"United States" . . "Second Samoan Civil War" . "unstable" . . . . "civil war" . . . . "a civil war" . . "*Tripartite Convention" . "* Britain withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands" . . "* United States acquiresAmerican Samoa" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "* Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa" . . . "renewed civil war" . "Unknown killed or wounded" . . . . . . "United Kingdom" . "Second Samoan Civil War" . . . "clashes" . "was able to defeat Mat\u0101\u2018afa with the ammunition and military aid of the Americans and British" . "* Partitioning of the Samoan archipelago" . "Compromise;" . . . . . . . . . . "civil difficulties" . "Samoan civil war" . . . . "Samoa" . . . . "continued" . . "Second Samoan Civil War#Allies" . . "Mataafans" . . . . "Allies:" . . "* Germany acquiresGerman Samoa" . . . . "Supported by:" . . . . . .