Anacrossan Fairy Story

Thanks Ta'olunga for giving Anacrossan some light....lol.. Yes Mr Mariner wrote about Nuku'alofa Fort as he was part of 'Ulukalala's forces that destroy the Nuku'alofa Fort...

Mr Mariner book was published in 1817, nine years before Mr Thomas arrived and recorded events and developed the Old Tongan alphabet as shown with the Bible Old publish or how the old people say in Tongan, koe paaki motu'a.

Mr Vason arrived with 10 missionaries from the London Missionary Society in 1797, he stayed in Tonga for four years where he recorded Mumui as King, Tuku'aho installation and murder, while staying with Mulikiha'amea he also recorded and describe the Mulikiha'amea's Household, the beginning of the Civil War and how Muliki Ha'amea was killed. Mr Vason book was first published in 1810 with later published edition.

Nuku'alofa were recorded over the years before Tongan alphabet and to the modern Tongan alphabet as these:

1797 published in 1810: Noogollefa by George Vason, first Missionary. 

1817: Nioocalofa by William Mariner

Post 1826: Nukualofa by Mr Thomas Old published document.

1842: Noukou-Alofa by Father Chevron, first Catholic Missionary.

Post 1945: Nuku'alofa by the modern Tongan alphabet.

Anacrossan claim is unsupported and she has to remember that Taufa’ahau was in Ha’apai as King and his first recorded to visit to Nuku’alofa by the Missionaries were in March 1827, Nuku’alofa were already recorded 17 years before when Vason’s book was published in 1810.

The Samoan Story is quiet a new version to me again, I dont know as she doe not refer to any sources but must be fananga for our ears.