幾年後，阿拉沛國王發現有人救了那個小孩，因此他特准年輕的卡米哈米哈回到宮中。到了1780年代，卡米哈米哈已經是一位重要的首領了。他身任副官，聽命於他的叔叔卡拉尼歐普巫國王 (King Kalaniopuu) ，後者死於1782年。當時，夏威夷島(今天的夏威夷州群島中最大的一個島)分裂成兩部分，一部分聽命於卡米哈米哈，而另一部分聽命於卡拉尼歐普巫國王的兒子奇瓦拉歐 (Kiwalao) 。兩方開戰後，卡米哈米哈勝出，而奇瓦拉歐則被殺身亡。

卡米哈米哈也打敗了其他夏威夷諸島，並於1810時，統一了所有的夏威夷群島。他死於1819年，王位則由他的兩個兒子繼任，這兩位繼任者分別成為卡米哈米哈二世及卡米哈米哈三世。

After a few years, King Alapai found out that the child had been saved and he allowed the young Kamehameha to return to court. By the 1780s, Kamehameha was an important chief. He served as an aide to his uncle, King Kalaniopuu, who died in 1782. At the time, the island of Hawaii (the largest of the islands that make up the state of Hawaii today) was divided between Kamehameha and King Kalaniopuu's son, Kiwalao. War broke out between supporters of the two men, and Kiwalao was killed. Kamehameha was victorious.

Kamehameha also won wars on the other Hawaiian islands, and by 1810, he had united all of the islands. Two of his sons succeeded him after his death in 1819. These sons became Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III.

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