Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau ia i te kainga o Kinčiuliai, Kovno Governorate, i te rohe o Samogitia, a ka riro i a ia te 40 heketea o tona papa i te 20 o ona tau. Kātahi ka marenatia, ka toru ōna tamahine, a, ka noho hei kaumatua o te kainga. He maha nga putanga o te hurihanga i roto i tona oranga i arahi ki tana mahi i muri mai. E ai ki tētahi kōrero, i whai wāhi ia ki te
1863 whakaekenga, a ka whiua ki te whakaraunga ki Siberia. Ko tetahi atu e kii ana ko tana rangatira, ko Duke Ogiński, i whakahau ia ia ki te whiu i etahi kaimahi, ka riri i te kore o Blinda, ka whiua ia ki te whiu. I whakautu a Blinda me te whakaeke.