- Kaweloaikanaka
Kawelo-okinaai-kanaka was the 18th
Alii Aimoku of Kauai . He ruled as titular King or chief ofKauai . He was borncirca .1680 . He was son ofKawelomakualua , 17th Alii Aimoku of Kauai by his sister-bride Kaawihiokalani. His twin brother was High ChiefKawelo-a-Peekoa , who is not heard of in the legends after the death of his brother. His brother appears to have but fathered one child, a daughter, named after her uncle, High Chiefess Kauakaweloaikanaka who married aMolokai chief named Kanehoalani, a grandson of Kalanipehu of that island, and grandfather to the, in later times, well-known Kaiakea.Kaweloaikanaka married high chiefess Naki, but of what lineage is equally unknown at the present time. He was defeated by cousin, Kawelo-a-Maihunalii, a.k.a.
Kaweloleimakua , son of Malaiakalani his aunt. He did not inherited the fortification and defensive skills of his ancestorsKukona , and his sonManokalanipo , Kings of Kauai who stopped the onslaught of the combined forces of Hawaii,Maui ,Molokai , andOahu with a mere 500 Kauaian men. It is not known what happened to family after his death. The probability is that he left no sons to avenge his death or reclaim the dignity of King after the death of Kawelo-a-Maihunalii. His cousin's usurpation would proved later to be terrible for the Kawelo family because it allowed the Oahu chiefs to succeed them. [ [http://www.hawaiian-roots.com/kalakaua.htm Kalakaua ] ]References
* Frederick B. Wichman, Pua Ali'I O Kaua'i: Ruling Chiefs of Kaua'i, (Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press, 2003),
ISBN 0824826388 .
* Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
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