Ke Kiai, Volume I, Number 5, 18 September 1902 — THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR DELEGATE NOT A FULL BLOODED HAWAIIAN. [ARTICLE]

THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR DELEGATE NOT A FULL BLOODED HAWAIIAN.

The assertion has beeen frequently madē hy tlie Repuhliean papers [o'r politicaleftfcct tnat !Vinco Cupitl is a l'ull hlooeleel'llawaiian. •; Now, llial is very lar from ihe tfuth, a.iul as mueh so. as tlie assertion souiet"mes madehy stoek dealers that a thi ee i|uarler jrrade Jersey eow is a i'ull hlooeleel or thoroiij*hbrcd one. I*rinei* CKipitl\s fatheri)avid Kahaleponli, welllenown to old residrnts of years duration, \vas a <|uarter wh'te,iiis inuther Kekahili be.in<* a 'hall' white. Kekahi-i was the dauohter and lirst horn of the C'hejfess Kamokuiki by a \vhite man from one*oi the earlicr e.\plorin«4 expedetions and so by all the cheifs and llawiuians of ht;r days: This same'Kamokuiki \vas aiter\vards married to Kamana\va7;the <rrandiatlier of Qneen Liliuokalani andi\y him hael the HighCheit Knpaaleea, father of ourex-Queen. Kapaakea, the fruit of the union oi two cheifs always held hio-her rnnk than his half sister, the daughter oi •soni(: forei<4'ner of unknown peiliU"ree.'