“‘ʻAlu ki ʻOhaiō’” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“ʻAlu ki ʻOhaiō,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
“ʻAlu ki ʻOhaiō”
Naʻe ʻikai ke fuoloa mei he ʻosi ʻa e konifelenisi hono ua ʻa e Siasi kei foʻou ʻo Kalaisi ʻi he konga kimui ʻo Sepitema 1830, kuo mavahe atu ha kau faifekau ʻe toko fā—ko ʻŌliva Kautele, Pita Uitemā ko e Siʻí, Paʻale P. Pālati, mo Saipa Pitasoni—mei Niu ʻIoke ke malanga ki he kau ʻInitia ʻAmelika ʻi Mīsulí. Hili haʻanau kiʻi talanoa nounou mo e kau ʻInitia Seneka ofi ki Pafalō, Niu ʻIoké, naʻe muimui leva ʻa e kulupú ki he ongoʻi ʻe Pālati ke nau fou he Anovai ʻEilií ki Menitoa, ʻi ʻOhaiō, ko e nofoʻanga ʻo honau taki fakalaumālie kimuʻa, ko Sitenei Likitoní.
Ko e Ului ʻa Sitenei Likitoní
Naʻe hoko ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻa Likitoni ko ha tangata malanga pea ʻi ai mo hano ongo Haʻofanga Lotu Papitaiso Foʻou, pea naʻá ne tākiekina feʻunga ha tokolahi ʻo ui ai ʻa kinautolu ne ʻi heʻene tākangá ko e Kau Likitoní. ʻI heʻenau ʻiloʻi hono ivi tākiekiná, naʻe ʻaʻahi leva ʻa Pālati mo Kautele kia Likitoni ʻi he ʻaho 28 ʻo ʻOkatopá, ka ko ʻene fakakaukau ki heʻena pōpoakí naʻe ʻikai ke lelei. Naʻá ne tali fakaveiveiua pē ha tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, pea naʻe manatuʻi ʻe ha taha ʻi he haʻofangá naʻá ne “fakahalaki fakakonga ia.” Neongo ia, naʻá ne loto ke ne lau ia.
Naʻe malanga ʻa e kau faifekaú ʻi Menitoa ka naʻe ʻikai ke ola fēfē pea nau hiki leva ki Ketilani mo e faama ʻa ʻAisake Moalií ʻo aʻu ki ai ʻi he ʻaho 2 ʻo Nōvemá. Ko ha Siasi Papitaiso Foʻou foki mo ʻAisake Moalī, pea naʻe hoko ia ko e “tamai fakalaumālie ʻo ha fuʻu kāingalotu tokolahi”—ko honau tokolahi tahá ko e kau mēmipa ʻo e ngaahi haʻofangalotu ʻa Likitoní—naʻa nau nofo ʻi heʻene fāmá. Naʻe feinga fakakulupu ʻa e “fāmilí” ke toe fokotuʻu ʻa e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻo hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Tohi Tapú. Naʻe talitali lelei ʻa e kau faifekaú mo ʻenau pōpoakí ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e “fāmilí” ʻi he faama ʻa Moalií pea nau papitaiso hanau tokolahi.
ʻI he ʻaho hono hokó ʻa ia ko e ʻaho 4 ʻo Nōvemá, naʻe haʻu ai ʻa Likitoni ki Ketilani ke fai ha mali pea toki kau fakataha mo e kau faifekaú ʻi heʻenau fononga holo ʻi he feituʻú ʻo malangaʻi ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí. Naʻe papitaiso mo ha toe kakai ʻe toko hongofulu mā fitu ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó, pea neongo naʻe ʻikai ke kau ai ʻa Likitoni, ka ʻi he ʻaho pē hono hokó naʻá ne kau atu ʻi he malangá pea hangē ko e fakamatala ʻa ha tokotaha mamata ʻe taha, naʻe “fuʻu ongo moʻoni mo tō ha ngaahi loʻimata” ʻi he fakatahá.
