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PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION F. 
Another example of early Samoan settlement may be given 
A banished Tui-A'ana (Lord of A' ana) becomes a settler in Rarotonga . 
In Samoa, the Tulafale (the ground or foundation on which the 
house is built) are a very powerful class, similar to the Rangitira 
of New Zealand, the real authority and control of districts being 
frequently centred in them. They are the principal advisers of the 
chiefs. The orators are usually from their class, whilst the ao or titles 
of the district are always in their gift ; and they have the power 
— which at times they do not scruple to use — of deposing and banishing 
an obnoxious chief Hence there have been many instances in which 
this class, combined with the Fate Upoln of the district, have banished 
their chiefs on account of their tyranny and oppression. On such 
occasions the obnoxious chief was always taken to Tutuila, the 
recognised place of banishment, and committed to the charge of the 
authorities of the island. Intelligence of such an event being about 
to take place was always forwarded to the chiefs and people of 
Tutuila, who prepared for the arrival of the banished chieftain and his 
party. This was always a large one, as a great many of the chiefs and 
people of the district accompanied the exile to see that their sentence 
of deprivation and also of punishment and degradation was duly 
carried out. After the visiting party had met the Tutuila authorities, 
and duly informed them of their having brought their chief to commit 
to their keeping, the prisoner was landed from his canoe and made to 
run the gauntlet from the beach to the settlement, the inhabitants 
of the district forming two lines between which the captive ran, whilst 
he was beaten with sticks, pelted with stones, and subjected to other 
indignities until he reached the settlement. It was a fortunate thing 
for him if he escaped with only bruises, since at times severe injuries 
were inflicted, and even life sacrificed. 
Tradition tells of a chief of Savai’i being thus banished- as also of 
a Tui-A'ana (Lord of A’ana) having been deposed and banished by his 
district, some very interesting and Far-reaching circumstances being 
connected with the banishment of the latter. The party conducting 
him reached Tutuila in the evening, and his formal landing was 
deferred until the morning. During the night the captive chief 
signified to some of his attendants his unwillingness to submit to the 
indignities about to be offered him, and at the same time stated his 
wish to commit himself to the wide waste of waters in hope of finding 
a refuge in some distant island, or perish in the attempt. Tie suc- 
ceeded in enlisting the sympathy of his companions, and, taking 
advantage of a westerly wind that was blowing, they cast off their frail 
vessel from her moorings and silently glided away from the islands. 
Singular to relate, after enduring great hardships and privation, they 
reached Rarotonga, an island 800 miles distant from whence they 
started. As they neared the island they were distressed with 
apprehensions as to the reception they were likely to meet 
with from the people of the unknown land. They were, 
however, soon relieved on that head, since they were kindly 
received and conducted to the chief of that part of the island, who 
welcomed them, and allotted them a district in which to dwell. As 
they became able to hold more complete intercourse with the people of 
Rarotonga, thev were much astonished to find that this island to which 
