But this is not to say that the natives were content.

In a sense, indeed, their opposition was continuous.

There will always be opposition in Samoa when taxes are imposed; and the deportation of Malietoa stuck in men's throats.

Tuiatua Mataafa refused to act under the new government from the beginning, and Tamasese usurped his place and title.

As early as February, I find him signing himself "Tuiaana _Tuiatua_ Tamasese," the first step on a dangerous path.