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HEWAHEWAt HAPAKUKA[Biblical name Habbakuk]'

LCA 3237

MAHELEBOOK 166-167(172-173)Relinquished:

Alakahi,ahp., Hilo, HawaiiMahukonaPulehu, ahp., Kohala, HawaiiHaleohiu,nona ko Koaia, ahp., Kona, HawaiiKalaoa, ahp., Kona, HawaiiMakaua,ahp., Koolauloa,OahuPapaa, ahp., Waikele, Oahu

Received:Kaluapulu,ili no Kalihi, Kona, OahuKaonoulu,ahp., Kula, Maui

(Signed)

Claim 323THewahewaNR 48.6 Wailuku, December 30, 1847

Claims loi received from Kailihiwa in Kepuakuo [Kapuakaeo], Wailuku, andfrom Kuihelani in Peapea, Wailuku;

[Also claims the following lands, which include those he relinquishedin the Mahele:]

Island of Hawaii:ahupuaa of Mahukona, and Kalaoa in Kona [both relinquished],

ancient kuleana from my parents, given them by Kamehameha I in 1782 [afterbattle of Mokuohai] .

Alakahi in Hilo,Haleohiu in Kekaha.

Island of Maui:Kalepolepo.

Island of Oahu:a kupono [ili kupono], Kaluapulu in Kalihi,ahupuaa of Makaua at Koolauloa;' given me by Kamehameha II

[relinquished]the [ili] kupono of Papaa in Ewa, from Kamehameha III [relinquished].Constant has been the living of my parents [and myself] under

Kamehameha I and Kamehameha II and Kamehameha ill to this time, 1847.My permanent place of residence is Kalepolepo. These are my kuleana underthe King.

FT 463.7: [KIA] Hikiau is witness to 3 pieces in Wailuku, Maui receivedfrom Kailihiwa in 1837. Never disputed to his death in 1848. Widow isKawelu [Nawelu] and she and claimant's sister Keaka are.heirs.

NT 649.9 Kikane, witness to Kepuhakeeo [sic], Wailuku, Maui receivedfrom Kailihiwa in 1837. Hewahewa died in 1848; Nawelu [Kawelu; his wife]is the heir. Keaka is his kaikuahine.

NT 249.10 copy of Mahele Book, 6/8/1853.LCA 3237:

(RP 6889) Kaluapulu, Kalihi, Kona, Oahu: 80.26 acres 2 apana(Aw. Bk. 10:406; Indices 315)

(RP 6888) also Kaluapulu, 53.67 acres 6 apana(Aw. Bk. 10:406; Indices 315);

(RP 7447) Kaonoulu, (Part 2), Kula, Maui, 5715.00 acres 1 ap.(Aw. Bk. 10:406; Indices222)

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(RP 6888) Kapuakaeo, Wailuku, Maui 4.67 acres 1 apana(Aw. Bk. 3:710; Indices 250)

Claim 8109 "Not Awarded" (Numerical Index)NR 489.5: 14 Feb. 1848. Ko Hewahewa--Kaluapulu, Hi no Kalihi, Oahu;Koanaulu [sic; read Kaonoulu], ahp. Kula ma MauL E hoona kuleana.

(Signed) S. KalamaFeb. 14, 1848

NT 88.7:... "This is the claim to the interest in Koonaulu[Kaonoulu]...from the King."

NT 205.10 is copy of Mahele Book "from P. 88 V 7"See Claim 3237 above

Sarai Hiwauli testifies on November 2, 1847 that a certain lot atKawaiahao, Honolulu, had been Hewahewa's residence from 1831 up to the timehe removed to Maui in 1837, leaving the place to her and her husband [JohnIi]. He had enclosed the lot and built the houses within (NR 475.2,Claim 851. Sarai Hiwauli was awarded the lot LCA 851, 0.90 ac/l ap).

