Vahe 6
Ngaahi Tāpuaki ʻi he Tapa Kotoa Pē
ʻI he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 1962, naʻe ongoʻi lōmekina ʻa Lute Fangu, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e poate ʻa e NGKMF (Ngaahi Kautaha Mutuale Fakalakalaka (MIA)) ʻa e Kau Finemuí koeʻuhí ko e lahi ʻa e ngāue ke fakakakató. Naʻe vave ʻa e taimi ke fakahoko ai ʻa e konifelenisi fakataʻu ʻa e NGKMF, pea naʻá ne kau atu ki hono faʻu hano fakafaivaʻi fakamūsika ʻo ha fakaʻaliʻali ki he polokalamá. Naʻe kau mai ki he konifelenisí, ʻa ia naʻe kamata ʻi he 1890 tupú, ha kau taki ʻo e toʻu tupú fakafuofua ki he toko uamano nimaafe, naʻa nau omi ki Sōleki Siti ke maʻu ha faleʻi mo ha ako mei he kau taki māʻolunga ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe fakaʻamu ʻa Lute mo e kau mēmipa ʻo ʻene kōmití ke fokotuʻutuʻu ha fakaʻaliʻali lelei ki he konifelenisí, pea naʻa nau ako pē lolotonga ʻenau ngāue ki aí.
ʻI he ofi ke fakahoko ʻa e fuofua fakaʻaliʻalí, naʻe kole kia Lute ke kau ki ha fakataha fekauʻaki mo e taumuʻa ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe fakaafeʻi ai iá, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ne vēkeveke ke ʻalu. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe mālō pē ke maʻu hano taimi ke feohi ai mo hono husepāniti ko Mākisí mo ʻena fānau ʻe toko faá.
Neongo ia, ka ʻi he pō naʻe palani ki aí, naʻe fakavavevave atu ʻa Lute ki he fakatahá. Naʻá ne ʻilo ai ha loki ʻoku fonu ʻi he kakaí, ʻa ia naʻe ʻi ai ha kau taki māʻolunga ʻo e Siasí, ʻoku nau aleaʻi ʻa e ngaahi taumuʻa tefito ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe tataki ʻa e fakatahá ʻe Laiti Peletifooti, ko ha palōfesa ki he moʻui fakasōsialé ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti Pilikihami ʻIongí.
Naʻe ʻikai ke lea ʻa Lute ʻi ha meʻa, ʻi he kamataʻangá. Ka ʻi he ofi ki he fakaʻosinga ʻo e efiafí, naʻe pehē ange ʻe Laiti, “Sisitā Fangu, kuo teʻeki ai ke ke vahevahe mai hoʻo fakakaukaú.”
Naʻá ne tali ange, “ʻIo, ʻoku ou maʻu ha ngaahi ongo mālohi.” Hangē ko e kakai tokolahi ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití mo e ngaahi feituʻu kehé, naʻe fakaʻau ke hohaʻa lahi ange ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ki he vete-malí, maumau lao ʻa e toʻu tupú, mo e ngaahi hohaʻa fakasōsiale kehé. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “ʻOku ou ongoʻi ʻoku totonu ke fakahoko ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē ʻe malavá ke fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mālohi ʻo e fāmilí.”
Naʻe ʻosi ʻa e fakatahá, pea foki ʻa Lute ki hono ngaahi fatongia kehé. Kimui angé, hili ʻa e konifelenisi ʻa e NGKMF (MIA) pea ola lelei ʻa e polokalama mūsiká, naʻe telefoni ange ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Melioni G. Lomenií. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “Lute, ʻoku mau tā atú ke ke ngāue ʻi he Kōmiti Fakafekauʻakí.”
Naʻe ongoʻi loto-mamahi ʻaupito ʻa Lute. Naʻá ne fehuʻi, “Ko e hā koā ʻa e fakafekauʻaki?”
Naʻá ne toki ʻiloʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e fakafekauʻakí ʻi ha fakataha fakafeʻiloaki mo ʻEletā Hāloti B. Lī. Naʻe meimei ke nofotaha ʻa e fatongia ʻo e kōmití ki hono fakafenāpasi kotoa ʻa e naunau fakalēsoni ʻa e Siasí mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Ka ʻi he mafola vave ʻa e Siasí ʻi he māmaní, naʻe toe fakamamafaʻi foʻou ange ʻe he polokalamá ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, ʻapí, mo e fāmilí ko e uho ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi fakafoki maí.
Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe ʻEletā Lī ʻa e ngaahi kōmiti ʻoku nau tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi polokalama maʻá e kakai lalahí, toʻu tupú, mo e fānaú. Naʻe ʻohovale ʻa Lute ʻi hono ui ia ki he kōmiti ki he kakai lalahí neongo ʻa e ngaahi taʻu lahi ʻo ʻene ngāue mo e toʻu tupú. Naʻá ne hangē pē ko e kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e kōmití—kau fafine ʻe toko tolu, kau tangata ʻe toko nima—naʻa nau femoʻuekina ʻi he ngāue maʻuʻanga paʻangá mo e ngaahi fatongia fakafāmilí ʻi he taimi tatau. Ko e mēmipa siʻisiʻi tahá ko Tōmasi S. Monisoni naʻá ne taʻu tolungofulu-mā-fā, naʻá ne toki ʻosi mai mei heʻene hoko ko ha palesiteni ʻo e Misiona Kānatá mo hono uaifi ko Falanisesí.
