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Claim Number: 04945*Mo
Claimant: Kekahuna
Other claimant:
Other name:
Island: Molokai
District: Koolau
Ahupuaa: Kalawao
Ili: Kulahuhu
Statistics: 3230 characters 452 words
No. 4945*Mo, Kekahuna
N.R. 133v7


I, the one whose name is below, hereby state to you, the Commissioners to quiet titles, my claim for land -- I have a mo'o and kula in the ahupua'a on the Island of Molokai.

There are some lo'is and their kula, 60 fathoms in length by 22 fathoms in width on the mauka side, 7 fathoms on the north of this land.

I have measured my kula and it is 125 fathoms by 55 fathoms. The size of my house lot which I occupy is 21 fathoms long by 9 fathoms wide. It is bounded by Kauwa's land on the south, and by Kaili's land on the north.

I have occupied these for ....

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.... he Government land
Makai by Hanaipo's land &
Kalaupapa by the same.

Claimant inherited this land from his parents who possessed it in ancient time. He has always held this land undisturbed.

Keawe, sworn, witness confirms in full the testimony of the former witness.


N.T. 201v6 [also page 122]
No. 4945, Kekahuna

Moo, Kalahuhu.

[It is bounded]:
Mauka, pali
Manae, Nahua
Makai, sea
Malalo, konohiki.

Kamehameha I, time.

[Award 4945; no R.P.; Kalawao Koolau; 1 ap.; 4.93 Acs; no R.P.; Kalawao; 1 ap.; 5.27 Acs; See Awards 4142 and No. 5421 for Maui]