He was the principal agent in elevating Kamehameha I to the throne of Hawaiʻi and served in a capacity similar to commander in chief or Prime Minister.
[2] In 1782, at the Battle of Mokuʻōhai near Keʻei, Kona, Keʻeaumoku led Kamehameha's warriors to victory, and Kīwalaʻō was killed.
Vancouver, who spelled his name "Kahowmotoo", left some goats and returned the next year to find them thriving.
[4] He married Nāmāhānaʻi Kaleleokalani, the widow queen of Kamehamehanui Ailuau, the late king of Maui.
The people, including Namahana, stood in great fear of him, so she hid their first-born child in a cave at Hāna, on Maui, at the very foot of the old battle hill, Kauiki.