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Hawaiian Kingdom never materialized and Laupepa was ultimately driven into hiding by the German-backed Sā Tupua army in August. Laupepa and some of his leading chiefs avoided capture for several weeks before turning themselves into the German authorities. German Captain Eugen Brandeis coerced Laupepa and others to formally recognize Titimaea as King of Samoa on September 15, 1887 (Gray 78–79) and then Laupepa was exiled on September 17, 1887.
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and had other marriages. One he had a daughter by the name of
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on July 26 of that year (Keesing 1934:72). Even though Matāʻafa had been deported, the factions that favored him over
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Apolima on September 5, 1888 (Sorenson & Theroux 2005), three days before Matāʻafa Iosefo was declared King of Samoa at Faleʻula. In mid-September, Matāʻafa's forces drove Tamasese's Ātua forces from Vaiala to Matafagatele (Vaimauga, Tuamasaga) and won the
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Germans prevented Matāʻafa and Tupua Tamasese from attesting the document. Laupepa did not appreciate the rowdiness of the Hawaiian delegation, but he hoped that the Polynesian Confederation would provide more than lip service to
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