3.  TUTUILA.—­The prevailing story of the origin of the name of this island is the one already referred to.  Tutu the man and Ila the woman came from the eastward, and dwelt on the island.  They had a daughter born to them there and called her Salaia.  When weak and dying they begged that after their death their names might be remembered.

After they passed away Salaia, or, as some call her, Sangaia, united the names of her parents, and named the island Tutuila.

4.  NUUTELE is a small island off the east end of Upolu.  It is said to have been so named from two men who came to seek a steersman for the king of Fiji.  Nuu was the name of the one, and Tele the other.  The union of their names became the name of the island.

5.  UPOLU.—­There are a number of diverse stories as to the origin of this name, as is the case with all these ancient legends.

(1.) The most prevailing fragment is the one already alluded to of the two called U and Polu who fled from Papatea.  Their united names became the name of the island.  They had a son, and they named him king of Upolu.  He called his village the Malae, or meeting-place of Upolu, and all the gods of the group assembled there at times.  It was here they met to discuss the question as to the duration of human life (see p. 9).

(2.) Upolu was said to be the capital of Pulotu.  In a time of war a number of people fled from Pulotu, reached this island of the Samoan group, and called it Upolu, in remembrance of their native land.

(3.) Timuateatea, Wide-spreading rain, the daughter of Tangaloa of the heavens, married a chief on earth called Beginning.  They had a son called Polu.  The father, in thinking of some employment for his boy, looked over to the mountains of Savaii, and it occurred to him that it would be well to get a canoe and go over and see whether there were people over there or only mountains.  He called Polu, and told him to go up to his grandfather in the heavens and fetch some carpenters, that they might build a canoe, cross the channel and explore Savaii.  Polu refused, but at length yielded and went up.  The carpenters did not care about the job, but Polu was most urgent, and would take no denial.  U is the word for urge.  His grandfather asked the name of his island.  Polu said it had none; and on this Tangaloa said:  “Very well, when you go down call it Upolu, in remembrance of your being so urgent on the carpenters.”

6.  MANONO, a small island, 3 miles in circumference, between Upolu and Savaii, has the following historic fragments:—­

(1.) Nono came from Fiji.  He was the son of Tuiolautala, king of Fiji.  There came with him Sa’uma, 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 god Tangaloa came down and stood on the bow of their canoe and told them not to go to Savaii or Upolu, lest they should be trampled upon, but remain where they were.  Then Tupuivao vomited a quantity of land he had swallowed at Fiji, and so made Manono and its neighbouring island Apolima.  He also appointed Sa’uma to live on the latter, and Nono to take up his abode on Manono, which they so named from Ma and Nono.