Vahe 27
Ko e Anga Fakakaumeʻá
Hili e mavahe ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī mei Hongo Kongo kuo teʻeki ke ne fili ha feituʻu ke tuʻu ai e temipalé, naʻe vahe ʻe he kau palesitenisī ʻo e ʻĒlia ʻĒsiá ʻa Taki Sungi “Sitanilei” Uani, ko e pule ʻo e Siasí ki he ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻasino ʻi ʻĒsiá, ke ne faʻu ha lisi foʻou ʻo ha ngaahi feituʻu ʻe lava ke tuʻu ai e falé. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo kamata ʻe Sitanilei mo ʻene timí ʻenau fekumí, pea ʻi he taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ki Hongo Kongo ʻi Siulai 1992, naʻa nau falala kuo kau ʻi he lisí ʻa e feituʻu ke fokotuʻu ai e fale ʻo e ʻEikí.
Naʻe ʻofa ʻa Sitanilei ʻi he temipalé pea naʻá ne fakaʻamu ʻe ʻi ai ha temipale ʻe tuʻu ʻi Hongo Kongo. Ko ʻene ongomātuʻá ko ha ongo kumi hūfanga ia mei he fonua lahi ko Siainá. Naʻe kau ʻene tamaí ki he Siasí ʻi he hili pē ʻa e foki mai ʻa e kau faifekaú ki Hongo Kongo ʻi he 1955. Naʻe toki papitaiso ʻene faʻeé, naʻe kau he lotu faka-Putá, ʻi he hili ha ngaahi taʻu mei ai. Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo totongi ʻa e folau ki he temipale ofi tahá, ka naʻe lava ke maʻu e ʻenitaumeni ʻa Sitanileí ʻi he Temipale Hauaiʻí ʻi he 1975, kimuʻa siʻi pē peá ne ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakató. Hili ha taʻu ʻe nima mei ai, naʻá ne ʻalu mo ʻene ongomātuʻá ki Hauaiʻi ke maʻu hona ngaahi tāpuaki fakatemipalé. Naʻe hoko e folaú ke fakaʻaongaʻi kotoa ai ʻene paʻanga naʻe fakahū he pangikeé, ka naʻá ne tui naʻe ʻaonga e feilaulaú.
Hili ha māhina ʻe ono mei heʻene ʻave ʻene ongomātuʻá ki he fale ʻo e ʻEikí, naʻe mali ʻa Sitanilei mo Kā Ua “Katalina” Ngā, ko ha Kāingalotu Hongo Kongo ʻe taha. ʻI he ʻulungaanga faka-Siainá, ʻoku fakahoko ʻe he ongomeʻa malí ha kātoanga kai, kiki ʻe hiva maʻá e fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. Ka neongo iá, naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Sitanilei mo Katalina ke na tukuange ʻa e tala-tukufakaholó kae fakaʻaongaʻi ʻena paʻangá kotoa ke na ō ki he temipalé. Naʻe silaʻi kinaua ki taimi mo ʻitāniti ʻi he Temipale Salt Lake. Pea talu mei ai mo e fokotuʻu ʻe he ongomātuʻá ha taumuʻa ke na ō ki he temipalé ʻo ʻikai toe siʻi hifo he tuʻo taha he taʻú, neongo e lahi e fakamolé.
ʻI he ʻiloʻi ʻe Sitanilei naʻe fiemaʻu he Siasí he taimí ni ke langa ha temipale ʻi Hongo Kongó, naʻe hoko ia ko ha misi ʻe hoko ʻo moʻoni. He ʻikai toe fiemaʻu he Kāingalotu fakalotofonuá ke folau lōloa pe fakamoleki ha paʻanga lahi ke kau ʻi he ngaahi ouau toputapú. Ka ko e ʻuluaki meʻa naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he Siasí ko ha konga kelekele ʻoku feʻungá.
ʻI he ʻaho 26 ʻo Siulai 1992, naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Sitanilei ʻa e pongipongí ke ʻave holo ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻe ala hoko ko ha feituʻu leleí, ka ko e kelekele kotoa pē naʻe fuʻu mamafa, fuʻu siʻisiʻi, pe fuʻu mamaʻo. Naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe Sitanilei mo e kau palesitenisī fakaʻēliá ko e feituʻu hokó—naʻe tuʻu ʻi Seni Kaniō—ko e feituʻu lelei tahá ia. Naʻe mavahe ia mei he femoʻuekina ʻo e kolo lahí pea naʻe ʻātakaiʻi ia ʻe he fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e funga ʻo e fonuá. ʻE aʻu foki ʻo fakatau atu ʻe he puleʻanga Hongo Kongó ʻa e kelekelé ki he Siasí ʻi ha totongi maʻamaʻa. ʻE pau pē ke tali ia ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī.
Naʻe laʻā ʻa e taimi naʻe aʻu ai e kulupú ki Seni Kanioó. Naʻe teu ʻa e fakaʻulí ke ne pukepuke ha fakamalu ke fakamalumalu ʻaki ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī mei he laʻaá lolotonga ʻene vakaiʻi ʻa e feituʻú. Naʻe ʻikai ke loto ki ai ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “ʻOku ou loto ke u lotu ʻiate au pē.”