Hili ha ngaahi māhina, naʻe kamata fekumi ʻa e kōmití ʻi he ngaahi palani lēsoni ʻa e Siasí ʻi he kuohilí, naʻe poupouʻi ai ʻa e tokotaha kotoa ke fakahaaʻi tauʻatāiana ʻenau ngaahi fakakaukaú ʻi heʻenau aleaʻi ʻa e kahaʻu ʻo e naunau fakalēsoni ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe lahi taʻu ʻa e ako mo e ngāue ʻa e kōmití kimuʻa aí, ka naʻe vēkeveke ʻa Lute ke fai ha meʻa pē te ne lavá ke tokoni ki hono ʻunuakiʻi ki muʻa ʻa e Siasí.
ʻI ha feituʻu kehe ʻi he ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí, naʻe hoko ʻa Henelī D. Moʻale—ko ha ʻaposetolo, tangata pisinisi, mo ha taki mālōlō ʻo e Polokalama Uelofea ʻa e Siasí—ko ha tokoni ʻuluaki naʻe toki uiuiʻi foʻou kia Palesiteni Makeí.
Naʻe fuofua ui ia ʻe he palōfitá ke ngāue ʻi he kau palesitenisií mo e tokoni ʻuluaki ko J. Lūpeni Kalake hili ʻa e pekia ʻa Sitīveni L. Lisiate ʻi Mē 1959. Hili ha taʻu ʻe ua mei ai, naʻe kamata ke mahamahaki ʻa Palesiteni Kalake, ko ia naʻe fili ai ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko Hui B. Palauni ke nau ngāue ko ha tokoni tolu ʻi he kau palesitenisií. Hili ʻa e pekia ʻa Palesiteni Kalake ʻi ʻOkatopa 1961, naʻe vahe ai ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale mo Palesiteni Palauni ke hoko ko ʻene tokoni ʻuluakí mo e uá.
ʻI he hoko ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ko ha tokoni ʻuluaki ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, naʻá ne kau ʻi he ngaahi tapa kotoa pē ʻo e polokalama ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Siasí, ko ha fatongia naʻá ne fiefia ai. ʻI he tapa kehekehe ʻo e māmaní, naʻe tokolahi ha kakai naʻa nau tokanga lahi ki he Kalisitiané, pea naʻe fatongia ʻaki ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale ʻa hono fakapapauʻi ʻoku aʻu lelei kiate kinautolu ʻa e misiona kotoa pē. ʻI heʻene tokangaʻí, naʻe laka hake ʻi he peseti ʻe 300 ʻa e tupulaki fakaemāmani lahi ʻa e papitaisó, pea naʻe fakaʻavalisi ki he houa 221 ʻi he māhina ʻa e ngāue ʻa e faifekau angamahení—tupu ʻaki ia ha peseti ʻe 44 mei he taʻu 1960.
ʻI he taukei ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ʻi he pisinisí, naʻá ne saiʻia ʻi he māʻolunga ʻa e mataʻifiká mo e pesetí. Neongo ia, ka ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻe ʻikai fuʻu mahuʻinga ʻa e mataʻifiká kapau ʻoku ʻikai tolonga ʻa e uluí. Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku fai ʻe he kakaí ha ngaahi liliu tuʻuloa ʻi heʻenau moʻuí.
Hangē ko Palesiteni Makeí, naʻá ne tui ki he fakakaukau “Ko e Mēmipa Kotoa pē ko ha Faifekau” ki hono vahevahe ko ia ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Ka naʻá ne hohaʻa ʻi he lahi ʻa e ngaahi palopalema ʻo e kau mai ʻa e kakai kei talavoú ki he Siasí koeʻuhí pē ke vaʻinga ʻi he ngaahi timi peisipolo ʻa e kau faifekaú. Pea naʻe fakalotosiʻi kiate ia ʻa e taimi naʻe fakamamafa ai ʻe he ngaahi misioná ʻa e mataʻifiká kae ʻikai ko e ului moʻoní. ʻI heʻene fakataha mo e kau faifekaú, naʻá ne poupouʻi kinautolu ke akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi fāmilí pea tokoniʻi ʻa e kau uluí ke nau ongoʻi ʻoku talitali lelei kinautolu ʻi he Siasí. Naʻá ne toe fakamanatu ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻa e fakangofua ʻa e mātuʻá kae toki lava ʻa e toʻu tupú ʻo papitaiso.
Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa mei hono fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e Kōmiti Fakafekauʻakí, naʻe kau atu ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ki ha fakataha naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe ʻEletā Hāloti B. Lī ke fakalahi ʻa e polokalama fakafekauʻakí ke kau ai ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻe kiʻi hohaʻa ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ki he foʻi fakakaukau ko iá. Naʻá ne ngāue taʻu lahi mo ʻEletā Lī ʻi he Polokalama Uelofea ʻa e Siasí pea mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, pea naʻá ne hoko ko hano kaungāmeʻa mamae. Neongo naʻá ne fakangofua ʻa e ngaahi tafaʻaki kehekehe ʻo e fakafekauʻakí, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne loto tatau mo ia ʻi he meʻá ni.
Naʻe talu mei he kamataʻangá mo hono tataki ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻe he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. Naʻa nau fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi uiuiʻi ke ngāue fakafaifekaú, fokotuʻu ʻa e kau palesiteni fakamisioná, pea fengāueʻaki fakahangatonu mo e ngaahi ʻōfisi fakamisioná. Neongo ia, ka ʻi he fokotuʻu ʻa ʻEletā Lií, ʻe tataki leva ʻe ha mēmipa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻa e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e kōmiti ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Siasí, kae ʻikai ko ha tokoni ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí. ʻe maʻu ʻe he kau palesitenisií ha ngaahi lipooti kuo tohi ʻe he kau ʻaposetolo naʻe ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi misioná pea mo ha ngaahi lipooti fakamatala mei he kau palesiteni misiona kuo nau ʻosi maí, ka ʻe toʻo mei he [kau palesitenisií] ʻa e konga lahi ʻo hono puleʻi fakahangatonu ʻo e ngaahi misioná.
