Statewide County HI Archives News.....Important People - Part 24. September 10, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 September 10, 2008, 10:30 pm Keepers Of The Culture, A Study In Time Of The Hawaiian Islands September 10, 2008 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Darlene E. Kelley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00026.html#0006374 September 10, 2008 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Historical Collections of Hawai'i Keepers of the Culture A Study in Time, of the Hawai'ian Islands Important People - Part 24. by Darlene E. Kelley ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Part 24 - Important People- JOHN KENDRICK ( 1740-1794 ) A former privateering captain in the American Revolution, Kendrick was sent out from Boston in company with Robert Gray to trade for furs on the Northwest Coast of America. On that coast Kendrick master of the Columbia Redivia, traded commands with Gray of the Lady Washington. The latter vessel first arrived in the Hawai'ian Islands in the autumn of 1791; it returned under Kendrick in 1793 and 1794, when William Brown fired a victory salute after the battle in which Kaeo was killed near Pearl Harbor. A gun from a nearby ship, accidentally loaded with grapeshot, crashed through the side of the Lady Washington, which had to sail to China under another captain. Kendrick may have been a pioneer in the sandalwood trade; in 1790 he left two men on the island of Kaua'i to collect a cargo of this valuable wood. +++++++++++++++ KEOHOKALOLE Wife of Kapaakea and mother of Kalakaua, Lili'uokalani, and Leleiohoku. ++++++++++++++++ KEOPUOLANI [HOAPILI WAHINE ] 1778 - 1823 Daughter of Kiwalao and Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, she became the sacred wife of Kamehameha I and held the highest royal rank. She was the mother of Kamehameha II, Kamehameha III, and Nahienaena. After the death of the conquoror, she married his closest companion, Hoapili, whom she retained, alone among her husbands after she rejected polygamy. She advised Kamehameha II to break the ancient tabu in 1819. She was the first Hawai'ian converts to Christianity, and was baptized by Rev. William Ellis at Lahaina an hour before her death on September 16, 1823. ++++++++++++++++ KEOUAKALANI KUPUAPAIKALANINUI This chief was a stepson, along with Kalaniopuu, of Alapainui, King of Kohala. He married Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, niece of Kahekili. and was the father of Kamehameha I, although it was rumored that the future conqueror was a son of Kahekili. ++++++++++++++++ KEOUA KUAHUULA This Keoua was the son of Kalaniopuu of the Island of Hawai'i and a half-brother of Kiwalao. Keoua was of lower rank among the alii than Kiwalao, his mother Kanekapolei not being a high-born as Kalola, mother of Kiwalao. Disgruntled at the division of the heritage after the death of Kalaniopuu in 1782, Keoua joined Kiwalao against Kamehameha I and Kiwalao was killed the same year. After a battle, the island of Hawai'i was held by three forces. Keaua took Ka'u and part of Puna; Keawemauhili, the uncle of Keaua, kept Hilo and southern Hamakua. and Kamehameha held Kona, Kohala, and northern Hamakua. In 1790 Keoua killed his uncle and invaded northern Hawai'i while Kamehameha was fighting elsewhere. He conquered Hilo and while returning to Ka'u, was caught in an explosive eruption of Kilauea in 1790 when some four hundred warriors and their families were killed by suffocation and falling rocks. After Kamehameha built his great heiau near Kawaihae in the summer of 1791, only Keoua stood in the way of his domination of the Big Island. Fatalistically, Keoua came to the shore to discuss peace and was speared to death by Keeaumoku. His companions were also killed, Keoua was sacrificed on the alter of Kukailimoku, and Kamehameha was master of the island of Hawai'i. +++++++++++++++ KEOUA PEEALE Another son of Kalanipuu. +++++++++++++++ KEPELINO [ ZEPHYRIN ] 1830-1876. Kepelino came from a family descended from the legendary priest PAAO, but he was brought up as a Catholic and trained to become a lay teacher. When he received his diploma in 1845, however, no position was open to him. He acompanied Father Ernest Meurtel in 1847 to work at a mission in Tahiti but grew bored and was sent home. In time, he became a secretary to the dowanger Queen Emma, and campaigned so vigorously for her election in 1874 that he was brought to trial by the victor, Kalakaua, on charge of high treason, and on October 17 of that year was sentenced to be hanged. His death sentence was commuted but he served in prison until 1876. He left half a dozen works in the Hawai'ian language, the most important of which is Kepelino's Traditions of Hawai'i and is at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. This work has been translated. ++++++++++++++ KIAMAKANI ? - 1824 A blind chief of Kaua'i, he was killed as an insurgent after the breaking of the old kapu in 1819. +++++++++++++++ KIHAAPIILANI Son of Piilani by Laieloheloheikawai. After victory in wars, he asserted his right to rule Mau'i, where he divided lands and built walls and roads. ++++++++++++++ CLIFFORD KIMBALL 1875- 1941 Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Kimball was a high-school classmate in that town of Walter Dillingham. Kimball