Naʻe talitali ʻa Sitanilei mo e niʻihi kehé ʻi heʻenau veʻe meʻalelé kae lue ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ki he feituʻú, ʻo sio ki he kelekelé mo lotua ia. Naʻá ne foki mai leva ki he kulupú. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “ʻOku ʻikai ko e feituʻu ʻeni”.
Naʻe fifili ʻa Sitanilei ʻo pehē, “Kapau ʻoku ʻikai ko e feituʻú ʻeni, ko e fē leva?” Naʻá ne ongoʻi kuo taʻeʻaonga kotoa ʻenau feingá—pea ʻe kei hokohoko atu pē e hoko e fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi Hongo Kongó ko ha misí.
Kimui ange he pongipongi ko iá, naʻe ʻi ʻapi ʻa Katalina Uani ʻi he taimi ne tatangi ai e telefoní. Ko Sitanilei ia. Naʻá ne kei fononga holo ʻi Hongo Kongo mo Palesiteni Hingikelī. Ka naʻá ne kole kia Katalina ke na fetaulaki ki he fale nofo totongi ʻo Monitī J. Puloú, ko e palesiteni ʻo e ʻĒlia ʻĒsiá. Naʻe fakaafeʻi ia ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ke kau mai ke nau maʻu meʻatokoni hoʻatā he hoʻatā ko iá.
ʻI he taimi naʻe aʻu atu ai ʻa Katalina ki he fale nofo totongi ʻo e fāmili Puloú, naʻe kei fononga mai ʻa Sitanilei mo e kau fakaafe kehé he halá, ko ia naʻá ne tokoni kia Līneti, ko e uaifi ʻo ʻEletā Puloú, ke fokotuʻutuʻu ha ʻū kakanoʻi manu moho kuo ʻosi tofitofi manifi, mā, siisi, sālati, fuaʻiʻakau, ʻaisikilimi, mā hina mo e pisikete niu. Naʻe mataʻi ifo e meʻa kotoa.
Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa, kuo hū mai ʻa Sitanilei he matapaá mo Palesiteni Hingikelī, ʻEletā Pulou mo ha niʻihi kehe. ʻI heʻenau tangutu ʻi he tēpile kaí, naʻe tangutu ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻo hanga mai kia Katalina. Kuo tā tuʻo lahi ʻa e sio ʻa Katalina kiate ia ʻi he ngaahi fakataha mo e kakaí, pea naʻá ne saiʻia ʻi heʻene poto he fakakatá pea mo e founga naʻá ne ʻai ai e kakaí ke nau ongoʻi fiemālié, ʻo kau ai ia. Ka kuo teʻeki ke ne lea fakataautaha kiate ia, ʻo aʻu ki he taimí ni. Naʻe fehuʻi ange [ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī] fekauʻaki mo ʻene fānau ʻe toko tolú, pea naʻá ne talaange e tuʻunga ʻoku nau ʻi aí.
Ka naʻe kei fakakaukau ʻa e tokotaha kotoa pē pe ʻe tuʻu nai e temipalé ʻi fē. Kuo ʻikai ke ola lelei ʻenau fekumí, ka naʻe ʻikai ke hohaʻa ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī. Lolotonga ʻenau maʻu meʻatokoní, naʻá ne talanoa ange fekauʻaki mo ha aʻusia toputapu naʻá ne maʻu ʻi he meimei hoko e faá he hengihengi ko iá.
Naʻá ne toki ʻā hake pē mei haʻane mohe maʻu, pea naʻe hohaʻa ʻene fakakaukaú ki he feituʻu ke tuʻu ai e temipalé. Naʻá ne ʻiloʻi naʻá ne folau lōloa mai ʻi ha fakamole lahi ke fili ʻa e feituʻú, pea naʻe ʻikai lahi e taimi naʻá ne maʻú—naʻe laka siʻi pē he ʻaho ʻe tahá—ke ne fai ai ha tuʻutuʻuni. ʻI heʻene fakakaukau lahi ki he palopalemá, naʻe kamata ke ne hohaʻa.
Ka naʻe folofola ange leva ʻa e Laumālié kiate ia. Naʻe pehē ange, “Ko e hā e ʻuhinga ʻokú ke hohaʻa ai ki he meʻá ni? ʻOku mou maʻu ha konga kelekele lelei ʻi he ʻapi fakamisioná pea mo e tuʻuʻanga ʻo e falelotu siʻisiʻí.”
Naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Katalina mo Sitanilei ʻa e konga kelekele ko iá. Kuo maʻu ia ʻe he Siasí ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻeni ʻe fāngofulu. Ka kuo teʻeki ke fakakaukau fakamātoato ʻa Sitanilei ʻe hoko ia ko ha feituʻu ʻe lava ke tuʻu ai e fale ʻo e ʻEikí. Naʻe fuʻu siʻisiʻi ʻa e konga kelekelé, pea ko e tahá, naʻe tuʻu ia ʻi ha konga ʻo e koló naʻe fakaʻau ke fakatuʻutāmaki pea ʻikai sai hono ongoongó.
Ka neongo iá, naʻe tui ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻe lava ke langa ʻe he Siasí ha temipale ai. Naʻá ne pehē kuo fakamatalaʻi ange ʻe he Laumālié kiate ia.
