosing a central court.

With the assistance of Dr. Judd the choice of teachers and a general manager was made, Mr. Amos S. Cooke and his wife, of the missionary colony, being the first ones in charge of the institution. It was made a boarding school so that the teachers would have the immediate and full control of the pupils. Seven boys and seven girls were selected from the highest chief families in the realm.

As Victoria Kamamalu was only two years old at the opening of the school, it was deemed necessary that her "kahus," John Ii and Sarai his wife, should attend her in school residence. The tuition was principally in English. From time to time the Cookes required assistant teachers. French and Spanish tutors were also introduced, the older scholars forming their classes.

For ten years the Royal School continued according to the original design, but the great responsibility was beginning to tell on the health of our dear instructor. Cooke was compelled to seek an entire change and rest. Most of us left for our own homes but still attended the school. The tuition was taken up by a Mr.

Fuller, who had already started a school of his own with children from some of the most respectable families, foreign and Hawaiian, resident in Honolulu. Then the name of Honolulu Academy was given to the school, which, however, continued only for a short time. When Mr. Fuller gave up teaching, the Government, with Mr. Richard Armstrong as Minister of Instruction, started to build the later. Page 54 54 K E o U A Royal School supplanted a few years ago by the present modern edifice , thinking it most appropriate to name it such since Victoria Kamamalu, Liliuokalani and a few other children of chiefs of a younger generation had not as yet finished their education.

George Beckwith, Mr. Armstrong's son-in-law, was put in as instructor of that school, and all the pupils that had attended the old academy were admitted to it. In forming the old genuine Royal School, the future positions of some of the pupils were already decided.

Moses and Lot were respectively to hold the governorships of Kauai and Maui. Victoria, who had been betrothed in infancy to William Lunalilo, was to hold the premiership third in line from her mother Kinau, and Lunalilo as her husband would fill the office of governor of Oahu after Kekuanaoa's death.

Alexander Liholiho was already regarded as heir presumptive to the throne, for Kamehameha III had lost his only son in infancy. The governorship of the Island of Hawaii lay in abeyance for future nomination. Undoubtedly our parents had their own secret plans and expectations regarding all our futures, but, truth to tell, among that princely throng only one of the supposedly well-laid schemes was carried out. This singular instance not only gladdened the hearts of the parents concerned.

The others formed alliances with other chief families and prominent American families that had decided to make their homes in this happy land, the "Paradise of the Pacific.

We were fortunate to have still living some members of our mother's family, her twin sister and two brothers, who grasped the occasion to claim their right to take me to their home and protection. Before this could be arranged notice had to be given to the king and chiefs that, owing to failing health, Mr. Cooke with his family was going to change his residence from the school to the mission neighborhood.

Eventually a guardian was appointed in the person of John Ii, a justice of the supreme court, who was also administrator of my father's estate. Upon arriving at maturity I was advised to claim my portion of my father's estate. When I called on my guardian for this purpose, he astounded me with the information, "There is not much property that I know of which belonged to your father. How we had been wronged remained a mystery until several years afterward, when a very confidential retainer of my father's took sick and, fearing that death.

Page 57 KEOUA 57 might overtake him at any moment, despatched a boy to our home in town urging me to come to his bedside, as he wished to see me once more before the end came. Early next morning, in company with one of my uncles and accompanied by Kuokoa's boy, I rode post-haste to Waialua, reaching there about 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

We found the old gentleman awaiting our arrival in great anxiety. After we had partaken of some food the household was summoned to evening prayers as usual, by the sick man's couch, and after delivering the blessing of God he turned and addressed me thus: "My dear young Alii, I have been a traitor to you and your cause.

I have been false to my haku, your beloved father, who brought us to this new residence aside from our own loved land of Waimea, the birthplace of your dear father and his ancestors before him. He placed in my hands a book, which you will find in your room, containing a list of lands to be presented to the Land Office just newly created to secure the legal award of title as ordained by law.

I did not follow your father's command, but listened to the tempter. And furthermore he said, "All the lands that I possess as presents from your father it is my wish. About 2 o'clock that night we were aroused from deep slumber with wailing from his room. Life had fled. We remained for two days after the funeral of Kuokoa, then, with John Ii and our party, started homeward bound to our dear old Honolulu.

