Kawaokaohele (Hawaiian for "our days of poverty") was a High Chief who ruled the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii.Tales and Traditions of the People of Old: Na Mo'Olelo a Ka Po'E Kahiko by Samuel Kamakau
Biography Kawaokaohele was a son of Kahekili I and Haukanuimakamaka, who was a High Chiefess and is also known as Hauanuihonialawahine. She was born on Kauai, but married Kahekili on Maui. Kawaokaohele succeeded his father. His reign was prosperous.How Chiefs Became Kings: Divine Kingship and the Rise of Archaic States in ancient Hawaii by Patrick Vinton Kirch No war occurred during Kawaokaohele was ruler of the island.Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
Kawaokaohele’s sister, beautiful Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi, was abducted and married into the noble family of Oahu.Pacific Passages: An Anthology of Surf Writing by Patrick J. Moser
Marriage Kawaokaohele had married Kepalaoa, whose pedigree is not remembered, but who was probably a Maui chiefess or an Oahu princess. She bore a famous son, Piʻilani,Moku'ula: Maui's sacred island by P. Christiaan Klieger and Kawaokaohele was succeeded by him.The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui
Legend In one ancient legend, Kawaokaohele is represented as the foster father of Piʻilani.
According to this old story, god Kū was the biological father of Piʻilani.
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