Kuo folofola ange ʻa e Laumālié, “Langa ha fale ʻoku fungavaka fitu ki he hongofulu ʻi he kelekelé ni. ʻE lava ke ʻi ai ha falelotu mo ha ʻū lokiako ʻi he ongo ʻuluaki fungavaká pea mo ha temipale ʻi he fungavaka ʻe ua pe tolu taupotu taha ki ʻolungá, pea ʻai leva mo ha ʻū ʻōfisi mo ha ʻū fale nofo totongi ʻi he ngaahi fungavaka he vahaʻá.” ʻE lava ke hoko ʻa e fungavaka taupotu tahá ko e loki silesitialé ia, pea ʻe lava ke teuteuʻi ʻe he ʻāngelo ko Molonaí ʻa e tumutumu ʻo e falé.
Naʻe faitatau ʻa e palaní mo e fakakaukau naʻá ne maʻu ʻi he taʻu kuo ʻosí ke fokotuʻu ʻa e temipalé ʻi ha fale ʻoku fungavaka māʻolunga.
Naʻe ofo ʻa Katalina ʻi he fakakaukau ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelií. Lolotonga ʻene leá, naʻá ne fakaʻaliʻali ange kiate ia mo e kau fakaafe kehé ha fakatātā fakaangaanga ʻo e palani ʻo e faliki e temipalé, ʻa ia naʻá ne tā fakatātaaʻi lolotonga e poʻulí. Naʻe ʻikai ʻaupito ke fakakaukau ʻa Katalina ke fokotuʻu ha temipale ʻi ʻolunga ʻi ha fale, ka naʻá ne tui ki he palani ʻa e ʻEikí. Neongo ko Kouloni Tongí ʻoku ʻikai ko e konga lelei ia ʻo Hongo Kongó, ka naʻe fiemālie ia ki he tauʻanga ʻo e fefonongaʻaki fakatokolahí, pea ʻe hokohoko atu ʻa e tupulaki ʻi he feituʻú ʻi he fakalau ʻa e taimí.
ʻI he ʻosi hono vahevahe ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī ʻene aʻusiá, naʻá ne pehē ange, “Te mou poupouʻi nai e fakakaukau ko ʻení?”
Naʻe tali ange he taha kotoa, “ʻIo, te mau poupouʻi ia!” Naʻe faifai pea tali ʻa ʻenau ngaahi lotu ke ʻi ai ha fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi Hongo Kongó.
ʻI ʻAokosi 1992, naʻe fakaʻānaua ʻa e taʻu uofulu-mā-tolu ko Uili Sapue Pinené ke maʻu haʻane ngāue maʻuʻanga moʻui ʻi he ʻenisinia fakaʻuhilá. Naʻe lele lelei ʻene ako ʻi he Institut Supérieur Technique et Commerciale ʻi Lupumipasí, ko ha kolo ʻi he fonua lotoloto ʻo ʻAfilika ko Saieá. Naʻá ne toki ʻosiki pē ʻa hono taʻu ʻuluaki ʻi he ʻapiakó pea naʻá ne hanganaki lelei atu ke hoko atu ʻene feinga akó.
Lolotonga e ngaahi taimi ʻoku tutuku ai e akó, naʻe foki ʻa Uili ki hono kolo tupuʻanga ko Kolouesí, ʻa ia naʻe maile ʻe uangeau ki he fakatokelauhihifo ʻo Lupumipasí. Naʻá ne kau mo ha kau mēmipa kehe hono fāmilí ki he Kolo Kolouesi ʻo e Siasí. Hili e fakahā fekauʻaki mo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí ʻi he 1978, naʻe mafola ʻa e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí ʻo ope atu ʻi Naisīlia, Kana, ʻAfilika Tonga mo Simipāpuē ki ha ngaahi fonua kehekehe lahi ange ʻi ʻAfilika: Laipēlia, Siela Leone, Kouti Tivolī, Kemaluni, ko e Lepupelika ʻo Kongokoú, ʻIukanitā, Keniā, Namipia, Potisuana, Suasilani, Lesoto, Matakasikā, mo Maulitiasi. Naʻe tūʻuta e fuofua faifekau ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi Saiea ʻi he 1986, pea ko e taimi ní kuo ʻi ai ha Kāingalotu ʻe fāafe nai ʻi he fonuá.
Hili pē ha taimi nounou mei he tūʻuta ʻa Uili ʻi Kolouesí, naʻe ui ia ʻe heʻene palesiteni fakakoló ke na ʻinitaviu. Naʻá ne talaange, “ʻOku fiemaʻu ke ta teuteuʻi koe ke ke ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakato”.
ʻI he fuʻu ʻohovale ʻa Uilí naʻá ne pehē ange ai, “ʻOku totonu ke hoko atu ʻeku akó.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ange naʻe toe ʻene taʻu ʻe tolu ʻi heʻene polokalama ako ʻenisinia fakaʻuhilá.
Naʻe pehē ange ʻe he palesiteni fakakoló, “ʻOku totonu ke ke ʻuluaki ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau.” Naʻá ne fakamahinoʻi ange ko Uili ʻa e fuofua talavou mei he koló ʻoku taau ke ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau taimi kakató.
Naʻe talaange ʻe Uili, “ʻIkai, he ʻikai ola lelei ia. Te u ʻuluaki fakaʻosi [ʻeku akó].”
