夏威夷是美国境内唯一曾由国王统治且统治者还是当地人的州。在这些国王中，最着名的一位是卡米哈米哈一世，又名卡米哈米哈大帝。卡米哈米哈出生不久，祭司就警告他的祖父阿拉沛国王 (King Alapai) ，这个刚出生的小孩是个「反叛婴儿」，他将屠杀各首领。听从祭司的建议后，国王下令杀掉这个刚出生的婴孩；然而，祭司们将国王的孙子，这个卡米哈米哈婴孩藏在一个洞穴内并交由一对没有孩子的夫妇秘密的扶养长大。

Hawaii is the only state in America that was once ruled by a king who was also a native. The most famous of these kings was Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great. Shortly after Kamehameha was born, a priest warned his grandfather, King Alapai, of the birth of a "rebel infant" who would be a slayer of chiefs. Taking the priest's advice, the King ordered that his grandchild be killed upon birth. Instead, priests hid the King's grandson, the infant Kamehameha, in a cave, and he was raised in secret by a childless couple.

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