The Samoans had little land left in Samoa, because of this, they gathered up a small army consisting of 30 spearmen, ten stone hurlers, and 21 canoes; setting sail toward Vava'u. Now Vava'u had no army because it had been populated for only 150 years and the people thought they were isolated enough that nobody would be able to attack them. There was no resistance, and Vava'u fell to Samoa easily.