Individual Details

Naihe

( - 29 Dec 1831)



LIFE
A. Naihe means "the spears" (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
B. He was chief of Kealakekua, Hawaii (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
C. He was a counselor to Kamehameha I (Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, p 399). He was appointed to his father's position by Kamehameha after his father died (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 190).
D. He was known as the national orator (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 188).
E. He was appointed Governor of Hawaii in 1831 (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 205). He was activing governor of Hawaii in 1831 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
F. Conflict: Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 305 states death date as 19 Dec 1831.
G. He died childless (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 309).

Events

Death29 Dec 1831Kaawaloa, Hawaii
Alt nameHaiha Naihe
Alt nameNaihenui

Families

SpouseKapiolani (1781 - 1841)
FatherKeaweaHeulu ( - )
MotherUlulani ( - )
SiblingKahoowaha ( - )
SiblingKeohohiwa ( - )
SiblingKamoolo ( - )

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