ʻI he ʻaho 18 ʻo Sepitemá, naʻe aleaʻi ai ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale mo Palesiteni Makei ʻa e palani ʻa ʻEletā Lī ke fakalahi ʻa e fakafekauʻakí. Naʻá ne fakaʻuhinga ʻo pehē ʻoku lolotonga lele lelei pē ʻa e polokalama lolotongá. Naʻá ne pehē, “Kapau ʻe fakahoko ʻa e palani foʻou ko ʻení, ʻoku toʻo kakato ai ʻa e mafai ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú mei he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Makei, “Kuo tau puleʻi ia talu mei hono fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí.” Ka koeʻuhí ko e tupulaki vave ʻa e Siasí, kuo pau ai ke vahe atu ʻe he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ha konga lahi ʻo honau ngaahi fatongiá. Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi misiona ʻe onongofulu mā fā mo e kau faifekau ʻe toko tahamano tupu ke tokangaʻi—pea ʻe kei tupulaki pē ʻa e ngaahi fika ko ʻení. Kuo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale mo e ongo tokoni ʻe toko ua ha ngaahi houa lahi ʻi he uiké ʻi he ngaahi uiuiʻi pē ke ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻa nau tokangaʻi foki mo e ngaahi fetuʻutaki taʻe-faʻa-laua mo e kau palesiteni fakamisioná ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakapulé hangē ko hono fakatau mai ʻo e kelekele ki he ʻū ʻapisiasí.
Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe Palesiteni Makei ke hokohoko atu ʻe he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻa hono uiuiʻi ʻa e kau palesiteni fakamisiona foʻoú, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo nau fai maʻu peé. Ka naʻá ne tali ʻa e ngaahi liliu ʻi he fokotuʻu ʻa ʻEletā Lií. Naʻá ne loto ke ʻilo lahi ange ki ai.
Hili ha ngaahi māhina siʻi mei ai, ʻi he ʻaho 11 ʻo Sānuali 1963, naʻe pulusi ʻe he Deseret News ha ʻuluʻi tohi taʻe-ʻamanekina ne pehē: “Kamata ʻa e Ngāue Fakafaifekau ʻa e Siasí ʻi Naisīlia.”
Naʻe hoko ʻa e fanongonongó hili pē ha ngaahi ʻaho mei he foki mai ʻa e ʻaposetolo ko N. ʻElatoni Tena mo hono uaifí ko Salá mei ʻAfilika Hihifó. Lolotonga ʻa e folau uike-ua ʻa Eletā Tená, naʻá ne talanoa ai mo e kau taki Naisīlia ʻe niʻihi, feʻiloaki mo e kakai ʻe laungeau ʻoku ʻamanaki ke nau hoko ko ha Kāingalotu, pea fakatapui ʻa e kelekelé ki hono malanga ʻaki ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí. Hili ʻa e foki mai ʻa e ongomātuʻa Tená ki ʻIutaá, naʻe uiuiʻi ai ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻa Lamā Viliami mo e niʻihi kehe tokosiʻi ke nau hoko ko ha kau faifekau ʻi Naisīlia ʻi hano maʻu ʻenau visa folaú.
Naʻe fiefia ʻa Sālesi ʻAku, ko ha taki ʻo ha kulupu ne ʻamanaki ke nau hoko ko ha Kāingalotu ʻi ʻApa, Naisīlia, ʻi he ongoongo ko iá. Naʻe laka hake ʻene kāingalotú ʻi he toko 150, pea naʻe tupulaki vave ia. ʻI he ʻaʻahi ʻa Lamā ki he fonuá ʻi he taʻu 1961, naʻe fakamaheni kiate ia ʻa Sālesi peá ne kau atu ʻi he ngaahi konga ʻo e ʻaʻahí. Naʻe mahino lelei kiate ia mo hono kāingalotú ʻa e ongoongoleleí pea naʻa nau maʻu ʻa e tui tuʻuloa ki hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí. Kimuʻa pea foki ʻa Lamā ki he ʻIunaiteti Siteití, naʻe lekooti ʻe Sālesi ha pōpoaki maʻa Palesiteni Makei. Naʻá ne fakamoʻoni ʻo pehē, “ʻOku mau tui ʻoku ʻi he Siasí ni ʻa e fakahā mo e kikite kotoa ʻoku fiemaʻu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tataki totonu ʻaki Hono kakaí. Ko ia, he ʻikai ke mau siʻaki ʻa e Siasí ni koeʻuhí ko hono ʻikai tali ke mau maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí.”
Talu mei ai, kuo fetohiʻaki ʻa Sālesi mo Lamā, pea naʻe ʻikai faʻa tatali ʻa Sālesi ke foki ange ʻa Lamā ʻo fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale ʻa e Siasí ʻi ʻAfilika Hihifo. Naʻá ne tohi kia Lamā ʻi Fēpueli 1963 ʻo pehē ange, “Kiate kimautolu kotoa ʻi hení, ko ha momeniti ʻeni ʻoku mau ʻamanaki lahi ki ai.”
