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Claim Number: 06609
Claimant: Paieie & Kekoi
Other claimant:Poki, foster child, wahine
Other name:
Island: Oahu
District: Kona
Ahupuaa: Honolulu
Ili: King St.
Statistics: 2813 characters 462 words
No. 6609, Paieie, Honolulu, February 1, 1848
N.R. 381-382v5

No. 6610, Kekoi

Greetings to the Land Commissioners: We, the persons whose names are below, hereby state our claim in accordance with the law of the Mo`i. Our explanation is as follows: Our lot where we reside is Poki's own. It was inherited by her as follows: Kalaimoku was the one who had the lot and he gave it to Kapau because she was Kalaimoku's wahine on some of their days, and our occupancy was from this time. This lot was bequeathed to Poki, the kaikamahine of Ka ....

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.... the city of Honolulu. Kekoi and Paieie were Poki's guardians and they had registered this claim in his own name. I have known about this claim in the same way as Kekoi has related here.

Naka (wahine), sworn, I have known about this claim the same way as Kekoi and Kama have related here and no one has ever objected to this day.

(NOTE: by F.F.[Frances Frazier] In the Register, Poki is described as a female, the daughter of Kapau.)

[Award 6609; R.P. 5719; King St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; .26 Ac.; see also 6610 not awarded]