Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I ako a Turgan i te whare wānanga o Saint-Louis i reira i pai ai ia ki te putanga Latin (1838). Mai i te 1842, he kaituhi waiata ia mo Émile Bienaimé a ka noho hei taote. tu ia i roto i 1848 e tona mau ohipa o te fakapapau'anga i roto i te
i ngā rā o Hune, i te wā hoki o te mate huka.