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Keaweamahi (died 1848) was a Hawaiian high chiefess who was the wife of Kaikioʻewa and served briefly as Governor of Kauai from 1839 to 1840. After her conversion to Christianity, she adopted the name Amelia, which is often written as Emilia or Emelia. Her Hawaiian name should not be confused with the kahu (retainer) of Keawe-a-Heulu and original owner of Kamakahonu before it became the residence of Kamehameha I.[1]

Initially an opponent to Christianity and foreign ways, she would later embrace this new religion and convert along with her husband.[2] During the governorship of her husband, the couple became patrons of the American missionary Rev. Samuel Whitney and helped in the conversion of the island of Kauai. They helped fund the construction of the first church in Waimea.[3] This early building would later become the Waimea United Church of Christ.

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After her husband's death, she assumed the position of Governess of Kauai. Referred to the missionaries as "Governess Amelia", she was to be the nominal governess or placeholders for the position until Moses came of age, but in 1840, she was replaced by Princess Kekauōnohi as Governess of Kauai.[4][5]

In November 24, 1848, Keaweamahi passed away in the early mornings. She died twelve hours before her hānai son Moses Kekūāiwa.[6]


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Reference[edit]

  1. ^ Ii, Pukui & Barrère 1983, p. 117.
  2. ^ Joesting 1988, p. 152-154.
  3. ^ Damon & Isenberg 1931, p. 262.
  4. ^ Damon & Isenberg 1931, p. 404.
  5. ^ Jarves 1843, p. 374.
  6. ^ Cooke & Cooke 1970, p. 317.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Ii, John Papa; Pukui, Mary Kawena; Barrère, Dorothy B. (1983). Fragments of Hawaiian History (2 ed.). Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. ISBN 978-0-910240-31-4.
  • Bingham, Hiram (1855) [1848]. A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands (Third ed.). Canadaigua, NY: H. D. Goodwin.
  • Cooke, Amos Starr; Cooke, Juliette Montague (1970) [1937]. Richards, Mary Atherton (ed.). The Hawaiian Chiefs' Children's School. C. E. Tuttle Company. ISBN 9780804808811.
  • Jarves, James Jackson (1843). History of the Hawaiian Islands. E. Moxon.
  • Joesting, Edward (1988). Kauai: The Separate Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1162-3.
  • Kamakau, Samuel (1992) [1961]. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. ISBN 0-87336-014-1.
  • Thrum, Thomas G. (1920). "The Native Leaders of Hawaii. Their Contribution to the Cause of Christian Civilization. The Kuhina-nui and Privy Council". In Hawaiian Mission Centennial (ed.). The Centennial Book: One Hundred Years of Christian Civilization in Hawaii, 1820-1920. Central Committee of the Hawaiian Mission Centennial. pp. 17–24.


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