For years my father's old devoted kahuis remained and watched over the loved spot where once my father dwelt. Nothing could induce them to sever the tie binding them to the place they cherished for the sake of their lamented' master. But there came a change. One of his people who lived in the Koolau district, by name Kuaea, was invited by the people of Waialua to become the pastor of the old Hawaiian church there. Upon application to me for permission to live on the old homestead, arrangements were immediately made to build him a nice home.

His flowing speech and pleasant delivery won the hearts of his congregation and his popularity became famous. It extended to Honolulu and, with a larger salary offered him by the old Kaumakapili Church, he was induced to change his residence to the metropolis. He gave up the house that he had built on my premises as a token of thankfulness.

Then it was that my interest in Waialua began. Years and experience had grown on me. We required a country residence and, with the kind help of my husband, made many improvements on our small holding which had been long neglected.

I found the climate of my childhpod's home for I first saw the light there far excelled in salubrity any other place on the Island of Oahu. What with the delicious bathing in the placid waters of Anahulu flowing pabst our door where now the stately and popular Haleiwa Hotel stands , many a happy hour was spent with women and children swimming around one in joyous glee.

I must confess that I was loath to take my leave of that sylvan-like spot to assume the cares and responsibilitiels awaiting me in town. No wonder it had such a hold upon my dear father's life. Years and experience! People to whom my father had entrusted lands of his came to me giving information such as that Kamakau for one lived on the land of Waihee, East Maui, knowing no other lord over him but Laanui, who held sway over other places in the district of Hana.

Kapena's brother was another, holding lands at Lahaina. Laanui, a namesake of my father, was put in charge of the Kapapala land now in possession of Mr. Julian Monsarrat. Many other properties might be mentioned, among them the Panalaau land of Eleele on.

This land my father had entrusted to the care of one of his retainers named Wahineaea, a relative of Kuokoa. But what recompense have they rendered to the children of Laanui?

Nothing, but robbery from first to last. Not one inch of ground was marked to denote that once it belonged to Laanui, their kind friend and benefactor. Waialua, as you have seen and read, was honestly acquired by Laanui, not only in exchange for his patrimonial estate of Waimea by intrigue and cunning on the part of that greedy despot, Kamehameha, but by virtue of sincere love and affection from his wife Piia. Who are the owners of that fair land now?

Bishop Estate everywhere, as one of Victoria's possessions. Thank God we have outlived those days of misery and bitterness. It was on the appeal of my aunt, who said we had enough to live on, that I refrained from starting litigation for the recovery of our rightful inheritance.

Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui by his wife Kamaikaopa left an only child, a daughter, Teresa Owana Kaohelelani, who, by her late husbands, A. Cartwright, Junior, and the Hon.

Robert W. Wilcox, has a family of children and grandchildren, forming the junior branch of the Keoua family, now living. They, with the writer of these memoirs as the only sole representative of the senior line, comprise the only descendants of the grand and famous chieftain, whose history we are about to close. Before concluding and to give the readers some idea of what the ancient "Meles" are, a sample out of many is given here which was sung to Keoua Kalanikupuapaiakalani Nui while living, and handed down from generation to generation until inherited by the present owner, the writer of this book.

The,se meles not only recite the genealogical line of the family, but also describe great events of the time to which they relate:. His remains now repose in one of those natural vaults or caves on the heights of the cliffs overlooking Kealakekua Bay. Page [unnumbered]. Page [unnumbered] ,1. All Digital Collections Login.

History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants, with notes on Kamehameha I, first king of all Hawaii, by Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt Pratt, Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani. List of all pages Add to bookbag. At this time Keoua was still a child and the idea soon occur Page 10 10 KEOUA red, as was natural, to the parents of the prince and of the princess that they should be betrothed, and the ceremony to that end was carried out with due pomp by court and people.

It sig Page 11 KEOUA 11 nified the laying of the head toward the sun's position in the heavens from its rising unto its setting. Emissaries were quickly despatched to the land Page 12 12 KEOUA ing to welcome the prince and his followers and invite them to the royal abode, where Kahikikala and her sister Kalanilehua would be ready to receive them. So matters stood until Keoua's kahuna deemed it his duty to give warning counsel to his lord, which he did in this manner: "My Alii, you have come to the land where the sun is never seen setting in the western horizon, as the high peaks of Mauna Kauwiki ob Page 13 K E 0 U A 13 structed the view.

