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Updated: May 20, 2025
He had a brother called Tufunga, or carpenter, who acted as premier in the Faasaleleanga district. They trace the origin of the name of their place to Lautalatoa of Fiji, whose son, called Utu, resided there. The people of Safune once fought at Faleata on Upolu. Many of them were killed, and the place where their bodies were buried was afterwards called Safune, in remembrance of the slain.
It needed only a glance at the chart to tell them that these were the Samoan group, and a little searching also told them that the nearest large one was Upolu. In less than another hour they were circling above the beautiful island of their choice, directly over the little town of Apia, which nestled in the center of a luxuriant forest of palms and other tropical trees.
Ever after he was called I'aulualo, or the "Fish-enterer," and praised for his heroic deed. Some fragments of black rock on one side of the lagoon are said to be the petrified bones of the great sea monster. AANA is the most westerly division of Upolu.
MANONO, a small island, 3 miles in circumference, between Upolu and Savaii, has the following historic fragments: He was the son of Tuiolautala, king of Fiji. There came with him Sa'umā, the brother of the king, and Tupuivao, the god of Fiji. A family quarrel about a fish led them to come away. Their canoe made the land between Savaii and Upolu.
The king of Manua on handing it to him begged him to speak with it at all the village meeting-places on his way along the coast of Upolu to his residence on Savaii, and exhort the people to "plant the ti-root and sugar-cane, and give up stealing."
For a long time travelling parties from Savaii felt eerie when they came to the place did not like to go through between the stones, but took the outside passage. Another fragment makes out that a Savaii Fe'e married the daughter of a chief on Upolu, and for convenience in coming and going made a hole in the reef, and hence the harbour at Apia.
Once, when the people were driven by a war fleet from Upolu, the god became incarnate in a yellow man, went and lay down in a house, and there they killed him to please the Upolu people and stop the war, which the latter agreed to do in return for killing the god.
They waited till the ship was well among the Friendly Group, and Upolu Island was three hundred miles to the north, and then were given the needed opportunity when the mate's boat was destroyed by the big bull whale, which was then struck by Cheyne. "Boys," shouted Frewen to his crew, as the boat tore through the water, "I'm not going to kill this whale awhile.
It is a great high hollow basin-shaped island, inaccessible all round but at one narrow chip in the west side of the basin, which can be easily defended. SAVAII is the largest island of the group, and the name is accounted for in various ways: Savaii dwelt on Savaii, and Upolu on Upolu, and gave their names to their respective islands.
Cacao cultivation in this island of Upolu has since that date developed wonderfully, and is attracting much attention, the first produce having been sold in Hamburg at a very high price.
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