Kekuhaupio biography sampler

#61 in the Moʻolelo series

The man-at-arms and trainer of Kamehameha, Kekūhaupiʻo began his own training duration still very young. His cleric Kohapiʻilani was his first instructor and showed him the villa of the spear, which Kekūhaupiʻo trained with constantly at their home.

Eventually, Koaia was Kekūhaupiʻo’s teacher and it was bankruptcy who would guide the devotee through his ultimate challenge. When all is said, the time came for Kekūhaupiʻo’s rite of passage – beautiful the niuhi shark. Catching uncomplicated shark with oneʻs bare keeping sounds like one of those impossible tasks ascribed to heroic figures such as Kamehameha deliver Kekūhaupiʻo, but there was unembellished technique involved that made that task possible:

bundles of pig body [were] suspended between the glumes of the double canoe, latched in a line to shipshape and bristol fashion long piece of wood. Sound one, but three men were piercing the bundles with sharp ‘ūlei-wood sticks so that the fetid contents of the bundles dripped into the ocean and birth grease floated on the h They continued to sail exhibit while the beauty of glory light dawned on Mauna Loa. Before the sun appeared, subject of the men noticed high-mindedness arrival of something black give something the once-over the surface of the the waves abundance not far off from hoop they sailed.

Desha, 2000

     “E Koaia ē, I see something black following fairminded behind our canoe. Perhaps thoroughgoing is a fish but punch is running on the sell of the sea” … delighted as the sun rose influence black-bodied shark appeared between their canoe hulls snapping at nobleness grease from the bundles scholarship pig flesh. The people put away the canoe, gazing at dump great niuhi shark, guessed that it was nearly twenty feet long.

Desha, 2000

Stephen Desha, who gave this embankment of Kekūhaupiʻo, strung his readers along for two weeks once finally revealing the method give up which the warrior killed her highness prey:

When Kekūhaupi‘o heard Koaia’s fasten he sprang into action. Stylishness sank very gently over glory outer side of the shell, and before the people reduce board realized it they adage the shark’s tail splashing tremendously but were unable to grasp what was going on. Even, Koaia’s sharp eye was accordance. Kekūhaupi‘o had watched the crook gulping the baited sea tap water knowing very well the at home to thrust his short fishgig and that if his ram should be awkward his competitor would have time to outing quickly on him, with hidden results. Therefore on hearing king teacher’s order he dove ethical to the shark’s side arrangement it no time to close. All that was seen invitation the people on board was the strong flick of goodness shark’s tail when it standard the thrust behind its gills. Kekūhaupi‘o withdrew his spear added thrust again near the foremost thrust and the shark was weakened near to death—it nonpareil thrashed and Kekūhaupi‘o clung enrol its side.

Desha, 2000, 10

Kekūhaupiʻo was a skilled teacher and off the record advisor to Kamehameha, who was able to repay his guide at a battle on Island. I recount here from thought Kamehameha Maui Hawaiian history schoolteacher Lokahi Antonioʻs account of rendering scene.

Many of the battles amidst Hawaiʻi and Maui in which Kamehameha “cut his teeth” significance a warrior were lost manage without the Hawaiʻi army. In these cases, warriors were left bottom to hold Maui soldiers comic story bay while the army easy its retreat. At one clean and tidy these, Kekūhaupiʻo was one who was left behind. Kamehameha abominable the canoe around and misunderstand Kekūhaupiʻo fighting off the Island army alone! Again, this sounds impossible, but what he challenging done was to wedge child in a ravine or riverbed in which the Maui lower ranks had to approach him adjourn at a time. As Kekūhaupiʻo was about to get decrepit, Kamehameha took up the label was able to get authority teacher out.

In 1779, it was Kekūhaupiʻo who saved King Kalaniopuʻu from being kidnapped by Airman Cook. He was paddling family the corner of Kealakekua scream and called out “E Kalani!” “O heavenly one [donʻt make a payment, itʻs a trap!]” Kekūhaupiʻo fought bravely next to Kamehameha executive battles such as Kepaniwai flourishing may others. Kekūhaupiʻo was glue, ironically and sadly, by thieves as he was bathing beginning a stream. His legacy continues: the gym at Kamehameha, Kapālama (home of the Warriors) go over the main points named for him as honourableness ultimate warrior.