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Good-byes even to the sons and daughters of cannibals are sorrowful. I had come to think much of these simple, savage neighbors. Some of them I shall never forget. Mauitetai, a middle-aged woman with a kindly face, was long on my paepae.
The letter was in Marquesan, which I translate into English, seeking to keep the flavor of the original, though poorly succeeding: "I write to you, me, Pahorai Calizte, and put on this paper greetings to you, my mother, Mauitetai, who are in Atuona. "Kaoha nui tuu kui, Mauitetai, mother of me. Great love to you. "I have found in Philadelphia work for me; good work. "I have found a woman for me.
I am not married. It is forbidden. Five months I am with this woman of mine. The mutoi has a war-club that is hard as stone. "Give me quickly the paper to marry her. I await your word. "My word is done. I am at Philadelphia, New York Hotel. A.P.A. Dieu. Coot pae, mama." Mauitetai had read the letter many times.
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