Koeʻuhí he ʻikai ke lava ʻa Sālesi ʻo maʻu ʻa e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, naʻe mahino kiate ia he ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo hoko ko ha palesiteni fakakolo ʻi he taimi ʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻa e Siasí ʻi Naisīliá. Ka neongo ia, ʻi he lolotonga ʻa e ʻaʻahi ʻa ʻEletā Tená, kuo fakamatalaʻi ʻe he ʻaposetoló ʻe hokohoko atu ʻa Sālesi mo e kau takimuʻa Naisīlia kehé ʻi hono tataki honau kāingalotú ko ha kau taki fakavahe pe fakakulupu kuo teʻeki fakanofo. Naʻe maʻu foki ʻe he Kāingalotu Naisīliá ʻa e ngaahi uiuiʻi kotoa pē naʻe ʻikai fiemaʻu ki ai ha fakanofo ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí.
ʻI he ʻosi ʻa e uike takitaha, naʻe ʻamanaki ʻa Sālesi ke fanongo ʻoku fononga ange ʻa Lamā ki Naisīlia. Ka ʻi he meimei tohi kotoa pē naʻe ʻomi ʻe Lamaá, naʻá ne pehē ai ʻokú ne tatali ki he puleʻanga Naisīliá ke fakangofua ʻene visa folaú. Naʻe ʻikai lava ha taha ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e toloí.
Ka ʻi he aʻu ki Māʻasí, naʻe sio ʻa Sālesi ʻi ha fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e Siasí ʻi ha nusipepa naʻe ui ko e Nigerian Outlook (Vakai ki Naisīliá). Naʻe fakamatala ai fekauʻaki mo ha tokotaha ako ʻunivēsiti Naisīlia naʻe ʻaʻahi ki ha fakataha ʻa e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi Kalefōnia. ʻI he fakatahá, naʻe ʻohovale ʻa e tangatá ke ʻilo ʻa e fakangatangata ki he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí pea mo e ʻuhinga naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ke fakamatalaʻi ʻakí.
Naʻe hiki ʻe he tangatá ʻene fakamatalá ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai ke u tui ki ha ʻOtua ʻokú Ne malangaʻi ʻa e māʻolunga ange ʻo ha faʻahinga matakali ʻe taha ʻi he taha.” Naʻá ne tui ʻe maumauʻi ai ʻa e ʻīmisi ʻo Naisīliá ke fakaʻatā ʻa e Siasí ke fokotuʻu ʻi he fonuá.
Ko e toki ʻosi atu pē ia ha ngaahi taʻu siʻi mei he tauʻatāina ʻa Naisīlia mei Pilitānia Lahí, pea naʻe hā mei he fakamatalá ʻa e lahi ʻo e huʻuhuʻu fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi ivi tākiekina mei tuʻa ki he fonuá. Naʻe ʻave ʻe Sālesi ʻa e fakamatalá kia Lamā, ʻi heʻene tui ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene kaunga ki he tuai ʻa e visá. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ʻe hoko ʻa e haʻu ʻo ha fakafofonga fakaʻofisiale mei he ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻo e Siasí ke tokoni ia ke fakaleleiʻi ʻa e maumau kuo fai ʻe he fakamatalá.
Naʻe ʻikai fakakaukau pehē ʻa Lamā. Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ha misiona ʻi Naisīlia koeʻuhí kuo fekumi faʻa kātaki ha kakai Naisīlia ʻe lauiafe ki he ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí. Kapau naʻe fiemaʻu ha taha ke ne taukapoʻi ʻa e Siasí ʻi Naisīlia, naʻe tui ʻa Lamā, ʻoku totonu ko ha tokotaha Naisīlia pē ia ʻoku tui. Naʻá ne tohi ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou ʻilo pau ʻe fakafou ʻi hoʻo ngaahi lotú mo e ueʻi fakalaumālié ʻa hoʻo fakahoko mo lea ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe fakalotoʻi ai ʻa e kau taki fakapuleʻangá fekauʻaki mo ʻetau fakamātoató.”
Naʻe feʻiloaki ʻa Sālesi mo Tiki ʻOpota, ko ha tokotaha naʻe ʻamanaki ke hoko ko ha Kāingalotu Naisīlia, pea naʻá na fakahū fakataha ha tuʻuaki fekauʻaki mo e Siasí ʻi he Nigerian Outlook (Vakai ki Naisīliá). Naʻá na fakamoʻoniʻi ai ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo Fakafoki Mai ʻo fakafou ʻi he palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá, ko e fatongia ʻo e fakahā ʻo onopōní ʻi hono fokotuʻu ʻo e tokāteliné mo e tokanga ʻa e Siasí ki he lelei fakalaumālie mo fakatuʻasino ʻa e kakaí kotoa pē.
Naʻe ʻamanaki ʻa Sālesi ʻe tokoni ʻa e tuʻuakí ke liliu ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau mo e loto fekauʻaki mo e Kāingalotú. Kimuʻa peá ne ʻilo ʻa e Siasí, naʻá ne mama tapaka, inu kava mālohi, pea moʻui taʻe-mapuleʻi. Kuó ne liliu he taimí ni.
Naʻá ne talaange kia Lamā, “Kuó u maʻu ʻa e fiefia ʻi heʻeku moʻuí, tupulaki ʻi heʻeku ngāue maʻuʻanga moʻuí, mo e ngaahi tāpuaki ʻi he tapa kotoa pē.”
ʻI Māʻasi 1963, hili ha māhina ʻe fā mei hono papitaiso ʻo Telia Lokihoni taʻu hongofulu-mā-tolú, naʻá ne fakaʻamu ke totongi vahehongofulu. Naʻá ne hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo ha kolo [ʻo e Siasí] naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai ʻe toko uofulu ʻi Kolonia Suisa, ko ha loto kolo ʻi he fakatonga ʻo ʻUlukuaí. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ko e vahehongofulú ko ha fekau, pea naʻá ne loto-fiemālie ke fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻoku kole ange ʻe he ʻEikí. Ko ʻene palopalemá pē ko e ʻikai haʻane maʻuʻanga paʻanga hū maí.