Therefore she permitted Keoua's behavior toward herself to grow no warmer, but not alone for that reason but because her heart had been already captured by a chief to Page 14 14 K KEOUA the manor born-"o ka aina"-Ua Lanihaahaa, who claimed descent from the noble family of Elani. The story of Hawaiian royalty. Book Hardcopy Search Contact. The text given here is complete but in a rough layout. Use the text to quickly check the page and then view the original page for the correct layout.

Copyright, , The Honolulu Adevertiser. Some say that the old king had already divided the lands of the island of Hawai'i, giving his son Kiwala'o the districts of Ka'u, Puna, and Hilo.

Kamehameha was to inherit the districts of Kona, Kohala, and Hamakua. It is not clear whether the landing of Kiwala'o's at Honaunau was to deify the bones of Kalani'opu'u or to attempt seizure of the district of Kona. Some suggest that Kamehameha and the other chiefs had gathered at Honaunau to await the redistribution of land, which usually occurred on the death of a chief, and to make hasty alliances. When it appeared that Kamehameha and his allies were not to receive what they considered their fair share, the battle for power and property began.

Over the next four years, numerous battles took place as well as a great deal of jockeying for position and privilege. Alliances were made and broken, but no one was able to gain a decisive advantage. The rulers of Hawai'i had reached a stalemate. Kamehameha's superior forces had several times won out over those of other warriors. He took the daughter of Kiwala'o, Keopuolani, captive and made her one of his wives; he also took the child Ka'ahumanu once mentioned as a wife for Kiwala'o and "betrothed her to himself.

Eventually Kiwala'o was killed in battle, but control of the Island of Hawai'i remained divided. By the old chief Kahekili, king of Maui, had become the most powerful ali'i in the islands, ruling O'ahu, Maui, Moloka'i, and Lana'i, and controlling Kaua'i and Ni'ihau through an agreement with his half-brother Ka'eokulani. The great chief Kahekili was on O'ahu, attempting to stem a revolt there. Using cannon salvaged from the ship, the Fair American, Kamehameha's warriors forced the Maui army into retreat, killing such a large number that the bodies dammed up a stream.

However, Kamehameha's victory was short-lived, for one of his enemies, his cousin Keoua, chief of Puna and Ka'u, took advantage of Kamehameha's absence from Hawai'i to pillage and destroy villages on Hawai'i Island's west coast. Returning to Hawai'i, Kamehameha fought Keoua in two fierce battles. Kamehameha then retired to the west coast of the island, while Keoua and his army moved southward, losing some of their group in a volcanic steam blast.

This civil war, which ended in , was the last Hawaiian military campaign to be fought with traditional weapons. In future battles Kamehameha adopted Western technology, a factor that probably accounted for much of his success. Because of Kamehameha's presence at Kealakekua Bay during the s, many of the foreign trading ships stopped there. Thus he was able to amass large quantities of firearms to use in battle against other leaders.

However, the new weapons were expensive and contributed to large increases in the cost of warfare. After almost a decade of fighting, Kamehameha had still not conquered all his enemies. So he heeded the advice of a seer on Kaua'i and erected a great new heiau at Pu'ukohola in Kawaihae for worship and for sacrifices to Kamehameha's war god Ku.

Kamehameha hoped to thereby gain the spiritual power that would enable him to conquer the island. Some say that the rival chief Keoua was invited to Pu'ukohola to negotiate peace, but instead was killed and sacrificed on the heiau's altar. Others suggest that he was dispirited by the battles and was "induced to surrender himself at Kawaihae" before being killed. His death made Kamehameha ruler of the entire island of Hawai'i.

Meanwhile, Kahekili decided to take the advantage while Kamehameha was preoccupied with Keoua and assembled an army — including a foreign gunner, trained dogs, and a special group of ferociously tattooed men known as pahupu'u. They raided villages and defiled graves along the coasts of Hawai'i until challenged by Kamehameha. Shortly thereafter, the English merchant William Brown, captain of the thirty-gun frigate Butterworth , discovered the harbor at Honolulu.