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38-495: Although he was sometimes known as George Kaumualiʻi , he should not be confused with his son, who is more commonly known by that name. In Hanamāʻulu , the King Kaumuali'i Elementary School is named after Kauai's last reigning chief. Kaumualiʻi was the only son of the ruling High Chiefess Kamakahelei , aliʻi nui of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, and her husband, Aliʻi Kāʻeokūlani (c. 1754–1794), regent of Maui and Molokaʻi . Kāʻeokūlani

76-569: A few followers in a small town called Wahiawa east of the Hanapepe valley . Humehume means "to tie up", as in wearing the traditional Hawaiian malo , or getting ready for battle. He and his wife Peke had a son who died young (1821-1823), and a daughter in November, 1821 named Kamakahai. Kamakahai was given to another Chiefess on the Island. They had a 3rd child, Harriet Kaumualiʻi (1821–1843) Her Hawaiian name

114-561: A quick courtship, married Elizabeth Peke Davis , known as "Betty Davis" (1802–1860), daughter of Isaac Davis who had served Kamehameha I as a military advisor and married into Hawaiian royalty. After getting passage on another boat to Honolulu, he convinced missionaries Ruggles and Whitney to take him to Kauaʻi on the Thaddeus . George was eager to reunite with his father, and the missionaries were interested in making an outpost on Kauaʻi. The guns of former Russian Fort Elizabeth were fired in

152-421: A retreat to heal his men and work on his strategy. Over the next years, Kamehameha amassed the largest armada Hawaiʻi had ever seen: foreign-built schooners and massive war canoes armed with cannons to carry his vast army. Kaumualiʻi decided to negotiate a peaceful resolution rather than resort to bloodshed. The move was supported by Kamehameha as well as the people of Kauaʻi and the foreign sandalwood merchants on

190-507: A salute as he sailed into the bay of Waimea on Kauaʻi on May 3, 1820. He stayed below deck until he knew they were not being fired as a warning. His father happily welcomed his son, who explained the missionaries were his friends. Captain Blanchard was thanked with gifts of provisions and a load of sandalwood. On July 24, 1820, a small party of missionaries started a school in Waimea. The joy of

228-551: A son who died young, a daughter born in 1821 who was given away to another chiefess on Kaua'i, and Harriet Kawahinekipi Kaumualiʻi. Humehume's half-brother Kealiʻiahonui was also forced to marry Kaʻahumanu. Kaʻahumanu later abandoned Kealiʻiahonui and embraced Christianity . Kealiʻiahonui later married Princess Kekauōnohi , the governess of Maui and Kauaʻi and a widow of Kamehameha II . King Kaumualiʻi's granddaughter Kapiʻolani of Hilo (eldest daughter of Kaumualiʻi's daughter Kekaulike Kinoiki ) married King Kalākaua . In 1874,

266-483: The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions . Although the other Hawaiians are recorded as being baptized and assistant missionaries, he was essentially a private passenger. The ship arrived at Kailua-Kona on the island of Hawaii on April 4, 1820. He accompanied the singing of Christian hymns on the "bass-viol" for the first Sabbath. When the Thaddeus left for Honolulu, George stayed behind and after

304-472: The Hawaiian Islands . He traveled widely, served in the U.S. military, and led a failed rebellion on the island of Kauaʻi . He was born in the late 1790s with the name Humehume. His father was King Kaumualiʻi , ruler of the islands of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau . His mother was a commoner, of whom not much is known. This might explain an important event that happened when he was a young boy. In January 1804

342-722: The Kingdom of Hawaii . After entering the fort, his victory shouts did not bring throngs of supporters, but rather roused the defenders. The attack was repelled. Missionary leader Hiram Bingham I and his family were visiting at the time, but escaped injury. Humehume and his troops returned to Wahiawa and tried to gather more followers. Kalanimoku , an experienced military commander from earlier campaigns of Kamehameha I, had just been stationed on Kauaʻi, and sent for reinforcements to search for Humehume. On August 18, 1824 Hoapili , Kahekili , Laʻanui and Kaikioewa arrived with an estimated one thousand troops and joined Kalanimoku, marching to meet

380-518: The Mediterranean on USS  Enterprise fighting in the Second Barbary War . His service records show the name "George Prince". Another Hawaiian, who had also made his way to New England, went by the name Henry Obookiah (also known as Ōpūkahia). Henry heard about George's war record, and located him. Henry had embraced Christianity and convinced George and three other Hawaiians to help

418-649: The Russian-American Company , the Bering , was wrecked on Kaua'i. RAC Governor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov dispatched another ship, the Isabella , to retrieve the cargo from the Bering . In 1816, Kaumualiʻi signed an agreement to let Georg Anton Schäffer and his Russian crew build the forts Alexander and Barclay-de-Tolly. The Hawaiian fort, Paʻulaʻula o Hipo, was renamed Fort Elizabeth in later decades and attributed to

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456-516: The United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km ), of which 1.3 square miles (3.3 km ) are land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km ), or 12.25%, are water. The water area is primarily the north side of Hanamaulu Bay. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,272 people, 902 households, and 738 families residing in the CDP. The population density