Naʻá ne ʻalu ki heʻene faʻeé, ʻa ia naʻe ʻikai ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, ke maʻu ha faleʻi mei ai. Naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe heʻene faʻeé ke ne kumi ha founga ke maʻu ai ha paʻanga.
Naʻe loto ai ha kaungāʻapi toulekeleka ke ne totongi ʻa Telia ke ne ʻomi ha vai maʻa maʻá e [kaungāʻapi toulekeleká]. ʻI he ʻaho takitaha, naʻe ʻalu ʻa Telia mo ha hina sioʻata ki ha vaitupu ofi mai ki honau ʻapí, ʻo ʻutu mei ai ha vai meimei lita ʻe fā, pea taki ia ki he ʻapi [ʻo e motuʻa toulekeleká]. Hili ha ngaahi uike siʻi ʻene tānaki ʻa e paʻanga naʻá ne maʻú, naʻá ne ʻave ai ha peso (paʻanga) kia Vikitā Solali, ko ʻene palesiteni fakakoló, ko ʻene vahehongofulú ia.
Naʻe fehuʻi ange ʻe he palesitení, “Ko e paʻanga ʻe fiha naʻá ke maʻú?”
Naʻe tali ange ʻe Telia, “Peso ʻe tolu.”
Naʻe talaange ʻe Palesiteni Solali, “Sai, ko e vahehongofulú ko e peseti ʻe 10.” Ko e peso ʻe tahá—ko ha vahetolu ia ʻe taha ʻo e paʻanga naʻá ne maʻú—ʻoku fuʻu lahi ia.
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe Telia, “Ka ʻoku ou fie foaki ʻa e paʻangá.”
Naʻe fakakaukauʻi ʻeni ʻe Palesiteni Solali. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “Sai, fai ha foaki ʻaukai.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e foaki ʻaukaí peá ne tokoni kia Telia ʻi hono fakafonu ʻene fuofua laʻi foakí.
Hili ha kiʻi taimi nounou mei ai, naʻe kole ange ʻe Palesiteni Solali ke fakataha mo Telia. Naʻe teʻeki ke ui [tuʻo taha ʻa Telia] ki hono ʻōfisí kimuʻa, ko ia naʻe tailiili [ʻa Telia]. Ko ha kiʻi loki siʻisiʻi mo ha tesi ukamea pea mo ha tukuʻanga tohi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ʻū tohi lēsoni ʻo e Siasí. ʻI heʻene tangutu ʻi ha sea ʻi he veʻe tesí, naʻe ʻikai ke aʻu lelei hono vaʻé ki he falikí.
Naʻe fakahā ange leva ʻe Palesiteni Solali ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻena fakatahá. Naʻe toki hiki atu ʻa e palesiteni Palaimeli ʻa e koló ke ngāue fakafaiako ʻi ha feituʻu ʻe taha, pea naʻe loto ʻa Palesiteni Solali ke fetongi ʻe Telia [ʻa e palesiteni Palaimelí].
ʻI he kuohilí, naʻe faʻa taki ʻa e kau faifekaú ʻi he ngaahi tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻi he koló. Ka naʻe tui lahi ʻa Tōmasi Fiani, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Misiona ʻUlukuaí, ki hono tukuange ʻa e kau faifekau mei Noate ʻAmeliká mei he ngaahi tuʻunga fakatakimuʻá kae uiuiʻi pē ʻa e Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá. ʻI hono fakahoko iá, naʻe hoko ia ko ha meʻa mahuʻinga ki he ngaahi misiona mei Saute ʻAmeliká talu mei he ʻaʻahi ʻa ʻEletā Kimipolo ki he konitinēnití ʻi he taʻu 1959. Ko hono ʻoange ko ia ha ngaahi faingamālie fakalotofonua lahi ange ki he Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá—ʻo aʻu ki he Kāingalotu ʻoku nau taʻu hongofulu-mā-tolu peé—naʻe hangē ia ha sitepu naʻe fuʻu fiemaʻu ki hono fokotuʻu ha ngaahi siteiki ʻi Saute ʻAmeliká.
Naʻe teʻeki ʻalu tuʻo taha ʻa Telia ki he Palaimelí ʻi heʻene kei siʻí. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne fuʻu ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻa e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe he palesiteni Palaimelí. Ka, naʻá ne tali ʻa e uiuiʻí, pea naʻe ongo fiemālie ia.
Ka naʻá ne hohaʻa pe ʻe fēfē ha fakafōtunga ʻene ongo mātuʻá ʻi he ongoongo ko ʻení. Kuó na vete-mali, pea naʻe ʻikai ke na hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe mālohi ʻa e fāmili ʻene tamaí ʻi he siasi Faka-Palotisaní pea ʻikai ke nau loto ki heʻene mēmipa ʻi he Siasí. Naʻe tali lelei ange ʻe heʻene faʻē Katoliká ʻa ʻene tuí, ka naʻá ne hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo e fepaki hono uiuiʻí mo hono ngaahi fatongia ʻi ʻapí mo e akó.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Palesiteni Solali, “Te u talanoa ki hoʻo faʻeé.”
