Mahele Documents

03371B
Claim Number: 03371B
Claimant: Malama
Other claimant:
Other name:
Island: Oahu
District: Koolauloa
Ahupuaa: Waimea
Ili: Keauhou
Statistics: 3465 characters 629 words
No. 3371B, Malama, Honolulu, April 5, 1851, Protest, Kailiwai
N.T. 768-769v3


Niau, sworn, I am a native of this place from the time of Kamehameha I and I am living there at the present time.

I have seen his moo land in the ili of Keauhou II of the Ahupuaa of Waimea, Koolauloa, Oahu. I do not know the number of patches, but it is a moo land.

The boundaries are:
Mauka, land of Keliiwaiwaiole
Wailua, a stream
Makai, land of Pinoke Keauhou
Koolauloa, a precipice.

He acquired this land from Lua during the lifetime of Kinau and he had lived there till his death in 1845. This land was bequested to his wife, Kaoaop ....

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.... said to me, "The land of our /two/ grandchildren shall remain with you folks. My husband's /interest/ is separate; do not interfere with him." Many people had heard this bequest, but there is (?) in Malama. After the death of Kaoaopa, I had taken the land and gave it to Kaopulupulu and there has been no complaint to the present day.

Mailou, sworn, We both have known similarly and it has been more than a year since the konohiki has had the land. There has not been a complaint in the least and now there is activity on the land. This land has been definitely returned to the konohiki; it is best that the konohiki has retained it.

[No. 3371B not awarded]