494-743: The American trading ship Hazard arrived at Kauaʻi. Since the landing of Captain James Cook in January 1778, the port of Waimea had been a known stop for European and American ships in the Pacific. King Kaumualiʻi paid Captain James Rowan of the American trading ship Hazard to take his son aboard, ostensibly to get an education in America. A more believable theory is that Kaumualiʻi's Queen did not want any competition for

532-399: The CDP was $ 16,233. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over. Humehume Humehume (c. 1798–1826), known by many different names during his time, such as George Prince , George Prince Kaumualiʻi , Tamoree or Kumoree by American writers, was a son of the king of part of

570-510: The Hawaiian legislature elected the couple king and queen of the Hawaiian Islands as King Kalākaua and Queen Kapiʻolani. Kapi'olani's youngest sister, Princess Victoria Kuhio Kinoike Kekaulike of Hilo, was later appointed governor of Kauaʻi, princess and royal highness. Princess Victoria's other sister, Princess Virginia Kapoʻoloku Poʻomaikelani , succeeded her sister as governor of Kauaʻi and

608-522: The Russians. Construction began in 1817 but, by fall of that year, the Russians were expelled. In 1817, Kaumuali'i married Kekaihaʻakūlou, who became known as Deborah Kapule . Kamehameha I died in 1819, and the Hawaiians grew fearful that Kaumualiʻi would sever Kauaʻi's relationship with the united Hawaiʻi. Kamehameha's widow, Kaʻahumanu, was the effective political force in the kingdom. On September 16, 1821,

646-419: The age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 19.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.62 and the average family size was 3.87. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 26.7% under

684-461: The age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 48,239, and the median income for a family was $ 51,042. Males had a median income of $ 26,962 versus $ 23,237 for females. The per capita income for

722-578: The end of 1816, a pamphlet titled "A Narrative of Five Youths from the Sandwich Islands" was published to raise funds for the mission board. It included portraits of each of the five students drawn by Samuel F. B. Morse , Jedidiah's son. The U.S. Navy at this point claimed that George had not been properly discharged, so proposed sending him to West Point Military Academy . The missionaries thought it would be helpful to them if he went, but George did not want to go to West Point. George's letter to his father

760-550: The form of valuable sandalwood , estimated to be worth seven to eight thousand dollars. George traveled with Captain Rowan to Boston and then to Worcester, Massachusetts , where he was put into the house of his teacher Samuel Cotting in 1813 when Rowan's property had run out. Rowan tried to get George an apprenticeship as a joiner, but George was now a restless young man. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and

798-750: The future throne with her own son who had the better royal pedigree. His father suggested the name "George" after the Prince of Wales at the time (later George IV of the United Kingdom ). The ship sailed to the Pacific Northwest , then across the Pacific to China, through the Indian Ocean, around Africa, and finally a year and a half later, back to New England . Hazard finally arrived at Providence, Rhode Island on June 30, 1805. King Kaumualiʻi had provided Rowan some compensation to support his son, probably in

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836-457: The island, whose trade was hurt by the constant feuding. In 1810, Kaumualiʻi met face to face with Kamehameha in Honolulu and negotiated a peaceful surrender, acknowledging Kamehameha as supreme ruler, Kauaʻi as a tributary domain under Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and was able to remain in power to govern the island. He agreed that Kamehameha's heir would rule Kauaʻi after his own death. In 1815, a ship from

874-562: The missionaries. The missionaries thought recruiting the war hero would be good public relations, and might have enhanced his war record. By autumn 1816, George was living in the home of Reverend Jedidiah Morse , and was taken to the Yale commencement exercises of Yale where he met Yale's President Timothy Dwight . He had learned to read and write English, since several of his letters survive. In particular, he wrote one to his father on October 19, 1816, about his travels and his hope to return. Near

912-455: The new young King Kamehameha II arrived and invited Kaumualiʻi aboard his ship. That night, they sailed to Honolulu , where Kaumualiʻi was effectively under house arrest. To make the domination clear, Kaʻahumanu forced him to marry her to ensure the island chain's stable union. They remained officially married until his death on May 26, 1824, but had no children. By his wishes, his body was taken to Maui , and buried next to Queen Keōpūolani at

950-533: The other Hawaiians as students. By the next term there were twelve students including Indians from Bengal and Calcutta , and a native American Indian. Samuel Ruggles and James Ely were learning to be mission teachers under principal Edwin Welles Dwight. Henry Ōpūkahia died in February 1818 (with the others at his side) but the school expanded under Herman Daggett . George was eager to return to his homeland, but as

988-488: The promised voyage was delayed, he grew impatient and would sometimes cause trouble at the school. He thought the other students should defer to him, given his "royal" status, and in fact had to re-learn the Hawaiian language that he had not spoken since being a young child. On October 23, 1819, the four remaining Hawaiians finally sailed from Boston on the brig Thaddeus , along with the first company of American missionaries from

