sentences:  Simeon Riro Kainga won the election and was appointed king in 1890.The situation of the islanders deteriorated in the following years, becoming slaves on their own land, once the island was rented out to a private party.The new exploiters converted all the island into a sheep and cattle ranch, and enclosed the population by force in a small land in front of the bay of Hangaroa, surrounded by a high stone wall.