User:KAVEBEAR/Moses Kekūāiwa
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Moses Kekūāiwa (July 20, 1829 – November 24, 1848) was a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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Moses Kekūāiwa | |||||
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Prince of Hawaii | |||||
![]() The Kamehameha Tomb at Mauna ʻAla, his name is inscribed on the left side of the monument under "Kekuaiwa". | |||||
Born | (1829-07-20)July 20, 1829 Honolulu, Oʻahu | ||||
Died | November 24, 1848(1848-11-24) (aged 19) Honolulu, Oʻahu | ||||
Burial | December 30, 1848 October 30, 1865 | ||||
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House | House of Kamehameha | ||||
Father | Kekūanaōʻa Kaikioʻewa (hānai) | ||||
Mother | Kīnaʻu Emilia Keaweamahi (hānai) | ||||
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Arresting a prince.[1]
...An older son Moses, died in youth, after having developed a violent and uncontrollable nature, of which I once witnessed a sample in his childhood. We were embarking for Kauai early in 1839 in company with Mr. and Mrs. Amos F. Cooke and the old governor of Kauai, Kaikioewa, who was the official Kahu, or guardian of little Prince Moses. The youngster had made up his mind to go with his guardian. He came down to Robinsons' wharf where we were about to set sail, and laid hold of the side of the brig, yelling and howling. His guardian all the time continued to dissuade and expostulate. No one dared to use force upon the furious child. This continued for more than two hours, until nearly night. Finally his father, the governor Kekūanaōʻa, sent down a file of soldiers with orders to arrest and convey the little prince home to the palace near by. This released us from further detention, and we set sail. It was a tiresome, but very curious experience. To Mr. and Mrs. Cooke it was doubtless an instructive experience, since about a year later, as I think, they were placed in charge of the "Royal School" for the children of the chiefs, over whom they maintained a family rule of gentle but firm discipline, to which the little princes had been strangers.