{"id":3250,"slug":"kuamoo-battlefield-keauhou-hawaii","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Kuamoo is the '19 — the kapu that's the ended, the 'ai noa' that's the meal. The Kekuaokalani is the defender — the 'war god' that's the guardian, the cousin that's the Liholiho. The Manono is the chant — the 'malama ko aloha' that's the dying, the 'keep your love' that's the plea.","The '15 was the purchase — the $4M that's the site, the 'burial grounds' that's the honored. The Ka'ahumanu is the power — the widow that's the regent, the 'abolish' that's the change. Kuamoo is the last — the battle that's the Hawaiian, the kapu that's the overthrown.","The file keeps Kuamoo: the 1819 battle, the Kekuaokalani, the Manono chant, and the '15 purchase.","Kuamoo is the archive's Hawaii file — the kapu's end."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Kuamoo is the archive's Hawaii file — the last Hawaiian battle.","A field keeps its chant — the file's suggestion being that Kuamoo's hold is the change: the 'ai noa' that's the meal, the 'malama ko aloha' that's the dying, and the 'kapu' that's the ended."]}],"name":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","BATTLEFIELD","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","LEGEND_SITE","INDIGENOUS"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"1819—the battle where the kapu system died.","full_desc":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield is a site in Keauhou, Hawaii. 1819—the battle where the kapu system died. Its accounts name only a collective — the warriors. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. The dossier keeps the place and the story in the same record — which is what the archive is for.","address":null,"city":"Keauhou","county":null,"state":"Hawaii","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":19.573081,"lon":-155.957277,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / memorial","research_notes":"HI batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3306,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The warriors are reportedly seen. Kuamoʻo Battlefield in Keauhou, Hawaii carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Kuamoʻo Battlefield' carries the account. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The warriors","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kuamo%C7%BBo","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":3307,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures on the field. The reports at Kuamoʻo Battlefield are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. Sources including 'Kuamoʻo Battlefield' keep the claim in circulation. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kuamo%C7%BBo","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The December 1819 battle is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'Kuamoʻo Battlefield' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. The file stays open on it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1819-12","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kuamo%C7%BBo","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The warriors are reportedly seen. Kuamoʻo Battlefield's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. 'Kuamoʻo Battlefield' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Kuamoʻo Battlefield","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kuamo%C7%BBo","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The warriors","claimed_identity":"The warriors","verified":null,"summary":"The warriors are reportedly seen. The site in Keauhou, Hawaii gives the account a documented setting: real place, real history, unresolved reports. Sources including 'Kuamoʻo Battlefield' keep the claim in circulation. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household. 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