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No. 4320, Kaua, Lahaina, January 20, 1848
N.R. 163-164v6
Greetings to you, Kolopalela Kaauwai and Keoni Ii and Namauu and the haole members of the Commission, and the Governor, being the Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles for house lots and kihapais: Here is my message to you: You may or may not have received some petitions concerning the harm done, because this is the fourth of the months /since the petitions/, and I think they may have been thrown away or torn up.
Here is my message to you all. Hamoa is my land from which I was dispossessed in 1845 in the month of June. Since then there has been no investigation. The land was taken - this was a genuine dispossession. Here is my claim: I received my land from Hoapili. When he died the land was bequeathed ....
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.... death kapa was willed to live under Lot Kamehameha. Keohokalole objected to this in 1845, it has been for him previously.
N.T. 72v5
No. 9794D!, Kaua, from page 68, 4320
[should be 9795D not awarded]
I have filed my claim in Oahu, before February 1848, but there is no return. A copy of that claim is at Kahakuloa.
Kahikona, sworn, he has seen this taro section in the ili of Kuahana of Kahakuloa ahupuaa (?) and 1 prisoner [patch] is in there. This had been from Pikanele in 1839, now it has been from Kuakamauna in 1845, and Kaua is living under him at the present time.
[Award 4320; R.P. 5615; Kopili Lahaina; 1 ap.; 1 rood 20 rods; R.P. 1960; Kopili Lahaina; 2 ap.; 2 Acs 4 rods; Puako Lahaina; 1 ap.; 9 Acs 1 rood 24 rods]