Miller Family of Hawaii
A History and Genealogy of the Miller family ancestors from the Islands of Hawaii
Mahiololi to Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Mahiololi (k)
Umiiwiula (w)
Kauauanuiamahi (k)
Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w)
Kalanikauleleiaiwi, the half-sister of Keawe, had four husbands:—(1.) Kaulahea, the Moi of Maui. This union must have taken place in her early youth, and tradition is silent as to the causes which led to her leaving Kaulahea and returning to Hawaii With him she had a daughter, Kekuiapoiwanui, who remained on Maui and became the wife of her half-brother, Kekaulike. (2.) Keawe, the Moi of Hawaii, above referred to. (3.) Kauaua-a-Mahi, son of Mahiolole, the great Kohala chief. With him she had two sons, Alapainui and Haae !3 (4.) Lonoikahaupu, one of the tabu chiefs of Kauai, and a descendant of Kahaku
Alapaʻinui (k)
Full name Alapaʻinuiakauaua the usurping aliʻi nui of Hawaii Island
List of wives;
Umiaemoku
Kamakaimoku
Kamaua
Keaka
List of children;
Keaweʻopala
Manono I
Kauwaʻa
Mahiua
Keawemahi
When Keawe died, Alapainui, the rightful heir of the Kohala district, as representative of the Mahi family, was sojourning at the court of Kekaulike, the Moi of Maui, on a visit to his half-sister Kekuiapoiwanui, the wife of Kekaulike. Hearing of the troubles on Hawaii, he hastened back to Kohala, assembled the warriors, vassals, and retainers of his house, made war on Kalanikeeaumoku first, who was worsted in battle and slain, and then on Mohdani, who shared the same fate. In consequence of these victories Alapainui declared himself as Moi of Hawaii, and the island submitted to his sway.
Having established himself as sovereign or Moi of Hawaii, Alapainui assumed the lordship, in his own person, of the Kohala and Kona districts, while, for political reasons, doubtless, the chieftainship of the Hilo district, with its outlying possessions, was retained in the person of Mokulani's daughter and only child, Ululani, with whom it afterwards passed over to Keawemauhili, the son of Kalaninuiamamao. The Kau district seems in a measure to have escaped the troubles and changes incident to the interregnum and civil war after Keawe's death, for we find that when Kalaniopuu, the son of Kalaninuiamamao, was grown up, he assumed the lordship of it as his patrimonial estate, and it passed as such from him to his son, Keoua-Kuahuula, who retained it until his death in 1791.
While these intestine commotions were occurring on Hawaii, harassing the country people and weakening the power of the chiefs, Kekaulike, the Moi of Maui, judging the time opportune for a possible conquest of Hawaii, assembled his forces at Mokulau, Kaupo district, Maui, where he had been residing for some time, building the Heiaus Loaloa and Puumakaa at Kumunui, and Kanemalohemo at Popoiwi. When his forces and fleet were ready, Kekaulike sailed for the Kona coast of Hawaii, where he harried and burned the coast villages. Alapainui was then in Kona, and, assembling a fleet of war canoes, he overtook Kekaulike at sea, fought a naval engagement, beat him, and drove him off. Retreating northwards, Kekaulike landed in several places, destroying villages in Kekaha, cutting down the cocoa-nut trees at Kawaihae, and plundering and killing along the Kohala coast, and finally returned to Mokulau, Maui, intending to invade Hawaii with a larger force next time.