Fatafehi 'o Lapaha

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An excerpt from Rev. John Thomas memoir:

April 16th, 1827." This morning we were visited by the greatest woman in Tonga. She is called the Tu'iTonga fifini and is the sister of the late Tu'itonga Tangata; and the person who is now called Tu'itonga is her...nephew. The China umbrella we gave her, she said was the same kind that Captain Cook brought.."

[edit] References

  • Rowe. G Stringer, A Pioneer , Memoir of the Rev. John Thomas (1885).
  • London Missionary Society, Tongatabu, (1797-1801. 1804)