Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Fakamatala Fakahisitōlia ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá: Lōpeti B. Tomasoni, Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Fakamatala Fakahisitōlia ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá (2025)
Lōpeti B. Tomasoni, Ngaahi Maʻuʻanga Fakamatala Fakahisitōlia ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá (2025)
Lōpeti B. Tomasoni
(1811–41)
Naʻe fanauʻi ʻa Lōpeti B. Tomasoni ʻi Tulaifila Lahi, ʻIngilani. Naʻá ne hiki ʻi he 1834 ki he Konga ki ʻOlunga ʻo Kānatá. Naʻe papitaiso ia ʻe Paʻale P. Pālati ki he Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní pea naʻe fakanofo ia ʻe Sione Teila ko ha kaumātuʻa ʻi he 1836. Naʻe hiki ʻa Tomasoni ʻi he taʻu hono hokó ki Ketilani, ʻOhaiō, ʻo ne mali ai mo ʻAloʻofa Filitingi. Naʻá ne ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he 1837–1838 ʻi ʻOlunga Hake ʻo Kānatá, pea hili iá naʻá ne hiki ki Hihifo Mamaʻo, Mīsuli, fakataha mo e fāmili ʻo Hailame mo Mele Filitingi Sāmitá. Naʻe kau ʻa Tomasoni he tau naʻe hoko ʻi he Vaitafe Pikopikó, ofi ki he Vāhenga Leí, Mīsuli ʻi ʻOkatopa 1838. Hili hono tuli ʻo e Kāingalotú mei Mīsulí, naʻá ne hiki ki Kuinisī, ʻIlinoisi. Lolotonga ʻene ʻi aí, naʻe ui ia ke ne tānaki ʻa e lipōtí mo e ngaahi makasini naʻe tufa holo ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe fakanofo ia ko ha Fitungofulu ʻi Mē 1839. Naʻá ne hiki ki Kōmeesi, ʻIlinoisi, ʻa ia naʻe fakahingoa kimui ange ko Nāvuú, ʻi he taʻu pē ko iá. Naʻe ngāue ʻa Tomasoni ʻi Nāvū ko ha tangata tohi maʻa Siosefa Sāmita, ko ha kalake maʻá e Siasí, pea mo ha kaungā ʻētita maʻá e nusipepa ʻa e Siasí ko e Times and Seasons fakataha mo Toni Kālosi Sāmita. Naʻe ui ʻa Tomasoni ʻi ha fakahā ʻi he 1841 ke tokoni kia Siosefa Sāmita ke tohi ha fanongonongo ʻo e ongoongoleleí ki he kau taki ʻo e māmaní (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124:2–12). Naʻá ne mālōlō ʻi Nāvū.
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