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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
Undated_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain5
Date of Letter:
Undated
From:
Makaio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
To:
Mikamalena [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain concerning men and women
interested in joining the Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Na Makaio Kekuanaoa
Aloha oe e Mikamalena.
Ke hai aku nei au ia oe,
i keia poe kanaka, a me na
wahine, o Waimanalo e komo
i ka poaha, ua ae aku wau ia
lakou.
Eia kainoa o na kane
Kawahinehuhu
Naohai
*eia na wahine
Kapalu
*Kalima ka inoa
Haulele
*Puia
Pahiole
*Hua
Halai
*Kanewahine
Muemue
*Nahea
Wainaia
*Keakalei
Kaiwikaalua
*Wahinehou
Limahele
*Kahawalu
Kealai
*Alue.
Na Makaaio
[Page 2 of 2]
Kealai
Na Makaio Kekuanaoa
Kekuanaoa
Translation:

�[Page 1 of 2]
By Makaio Kekuanaoa
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
I tell you of these men and women of Waimānalo to join the Poʻahā. I have approved of
them.
Here are the names of the men.
Naohai
*Here are the women
Kapalu
*Kalima is the name
Haulele
*Puia
Pahiole
*Hua
Halai
*Kanewahine
Muemue
*Nahea
Wainaia
*Keakalei
Kaiwikaalua
*Wahinehou
Limahele
*Kahawalu
*Alue.
[Page 2 of 2]
Kealai
By Makaio Kekuanaoa
Kekuanaoa
Notes:
1. Mikamalena - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries. He was the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and
served as a missionary teacher.
2. Makaio Kekuanaoa – Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was first married to
Kalani Pauahi and then to Elizabeth Kīnaʻu. He was the Royal Governor of the
island of Oʻahu from 1834-1868, a member of the House of Nobles and Privy
Council, the 6th Kuhina Nui (regent) and the father of Kamehameha IV and
Kamehameha V.

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              <text>Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives </text>
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