“‘Naʻá ku Liʻaki ʻa e Pisinisi Kehé’: Fuofua Kau Faifekaú,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“‘Naʻá ku Liʻaki ʻa e Pisinisi Kehé’: Fuofua Kau Faifekaú,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
“Naʻá ku Liʻaki ʻa e Pisinisi Kehé”: Kau Fuofua Faifekaú
Naʻe kamata pē hono malangaʻi ʻe Sione Moataki ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻi he hili pē ʻene papitaiso ʻi Nōvema 1830, ko e taha ia ʻo e kau papi ului tokolahi naʻe ako‘i ʻe ʻŌliva Kautele, Paʻale P. Pālati, Saipa Pitasoni, mo Pita Uitemā ko e Siʻí, ʻi he taimi naʻa nau afe ai ʻi he ʻēlia Ketilani, ʻi ʻOhaioó, ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e fuofua ngāue fakafaifekau naʻe fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe lekooti ʻe Moataki, “ʻI he taulōfuʻu mai ʻa e ngaahi fakaʻekeʻeké, naʻá ku tuku leva e pisinisi kehé kae tukutaha hoku taimí ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú.” ʻI he māhina pē ʻe fā, kuó ne tānaki mai ha “laumālie ʻe toko fitungofulu nai” ki he Siasí. ʻI he taimi naʻe kau ai ʻa Moataki ki he ʻApitanga ʻo Saioné ʻi ʻEpeleli 1834, kuo mei aʻu ʻo taʻu ʻe tolu ʻa ʻene mavahe hokohoko mei ʻapi, ʻo malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí.
ʻI Sānuali ʻo e 1831, naʻe folau atu ha tamasiʻi taʻu 29 ko Sēleti Kaata mei Seinango, Niu ʻIoke ki ha fakataha fakapisinisi, pea naʻe ʻamanaki ke ne mavahe atu ʻi ha ngaahi uike lahi. Naʻá ne fanongo ʻi he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi he lolotonga ʻene fonongá. Naʻe fakatupu ha “ofo lahi” ʻiate ia, ka naʻá ne lau ia pea lotua fakamātoato ki he ʻEikí ke “fakahā [kiate ia] ʻa hono moʻoni ʻo e tohí.” ʻI he taimi pē ko iá, naʻá ne tui ko ha fakahā ia mei he ʻOtuá. Naʻá ne tohi kimui ʻo pehē, “Naʻe mālohi pehē fau ia ki hoku ʻatamaí pea naʻe ