It is not, indeed, so long a period from Umi to the present era, that we can not unveil the truth from the clouds which surround, it.
The people, in general, only speak of one Keawe, who inherited the power of his father Umi.

He was supreme ruler in the island of Hawaii, and is even said to have united, as Kamehameha has since done, all the group under his sceptre.

Kamehameha conquered the islands by force of arms; Keawe had conquered them by his travels and alliances.

While he passed through the islands of Maui, Molokai, and Oahu, he contracted marriages everywhere, as well with the women of the people as with the highest chiefesses.

These unions gave him children who made him beloved of all the high chiefs of that time.