Kilinahe

Charles Kanaina brought in Kilinahe as one of his closest relatives, to assume all of his service duties in the Royal Court of Kamehameha III.[3] As an aliʻi who served the ruling Ali'i nui, Kilinahe performed his hana lawelawe (in the Hawaiian language "service task") under Ka'ahumanu while she served as Kuhina Nui alongside Kamehameha III, her co-ruler. He starting as a kāhili bearer and royal attendant. When Kanaina was elevated in the House of Kamehameha through his marriage to Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi, Kilinahe would take over all of his official responsibilities. Kilinahe would tour Oahu with the Royal Circuit and manage the chief's goods.[2] The Royal Circuit was a famous tour of the king made to locations around the island to visit citizens and encourage them to read and write, instruct the land agents and encourage the teachers and make sure they were well cared for.[7]

Kaʻahumanu died June 5, 1832. In November 1833, Kilinahe was one of two armed royal attendants that accompanied Kanaina, Kekūanaōʻa, Kīnaʻu, and Hoapili to the Kings home at Hale-uluhe on the Beretania grounds in order to convince him to name Kina'u Premier of the Kingdom instead of Liliha, Boki's wife. The very act of entering the Kings place was considered to be a death sentence but they were convinced by Hoapili that the guards would not fire upon them. The group entered the kings palace unannounced. When Kamehameha III saw them he fell into tears at seeing his foster mother's for the first time in many years. Hoapili begged the king that if he should proclaim Liliha premier that he should first kill him so that he should not be blamed for Liliha's accent. He presented Kina'u as the daughter of the house of Kamehameha and asked that she serve the King, who agreed but stated that Liliha should be informed. When called upon, Liliha was found drunk. A few days later it was made official.[7]

Kilinahe was named an ali'i chief of land by Kamehameha The Great in 1808.[4] Kahuakao and his mother Kalamaie both held royal patents in Kilinahe's name. After being brought into the Royal Court by his cousin, Kilinahe would sometimes stay with at Kanaina's Pohukaina estate. After the royal court, Kilinahe would work as a konohiki on Oahu until being discharged. In R. Keelikolani vs D. Manaku (1880), the court wrote that simply by being discharged from his management of the Moanalua lands by the then owner, Kamehameha V, said nothing about losing life tenure of the lands as Konohiki.[8] However, after being discharged he moved back to Lahaina, living there for almost 15 years until Kanaina would again bring him back to the Capitol just before both their deaths in 1877 and 78.

Kekāuluohi died June 7, 1845. In March 1876, Kanaina requested probate of a lost will by parole proof of its contents. It was stated that the will was destroyed after her death. The witnesses included Auwai, Kilinahe and Samuel Kamakau. Kilinahe would be brought back to Honolulu to testify for the proof of the last will and testament of Kekāuluohi, Kanaina's wife and the mother of Lunalilo. He remained in Honolulu until his death December 11, 1878.[3][9]

Charles Kanaina died intestate on March 13, 1877. Even though he had prepared a will, it left everything to his son, William Lunalilo, who himself had died several years before. Litigation through the Hawaiian Supreme Court over the span of several years took place in order to adjudicate heirs to the largest collection of private lands in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Kanaina's land was sold at auction and funds used to disperse his estate to eight heirs.[10]

Petitioners to the court included King David Kalākaua for his two sisters, Liliuokalani and Likelike, Keʻelikōlani, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Kilinahe as well as several other distant relatives with their representatives.

In the early morning of 1902 at approximately 6 am, a deadly explosion occurred at the residence of the Kaiapoepoe family. The small, four room cottage, raised off the ground by four feet was located on the Waikiki side of Kamehameha IV Road, about a half mile from King Street. Samuel Kalimahana was the first on the scene, having been awakened by the blast which was only 40 yards from his own home in Kalihi. The explosion killed and injured several people and destroyed the home belonging to S. Kaiapoepoe, who was not there at the time. A mishandling of sticks of powder ignited an explosion that killed the handler and possibly another.[15] Sam Kaiapoepoe was Namakalele's brother, also listed as heir to Kilinahe (K) and His Highness, Charles Kanaina. He is the uncle of Daisy Amoe, Namakalele's daughter.[5]

Kaiapoepoe's's wife, Kahana was injured and the couples's son, Kalehua received fatal injuries in the blast at the age of twenty. The explosion occurred when Kekaha, a relative of Kaiapoepoe was carrying the black powder sticks outside while smoking. Kehaka had worked at the government quarry, but is believed to have had the explosives for work with the Roads Department. Kaiapoepoe, himself had left the home two days before over a domestic dispute. While the blast was felt throughout the Kalihi district, it was not evident what the cause was to many as the home was blocked from view of the main road by trees, which may also have served to keep debris from spreading far.[15]

When Samuel came out of his family residence, he saw the cloud of smoke still rising from the Kaiapoepoe residence and at first believed there had been a fire. He heard the sound of one of the victims calling for help, pinned under the collapsed timbers in what was left of his room. When Samuel reached the children he asked what had happened to their father, Kehaka but they had only thought that the man had fled the home. With the help of a neighbor, Samuel found partial remains in the front yard. All of the injured were taken to Queens Hospital where they were assessed as having no life-threatening injuries, except for that of Kaiapoepoe's son, Kalehua.[15] Sam Kaiapoepoe died, December 10, 1912.[16]