Naʻe ʻikai fiemālie e ongomātuʻa ʻa Uilí ʻi heʻena ʻiloʻi naʻá ne fakasītuʻaʻi e fakaafe ʻa e palesiteni fakakoló. Naʻe fehuʻi hangatonu ange heʻene faʻeé, ʻa ia ko ha tokotaha natula fakalongolongo, “Ko e hā e ʻuhinga ʻokú ke fakatoloi aí?”
ʻI ha ʻaho ʻe taha, naʻe ueʻi ʻe he Laumālié ʻa Uili ke ne ʻaʻahi ki heʻene faʻētangata ko Saimone Mukatí. ʻI heʻene hū atu ki he lotofale ʻene faʻētangatá, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi ha tohi ʻi he funga tēpilé. Naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa fekauʻaki mo e tohí naʻá ne loto ai ke lau ia. Naʻá ne ʻunu ofi atu ke lau ʻa e hingoá: Le miracle du pardon, ko e liliu faka-Falanisē ʻo e tohi ʻa Sipenisā W. Kimipolo Ko e Mana ʻo e Fakamolemolé. ʻI he fie ʻilo ʻa Uilí, naʻá ne toʻo hake ʻa e tohí, peá ne fakaava hake ʻo kamata lau ia.
Naʻe fekauʻaki ʻa e fakamatalá mo e tauhi tamapuá, pea naʻe vave ai hono toʻoa e tokanga ʻa Uilí. Naʻe tohi ʻe ʻEletā Kimipolo ʻo pehē naʻe ʻikai ngata pē ʻi he punou ʻa e kakaí ki he ngaahi ʻotua ʻo e ʻakau mo e maka mo e ʻumea ka naʻa nau lotu foki ki heʻenau koloa pē ʻanautolú. Pea ko e ngaahi tamapua ʻe niʻihi naʻe ʻikai lava ia ʻo ala ki ai.
Naʻe hanga ʻe he ngaahi leá ʻo ʻai ʻa Uili ke ne tetetete ʻi he ilifiá. Naʻá ne ongoʻi naʻe folofola tonu mai pē ʻa e ʻEikí kiate ia. Naʻe tuaiekemo ʻa e ʻikai ke ne toe fakaʻamu ke fakaʻosi ʻene akó kimuʻa pea ʻalu ʻo ngāue fakafaifekaú. Naʻá ne feinga ki heʻene palesiteni fakakoló ʻo talaange ki ai kuo liliu ʻene fakakaukaú.
Naʻe fehuʻi ange heʻene palesiteni fakakoló, “Ko e hā e meʻa naʻe hoko kia koé?”
Hili hono talaange ʻe Uili e meʻa naʻe hokó, naʻe toʻo hake ʻe he palesiteni fakakoló ha foomu faifekau. Naʻá ne pehē ange, “Sai ia. Te ta kamata heni, ʻi he kamataʻangá.”
ʻI he teuteu ʻa Uili ki hono misioná, naʻe fakafokifā pē ha hoko ha fetāʻaki ʻi he vāhenga naʻá ne nofo aí. Naʻe tuʻu ʻa Saiea ʻi he Vaitafe Kongokou ʻi ʻAfiliká, ʻa ia naʻe fefāingaʻaki ai ha ngaahi kulupu fakamatakali mo fakavahefonua kehekehe ʻo laui toʻu tangata. ʻI he feituʻu ʻo Uilí, naʻe teke ʻe he kōvaná kimuí ni ʻa e kakai Katangá, ʻa ia ne nau tokolahi, ke nau tuli ʻa e kakai Kasaí ʻa ia ne nau tokosiʻí.
ʻI Māʻasi 1993, naʻe mafola atu ʻa e fetāʻakí ki Kolouesi. Naʻe ʻalu fano holo ʻa e kau sōtia Katangá he veʻehalá ʻo fakaʻaliʻali holo ʻenau helepelú, vaʻakaú, uipí mo e ʻū meʻatau kehé. Naʻa nau fakamanamanaʻi ʻa e ngaahi fāmili Kasaí mo tutu honau ngaahi ʻapí, ʻo ʻikai haʻanau tokaʻi ki he kakai pe koloa ʻi lotó. Naʻe tokolahi e kakai Kasai naʻa nau toi mei he kau fakamoveuveú pe hola mei he koló, koeʻuhí ko ʻenau ilifia ki heʻenau moʻuí.
ʻI he hoko ʻa Uili ko ha tokotaha Kasaí, naʻá ne ʻiloʻi ai ʻe taimi nounou pē kuo kumi ʻe he kau sōtiá hono fāmilí. Ke fakaʻehiʻehi mei he fakatuʻutāmakí, naʻá ne fakatatali ʻene teuteu ngāue fakafaifekaú kae tokoni ke hola hono fāmilí ki Luputa, ko ha kolo Kasai naʻe maile ʻe 350 hono mamaʻó, ʻa ia naʻe nofo ai hano kāinga.
