Individual Details
Poki
(1787 - 1829)
LIFE
A. He was named Boki after Kahekili's attack dog (Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 64).
B. He was governor of Oahu (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 222). Governor from 1819-1820 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands, p 80)
C. Fragment: His younger half brother Kinau, whose father was Kauhikoakoa (chief of Kahekili) who died in battle in abt 1783 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 136).
D. He accompanied Liholiho to England (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 256).
E. Because of his knowledge of English customs, he became chief counselor of young Kamehameha III "and had control over all the affairs of the kingdom" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 274).
F. He was disliked by Kaahumanu and vice versa (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 284-287).
G. He died on a "wild expedition" for sandal-wood in the South Pacific (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 203).
Events
| Birth | 1787 |  | |||
| Death | 1829 | New Hebrides | | ||
| Alt name | Boki | | |||
| Alt name | Boki Kamauleule | | |||
| Alt name | Boki Maauleule | | |||
| Alt name | Kamauleule | |
Families
| Spouse | Liliha (1802 - 1839) |
| Spouse | Kapopo ( - ) |
| Child | Kekuamanoha ( - ) |
| Father | Kekuamanoha ( - ) |
| Mother | Kamakahukilani ( - ) |
| Sibling | Kalaimoku (1768 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Kahakuhaakoi ( - 1826) |
| Sibling | Kamoonohu ( - ) |
| Sibling | Paalua ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa., 13 July 1865, p 4, Ka papa kuhikuhi makahiki o na mea Kaulana o Hawaii nei! (Kamakau)..
2. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 212..
3. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 19,50..
4. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 73..
5. Book of Kapohu o Lahaina. Hms G19 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
6. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 221..
7. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 58..
8. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 73..
9. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 286..