Le Mamea Makalau also known as Le Mamea MK (died 10 September 1894)[1] was a Samoan high chief, judge, civil servant, diplomat, and author. Le Mamea Makalau held the high chief title of Le Mamea from Matatutu Lefaga. He held senior positions in the (precolonial) Samoan Kingdom where he served as Minister of the Interior in the government of King Malietoa Laupepa. He travelled to Washington DC as Samoa's Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to negotiate a treaty with the United States to make Samoa a US protectorate.[2][3]
Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the United States and the Samoan Islands
editLe Mamea signed the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between the United States and the Samoan Islands[4] on 17 January 1878 which was ratified in 1878. This treaty gave the USA rights to set up a coaling station in Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila.[5]
Tusi o Faalupega
editLe Mamea also commenced work on compiling the Tusi o Faalupega[6] which included all the Ceremonial Samoan addresses. The book was completed and edited by two of his younger brothers, Te'o Tuvale and Faletoese Lipano.
Family
editLe Mamea was the son of Vaaelua Petaia (1822–1881), one of the first Samoan Christian converts to the London Missionary Society and the first pastor of Faleasiu. Two of his younger brothers Te'o Tuvale and Faletoese Lipano were also prominently involved in Samoan affairs in the subsequent colonial governments of Germany and New Zealand.
See also
edit- Te’o Tuvale brother
- Faletoese Lipano brother
References
edit- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Samoa Weekly Herald. Vol. 2, no. 94. 15 September 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2023 – via Papers Past.
- ^ Cook, Kealani (2018). Return to Kahiki : native Hawaiians in Oceania. Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-1-108-17394-0. OCLC 1021244319.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "THE TREATY WITH THE SAMOAN ISLANDS". Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette. No. 24. 16 March 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2023 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "1. Treaty of Friendship and Commerce — Between the United States and the — Samoan Islands | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
- ^ Pletcher, David M. (2001). The diplomacy of involvement : American economic expansion across the Pacific, 1784-1900. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 0-8262-6353-4. OCLC 56424855.
- ^ "O le tusi faalupega o Samoa : Savaii, Upolu, Manono, Ma Apolima". Trove. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
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