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14. By each of these wives he had ason. After the birth of 
the sixth son, and when they were all of adult age, as he was 
infirm, he wished to abdicate in favour of one of them ; and so he 
assembled them in his palace at Aua-luma, and gave them their 
official names and appointments, as follows :— 
15. The child of Soa-le-tele he named Satoa and he appointed 
him to be the ‘ virgin’ of Manu‘a; that is, he was to act the part 
of mediator in case of war, to get peace made, and to bury those 
killed in battle. 
16. The child of Sina, daughter of Tao-toai-se-Aua-luma he 
named Tui-sali‘a, and appointed him to attend on the king, pitch 
his tent, and get the drink and food which the king Saat leave 
after feasting. 
17. The child of Ana-moa-tele he named Le-Folasa-Aua-luma, 
and gave him the title of Tangaloa, chief of Aua-luma. 
18. The child of Sina-i-gaga‘é he named Le-Folasa-i-gaga‘é, and 
appoimted him peace-maker for Fiti-uta (lt., for gaga‘é), to walk 
among the dead and to be pure water for his own district. 
19. The child of Tele-i-le-vao he named Ali‘a-matua and the 
sixth child, that of Moe-tala-luma, he named Ali‘a-tama. To 
them he said, “I will throw down the royal dignity (‘ao’) between 
you two chiefs; you must settle between you whose it shall be ; 
for I am afraid of the influential parties inland ; I am also afraid 
of the chiefs of the Fale-tolu.” Hereupon Ali‘a-matua said, 
“What dignity can that youth assume, while I am here who am 
the elder ; let me have the dignity; let me be Tui-Manu‘a.” 
20. To this the younger agreed, and he became the king’s atten- 
dant. This arrangement, however, did not accord with the pre- 
vailing idea of what was right. Ali‘a-tama was considered of 
higher dignity, on the mother’s side, than his elder brother, and 
therefore ought to have had the kingly power. However, Ali‘a- 
matua wore the crown—a, turban of white cloth (‘fau’). But the 
matter did not rest here. The chiefs of Aua-luma counselled the 
young chief to endeavour to seize and carry off the crown. They 
