Samuel Kamakau

Samuel Kamakau

He poʻe Hawaiʻi ʻo Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau (29 ʻOkakopa 1815 – 5 Kepakemapa 1876). He poʻe kākau moʻolelo ʻo ia a he mea ʻimi naʻauao ʻo ia.

Hea inoa ʻia ʻo Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau no kēia kanaka.[1]

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kamakau ma Mokulēʻia, Hawaiʻi. Ua hele ʻo ia i ke kula o Lahainaluna Seminary ma 1833. He haumana ʻo ia o Kahu Sheldon Dibble. Ua male ʻo Kamakau iā S. Hainakolo a ua neʻe lāua i Kīpahulu; ʻo Kīpahulu ka home o kā Kamakau wahine. Ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o kā lāua kaikamahine, ʻo Kukelani Kaʻaʻapookalani, ma Kēkēmapa 1862, ua neʻe lākou i Oʻahu.

Mai 1866 i 1871, ua kākau ʻo Kamakau i ʻekolu mau mahele e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi a me nā moʻolelo Hawaiʻi. Ua kākau ʻo ia no nā nūpepa ʻo Ke Au ʻOkoʻa a me Ka Nūpepa Kūʻokoʻa. ʻO "Ka Moʻolelo o Kamehameha I", "Ka Moʻolelo o Nā Kamehameha", a me "Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi" nā inoa o kā Kamakau mau mahele.

I ko Kamakau ola, he luna kānāwai ʻo ia ma Wailuku, Maui. He kau kānāwai ʻo ia no ke Aupuni Mōʻī o Hawaiʻi. Ua make ʻo ia ma 1876.

  1. "Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau". Lawe mai ʻia ma 29 Nowemapa 2008.

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