ʻI he ʻaho Sāpate ko hono 7 ʻo Nōvemá, naʻe tohoakiʻi ʻe he malangá ha fuʻu kakai naʻe tokolahi fau pea nofo ai ha kau fiefanongo tokolahi ʻi tuʻa pea naʻe hae ʻe ha taha ha ngaahi papa ʻo e falé ke lava ʻa e kakai ʻi tuʻá ʻo fanongo. Naʻe akonaki ʻa Paʻale P. Pālati mei he Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea toki fakaafeʻi ha niʻihi kehe ke nau lea—ko ha fakaafe ia naʻe tali vave ʻe Sitenei Likitoni. Naʻe tuʻu ʻa Likitoni ʻo talaange ko e hili ko ia ʻo ʻene fanongo ki he pōpoaki ʻa e kau faifekaú, “ʻoku ʻikai teitei totonu ke toe feinga ke malanga” pea tapou leva ki he kau fanongó ke ʻoua te nau fakafepaki ki he meʻa kuo nau fanongo ki aí.
Kuo aʻu ʻa Likitoni ʻo tui naʻe maʻu moʻoni ʻe he kau faifekaú ʻa e mafai naʻe teʻeki ai ke maʻu ʻi muʻa ʻi māmaní. Naʻá ne loto ke papitaiso pea talanoa ki he meʻá ni mo hono uaifi ko Fīpeé, pea fakatokanga ange ki ai ʻa e tuʻunga ʻe ala liliu ai ʻena moʻuí kapau te na talangofua ki he ongoongoleleí:
“‘ʻE hoku ʻofaʻanga, kuó ke muimui ʻiate au ʻi he masivesivá; ʻokú ke loto-fiemālie ke fai ʻa e meʻa tatau?’ Naʻe tali ange ʻe hono uaifí, ‘Kuó u ʻosi fakakaukauʻi ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení; kuó u ʻosi fakalaulaulotoa … ʻa e ngaahi tūkunga te ta ala aʻu ki aí; kuó u ʻosi fakalau ʻa e faingataʻá, pea ʻoku ou fiemālie kakato ke muimui ʻiate koe. ʻIo, ko hoku lotó ke fai ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻOtuá, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e moʻui pe mate.ʼ”
Fononga ki Niu ʻIoke ke ʻAʻahi kia Siosefá
Naʻe ʻiloʻi pē ʻe Sitenei mo Fīpē ʻe lava ke mole hona ʻapí mo ʻena maʻuʻanga moʻuí ʻi heʻena uluí, ka naʻá na papitaiso fakatouʻosi pē ʻi Nōvema ʻo e 1830. Naʻe tuku leva ʻa e malanga ʻa Likitoní kae ngāue taimi nounou pē ʻi he faama ʻa Moalií pea ʻikai fuoloa kuo mavahe ki Niu ʻIoke ʻi he “loto-moʻoni ke feʻiloaki mo Siosefa Sāmita ko e Siʻí ʻa ia ko e Tangata Kikite kuo fokotuʻu hake ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho fakaʻosi ko ʻení.” Naʻe fononga fakataha ʻa Likitoni mo ha taha ʻo hono kāingalotu kimuʻa, ko ʻEtuate Pātilisi, ʻa ia naʻe ʻosi tui hono uaifi ko Litiá ki he pōpoaki ʻa e kau faifekaú. Naʻe kei veiveiua pē ʻa Pātilisi, ka naʻe loto ke ʻuluaki feʻiloaki mo Siosefa kimuʻa pea toki papitaiso.
Naʻe feʻiloaki ʻa e ongo tangatá mo Siosefa ʻi Niu ʻIoke ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo Tīsema 1830, pea naʻe “loto leva ʻa [Likitoni] ke ʻeke ʻe he Tangata Kikité ki he ʻEikí, ke ʻiloʻi pe ko e hā ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí kiate iá.” Ko e tali ki hení naʻe lau ange ai ʻe Siosefa ʻa e fakahā ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 35. Naʻe fakavikivikiʻi ʻa Likitoni ʻi heʻene ngāue ʻi ʻOhaioó pea fekau ke ne hoko ko e hoa ngāue mo e tangata tohi ʻa Siosefa ʻi hono liliu ʻo e Tohi Tapú. Naʻe tala ange, ʻi heʻene fakahoko iá, “ʻe foaki ʻa e ngaahi folofolá, ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku ʻi hoku fatafata ʻoʻokú, ki hono fakamoʻui ʻo hoku kakai filí.” Fakatatau mo ia, naʻe nofo ʻa Likitoni ʻi Feieti mo Siosefa ʻo kamata ʻene hoko ko e tangata tohí.
