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It seems certain that King Keawe usually resided at the bay of Hoonaunau, in Kona. It served also as a City of Refuge. The people of Ka'u are designated in the group under the name of Na Mamo a ke kipi The descendants of the rebellion. The province of Ka'u has always been regarded as a land fatal to chiefs. At the present day an inhabitant of Ka'u can be distinguished among other natives.
These revolts against the chiefs have given birth, to several proverbial expressions, applied to the district of Ka'u. Thus it is called Aina makaha Land of torrents: a nation which removes and shatters every thing like a torrent; Ka'u makaha Ka'u the torrent; Ka lua kupapau o na'lii The sepulchre of the high chiefs; Aina kipi The rebellious land. He was a chief of the olden time.
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