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08908
Claim Number: 08908
Claimant: Kahiapaiole
Other claimant:
Other name:
Island: Molokai
District: Kona
Ahupuaa: Manawai
Ili: Kapiioho, Kapiioha
Statistics: 4089 characters 614 words
No. 8908, Kahiapaiole, Manawai, Molokai, Jan. 4, 1848
N.R. 245v7


To the Land Commissioners: I hereby state to you my claim for my `ili, named Kapii, in the Ahupua`a of Manawai on the Island of Molokai. It is bounded by /not given/; the length of the lo`is is 36 fathoms and the width is 27 fathoms in my mo`o. Most of it is kula which I cultivate and I have a claim to it.

Here is the claim for my house lot, a fathom in length by a fathom in width /sic/. I have occupied this land and house lot for many years. The people who live in these Ahupua`as know of my occupancy of this place. Aloha to you all. I am, respectfully,
KAHIAPAIOLE


F.T. 20v6
8908, Kahiapaiole

Kaluau, sworn, testifies this claim is in ili Kapiioho, Manawai in 2 parts ....

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Makai by Leimakani
Ohia by Kaluau.


N.T. 39v16
No. 8908, Kahiapaiole, 3 November 1853

Paipaiku, sworn, he has seen sections at Kapuoho, Manawai.

Section 1 - Taro land.
Mauka by Kaholo's land
Halawa by Kahoohalahala's land
Makai by Naiaholo's land
Kawela by konohiki's land.

Section 2 - Pasture land.
Mauka by Pahu's land
Halawa by Kahoohalahala's land
Makai and Kawela by konohiki's land.

Land from his parents at the time of Kamehameha I and Hapuku [? same as Kahiapaiolo?] has lived peacefully to the present.

Kuaana, sworn, both witnesses have known in the same way.

[Award 8908; R.P. 6988; Kapiioha Manawai Kona; 3 ap.; 8.62 Acs]