1026-476: The rebels at their camp, who were routed. It was estimated 130 Kauaians died while only 1 Hawaiian fell. This would be the largest loss of life in a military armed conflict in the Hawaiian islands until the attack on Pearl Harbor over a century later. Humehume, Betty and the baby fled on horseback into the rugged mountains above the Hanapepe valley. Betty and the child were quickly captured and not harmed. Humehume

1064-515: The reunion was not to last. The land of his birth had changed while he had been away; he found he no longer fit into either culture. Although he had been calling himself "Prince", the kingdom of Kauaʻi had become a vassal state to Kamehameha I since 1810, so he was not to inherit any real power. In 1821 King Kamehameha II paid a surprise visit to his father, and forced the elder Kaumualiʻi into exile on Honolulu. By this time, George Prince had reverted to using his birth name "Humehume", living with

1102-545: The tomb of Halekamani in Lahaina . Their remains were transferred to a tomb on the island of Mokuʻula sometime in 1837 and to the cemetery of Waiola Church in 1884. Kaumualiʻi was popular among both his people and foreigners who visited and worked on his islands. Captain George Vancouver , who gave the young king a flock of sheep as a gift in 1792, was thanked with a lavish banquet and described his host glowingly. Kaumualiʻi

1140-422: Was Ka wahine kipi which means "the rebel woman", was given to her by Kaahumanuu. His father-in-law Isaac Davis had died drinking poison that was probably intended for his father Kaumualiʻi, so he became afraid that an attempt would be made on his own life. In May 1824 his father died, and soon he made his move. On August 8, 1824, he led his followers in a surprise attack on Fort Elizabeth, now manned by troops of

1178-471: Was 2,907.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,122.7/km ). There were 947 housing units at an average density of 841.6 per square mile (324.9/km ). The racial makeup of the CDP was 8.2% White , 0.2% African American , 0.2% Native American , 61.5% Asian , 5.8% Pacific Islander , 0.5% from other races , and 23.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.8% of the population. There were 902 households, out of which 35.3% had children under

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1216-406: Was 4,994 at the 2020 census , up from 3,272 at the 2000 census. Hanamāʻulu is located on the east side of the island of Kauai at 21°59′51″N 159°21′26″W  /  21.99750°N 159.35722°W  / 21.99750; -159.35722 (21.997387, -159.357133). It is bordered to the south by Lihue , with Hanamaulu Stream forming the boundary between the two communities. According to

1254-577: Was assigned to USS  Wasp during the War of 1812 . Wasp left port in May 1814, and over the next two months was involved in several naval battles in the English Channel . In a June 28 battle with HMS  Reindeer he was injured, and came ashore in L'Orient, France . He returned and was given a medical discharge, but struggled to support himself. On June 21, 1815, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy , and sailed to

1292-501: Was described as handsome, likeable, and courteous, as well as a capable leader. Upon his death, the people of Kauaʻi sincerely mourned him. After Kaumualiʻi's death in 1824, his son by sacred wife Kawalu, daughter of Kamakahelei and ali'i Kiha of Ni'ihau, George "Prince" Kaumualiʻi Humehume (1797–1826), also known as George Tamoree, attempted to reestablish the independence of Kauaʻi but was also eventually captured and taken to Honolulu , where he died of influenza. He had three offspring,

1330-510: Was made Guardian of the Royal Tombs . Hawaii Route 50 on Kauaʻi is named "Kaumualiʻi Highway" in the honor of Kaua'i's last high chief. Hanamaulu, Hawaii Hanamāʻulu (literally, "tired bay" in Hawaiian ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kauaʻi County , Hawaiʻi , United States. It is the ancient birthplace of Kawelo , a member of Kauai's ruling family . The population

1368-547: Was published, and when Samuel Cotting read it, he wanted to cash in on the celebrity by claiming he was owed money for the boy's care. George, basking in the attention, wrote a furious letter complaining about Cotting's treatment. Among the insults: "If I am worthy of the title of a Prince I am not going to be trodden under foot by such a dirty scoundrel as you are." On May 1, 1817, the Foreign Mission School at Cornwall, Connecticut opened its first term with George and

1406-457: Was the queen regent Kaʻahumanu (1768–1832), Kamehameha's widow. Kauaʻi and Niʻihau had eluded Kamehameha's control since he first tried to add them to his kingdom in 1796, a year after Kaumualiʻi became king. At that time, the governor of the Island of Hawai'i led a rebellion against Kamehameha, forcing him to return home. Kamehameha tried again in 1803, but disease ravaged his armies, and he called

1444-476: Was the younger son of Kekaulike , the 23rd Aliʻi Aimoku and Moʻi of Maui. He became the co-king and effective ruler of Kauaʻi by his marriage. When Kamakahelei died in 1794, she passed their titles and positions to the 16-year-old Kaumualiʻi, who reigned under the regency of Chief Inamoʻo until he came of age. His first wife and consort was his half-sister Kawalu of Oʻahu . His second wife was his half-sister Kaʻapuwai Kapuaʻamohu of Kōloa ; his third and final wife

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