Naʻe faingataʻa, ka naʻe aʻu ʻo felotoi ʻa e palesiteni fakakoló mo Telia mo ʻene faʻeé: ʻe fai ʻe Telia ʻene ngaahi ngāue fakaʻapí ʻi he pongipongi Tokonakí, ko e ʻaho ia naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e Palaimelí ʻi hono kolo ‘o e Siasí, pea ʻi he hili iá ʻe fakaʻatā leva ke ne fai ʻa hono ngaahi fatongia faka-Siasí.
Hili hono vaheʻi ʻo Teliá, naʻá ne ngāue leva ʻi hono uiuiʻi foʻoú. Koeʻuhí naʻe fuʻu tokosiʻi hono koló, naʻá ne fatongia ʻaki leva ʻa hono tataki mo akoʻi toko taha pē ʻa e fānau Palaimelí. Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Palesiteni Solali ha tohi lēsoni matolu maʻá e Palaimelí mo ha laʻi tohi fakahinohino ʻe ua ke ne ako mei ai.
Naʻá ne talaange, “Kapau ʻe ʻi ai haʻo fehuʻi, lotu!”
Kimuʻa pea teuteu ʻe Telia ʻene ʻuluaki lēsoní, naʻá ne lau ʻa e fakahinohinó. Naʻá ne fakaava leva ʻa e tohi lēsoni Palaimelí, hili hono nimá ʻi he ʻū pēsí, pea punou hono ʻulú.
Naʻá ne pehē, “Tamai Hēvani, ʻoku ou fiemaʻu ke akoʻi ʻa e lēsoni ko ʻení ki he fānaú, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻilo pe ʻe fakahoko fēfeeʻi ia. Kātaki ʻo tokoni mai.”
ʻI he taimi ko ʻení, naʻe heka atu ai ʻa Susi Tausei naʻe taʻu hongofulu-mā-valu ʻi ha lēlue ki Lonitoni. Ko e meimei ʻosi ia ha taʻu ʻe ua mei hono papitaiso ia ʻi he Kolo Pevalií, pea ko ʻene ʻalu atu ʻeni ke ngāue fakafaifekau ko ha sekelitali ʻi he ʻōfisi ʻo e Potungāue Langa Fale ʻa e Siasí ʻi he Puleʻanga Fakatahatahá [Pilitāniá].
Naʻe ʻikai fiefia ʻene mātuʻá ʻi heʻene mavahe mei ʻapí. Ko hono moʻoní, ko ʻene faʻeé, ʻa ia naʻe kau ki he Siasí hili ha taimi nounou mei he kau ʻa Susí, naʻe ʻikai ke ne ongoʻi fiemālie ki he Siasí hili hano fakaʻitaʻi ia ʻe ha faifekau. Ka naʻe ‘ikai te ne taʻofi ai ʻa Susi. Kuó ne taumuʻa ʻaki ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú talu mei heʻene kau mai ki he Siasí.
Naʻe ʻave ia ʻe Sefo Taningi, ko ha talavou mei hono koló, ki he tauʻanga lēlué. Kuo kau mai [ʻa Sefo] ki he Siasí ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha kimuʻa, pea kuó na kaungāmeʻa lolotonga ʻena ngāue fakataha ʻi he kōmiti fakafeohi ʻa e kolo ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakamoʻoni mālohi mo e founga ngāue ʻa Sefó ke fakatokangaʻi ai ia ʻe he kau taki fakalotofonua ʻo e Siasí, pea kuó ne ngāue ʻi ha ngaahi uiuiʻi kehekehe.
ʻI he fononga ʻa Susi ki he fakatongá, naʻá ne hanganaki fiefia atu ke ngāue ʻi he Potungāue Langa Falé. Kuo kamata ʻa e polokalama ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Siasí ʻi ʻIulopé ʻi Siulai ʻo e 1960. Naʻe vave pē hono kamata uiuiʻi ʻe he kau palesiteni fakamisioná ʻa e Kāingalotu fakalotofonua ʻe laungeau, kau ai ha kau talavou ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau kei mālohi ʻi he Siasí hili ia ʻenau kau ki he ngaahi timi peisipolo fakamisioná, ke nau ngāue ko ha “kau faifekau langa.” Kuo lava leva heni ʻa e Kāingalotu Pilitāniá ʻo ʻamanaki atu ki he fakataha ʻi he ngaahi falelotu ʻataʻatā mo foʻoú kae ʻikai ko e fanga kiʻi holo iiki kuo totongí. Ko hono moʻoní, kuo ʻosi ngāue ʻa Susi mo Sefo ʻi ha ngaahi efiafi lahi mo e ngaahi ʻaho Tokonaki, ke tokoni ki he ngāue ʻa e kau faifekau langa falé ʻi ha falelotu ʻi Pevalī.
Naʻe maʻu ʻe Susi hono uiuiʻí ke ngāue meia Kalani Foni, ko e palesiteni ʻo e Misiona Northeast British naʻe toki fokotuʻu foʻoú. Ko e taʻu siʻisiʻi taha ki he kau finemui naʻe uiuiʻi ke ngāue fakafaifekau malangá ko e uofulu-mā-taha, ka naʻe lava pē ke uiuiʻi ʻa e kau faifekau langa falé ʻi ha taʻu ʻoku siʻisiʻi angé. Koeʻuhí kuo ngāue ʻa Susi ko ha sekelitali ʻi ha kautaha tauhi-tohi, naʻá ne ʻilo ʻa e founga ke fakakakato ai ha ngaahi ngāue fakaʻōfisi kehekehe. ʻI hono ʻinitaviu ia ʻe he Potungāue Langá fekauʻaki mo ʻene aʻusia ʻi he ngāue fakasekelitalí, naʻá ne “fuʻu lelei ʻaupito.”