came to Hawai'i in1901 and married Juliet M. King in 1902. Dillingham offered Kimball the managership of the Haleiwa Hotel in 1908. In 1917 the couple was able to borrow enough to take over the lease of the Hau Tree Hotel on Waikiki Beach, on the site of the family home of Robert Lewers. Thus began years of operation of the celebrated Halekulani ( House Befitting Heaven) Hotel, which acquired adjoining property such as Gray's Inn. Two sons, George Pulsifer and Richard ( Kingie ) Kimball, continued to carry on the gracious tradition after the death of their father in 1941. Richard was in charge until 1962, five years after the property was optioned to Norton Clapp of Seattle. +++++++++++++++ HUSBAND EDWARD KIMMEL 1882-1968 Kimmel was born in Henderson, Kentucky, son of an army officer and businessman. After graduation from the local high school he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1904. He married Dorothy Kinkaid, daughter of a Naval officer in 1912. After an outstanding career, especially as a gunnery specialist, Kimmel was promoted to the rank of Admiral in 1941 and assumed command of the United States Pacific Fleet, with the U.S.S Pennsylania as his flagship. Kimmel was in command when the fleet was attacked by Japanese aircraft on the morning of December 7. He and Walter C. Short, then United States Army Commander in Hawai'i, bore the blunt of the blame for the disaster that plunged the United States into World War II. Kimmel was relieved of his command ten days later and replaced by Chester W. Nimitz. Kimmel retired from the Navy on March 1, 1942, at the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, and reverted to his permanent rank of rear admiral. The 1944 Naval Court of Inquiry found him quilty neither of wrongdoing nor incompetence; the 1945-1946 joint Congressional investigation accussed him, finally, only of errors of judgement. After his retirement he worked with a marine engineering firm and helped to design the first large sectional drydock capable of holding a battleship; the dock saw much service during the Pacific fighting. He told his story in his book " Admiral Kimmel's Story" published in 1955. ++++++++++++++++ KINAU 1805-1839 Kinau was a daughter of Kamehameha I and Kalakua and a sister of Kekauluohi and Kamamalu. She married Mataio Kekuanaoa and was the mother of Kamehameha IV and Kamehameha V, as well as Victoria Kamamalu. Kinau succeeded Kaahumanu as kuhina nui in 1832 and continued the policy of strictly enforcing laws inspired by missionary teachings. In this way she often collided with the young and willfull king, Kamehameha III, who resented her authority and, in particular, land laws which prevented him from recovering certain holdings. Around 1835, however, he became reconciled with Kinau and agreed to proclaim a code that would punish evildoers. ++++++++++++++++ JAMES KING 1750-1784 Born in Clitheroe Lancashire. son of a curate, King served in the Royal Navy off New Foundland and in the Mediterranean and studied astronomy at Oxford. He was second lieutenant of the flagship of Captan James Cook on the voyage to Hawai'i. The day after Cook's death on February 14, 1779, King was made First Lieutenant by Captain Charles Clerke; He was put in command of the Discovery on August 22, 1779, after Clerkes death, and took the expedition back to England. King was quite active during the Hawai'i visits and was so well liked by the natives that they asked him to remain in the islands after the ship departed. He finished the official account of the voyage as collaborated with Cook. +++++++++++++++ SAMUEL WILDER KING 1886 -1959 King was born in Honolulu, son of Captain James A. King, pioneer in interisland shipping and minister of the interior during the Republic, and Charlotte Holmes Davis, great-granddaughter of Oliver Holmes. The son was educated at St. Louis College and Honolulu High School ( now McKinley ), and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1910. he served in the Navy until 1924, including the full period of World War I, and resigned as a lieutenant commander to make his home in the islands. King developed extensive business in real estate and for a time was president of the Honolulu Realty Board. He entered Politics in 1932; appointed to fill out an unexpired term on the Board of Supervisors of Honolulu, he ran sucessfully for the term of 1933 to 1935. He was the Republican candidate for delegate to Congress in 1934 and served from 1935 to 1942, withdrawing from the race in that year in order to return to the Navy in the World War II. He retired with the rank of Captain in 1946. King was elected unanimously as president of the Constitional Convention of 1950. He was a charter member of the Hawai'i Statehood Commission fron 1947 and chairman in 1949 until he was named governor of the Territory in February 1953 and held that office until 1957 and helped to defeat the Rankin Bill, which would have permitted non-residents of Hawa'i to hold high office in the territory. King returned to his real estate business and was appointed a trustee of the Bernice P. Bishop estate. He was elected as a representative to the state legislature in 1958 and was planning to run in the first election for State Governor when he died of a heart attack on March 24, 1959. King married Pauline Nawahineokalai