Alberto Hotus Chavez
“My dad -Matías 2 ° Hotus Ika- was a person who liked to learn the history of the island. I used to lock myself in the corral to know how the animals spoke. He died when I was 4 years old and my paternal grandfather kicked my mother out of the house with three of his children, only my brother Germán stayed with him for being the eldest. We arrived at the home of Heremeta Make and Vicente Pont, a Frenchman who had already resided at Easter since 1886 and who had raised my mother. In that I saw that my mother had Agustín Teao Riroroko as her husband, who didn’t work for anyone. He rarely carved, but at last no one could stand my stepfather and we went from house to house as close friends. Sometimes I slept next to a pirca or in a cave; We were cold and hungry. I always watched the other children who had a house and dad. Finally we ended up where Victoria Rapahango, who was very good and charitable. She and my aunt Ana Chavez Manuheuroroa loved me very much. I am Catholic and I always pray for them.
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