Individual Details

LIFE
A. "His birthplace is not recorded," but he was probably reared near Hilo, Hawaii (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 400).
Conflict: Stokes, New Bases for Hawaiian Chronology, p 40 estimates birth year as 1756.
B. One of Kahekili's Oahu chiefs (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 222). Assisted Kahekili with conquest of Oahu in 1783, but turned against him (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 400-401). Perhaps it was because of the slaughter of the people of Oahu by Kahekili.
C. Voyaged to China with Captain Meares (in Sept 1787 in Alexander) and acquired large property of guns and ammunition. Returned in late 1788 and was recruited by Kamehameha I (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 322). When he was blocked from waging war and courting royalty, "in a spirit of recklessness Kaiana embarked in the ship Nootka for China late in 1787" (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 402).
D. Received by Kamehamea on 29 December 1788 at Kealakekua (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 320). "Ka'i-ana was a learned man well trained in the arts of war, in laying out buildings, and in the other arts of the kahuna, the orator, the seer who explains hidden meanings, the expert in the science of government who could advise for the welfar of the country, and the genealogist." Kamehameha gave him command of the army against Keoua (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 153). "Ka'iana knew the secret language of Kamehameha and his messengers" (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 15).
E. "played so prominent a part during the early years of the reign of Kamehameha I., and who was killed in the battle of Nuuanu, Oahu, 1796." (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 131). Growing discord between Kaiana and Kamehameha's chiefs caused him suspicion in his standing within the army. When Kaiana was not invited to a council of war, he determined to rebel against Kamehameha. [Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 172 states that Kaiana feared they were plotting to kill him]. On the day the fleet left for Oahu, "Kaiana goes to the canoe, where his wife Kekupuohi was sitting, and, bidding her a tender farewell, tells her of his intention to secede from Kamehameha and join Kalanikupele. She expressed some astonishment, but said that she preferred to follow her chief (Kamehameha)" (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 347). Kaiana and a portion of his contingent joined the opposition on Oahu. He was killed in the battle of Nuuanu approximately April 1795 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 348). "This is the Kaiana who rebelled against Kamehameha I and died in the Battle of Nuuanu at Kamaoa striken by a spear" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 90).

Birth	Abt 1755
Death	Abt Apr 1795	Nuuanu, Oahu
Alt name		KaianaaAhaula
Alt name		Keawe KaianaaAhuula
Alt name		KainaaHaula

Spouse

Kekupuohi ( - )

Spouse	Haloa ( - )
Child	Keamaluu Kaelele ( - )

Father	Ahaula ( - )
Mother	Kaupekamoku ( - )