Tuʻunga ʻi he ʻikai ke faʻa lahi ha lēlue ʻe fou mai ʻi Katangá, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe ha kau kumi hūfanga ʻe laungeau mei Kasai ha nofoʻanga kemi naʻe mofele mai he tafaʻaki tauʻanga lēlue ʻa Kolouesí. ʻI he aʻu atu ʻa Uili mo hono fāmilí ki he kemí, naʻe ʻikai toe ʻi ai haʻanau fili ka ke mohe pē ʻi tuʻa he kelekelé kae ʻoua kuo nau maʻu ha maluʻanga. Naʻe ʻi he kemí ʻa e Siasí, Kolosi Kulá pea mo e ngaahi kautaha tokoni ʻofa fakaetangatá ke foaki ha meʻakai, tēniti mo ha tokoni fakafaitoʻo ki he kau kumi hūfangá. Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai ha founga totonu ke tauhi ai e moʻui haisiní, ko ia naʻe namu haʻahaʻa e fakaveve ʻa e tangatá mo e tutu vevé ʻi he kemí.
Hili ha ngaahi uike ʻo e nofo ʻa e fāmili Pinené ʻi he kemí, naʻa nau maʻu ha tala ʻe lava ke ʻave ʻe ha lēlue ha niʻihi ʻo e kakai fefine mo e fānau ʻi he kemí ke nau mavahe mei he feituʻú. Naʻe fakakaukau e faʻē ʻa Uilí mo hono tuofāfine ʻe toko faá ke nau heka he lēlué mo e kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e fāmilí. Lolotonga iá, naʻe tokoni ʻa Uili ki heʻene tamaí mo e taʻoketé ke fakaleleiʻi ha taulani uta naʻe maumau. Ko e taimi naʻe maau ai ke fonongá, naʻa nau fakapipiki ia ki ha lēlue naʻe ʻamanaki ke mavahe pea nau mavahe leva mei he kemí.
ʻI he taimi naʻe aʻu ai ʻa Uili ki Luputá ʻi he hili ha ngaahi uike mei ai, naʻá ne fakafehoanaki ia ki Kolouesi. Naʻe siʻisiʻi pē ʻa e kiʻi koló pea naʻe ʻikai ha ʻuhila ai, ʻa ia naʻe ʻuhinga ia he ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻene ako ʻenisinia fakaʻuhilá ke kumi ʻaki ha ngāue. Pea naʻe ʻikai ha kolo ʻo e Siasí ai.
Naʻá ne fehuʻi loto pē, “Ko e hā e meʻa te u fai hení?”
ʻI he taimi ko ʻení, naʻe faʻa fakaʻuli ai ʻa Silivia mo Sefo ʻAlaleti ʻi he hala tokakovi ʻi Sakó, ko ha vāhenga naʻe ʻikai tokolahi hono nofoʻí ʻi he fakahihifo ʻo Palakuaí. Kuo ʻosi ha taʻu ʻe hongofulu-mā-tolu ʻo e nofo ʻa e fāmili ʻAlaletí ʻi Kuatemalá, pea kuo hoko ia ko ha taimi mahuʻinga ki hona fāmilí. Hili ʻenau hiki ki Kosita Liká, naʻe hoko e ngāueʻanga ʻa Sefo ʻi he Siasí ke fiemaʻu ai ke ne hiki ki ʻAmelika Tonga, ko ia naʻa nau toe hiki leva, naʻa nau ʻuluaki hiki ki Silei pea hoko atu ki ʻĀsenitina. Naʻe ngāue ʻa e ongomātuʻa ʻAlaletí he taimí ni ko ha taki fakamisiona ʻi Palakuai pea kuo lava ʻeni ha taʻu ʻe taha nai ʻenau ʻi he fonuá.
ʻI Sakó, naʻe ʻi ai ha tukui kolo tokosiʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú mei he kakai Tuʻufonua ʻo Nivakileé. Naʻa nau nofo ʻi ha kolo iiki ʻe ua, ko Misitolia mo ʻApunitenisia, naʻe kiʻi mamaʻo atu ia mei he hala lahí. Naʻe lolotonga fononga ʻa Silivia mo Sefo ki Misitolia, ko ha kiʻi kolo ʻoku mamaʻo ange, ke ʻave ha ʻū koloa. Naʻe fuʻu tokakovi mo faingataʻa ʻaupito ʻa e hala ki he kiʻi koló, naʻe fuʻu lalahi ʻa e ʻū talatalaʻi ʻakaú naʻe lava pē ke ne fakapaaki e vaʻe ʻo ha meʻalele. Ke tokateu ki ha tuʻutāmakí, naʻe fononga maʻu pē ʻa e ongomātuʻa ʻAlaletí mo ha meʻalele ʻe taha naʻe faʻo ai ha ʻū vaʻe meʻalele ke fetongi ʻaki e vaʻe ʻe volú.
Ko e hala ki Misitoliá ko e taha pē ia ʻo e ngaahi pole kehekehe ʻe fehangahangai mo e ongomātuʻa ʻAlaletí ʻi Palakuaí. ʻI he taimi naʻá na aʻu ai ki ʻAsanisioní, naʻá na ʻiloʻi mei he ngāue ʻa Sefo ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻasinó naʻe tupulaki māmālie ange ʻa e Siasí ai ʻi he ngaahi fonua kehe ʻi ʻAmelika Tongá. Ka ko e hā nai hono ʻuhingá?
ʻI he kamata ke na fakataha mo e kau faifekaú, naʻá na fakatokangaʻi naʻe lahi ange tokanga ʻa e kau ʻeletaá mo e kau sisitaá ki hono tufa ʻo e ʻū tatau faka-Sipeini ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Ka naʻe fiemālie lahi ange ha tokolahi ʻo e kakai Palakuaí, tautautefito ki he ngaahi kolo tukuʻutá, ʻi hono fakaʻaongaʻi ʻo e lea faka-Kualaní, ko ha lea Tuʻufonua ia.
