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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1830_Aug19_Kekuanaoa-Chamberlain
Date:
August 19, 1830
To:
Mikamalena [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
From:
Mataio Kekuanaoa [Mataio Kekūanāoʻa]
Content Summary:
Mataio Kekūanāoʻa writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding persons to join the Poʻahā.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe e Mikamalena
Ke hai aku nei au ia oe.
i keia poe kanaka, he mau
kumu, no Waimanalo.
i pii mai nei e komo i ka
poaha, oia ka'u mea e hai
aku nei ia oe, na'u i hoonoho i kumu, Puahiki
ka inoa o kekahi, Kahalewai
ka inoa o ke kahi, Kaahuwalu ka inoa, o ke kahi,
Na Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
Augt 191830
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
I am telling you of these people, teachers from Waimanalo who have approached
me to join the Poaha meetings. That is what I am telling you. I was the one who
appointed them as teachers. Puahiki is the name of one, Kahalewai is the name of another
and Kaahuwalu the name of another.
From Mataio Kekuanaoa
[Page 2 of 2]

�[Letter Cover]
Kekuanaoa
August 19, 1830
Notes:
1. Mikamalena - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries, superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and a missionary
teacher.
2. poaha - Po‘ahā, lit. Thursday, is a reference to the Bible study meetings, held on
Thursdays, that prepared one for baptism and membership in the church
congregation.
3. Mataio Kekuanaoa - Mataio Kekūanāoʻa, of chiefly descent, was first married to
Kalani Pauahi and then to Iosepeta Kīnaʻu. He was a member of the royal court
and held important positions for the Hawaiian government throughout his life.

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