Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tino tautoko ia i te aranga o te tau 1863
, ana i etahi tau i muri mai ka marena ki tetahi kaiuru kaha o te whakaoho, a Laurynas Žymantas. I tūtaki rātau i te pāmu, i reira rātau e rua i mahi ai. Mo nga tau e rua tekau e whai ake nei, i mahi a Žemaitė i runga i to ratou pāmu, i whakatipu i a raatau tamariki, i whawhai ki te rawakore. I te tau 1883, ka neke te whānau ki tētahi kainga e tata ana ki Užventis. I whakapiri atu ia ki a Povilas Višinskis nana nei i hoatu nga pukapuka Lithuanian maha ("Aušra", "Varpas", me "Apžvalga"), a i akiaki ia ki te tuhi me te whai waahi ki te whakaoho a motu o Lithuania. Ko tana mahi tuatahi, "Autumn Evening" (Lithuanian: "Rudens vakaras"), i whakaputaina i roto i te maramataka i te 1895 i a ia e neke atu ana i te 40 tau te pakeke. I awhina a Višinskis raua ko Jonas Jablonskis ki a ia, i whakatika i ana mahi, i tohutohu ki a ia, na reira ka ara ake he taranata.