Naʻe feinga ʻa e kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí, ʻi ha feituʻu pē ne nau lava aí, ke akoʻi ʻa e kakaí ʻi he lea fakafonua ʻoku nau fiemālie aí. ʻI he 1993, naʻe ʻatā ʻa e ngaahi liliu kakato ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi ha ngaahi lea fakafonua ʻe tolungofulu-mā-valu. Naʻe liliu ha ngaahi konga ʻo e tohí ne filifili ki ha toe lea fakafonua kehe ʻe fāngofulu-mā-ono, kau ai ʻa e lea faka-Kualaní.
Hili hono ʻiloʻi ʻe he ongomātuʻa ʻAlaletí ʻa e fiemaʻu ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻa e lea faka-Kualaní, naʻá na ongoʻi leva ke fakahinohino ʻa e kau faifekaú ke nau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e lea fakafonuá ʻi heʻenau ngāué, ʻi he taimi ʻe taau aí. Naʻá na poupouʻi foki ʻa e kau ʻeletaá mo e kau sisitaá ke akoʻi lahi ange ki he kakaí e Tohi ‘a Molomoná kimuʻa pea toki fakatukupaaʻi kinautolu ke nau lau iá. Pea naʻá na fakamamafaʻi ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo hono akoʻi ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí, fokotuʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa ʻe ala aʻusiá, pea maʻu ha tui ke fakaafeʻi e kakaí ke nau muimui ki he ngaahi akonaki ʻa e Fakamoʻuí.
Naʻe fiemaʻu ha ngaahi liliu lahi ange ke ngāue fakaetauhi ki he kakai Nivakileé. Naʻe papitaiso ha kakai Nivakilē ʻe laungeau ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1980 tupú, hili ia hano fakafeʻiloaki ʻe Uolotā Foloalesi, ko ha taha Siasi Nivakilē naʻe kau ki he Siasí ʻi ʻAsanisoni, ʻa e ongo faifekaú ki hono kakaí. Naʻe lahi nofo mavahe pē ʻa e kakai Nivakileé pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻenau lea fakafonua mo e tōʻonga moʻui pē ʻanautolu. Naʻa nau tō hina, koane mo e piini pea tauhi mo ha fanga kosi ke maʻu mei ai ha huʻakau. Naʻe lalanga ʻe he kakai fefiné ha ʻū kato pea naʻe tā-tongitongi ʻe he kakai tangatá ha ʻū fakatātā ke fakatau atu ki he kau folau ʻeveʻevá.
ʻI he ngaahi taʻu kimuí ni maí, naʻe hoko e vahehongofulu ʻa e Kāingalotu tui faivelenga ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní ke lava ai ʻe he Siasí ʻo fuesia ʻa e totongi kakato ʻo hono langa mo hono tauhi ʻo e ʻū ʻapisiasí. Naʻe totongi foki ʻe he ngaahi patiseti ʻa e uōtí mo e koló, ʻa ia naʻe tukuange mai mei he ngaahi ʻuluʻi ʻōfisi ʻi Sōleki Sití, ʻa e ngaahi polokalama mo e ngaahi ʻekitivitī ʻa e Siasí. Koeʻuhí ko e nofo mavahe ʻa e kakai Nivakileé, naʻe tātātaha ai ke nau fiemaʻu ha paʻanga ki he faʻahinga ʻekitivitī naʻe fai ʻi he ngaahi uooti mo e kolo angamahení. Ka naʻe faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ʻenau paʻanga patisetí ki he laisé, pīní, mahoaʻá, loló, makakasá, mo e ʻū koloa kehé. Naʻe foaki foki ʻe he Siasí ki he ongo kakaí ha vala mo ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni kehe, ʻo hangē pē ko e foaki ʻe he Siasí ʻa e meʻa tatau ki he kakai Tuʻufonua kehe ʻi ʻAmelika Lotoloto mo ʻAmelika Tongá.
Naʻe lava ke ʻilonga ʻa e tui lahi ʻa e kakai Nivakileé ʻi he palesiteni fakakolo ʻi Misitoliá, ko Huliō ʻIekolosi, pea mo hono uaifi ko Makalitá. ʻI he 1989, naʻe silaʻi fakataha kinaua mo ʻena fānau iiki ʻe toko uá ʻi he Temipale Buenos Aires. Lolotonga ʻa e fononga lōloa ki ʻapí, naʻe puke ʻena fānaú ʻo na siʻi mālōlō. Kuo fakafalala ʻa e ongomātuʻa ʻIekolosí ki heʻena tui ki he palani taʻengata ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo ʻena ngaahi fuakava fakatemipalé, ke kātekina ʻaki ʻa e faingataʻá.
Naʻá na talaange ki he ongomātuʻa ʻAlaletí, “Naʻe silaʻi ʻema fānaú kiate kimaua ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻOkú ma ʻiloʻi te ma toe fakataha pē mo kinaua ʻi he taʻengatá. Kuo ʻomi ʻe he ʻiló ni ha nonga mo ha fiemālie kiate kimaua.”
