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No. 2812, Kanealii, Waialee, Oahu, December 31, 1847
N.R. 646v3
To the Land Commissioners, Respectful Greetings: I, Kanealii, hereby state my claim for land at Kapunaiki, with eight lo`i and a share of a lo`i in another place, adjoining Kahaleipu's /land/, a kula land, a kai /fishery/, a section of salt land, an upland, a koa canoe tree, at Pahipahialua. My lo`is are bounded on the north, east and west by kula, on the south by an upland. My house lot is next to my lo`is.
KANEALII X, his mark
F.T. 447v11
No. 2812, Kanealii
Kaikai wahine, hoohikiia, Ua ike au i kona aina kalo ewalu loi me ke kula ma ka moo o Kapunaiki ma Waialee.
Mauka, pali o Waialee
Waianae, moo Kanikikala
Makai, pa aina
Koolaupoko, kula Mokuhala.
He aina hooilina mai kona mau makua mai i ka wa o Kamehameha I, aole mea keakea.
Nua, hoohikiia, Ua like pu ko`u ike me ke Kaikai.
N.T. 90-91v10
No. 2812, Kanealii, 15 January. 1852 vs. C.G. Hopkins
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.... st in Waialee. The area in the pasture between the patches and the pali has not been tilled and I have never found any indications of previous tilling of the land. The tenants have an acre for their own farming but the one acre is larger than the cultivated portion. When all of the tenants' land is combined and then distributed. The tenants have shown me their large areas of land. The konohiki has objected to the salt island because there was no verbal statement clarifying his (Kanealii) ownership.
N.T. 447v11 Translation
No. 2812, Kanealii
Kaikai, (Female) sworn, I know his taro land, eight lo`i and the kula, in the mo`o of Kapunaiki at Waialee
Mauka by Pali of Waialee
Waianae by mo`o Kanikikala
Makai by land boundary wall
Koolaupoko by kula Mokuhala.
It is land inherited from his parents in the time of Kamehameha I. No one has disputed it.
Nua, sworn, My knowledge of it is the same as that of Kaikai.
[Award 2812; R.P. 1325; Waialee Koolauloa; 1 ap. 2.75 Acs]