Kameʻeiamoku

Kameʻeiamoku
On the right is Kameʻeiamoku
Died	1802 Puʻuki, Lahaina, Maui
Spouse	Kamakaʻeheikuli Kealiʻiokahekili Kahikoloa of Kauaʻi Puhipuhiʻili Kauhilanahonua
Issue	Kepoʻokalani Ulumāheihei Hoapili Hoʻolulu Loe-wahine Kekikipaʻa
Father	Keawepoepoe
Mother	Kanoena

Kameʻeiamoku (died 1802) was a Hawaiian high chief and the Counselor of State to King Kamehameha I. He was called Kamehameha's uncle, but he was really the cousin of Kamehameha's mother, Kekuiapoiwa II.

Along with his twin brother Kamanawa, Kameʻeiamoku's father was Chief Keawepoepoe. His mother was Kanoena, also Keawepoepoe's sister. Because their parents were siblings, Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa were known as nīʻaupiʻo, the offspring of a royal brother and sister.

His grandmother was Princess Kalanikauleleiaiwi of Hawaiʻi, who was also the grandmother of Keōua Nui (Kamehameha's father), making the twins cousins once removed of Kamehameha. Kameʻeiamoku was among the first to support Kamehameha I in his rebellion against his cousin Kīwalaʻō; his fellow supporters were his brother Kamanawa, his half brother Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, Kamehameha's warrior teacher Kekūhaupiʻo, and Keawe-a-Heulu. These were known as the "five Kona chiefs". Kamehameha took power in the battle of Mokuʻōhai in 1782, which strengthened his influence.

In 1790, the American maritime fur trader Simon Metcalfe of the ship Eleanora mistreated Kameʻeiamoku when he boarded his ship. Metcalfe later fired his cannons on the villagers of Olowalu, killing about one hundred. In retaliation, Kameʻeiamoku attacked the next American ship to appear, the schooner Fair American, under the command of Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe, the son of Simon Metcalfe. All but one of the schooner's crew was killed, including Thomas Humphrey Metcalfe. The lone survivor was Welsh sailor Isaac Davis. Another sailor from the Eleanora, Englishman John Young, was sent ashore to find out what happened, and was also captured. Davis and Young would both become military advisors and translators for Kamehameha.