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Kamehameha I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Raised in the royal court of his uncle, Kamehameha achieved prominence in 1782, upon Kalani‘opu‘u's death. |
 | | While the kingship was inherited by Kalani‘opu‘u's son, Kamehameha was given a prominent religious position, guardianship of the Hawaiian god of war, Kukailimoku, as well as the district of Waipi‘o. |
 | | Nevertheless, there was already bad blood between the two cousins, caused when Kamehameha presented a slain ali‘i's body to the gods instead of Kiwalao, and when a group of chiefs from the Kona district offered Kamehameha the kingship instead of Kiwalao, he accepted eagerly. |
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