Kuamoo Burials
Kuamoʻo Burials | |
Location | Kona District, Hawaii |
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Coordinates | 19°33′3″N 155°57′32″W / 19.55083°N 155.95889°W |
Built | 1819 |
Architectural style | Dry stack masonry |
NRHP reference No. | 74000714 |
Added to NRHP | 1974[1] |
The Kuamoʻo Burials (also known as the Lekeleke Burial Grounds) is an historic
History
Despite some contact with Europeans,
The battlefield is listed on the Hawaii register of historic places as site 10-37-1745,[6] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as site 74000714.[1] The name comes from the
Kekua-o-kalani
King David Kalakaua in his book entitled "Hawaiian Legends: Introduction," in 1888 eulogizes the leader Kaiwi-kuamo'o-kekuaokalani as follows: "In the twilight of that misty period looms up a grand defender of the faith of Keawe and Umi and the altars of the Hawaiian gods. The champion was Kekuaokalani, a nephew, perhaps a half-brother of Liholiho (King Kamehameha II). In his veins coursed the royal blood of Hawaii, and his bearing was that of a king. He was above six and one-half feet in height (6 feet 6 inches), with limbs well-proportioned and features strikingly handsome and commanding. He was of the priesthood, and, through the bestowal of some tabu or prerogative, claimed to be the second in authority to Hewahewa, who traced his lineage back to Pa'ao, the Tahitian High Priest of Pili. His wife, Manono, was scarcely less distinguished for her courage, beauty and chiefly status."
See also
Further reading
- King David Kalakaua (1888). Hawaiian Legends: Introduction.
- Queen Lydia Liliuokalani (1990). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Mutual Publishing Honolulu. ISBN 978-0-935180-85-5.
- Charles Ahlo (2005). Kamehameha's Children Today. Bishop Museum Honolulu.
- Emmett Cahill (1999). The Life and Time of John Young, Confidant& Advisor to Kamehameha the Great. Island Heritage Publishing Aiea Honolulu.
- David Kaonohiokala Bray & Douglas Low (1980). The Kahuna Religion of Hawaiʻi. Borderland Sciences & Research Foundation, Inc. Garberville, CA.
- Mary Pukui & Samuel A. Elbert (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary. University of Hawaii Press Honolulu Hawaii.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ^ Evaluating Cemeteries and Burial Places publication by U.S. National Park Service
- ^ Cultural History of Three Traditional Hawaiian Sites on the West Coast of Hawaiʻi Island Diane Lee Rhodes, published by National Park Service
- ^ Map of the area Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine on official Hawaiʻi County web site
- ISBN 978-0-8248-2010-7
- ^ Hawaii County Historic Places Archived 2010-05-28 at the Wayback Machine on state official web site
- ^ lookup of Kuamoʻo on Hawaiian place names web site
- ^ lookup of Kuamoʻo in Hawaiian Dictionary web site
- ^ lookup of Lekeleke on Hawaiian place names web site