Complex sentence: According to their oral history Niutaoans believe that their ancestors came from Samoa during the 12th or 13th century in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika.
Split into simpler sentences: According to their oral history Niutaoans believe that their ancestors came from Samoa in the 12th or 13th century. The first human settlers came from Samoa in a canoe captained by a man called Mataika.