Hiwauli in same statement testified to nine other lands that belongedto Hewahewa:

Makaua-iki at Koolauloa, ahp. from Kamehameha IIKaluapoulu [sic], ili at Kalihi, from Kamehameha to Kamaunu and from

him to HewahewaPapaa, an ili in Waikele, Ewa, from Kamehameha III in 1826Koanaulu [Kaonoulu] [and] the pond of Kalepolepo on Maui, from

Kamehameha II to Kamaunu and then to him at this timeKalaoa in Kona, andMahukona in Kohala from Kamehameha I to their (laua) makuakane and to

him at this timeHaleohiu in Kekaha in Kona andAlakahi the land in Hilo, from Kamehameha II to Kamaunu and to him at

this timeElepaio in Kahauloa in Napoopoo, Kona, from Kamehameha III to him.

Kalaiheana and John Ii are the witnesses. (Signed) Salai Hiwauli

Claim 338 "Not Awarded" (Numerical Index)NR 91.2 February 28, 1846. [FF trans.]Hewahewa says, IIAn explanation of the house. I bought the house and

gave five dolIars, this is my first claim. Afterwards the 'li'i [Alii -king] askedthe kahu, aoapili, for a place for his people, therefore, whenthe placewent to the Alii, he said it was for us all, for his people andfor us. This is the secondof my claimsat this place, whicl1is explainedto you, Kaauwai,and Richards. (Kapu)-- this manof the 'li'i returnedbeing recentlysent for, nor will this manget it [theproperty]. Thisplace becameminein the year '38, that was the time whenI occupiedthisplace. My claim to this land is for my keiki, Lehu.* This is the third ofmy claims. These thingsare statedto you two, so that you can quiettitle. I am, HAPAKUKAHEWAHEWA

*Lehua.k.a. Nalehu, his wife's nephew, the son of her older sister.Nalehudied in 1857;his daughterLahela[Rahela]marriedPatrick Shaw.

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159: Hewahewa appears in "Kekauluohi's Book" (M.94, 1842; AH); at thattime he was in charge of I "apanaof land in "Kapaloa" [?Kapalua], MauL

Hewahewa died intestate October 20, 1848.Settlement Qfhis heirs and property in Probates 30, 2nd CC (Maui)~No.A35,2nd CC; and No. 301, 1stCC (Honolulu).

PROBATE 30 (2nd CC) probated 1848 or 1849 before Judge Richardson:His lands came "from the makua, the kupuna, who came from Mahukona in

Kohala, along with land from the King at the time of the Mahele. "Testimony of his sister Keaka:

[to the effect that she is his only remaining close relative (konahoahanau ponoi i koe); that they are not close relatives°-(pililoa) of JohnIi, although he is kin to them (makamaka no maua). That she saw Hewahewashortly before his death at Kalepolepo. He commanded that she and .Hewahewa's wife Nawelu should live on the land without strife, John Ii tobe above them.]

No Court decision noted in file, but it appears from testimony in Claim5228 (NT 111.16) that Keaka received at least the land of Kaonoulu, Kula,~aui. .

PROBATE 35 (2nd CC, 1858):Patrick Shaw and his wife Lahela, the mo'opuna, "granddaughter" of

Hewahewa, produce a will of Hapakuka's dated Sept. 16, 1848 which devisedall his property to Lahela, the true granddaughter of Hewahewa' s wife'ssister. Court decided this will was not proved. Patrick Shaw and wifeappealed.

Appeal:PROBATE 301 (1st CC, Supreme Court in Honolulu, 1859):Court affirms the original rejection of the will [presented by the Shaws inProbate 35].

from Probates, etc.:Hewahewa and his sister Keaka were children of [unnamed father and]

Pihekei, mother. Hewahewa died October 20, 1848; his sister Keaka died in1868.

Hewahewa married Nawelu, who died in 1849. They had no children.Hewahewa's wif~ Nawelu had an older sister (unnamed), whose son Nalehu hadLahela, the wife of Patrick Shaw.

One of Keaka's daughters, Kamakanoenoe, married Benjamin Sniffen, whobecame the konohiki of Kaonoulu, Lahaina, MauL (See NT 108, 109, 111,vol. 16: Claim 8462-B, 7971-K, 5476, 5465, and more. Claimants allrelinquish their lands to Sniffen).