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In May 1819, Kamehameha died after a long and illustrious life. He named his son, Liholiho, as his successor, but bequeathed the war akua, K¯uk¯a¿ilimoku, to Liholiho’s cousin, Kekuaokalani. Kamehameha himself had inherited K¯uk¯a¿ilimoku when Kalani¿¯opu¿u died, leaving the reign to his son, Kiwala¿¯o. ∑≠ Kamehameha had been grooming Liholiho since childhood to take over his rule, but it is possible that he observed that the young man might falter, and so in e√ect arranged for Kekuaokalani as a backup.
Change in the religions, put together with pagan religions. 10. Change in medical practice. 11. ’’≤∂ However neither the reiteration nor a corresponding sentence to ‘‘Such is the end of a transgressor’’ appear in the Hawaiian text. It is likely that the sentiment was taken from a statement three pages earlier, in which Kamakau faults Cook for accepting the o√erings made to several akua and for eating the things consecrated to those akua. ‘‘No laila, ua hahau mai ke akua i¯a ia’’ (So the akua struck him), wrote Kamakau.
When she told ¿Olopana’s daughter, Kaupe¿a, about her handsome brother, Kauma¿ili¿ula, Kaupe¿a desired to sail to Hawai¿i to meet him. Kaupe¿a then initiated a voyage, after which she met and lived with Kauma¿ili¿ula, became pregnant, and while pregnant sailed back to her homeland of Kuaihelani. ∞≤ Among the voyagers to Hawai¿i Kamakau mentions the akua K¯ane, Kanaloa, K¯u, and Lono, as well as Pele and her family. In the translation this part of the narrative is omitted, which means that readers of the English miss crucial information for understanding the nature of akua in the nineteenth-century Hawaiian imaginary.