▁him . ▁T aga ▁escaped ▁from ▁his ▁father ▁by ▁jump ing ▁off ▁a ▁cl iff ▁on ▁Gu am ▁and ▁landing ▁on ▁R ota , ▁almost ▁ ▁away . ▁On ▁R ota , ▁T aga ▁grew ▁to ▁ad ul th ood ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁b rag gart ▁about ▁his ▁pro w ess . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁legend , ▁it ▁was ▁T aga ▁who ▁began ▁the ▁As ▁N ieves ▁Qu ar ry ▁on ▁R ota ▁and ▁abandoned ▁it ▁for ▁reasons ▁that ▁are ▁unclear . ▁ ▁T aga ▁married ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁family , ▁and ▁they ▁sa iled ▁to ▁T in ian . ▁His ▁reputation ▁had ▁preced ed ▁him , ▁and ▁the ▁chief ▁of ▁T in ian ▁presented ▁several ▁challeng es ▁to ▁test ▁T aga ' s ▁strength . ▁The ▁chief ▁was ▁subsequently ▁so ▁im pressed ▁with ▁T aga ' s ▁ab ilities ▁that ▁he ▁named ▁T aga ▁the ▁chief ▁of ▁the ▁island . ▁T aga ▁car ved ▁the ▁lat te ▁stones ▁to ▁single - hand edly ▁build ▁his ▁T in ian ▁house ▁and ▁a ▁village ▁for ▁his ▁people . ▁He ▁carried ▁the ▁multi - ton ▁pill ars ▁all ▁by ▁himself . ▁As ▁the ▁years ▁passed , ▁while ▁on ▁a ▁trip ▁to ▁Sa ip an , ▁T aga ' s ▁wife ▁gave ▁birth ▁to ▁a ▁son ▁that ▁T aga ▁b rag ged ▁about ▁to ▁no ▁end . ▁T aga ' s ▁brother ▁tired ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁b rag ging ▁and ▁challeng ed ▁T aga ▁to ▁a ▁contest , ▁which ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁draw ▁between ▁the ▁two