ʻI heʻene aʻu ki Niu ʻIoké, naʻe talanoa ʻa Pātlilisi mo e ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻo e fāmili Sāmitá ʻo fekauʻaki mo e ʻulungaanga ʻo e fāmilí. ʻI heʻene fiemālie kakato ʻi he meʻa naʻá ne ʻiló, naʻá ne kole leva ke papitasio ia pea ne palōmesi ange ʻe Siosefa te ne papitaiso ia hili ha mālōlō feʻunga ʻa Pātilisi mei heʻene fonongá. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā kia Pātilisi foki, ʻa ia naʻe fekau ai ʻa Pātilisi ke ne “malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongolelei taʻengatá ʻi he ngaahi Puleʻangá.” ʻI he hili hono papitaisó, naʻe fononga fakahahake ʻa Pātilisi ke vahevahe ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú mo hono fāmilí.
Ko e Ui ke Tānakí
Ko e tūʻuta mai ko ia ʻa Likitoni mo Pātilisi ki Niu ʻIoké naʻá na ʻomai ai ʻa e fakamatala ki he mālohi ʻo e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki mai ʻi ʻOhaioó. Pea naʻa mo e tupulaki vave ʻa e tokolahi ʻo e kau uluí ʻi ʻOhaioó, naʻe fehangahangai ʻa e Siasí ia ʻi Niu ʻIoke mo e fakautuutu ʻa e fakafepakí. ʻI ha ngaahi māhina siʻi kimuʻa, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā ʻo fakamahino ai ʻoku totonu ke tānaki ʻa e Siasí ʻi he feituʻu pē ʻe taha, neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakahā mai ʻa e feituʻu ko iá (vakai, T&F 29:7–8).
Naʻe manatuʻi kimui ʻe Lusi, ko e faʻē ʻa Siosefá, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa ʻa e tala ʻoku fiemaʻu moʻoni ʻe he ngaahi haʻofangalotu tupu ʻāfaʻafa ʻi ʻOhaioó ha fakahinohino, he kuo tokolahi ʻo e kau papi uluí ʻo aʻu ki he toko 300. Pea ʻi he fononga ʻa Siosefa mo Sitenei Likitoni mei Feieti ki Kanataikua, Niu ʻIoke, ʻi he konga fakaʻosi ʻo Tīsemá, naʻá na maʻu ha fakahā ʻo fakahinohinoʻi ʻa e Siasí ke nau “ō ki ʻOhaiō.” Naʻe fakahinohinoʻi foki ʻi he fakahaá ʻa e kau tangatá ke nau kiʻi tuku fakataimi ʻa e ngāue ki he toe fakaleleiʻi ʻo e Tohi Tapú kae lava ʻo fakamālohia ʻa e ngaahi haʻofanga lotu ʻi Niu ʻIoké ʻi he teuteu ki heʻenau hikí.
ʻOsi ha ʻaho ʻe tolu mei ai, kuo fakahoko ʻa e konifelenisi hono tolu ʻa e Siasí ʻi Feieti, pea fakahā ai ʻe Siosefa ki he kau mēmipá ʻa e fekau ʻa e ʻEikí ke tuku honau ngaahi ʻapí kae tānaki ki ʻOhaioó. Fekauʻaki mo e fanongonongó ni, naʻe lau ʻe Siosefa ha fakahā ʻe taha ʻoku fakamahino ai ʻa e fekau ke tānakí pea mo palōmesi ki he kau mēmipá te nau maʻu ʻi ʻOhaiō ʻa e “fono ʻa e ʻOtuá & ʻe fakakoloaʻi ai ʻa kimoutolu ʻaki ʻa e mālohi mei ʻolunga.”
Naʻe tohi kimui ʻe Niueli Naiti ko e kau mēmipa naʻe ʻi aí naʻe “fakahinohinoʻi kinautolu kakaí, ke kamata hono tānaki ʻo ʻIsilelí, pea naʻe foaki ha fakahā ki he Palōfitá ʻi he kaveingá ni” Neongo naʻe ʻi ai ha kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí naʻe ʻikai ke nau loto ki he fekau ke liʻaki honau ngaahi ʻapí kae tānaki ki ha feituʻu foʻoú, naʻe hili pē ha pō ʻo e ʻaukai mo e lotu, naʻe loto-taha ʻa Siasi kei kamatá ke talangofua ki he fekaú.