ʻI he ʻaho 30 ʻo Mē 1994, naʻe mālōlō ai ʻa Palesiteni ʻEselā Tafu Penisoni ʻi hono ʻapí ʻi Sōleki Siti. Lolotonga ʻa e fakakaukauloto ʻa e Kāingalotú ki heʻene moʻuí mo e ngāue fakaetauhí, naʻa nau manatua ia koeʻuhí ko ʻene ʻomi ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea mo e pōpoaki ʻo e tohí ʻoku fakatefito ʻia Kalaisí ke tokanga ki ai ʻa e Siasí—pea mo e māmaní—ʻo kehe ia mei ha toe taimi kimuʻa. Naʻa nau manatuʻi foki ʻene akonaki fekauʻaki mo e fakaʻehiʻehi mei he ngaahi fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e hīkisiá mo e siokitá, kau ai ʻa e fakakikihí, ʻitá mo e pule taʻe-māʻoniʻoní.
Lolotonga hono taimi ʻi he kau palesitenisií, naʻe fekumi ʻa e Siasí ki ha ngaahi founga foʻou ke fakafiemālieʻi ai ʻa e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e kakai ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní. ʻI he 1988, naʻe fakahoko ʻe he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ha fakamatala fekauʻaki mo e mahaki fakaʻauha ʻo e ʻEITISÍ, ʻo fakahaaʻi mo poupouʻi ai ʻa e ʻofá mo e ongoʻingofuá ki he niʻihi ʻoku nau mamahi ʻi he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e mahakí. ‘I he fakahinohino ʻa Palesiteni Penisoní, naʻe fakalahi faufaua foki ʻe he Siasí ʻa e tokoni ʻofa fakaetangatá, pea naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi leva ʻe he kau faifekaú he taimí ni ha taimi lahi ange ke ngāue tokoni ʻi he tukui kolo ne nau ngāue aí.
Lolotonga ʻa e taimi tatau ko ʻení, naʻe tupu ai ʻa e Siasí ʻaki ha peseti ʻe 40, ki ha kau mēmipa ʻe toko hiva miliona. Naʻe fakalahi ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu lahi ʻo e māmaní, tautautefito ki ʻAfilika. Pea ʻi he hili ʻa e holafa kimuí ni ʻa e Sovieti ʻIunioní pea mo e ngaahi liliu fakapolitikale kehe ʻi ʻIulopé, naʻe fokotuʻu fakaʻofisiale ʻa e Siasí ʻi ha ngaahi fonua lahi ʻi ʻIulope lotoloto mo e fakahahake ʻo ʻIulopé.
Ko e meʻapangó, naʻe hoko ʻa e taʻu motuʻá mo e mahamahakí ke ʻikai lava ai ʻa Palesiteni Penisoni ʻo lea ki he kakaí ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe nima. Lolotonga e taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo puʻaki ha ngaahi foʻi lea lahi he taimi pē taha. Naʻe tataki ʻi he faʻa lotu ʻe hono ongo tokoni ko Kōtoni B. Hingikelī mo Tōmasi S. Monisoní, fakataha mo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e ngaahi ngāue fakaʻaho ʻa e Siasí. ʻI he taimi ne malava aí, naʻe fakahā ʻe Palesiteni Penisoni ʻene poupou ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuní ʻaki haʻane lea “ʻio” nounou pe ko haʻane fakahaaʻi ʻene tali iá ʻaki haʻane malimali.
Ko e ʻaposetolo pule he taimi ʻo e pekia ʻa Palesiteni Penisoní ko Hauati W. Hanitā. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne moʻui lelei mo ia ʻi hono taʻu valungofulu-mā-onó. Naʻá ne fakaʻaongaʻi ha saliote teketeke pe ko ha uoka (walker) ke tokoni ki siʻene lue holó, pea naʻe faʻa fā hono leʻó mo ongo vaivai. Ka ʻi he lolotonga ʻene hoko ko ha ʻaposetoló, naʻe tanganeʻia ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi heʻene loto-fakatōkilaló, manavaʻofá, angavaivaí mo e loto-toʻa faufauá.
Hili pē ha taimi nounou mei hono fakanofo ʻo Palesiteni Hanitā ko e palesiteni ʻo e Siasí ʻi he ʻaho 5 ʻo Sune 1994, naʻá ne fakahoko ha konifelenisi mo e kau faiongoongó ʻo fakahā ai ko hono ongo tokoni ʻi he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ko Kōtoni B. Hingikelī mo Tōmasi S. Monisoni. Naʻá ne fakaafeʻi leva ʻa e kāingalotu kotoa ʻo e Siasí ke nau muimui ki he sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻo e ʻofá, ʻamanaki leleí mo e manavaʻofá. Naʻá ne tapou ki he Kāingalotu naʻa nau faingataʻaʻia [ke moʻui ʻaki e ongoongoleleí] pe kuo nau mavahe mei he Siasí ke nau foki mai. Naʻá ne pehē, “Tuku ke mau tu‘u fakataha mo kimoutolu mo holoholo‘i homou lo‘imatá. Foki mai. Kau mo kimautolu. Hoko atu. Tui.”
Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē, “ʻI he laumālie tatau pē ko iá, ʻoku ou toe fakaafeʻi foki ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ke nau fokotuʻu ʻa e temipalé ko e fakaʻilonga maʻongoʻonga ʻo ʻenau mēmipasipí pea mo e feituʻu māʻolunga taha ki heʻenau ngaahi fuakava toputapu tahá.” Naʻá ne tapou ki he Kāingalotú ke nau ō holo mo e lekomeni temipale ʻoku kei ʻaongá pea hoko ko ha “kakai ʻoku ʻalu ki he temipalé mo ʻofa he temipalé.”