Evans in 1912 and the pair had five children, including Samuel Pailthrope King, later a Federal Judge, and Pauline Nawahineokalai King Joerger, author and teacher. KIWALAO ? - 1782. Son of Kalaniopuu, Kiwalao was a chief of very high rank through his mother. Kalola -- perhaps of slightly higher rank than his cousin Kamehameha I, who was next in line for the title. Kiwalao at the death of his father in 1782 received the greater par of his lands and the title to his throne, But Kamehameha was entrusted with the war god, Kukailimoku. Kiwaleo fought against the growing power of kamehmeha and was joined by another disgruntled half-brother, Keoua Kuanuula. Kiwalao ws killed at Keei, Hawai'i, in battle against Kamehameha. ERIC ALFRED KNUDSON 1872-1957 Born in Kaua'i, son of Valdemar Knudson, Eric was educated at Auckland, New Zealand; Vienna; Berlin; Boston; and Harvard Universty, where he graduated from Law School in 1897. He returned to Hawai'i in 1900 ad became manager of the Knudson Brothers' Ranch. He entered Politics in the territorial house of representatives as vice speaker in 1903 and speaker in 1905; he was a snator from 1907 to 1915, acting as president during 1911 and 1913 sessions. He was a member of the Kaua'i Board of Spervisors from 1923 to 1932. He became celebrated during World War II for his radio show on KTOH, Lihue, on which he told Hawai'ian tales, history, and legends. He was also an authority on the mountain trails of Kaua'i and blazed one of the earliest routes up to Mount Waialeale. Knudson married Cecile L'Orange in 1905 and they had three daughters and a son. By his second wife, Helen Lewis, whom he married in 1935, he had one son and one daughter. ++++++++++++++++ VALDEMAR KNUDSON 1820-1898 Knudson was born at Kristiansand, Norway, son of the premier of that country. After an education at the University of Norway, he went to New York and was connected with book publishing. He joined the California Gold Rush of 1849. and with his gains from mining started a business at Sacremento. When returning from a visit to Norway, he contracted Panama fever and it was impossible for him to remain in California. By chance his ship stopped at Kaua'i and, hearing that he had been cheated of his mainland holdings, he began a third career by pioneering in the growing of sugar cane. For some time, he was manager of Grove Farm at Lihue, but gradually he acquired properties in southern Kaua'i that are still retained in the family. Knudson married in 1867, Anne McHutcheson Sinclair, daughter of Captain Francis Sinclair, R.N., and Eliza McHutchinson Sinclair. The couple had five children, including Eric Alfred Knudson. Valdemar took an active part in civic affairs, served in the legislature between 1860 and 1890 under the monarchy, but was one of the first to pledge allegence to the Provisional Government in 1893. ++++++++++++++ KOALAUKANI [ KAHOLOKALANI } Son of Kahekili by Kauwahine and younger brother of Kalanikapule. Koalaukani supported his father in the evil wars. He was the hero of a battle at Paukukalo on Mau'i. He commanded the right wing of his father's forces on Oahu in 1794 but escaped from defeat by Kamehameha I at the battle of Nuuanu Pali in 1795. +++++++++++++++ KONIA 1807-1857 A grandaughter of Kamehameha I, she was the wife of Paki and mother of Bernice Pauahi Bishop. She was a member of the legislature from 1840 to 1847. +++++++++++++++ KOOLAU 1862-1896 In the revolution year of 1893, Koolau, a cowboy on the Gay & Robinson Ranch on Kaua'i, helped to round up fellow lepers who were to be shipped to Molokai for isolation. His wife, Piilani, agreed to accompany him as a kokua or healthy helper, but she was kept behind when the vessel sailed. Koolau swam ashore and with his wife and five year old son, took refuge with other fugitives in remote Kalalau Valley. During an attempt to capture Koolau by Deputy Sheriff Louis Herbert Stolz, son-in-law of the Rev. George B. Rowell of Waimea, the leper shot and killed Stolz after warning him not to cross a boundary line. Exaggerated reports of the size of the refugee band caused the landing at Kalalau beach July 1, of a score of men of Comapany A, Hawai'ian National Guard Auxillary, armed and caried a small mounted B.L. Krupp gun. Koolau defended the heights during several attacks and was accused of murdering four soldiers. In the night he and his family retreated from the ledge that had been home. next morning a bombardment by the Krupp gun convinced the attackers that the outlaws could have not survived, and the force departed. However, Koolau lived on for three years under rigorious conditions. The child, Kaleimanu, came down with leprosy and was buried in a grave hollowed out in the rocky soil by the hands of his parents. two moths later Koolau also died and was buried by his wife, with hs rifle beside him. She later was able to ascend the rugged heights to Kokee and relate the story of teir sufferings to the police. The adventures of the indomitable Hawai'ian was the inspiration for " Koolau the Leper." one of the most impressive tales by Jack London. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ to be continued in part 25. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/newspapers/importan48nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/hifiles/ File size: 16.6 Kb