ʻAikanaka (died 1837) was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii and grandfather of two of Hawaii’s future monarchs.
| ʻAikanaka | |
|---|---|
| High Chief of Hawaii | |
| Died | 1837 |
| Spouse | Kamaʻeokalani Mary Napuaelua Kaiahua |
| Issue | Analea Keohokālole William Luther Moehonua |
| House | Kalākaua |
| Father | Kepoʻokalani |
| Mother | Keohohiwa |
His father was Chief Kepoʻokalani and his mother was Keohohiwa.[1] His half-brother was Kamanawa II. The name literally means “man eater” in the Hawaiian language.
He was a grandson of two of the five Kona chiefs who supported Kamehameha I in his uprising against Kiwalaʻo: Kameʻeiamoku (one of the “royal twins” on the coat of arms of Hawaii) and Keawe-a-Heulu. His family was of high rank and were distant cousins of the House of Kamehameha. He was considered to be of the Keawe-a-Heulu line, his mother’s line, and this line is what his grandchildren followed by.[2]
He had one daughter, Keohokālole by Kamaʻeokalani, and probably one son, William Luther Moehonua by Mary Napuaelua.[3][4] ʻAikanaka asked his servant Keaweamahi to take Napuaelua and son Moehonua. Moehonua later served as Governor of Maui, and other offices.[5] His daughter Keohokālole by Kamaeokalani served as a member of the House of Nobles.[6] His final wife was Alika Kuaiohua or Kaiahua.[7]
He was listed amongst the members of the Council of Chiefs (ʻAha Aliʻi) of Kamehameha III.[8] He was in charge of the Punchbowl gun battery and his home was under the Punchbowl hill.[9] His compound included grass structures for cooking, eating, gathering, and retainers’ quarters where his daughter gave birth to his two grandchildren: future Queen Liliʻuokalani and King Kalākaua.[10][11]
He was the hānai (adoptive) father of his eldest grandson Kaliokalani. ʻAikanaka died in 1837.[12] He owned vast tracts of land and they were split in half between his son and daughter, and then his daughter’s in thirds to her remaining children.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 399.
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, pp. 1–2.
- ^ Linnekin, Jocelyn (1990). Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence: Rank, Gender, and Colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-472-06423-1.
- ^ Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen, Liliuokalani. Boston: Lee and Shepard. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-548-22265-2.
- ^ “Moehonua, William Luther office record”. state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ “Keohokalole, A. office record”. state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ Cooke, Amos Starr; Cooke, Juliette Montague (1937). Richards, Mary Atherton (ed.). The Chiefs’ Children School: A Record Compiled from the Diary and Letters of Amos Starr Cooke and Juliette Montague Cooke, by Their Granddaughter Mary Atherton Richards. Honolulu: Honolulu Star-Bulletin. pp. 61–62. OCLC 1972890. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
- ^ Stewart, Charles Samuel (1832). A Visit to the South Seas, in the U.S. Ship Vincennes, During the Years 1829 and 1830: With Notices of Brazil, Peru, Manilla, the Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena. Vol. 1. London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson. p. 150. OCLC 1021222101.
- ^ Hawaii and Its People By Arthur Grove Day. Page 201
- ^ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 2.
- ^ Allen, Helena G. (1995). Kalakaua: Renaissance King. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56647-059-9.
- ^ Hitchcock, Harvey Rexford (1887). An English-Hawaiian Dictionary: With Various Useful Tables: Prepared for the Use of Hawaiian-English Schools. San Francisco: Bancroft Company. p. 248.