ʻI Lonitoní, naʻe hiki ʻa Susi ki ha fale nofo totongi mo ha ongo faifekau sisitā kehe. Ko e pongipongi kotoa pē naʻa nau kamata ʻaki ha lotu, himi, mo ha folofola ʻi he ʻōfisí. Naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e toenga honau taimí ʻi hono taipeʻi ha ʻū tohi, hiki ʻa e miniti ʻi he ngaahi fakatahá, tohinima nounouʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakamatalá, pea kau atu mo tauhi ʻa e ʻū lekooti ʻo e fakatapui ʻo e ngaahi falelotú.
ʻI he ngaahi falelotu naʻe langá, naʻe ʻi ai ha ʻapisiasi ʻi Meta Taifila, Uēlesi, ko e feituʻu ia naʻe fāʻeleʻi ai ʻa e faʻē ʻa Palesiteni Makeí. Naʻe fakahoko ʻa e tanupoú ʻi Māʻasi 1961, pea naʻe fai ʻa e ngāué ʻi Sānuali 1963, ʻi he loto ʻa e palōfitá ke ne fakatapui tonu ʻa e falé. ʻI he māhina ʻe valu hono hokó, naʻe fakatapui ai ʻe he kau faifekaú mo e Kāingalotú ha ngaahi houa ʻe tolumano tupu ke langa ʻa e falelotú, ʻo ʻosi ia ki he ʻaho 23 ʻo ʻAokosí.
Hili ha ʻaho ʻe ua mei ai, naʻe haʻu ʻa Susi mo e kakai ʻe toko tahaafe tolungeau kehe ki he ʻapisiasi foʻoú ki hono fakatapuí. ʻI heʻene mamata pē kia Palesiteni Makeí, naʻe fonu hono lotó ʻi he nonga mo e ʻofa. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi he taimi pē ko iá naʻá ne ʻi he ʻao ʻo e palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Hili ha ngaahi māhina siʻi mei he fakatapuí, naʻe maʻu ʻe Susi ha tohi mei heʻene faʻeé ʻa ia naʻe ongo moʻoni. Naʻe tohi mai ʻene faʻeé ʻo pehē ange, “Kapau he ʻikai ke ke foki mai ki ʻapi ʻi he taimí ni, ʻoku ʻikai fiemaʻu ia ke ke toe foki mai.”
Naʻe ʻikai loto ʻa Susi ke ʻita ʻene mātuʻá, pea naʻe ʻikai foki ke ne fie mavahe mei heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻá ne vahevahe ʻene ngaahi ongó ʻi haʻane tohi kia Sefo, “ʻOku faingataʻa he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke ʻilo ʻa e meʻa ke faí ʻi he taimi ʻoku faleʻi ai kita heʻete mātuʻá ʻi ha meʻa kehe pea akoʻi mai ʻe he Siasí ʻa e meʻa kehe. ʻOku ou ongoʻi puputuʻu mo hohaʻa.”
Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa, kuó ne tala kia Palesiteni Foni ʻa e meʻa ʻoku hokó. Naʻá ne faleʻi ange [ʻe Palesiteni Foni], “Nofo ke ʻosi ho misioná. ʻE teuteu ʻe he ʻEikí ha founga.”
Naʻe toʻo fakamātoato ʻe Susi ʻene faleʻí. Naʻá ne talaange kia Sefo, “ʻE ʻi ai pē ʻaho ʻe mahino ai ki heʻeku mātuʻá. ʻOku ou ʻilo naʻe ʻikai ke u mei mavahe mei ʻapi kapau naʻe ʻikai ko ha ngāue ia ʻa e ʻEikí.”
ʻI hono ʻoatu ʻe ʻEletā Hāloti B. Lī mo ʻene kōmití ʻenau palani fakaʻosi ki hono fakafekauʻaki ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ki he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e taʻu 1963, naʻe tali lelei ia ʻe Palesiteni Makei. Naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku fakalangi kotoa ia.”
Naʻe fālute ʻe he palaní ʻa e polokalama kotoa ʻa e Siasí, ko ha fakalahi mahuʻinga ia ʻo e ʻuluaki tefitoʻi ngāue ʻa e kōmití ke fakafekauʻaki ʻa e naunau fakalēsoní. He ʻikai ke kei pulusi ʻe he ngaahi houalotu ʻa e Siasí ʻa e ngaahi lēsoní pe fakahoko ha ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni taʻe-kau ai ʻa e tataki mei he kau taki māʻolungá. Naʻe vahevahe ʻe he polokalama foʻoú ʻa hono puleʻi ʻo e Siasí ki he ʻēlia ʻe fā—uelofeá, tohi hohokó mo e temipalé, faiako fakaʻapí, mo e ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻe tokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi ʻēlia takitaha ʻe ha kōmiti naʻe ʻi ai hano kau mēmipa ʻe toko uofulu-mā-nima nai, ʻa ia naʻe tataki ʻe ha ʻaposetolo pe ko e pīsope pulé.
ʻI he lea ʻa ʻEletā Lī fekauʻaki mo e polokalama fakafekauʻakí ʻi he konifelenisi lahi ʻo ʻEpelelí, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ai ko e ʻapí ʻa e fakavaʻe ʻo ha moʻui angatonu pea ko e ngaahi houalotu ʻo e Siasí naʻe ʻi he malumalu ia ʻo e mafai ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ke tokoni mo poupou ki ai. Naʻá ne pehē, “ʻOku tataki ʻe he ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga ko ʻení ʻemau ako fakafekauʻaki ʻo e naunau fakalēsoní mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí pea mo e ngaahi houalotú kotoa.”
