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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1830_Jul15_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date:
July 15, 1830
From:
Makaio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
mi Kamalena [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Kekūanāoʻa writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding one teacher and one student to
join the Poʻahā meetings.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe, emi, Kamale
na, eia mai kau mau mea
i ike e komo i kapo aha. o
hookahi kumu hookahi
hauma mana o kou ma
u kanakano o Ronohiwa
Na Makaio Kekua kainoa 1
naoa
o Ka uhi
honu kai
noa 2
[Page 2 of 2]
[Cover Letter]
Kekuanaoa
July 15 1830
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
Here are some I know who would join the Poaha, one teacher and one student.
These are my people, Ronohiwa being the name of the first and Kauhihonu the name of
the second.
From Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Cover Letter]
Kekuanaoa
July 15, 1830

�Notes:
1. mi Kamelana - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and a missionary
teacher.
2. Makaio Kekuanaoa - Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was married to
Iosepeta Kīnaʻu at the time of this letter and they were both important members of
the royal court. He would become the Royal Governor of the island of Oʻahu
from 1834-1868 and served as a member of the House of Nobles and Privy
Council, and went on to become the 6th Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands.
3. Ronohiwa &amp; Kauhi - The letter does not clarify which of these two names is a
teacher and which is a student. These are the individuals Kekūanāoʻa supported to
join the Poʻahā.

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