Mahele Documents

01546
Claim Number: 01546
Claimant: Kahalehau
Other claimant:
Other name:
Island: Oahu
District: Kona
Ahupuaa: Kalihi
Ili: Hapakini
Statistics: 4198 characters 722 words
No. 1546, Kahalehau, December 8, 1847
N.R. 154v3


Honorable Members of the Privy Council, Greetings: I, the undersigned, hereby describe my taro land claim in Kalihi, Oahu, which is situated in an `ili of the Ahupua`a makai of the Kalihi bridge. The konohiki is Aki wahine. It is bounded on the north by a land of Hauki, on the east by a land for Maile, on the south by a land for Keane, on the west by a land for Wahine. One lo`i and the parcel of kula of this claim, whose boundaries I have described, adjoins Kaua's land. Two of my lo`i are together in the middle of Kaua's land and are being held by Kaua at this time. I think that these lo`is which have been transferred to him should be returned to me and combined with those held by me at this time, because I think he has no right to them. These lo`i ....

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.... atches to Kaua II. Kahalehau had gone on a trip to Hawaii in 1847 and upon his return, he found Kaua II cultivating the two patches.

Maile, sworn, It is true that I had given Kahalehau those nine patches before the time of Kaomi because I was the konohiki at that time and Kahalehau did cultivate all of those nine patches; however, I had given my own patches to my punalua*, Kaua II, and perhaps because of his great strength he had given of his services to cultivating Kahalehau's land, but I believe those two patches are for Kahalehau and not for Kaua II This interest of Kahalehau is clear.

See pg. 203[1214, Kaua II]

/*Punalua - formerly wives of a husband or husbands of a wife; wives of brothers or husbands of sisters./

[Award 1546; R.P. 4182; Hapakini Kalihi Kona; 3 ap.; .79 Ac.]