![]() To avoid his brother's anger, Umi exiled himself to another district. At first he was a decent king, but soon he became brutal. Liloa died and his kingdom passed to his first born son, Hākau, as promised. Living within Liloa's court alongside his brother, Umi found great favor from his father, only increasing Hākau's dislike of his half brother. Umi was brought to court on an equal footing with his half brother Hākau, who was the son of Liloa with his first wife, Pinea from an ali'i family of equal rank to that of her husband. After learning of Umi, Hākau became upset and demanded answers from his father, who assured his first born that he would be king after his death and his brother would serve him. He then placed the tokens at his fathers feet and was proclaimed son by King Liloa. When Liloa asked who he was, he said "It is I, Umi your son". Umi entered the walled off enclosure with attendants afraid to stop someone wearing the royal insignia and walked straight to Liloa's sleeping quarters, waking the king. The entire enclosure was sacred and a penalty of death stood for breaching its walls. Liloa's palace was well guarded and attended by several Kahuna. ![]() Akahi gave her son the gifts of the royal malo and lei niho palaoa which were given to her by his true father, that only the high chiefs wore, and sent Umi to Waipio to present himself to the king as his son. She recovered the hidden tokens of royal sovereignty to present to her husband to prove the high treason he would have committed. At the age of 15 or 16, his step father was punishing the boy when his mother intervened and told the man he could not touch him because the boy was his lord and chief. Akahi hid the gifts given to her by Liloa from her husband and later gave birth to a son. After they had consummated, Liloa told her that, if she was to have a male child, she should present the boy to him along with royal tokens he gave to her as gifts, to prove her boy was the son of the king. He met Akahi there and claimed his right to her as King and she accepted. The couple met when Liloa, the then ali'i-ai-moku of Hawaii was visiting the local area of Hamakua. ![]() His father was High Chief Liloa, and his mother, Akahiakuleana (Akahi). Piʻikea and ʻUmi were the parents of son Kumalae and daughter Aihākōkō. ʻUmi-a-Līloaʻs wife was Princess Piʻikea, daughter of Piʻilani, Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui. While there is probably embellishment to the story, as many sagas do, a portion of historical accuracy remains. The legend of Umi is one of the most popular hero sagas in Hawaiian history. ʻUmi-a-Līloa was considered a just ruler, religious and the first to unite almost all of. He became Aliʻi nui after the death of his half-brother Hākau, who inherited the lands of his father to rule. She was of a lesser line of chiefs who Līloa had fallen in love with when he discovered her bathing in a river. Aliʻi-ʻAimoku is the tile bestowed on the ruler of a moku, district or island. ʻUmi-a-Līloa (fifteenth century) was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku (High chief of Hawaiʻi Island) who inherited religious authority of Hawaiʻi from his father, High Chief Līloa, whose line is traced, unbroken to Hawaiian "creation". The lei (necklace) was made of braided human hair and whale bone. ![]() Umi was given a number of royal tokens to prove he was the son of Liloa, including a lei niho palaoa.
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