Kapahei Kauai
Kapahei "Judge" Kauai (c. 1825 – August 1, 1893), also known as the "Arch-Leper" (a play on "Archbishop") was a judge and leper organizer.[2]
Kapahei Kauai | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Kingdom of Hawaii House of Representatives for the district of Waimea, Kauai | |
| In office 1874–1882 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1825 |
| Died | 1893[1] Kalihi Hospital, Honolulu |
| Nationality | Kingdom of Hawaii |
| Political party | Emmaite |
| Occupation | tax assessor, Judge |
| Profession | Civil servant |
In the late 1880s he found he had contracted leprosy and fled to Kalalau Valley leading a number of other lepers. Following the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, the Provisional Government forcibly relocated many lepers. In 1893 deputy sheriff Louis H. Stolza attempted to capture the lepers but was shot and killed by Kaluai Koolau. Kauai organized the colony members for the repercussions. On July 1, the Waialeale landed troops. At the age of 68 and crippled by the disease, Kauai attempted to hide from the soldiers by crawling under his bed. He was the first one found and pulled out by his feet and deported to Kalaupapa.[3]
References
- Law 2012, p. 242.
- Tayman 2010, p. 11.
- Tayman 2010, p. 107.
Bibliography
- Joesting, Edward (1984). Kauai: The Separate Kingdom. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0943-0. OCLC 10998717.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Kaeo, Peter; Queen Emma (1976). Korn, Alfons L. (ed.). News from Molokai, Letters Between Peter Kaeo & Queen Emma, 1873–1876. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 202, 203, 209, 210, 227, 251, 296, 299, 300. hdl:10125/39980. ISBN 978-0-8248-0399-5. OCLC 2225064.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Law, Anwei Skinsnes (2012). Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory (Ka Hokuwelowelo). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 229, 232, 233, 244. ISBN 978-0-8248-6580-1. OCLC 830023588 – via Project MUSE.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- London, Jack (1912). "Koolau the Leper". The House of Pride: And Other Tales of Hawaii. New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 45–92. OCLC 13369633.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Sheldon, John (1987). Translated by Frances N. Frazier. "True Story of Kaluaikoʻolau, or Koʻolau the Leper". The Hawaiian Journal of History. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society. 21: 1–41. hdl:10524/563. OCLC 60626541.
- Tayman, John (2010). The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 10, 11, 14, 107–108, 324. ISBN 978-1-4165-5192-8. OCLC 865230373.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)