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Personae Dramatis:
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* Fa'ane'eiai = Fanene (a matrilineal or #TEINE line), a daughter of the Western Tui (Upolu/Savai'i and Manu'a/Tutuila) and Eastern Tui
* So'opili = Tagaloa Ui
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The Story of Tuisamoa
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So'opili went out to get to the west side of heaven. #Tuiosisifo married #Tuiosasae (Tuiosas'e), born were:
* Auaga'e
* Fa'ane'eiai
Auaga'e married Taionu'uloa, born were:
* #Pate
* 'Ulufanuatele.
'Ulufanuatele married #Vaoape, born was:
Fa'ane'eiai became the wife of #Tuifiti, born was:
• Tuife'ai
Uilatapatai thought of taking a trip to Samoa at random. #Fiti sacrificed him by sending him to #Samoa to look for his brother's children. So Tuifiti spoke to the brother chief and to Tuife'ai. And Fa'ane'eiai wondered why only the brother chief and her son should leave.
But Uilatapatai said: Just let us go, leave it to me and to the favourable wind.
They then took the kava bowl named #Vasalealofi along and they lived henceforth in Fale'ula, where #Malietoa #Ganasavea and Pate lived. Meanwhile there was not yet a circle of chiefs in which they just sat around. Then #Sio and #Seugā went and distributed the #kava at the promontory of Fale'ula. So they went up and explained it to Ganasavea (Malietoa). And so he had them go down and bring the kava. And when they came up, Ganasavea sat under the ridge pole of the house. So they sat him in the house rounding, and thus the seating arrangement and the kava were established. But Malietoa changed Tuife'ai to Tuisamoa.
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'O le Tala ia le Tuisamoa
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'Ua tu'u le So'opili, 'o le a si'i i le itu lagi i sisifo. 'A usuia e le Tuiosisifo ia le Tuiosasa'e, 'a tasi 'o le Auaga'e, tasi 'o Uilatapatai, ma Fa'ane'eiai. A usuia e le Auaga'e le Taionu'uloa, e tasi 'o Pate ma Alainuanua, tasi 'o 'Ulufanuatele. 'A usuia e 'Ulufanuatele ia le Vaoape, 'a tasi 'o le Upoluleuligaga. 'A usuia e le Tuifiti le F'ane'eiai, 'a tasi 'o le Tuife'ai.
'A manatu ai Uilatapatai, 'ina 'ua te'a mai 'o le folauga tauvale i Samoa. Ona osi ai lea Fiti o lona uso i le fiase'ili mai 'o le fanau a lola tuagane 'ua i Samoa. Ona fai ane ai lea 'o Tuifiti i le usoali'i ma Tuifea'i. Ona fai atu ai lea 'o Fa'ane'eiai i le ā fa'apefea lava ona ō lenei tama ma le usoali'i.
Ona fai atu ai lea 'o Uilatapatai: Tu'u mai pea ia matou te ō ma a'u, faitalia a'u ma Auimatagi.
Ona latou 'aumai ai lea 'o le tanoa e igoa ia Vasalealofi, ma latou aunu'u ae ai lea i Fale'ula, 'o i ai Malietoa Ganasavea ma Pate, 'a 'o lē i ai ni alofi o Samoa, 'o so'ona nonofo lava. 'A ō ifo ai Sio ma Seugā 'o tufa le 'ava i le tolotolo i Fale'ula. Ona ō a'e ai lea fa'amatala ia Ganasavea: Ona faiifo ai lea e ō e 'avane. Ona ō a'e ai lea 'o nofo i le 'au'au Malietoa. Ona latou 'avane ai lea i le matuatala, e sao le alofi ma sao le 'ava. 'A liliu Malietoa Tuife'ai ia Tuisamoa.
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Source:
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* #Krämer, Dr. Augustin. "The Samoa Islands. An Outline of a Monograph...", 1994 (orig. 1901), pp. 339-340.
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