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Talaihaʻapepe declared that the king, Tamatou, had died and would be buried in a vault, while his wife was supposed to have been pregnant and born a son. This son, Talatama's grandson, would succeed as the 14th Tuʻi Tonga. Needless to say that this was Talaihaʻapepe himself.
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Tamatou. This doll was declared the son of Talatama and installed with all the pomp and splendour of a Tuʻi Tonga, even a queen was assigned to him, and he was named Tuʻi-Tonga-nui-(ko-e)-tama-tou (Great Tonga king (that is) tou person).
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No vault has ever been found at the place pointed out by tradition.
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218:I.C. Campbell; Classical Tongan kingship; 1989
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