Note 9 — The Story of Kahahana.
Reading edition
In 1779 we have seen that Kaneoneo was on Kauai. He had been contending with his cousin Keawe for the supremacy of Niihau and the possession of the goats left there by Captain Cook, and he had been worsted in the contest. What brought him to Oahu, and what part he played there during those troublous times, is not well known. After the overthrow and death of Kahahana he probably returned to Oahu in the hope that the chapter of accidents might prepare a way for him to recover the throne that his father had lost. ↑