Naʻe tui ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale mo Palesiteni Palauni ki he uiuiʻi ʻo Palesiteni Makei ko ha palōfita ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻI he taimi tatau, neongo ʻene fakangofua ʻa e polokalamá, ka naʻá na taʻepauʻia ʻi ha konga ʻe niʻihi ʻo e polokalamá. Hili ʻa e fealēleaʻaki mo ʻEletā Lií, naʻe ʻikai ke toe ongoʻi hohaʻa ʻa Palesiteni Palauni, pea naʻe tali ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale ʻa e konga lahi ʻo e palaní. Ka naʻá ne kei fehuʻia pē pe ʻoku totonu nai ke nau toʻo ʻa hono tokangaʻi ʻo e ngaahi misioná mei he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ki he Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá.
Kuo ngāue vāofi ʻa ʻEletā Lī mo Palesiteni Moʻale ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi. ʻI hono ui ʻo Palesiteni Moʻale ki he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, naʻe ʻikai ke kei mapukepuke ʻe ʻEletā Lī ʻene fiefiá. Naʻá ne tohi ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻo pehē, “Naʻe hangē kiate au ʻoku fuʻu lelei ʻaupito ia ke hoko ʻo moʻoní.” Kimui angé, ʻi he pekia ʻa e uaifi ʻo ʻEletā Lī ko Fané, naʻe fakafiemālieʻi ia ʻe Palesiteni Moʻale peá ne lea ʻi he putu [ʻo Fané]. ʻI he taimi ko ʻení, naʻe fakaʻamua ʻe ʻEletā Lī ʻe poupou kakato ʻa hono kaungāmeʻá ki he fakafekauʻakí.
ʻI he teuteu ʻa e Siasí ke fakafeʻiloaki ʻa e polokalama foʻoú, naʻe kamata ʻeva ʻa ʻEletā Lī kia Soana Seniseni, ko ha faiako naʻá na meimei toʻu pea naʻe teʻeki pē ke mali. Hili ʻena fili ke malí, naʻá na kole ange kia Palesiteni Makei pe te ne lava ʻo fai ʻena malí, pea naʻe loto lelei ki ai ʻa e palōfitá.
ʻI he ʻaho kimuʻa ʻi he malí, naʻe kole ange ʻe ʻEletā Lī kia Melioni G. Lomenī, ʻa ia naʻe kaungāmeʻa mamae foki mo Palesiteni Moʻale, ke hoko ko e taha ʻo e kau fakamoʻoní. ʻI heʻena talanoá, naʻe lue atu ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ʻo kole ange pe ʻe lava ke ʻalu atu mo ia ki he malí. ʻI ha kiʻi taimi siʻi, naʻe mōlia atu ʻa e faikehekehe ʻa e ongo tangatá, pea naʻe ʻikai ke kei mahuʻinga ʻena fetōkehekeheʻaki ʻi he fakafekauʻakí.
“ʻOkú ke fie hoko ko ha tokotaha fakamoʻoni?” Ko e fehuʻi ia ʻa ʻEletā Lií.
Naʻe kamta ke māfana ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale. “Te ke fakangofua nai au ke u fai ia?”
Naʻe pehē ange ʻa ʻEletā Lī, “Kapau ʻe fai ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻema malí peá mo hoko kimoua ko e ongo fakamoʻoní, ʻe sai ʻaupito ia.”
ʻI he pongipongi hono hokó, naʻe silaʻi ʻe Palesiteni Makei ʻa Hāloti mo Soana ko ha husepāniti mo e uaifi ʻi he Temipale Sōlekí. Naʻe hoko ʻa ʻEletā Lomenī mo Palesiteni Moʻale ko ha ongo fakamoʻoni ʻi he ouau toputapú.
ʻI Sepitemá, ko e hili ia ha ngaahi māhina siʻi mei ai, naʻe puna atu ai ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale ki Folōlita, ʻi he fakatonga-hahake ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití, ke vakaiʻi ʻa e faama pulu ʻeka ʻe 300,000 naʻe maʻu mo fakalele ʻe he Siasí ke tokoni ki hono fakapaʻanga ʻene polokalama ke tokoni ki he masivá.
Lolotonga ʻení ʻoku ʻi Hauaiʻi ʻa ʻEletā Lī ʻo tokangaʻi ha konifelenisi fakasiteiki. ʻI ha hengihengi ʻe taha, naʻe fakaʻaaki ia ʻe ha telefoni mei ʻIutā. Ko Palesiteni Palauni ia naʻe telefoni ange ke fakahoko ange kuo pekia ʻa Palesiteni Moʻale lolotonga ʻene mohe ʻi he faama ʻi Folōlitá. Naʻe fuʻu ʻohovale ʻa ʻEletā Lī naʻá ne puna foki mai ai ʻi he pongipongi ko iá.
Hili ha ʻaho ʻe tolu mei ai, lolotonga ʻa e putu ʻo Palesiteni Moʻalé, naʻe tuʻu ʻa ʻEletā Lī ʻi he tuʻunga malanga ʻo e Tāpanekale Sōlekí ʻo lea fekauʻaki mo ʻena vā fakakaungāmeʻa mo Melioni G. Lomenī mo Henelī D. Moʻalé.
Naʻá ne pehē, “Ko kimautolu toko tolú, ko e kau tangata loto-mālohi mo loto-fefeka. Ka ʻoku ou tui ʻoku ʻikai ha toe kau tangata ʻe toko tolu te nau fetokaʻiʻaki lahi ange ʻo hangē ko kimautolú.”