Naʻá ne pehē, “Tau toutou ō muʻa ki he temipalé ʻi he lahi taha ʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he taimí, foungá mo e ngaahi tūkunga fakatāutahá.”
ʻI he konga kimui ʻo e māhina ko iá, naʻe lea ʻa Palesiteni Hanitā ʻi ha lalo tēniti ʻi muʻa ʻi ha haʻofanga tokolahi ʻi he feituʻu naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa e temipale ʻi Nāvū, ʻIlinoisí. Naʻe tafitonga ʻa e langí, pea naʻe lava ai ʻo vakai ki he Vaitafe Misisipí pea mo e ngaahi feituʻu fakahisitōlia ʻo e Siasí ʻi he feituʻú. Naʻe māfana mo hauhau ʻa e ʻeá, ka naʻe vēkeveke ʻa e taha kotoa ke fanongo ki he lea ʻa Palesiteni Hanitaá. Naʻá ne haʻu ki Nāvū mo Palesiteni Hingikelī mo ʻEletā M. Lāsolo Pālati ke fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa e taʻu 150 ʻo hono fakapoongi ʻo Siosefa mo Hailame Sāmitá.
Naʻe fakakaukauloto ʻa Palesiteni Hanitā ʻi heʻene nofo ʻi he feituʻu naʻe tuʻu ai e temipalé. Makehe mei he makamaka ʻo e fakavaʻé, naʻe siʻisiʻi ke kei toe ha faʻahinga fakamoʻoni naʻe tuʻu ha fale fakaʻofoʻofa ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi he konga kelekele musieʻiá. Naʻá ne fakakaukau ki he palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá peá ne ongoʻi ʻokú ne fatongia ʻaki ke fai e meʻa kotoa pē te ne lavá maʻá e ʻEikí ʻi he toenga taimi ʻokú ne maʻu he māmaní.
ʻI he tuʻu hake ʻa Palesiteni Hanitā ki he tuʻunga malangá, naʻá ne toe fakalotolahi ki he Kāingalotú ke nau ʻai ʻa e temipalé ke hoko ko ha konga ʻo ʻenau moʻuí. Naʻá ne tala ki he Kāingalotú, “Ko e ʻi ai ko ia ʻo e kau mēmipa moʻui taau mo ʻosi maʻu ʻenitaumení ko e kī ia ki he langa ʻo e puleʻangá ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní kotoa, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻi he kuonga ʻo Siosefá. ʻOku fakapapauʻi ʻe he moʻui taau mo e temipalé ʻoku fenāpasi ʻetau moʻuí mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí, pea ʻoku tau taau ke maʻu ʻEne fakahinohinó ʻi heʻetau moʻuí.”
Hili ʻa e polokalamá, naʻe lea ʻa Palesiteni Hingikelī mo ʻEletā Pālati ki he kau faiongoongó ʻi he fale fakapōpula Kātesí, ʻa ia naʻe fakapoongi ai ʻa e palōfita ko Siosefá. Naʻe kole ange ʻe ha faiongoongo ʻe taha ke na fakafehoanaki ʻa e Siasi ʻi he 1844 mo e Siasi ʻi onopōní.
Naʻe tali ange ʻe Palesiteni Hingikelī, “Ko ʻenau palopalema ʻi he taʻu ʻe 150 kuohilí ko ha kau fakatanga ne vali honau matá. Ko ʻemau palopalemá ko hono feau e tupulaki ʻo e Siasi ko ʻení.” Naʻá ne lea fekauʻaki mo e faingataʻa ʻo hono langa ha ngaahi ʻapisiasi mo ui ha kau takimuʻa ki ha kakai tokolahi. Naʻe hokohoko atu ke mafola vave ʻa e Siasí ʻi ha ngaahi konga lahi ʻo e māmaní. Hangē ko ʻAfiliká, naʻe toki fakalahi atu ʻa e Siasí ki Tanisenia, ʻItiopea, Malaui pea mo e Lepupelika ʻo ʻAfilika Lotolotó.
Naʻá ne pehē, “He toki palopalema fakaʻofoʻofa moʻoni ia.”
Naʻe toe lea ʻa Palesiteni Hanitā ʻi he fale fakapōpulá. Naʻá ne fakahā ki ha haʻofanga kakai ʻe toko toluafe, “ʻOku fiemaʻu ʻe he māmaní ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻo hangē ko ia ko hono fakafoki mai ʻi he palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau fakatuotuai ange ki he ʻitá kae fakavavevave ke tokoni. ʻOku fiemaʻu ke tau anga fakakaumeʻa mo tekeʻi ʻa e loto-sāuní.”
Naʻe ʻosi ʻa e polokalamá kuo kamata ke efiafi ʻi Kātesi. ʻI he mavahe ʻa Palesiteni Hanitā mei he fale fakapōpulá, naʻe fakafeʻiloaki vēkeveke mai ha Kāingalotu tokolahi kiate ia. Naʻá ne ongosia, ka naʻá ne tuʻu ʻo lulululu ki honau nimá takitaha.