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Using Ulukau, The Hawaiian Electronic Library
MĀHELE Now, click on "Ulukau" at the top of any page and go back:
Once there, click on another special feature, the second one on this screen, "Māhele Database." Click on that and see this:
This site contains thousands of documents from the Great Māhele (1846-1855). It operates a lot like the place names site. Along near the top is a horizontal bar that has four options. The first one is "intro." Click it and see this:
This document is worthwhile reading. It explains the site, and also contains a link that shows several samples.
Next, click on the word "claimants" on the top horizontal bar, and you will see this:
All the hundreds of names of people who claimed land in the Great Māhele (that are on the site) are arranged in alphabetical order. These are the names beginning with "a". Near the top are the other letters, "b-e", "h", and so forth, and they bring up more lists until all the names are given.
Now, on the top horizontal bar, click on "search", and you go to a familiar page that looks like this:
Notice that this is a slightly different type of search system. It allows you to search for one thing, but it also allows you to search for two or more different things at the same time.
Thus, you can search for a claimant's name, or a claim number, or other things. You could, for example, look for a claimant's name within one stated ahupuaʻa.
For now, let's just type in a person's name, like "Kapule" in the top line and hit "Enter" and you will see this:
It says "Word count" and then tells you there were 3, meaning three records matched the search query. If you scroll down, you'll see them. Let's look at the first one. Notice how it gives you some basic information:
03111:
Kapule, Debora, wahine
So, this gives you the name of the claimant (Debora Kapule, who is a woman [wahine]). It tells you the island (Kauaʻi). It tells you which land district(s) (moku) the claimed land is in, namely the Kona and Puna districts on Kauaʻi. It tells you the land division(s) (ahupuaʻa) the lands are in, namely Waimea and Wailua. And it gives you the beginning of the narrative in the record, namely part of the claim that Kapule gave in the Māhele.
Let's take that choice, and click on the little symbol to the left of 03111, and you will see:
If we had clicked on any of the items on the alphabetical-list of claimant names, this is also the type of thing that we would have seen. It gives the full record of this claim: the claim number (3111), the claimant (Debora Kapule), an alternate name (if there had been one), a secondary claimant to this land (if there had been one), the island (Kauaʻi), the land district(s) (Kona, Puna), and the land division(s) (Waimea, Wailua). And it gives you the land section(s) (ʻili) that the lands were in, which were Kikiaola, Haleula, and Pakoli. Then it gives you the land-award number (called a "Royal Patent") if this was known (in this case, it was number 5489). Finally it gives you the full set of documents for the claim.
This one starts with the claim (number 3111). It gives you the volume number and page number of the claim, and the actual text of the claim. Next it gives you the hearing transcript (and its volume number and page number), listing testimony from Kaiapa. It also notes additional testimony from Naakaakai.
Then it continues with further testimony, and lists the volume and page number. This separate testimony is also by Kaiapa, and agreed to by Naakaakai. At the end, within brackets, are notes from the person who compiled these records. It also mentions that a related claim (number 3559) was not awarded, and gives a link to that record.
Next, go to the horizontal bar at the top and click on "browse" and you will see this:
This lists the islands and districts. Click on the first district, Haleleʻa, and you will see this:
It now lists the ten (10) land divisions (ahupuaʻa) within that district. Let's click on the first one, Haena, and we'll see this:
You can scroll down. Here is a list of the 34 records of claims within that ahupuaʻa. Scroll back up, and click on the first one, Haole, and you will see this:
This gives you the full record on that claimant. There is the claim number (7998), the island (Kauaʻi), district (Haleleʻa), land division (Haena), land section (Kee), and the claim testimony, from Kekela, with additional testimony from Pini. There was other testimony, by Kekela and Pine. The bracket at the bottom of the testimony shows the size of the land, and gives a reference link. Continue to next section...
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