Editing Kauai (section)

===Cession to the Kingdom of Hawaii ===
[[File:Kamehameha I, portrait by James Gay Sawkins.jpg|thumb|Kamehameha I, portrait by [[James Gay Sawkins]], based on Louis Choris sketch]]

At the time of Cook's visit, the Hawaiian islands comprised several kingdoms.<ref name="Kuykendall"></ref>{{rp|p=30}} By 1795, the king of Hawaii Island, [[Kamehameha I]], had established the [[Hawaiian Kingdom|Kingdom of Hawaii]], uniting most of the islands, but Kaua{{okina}}i remained independent. Kamehameha tried to conquer Kaua{{okina}}i in 1796, but stormy seas caused the attack from [[Oahu]] to be canceled and he was afterward distracted by events elsewhere. By 1803, Kaua{{okina}}i was ruled by [[Kaumuali{{okina}}i]], who maintained his independence from the Kingdom of Hawaii. A second invasion of Kaua{{okina}}i from Oahu was planned but this too was canceled after an epidemic broke out among Kamehameha's forces. In 1810, a diplomatic agreement was reached whereby Kaumuali{{okina}}i agreed to be Kamehameha's [[vassal]],<ref name="Kuykendall" />{{rp|p=47-50}} and to cede Kaua{{okina}}i to the Kingdom of Hawai{{okina}}i upon his death by making Kamehameha's son his heir.<ref name="Alexander">{{Cite book |last=Alexander|first=W.D. |title=A brief history of the Hawaiian people |publisher=American Book Company |year=1891 |location=New York|pages=155–156,186|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Fds3JhdHlnsC/page/n165/mode/2up}}</ref>{{rp|p=155-156, 186}}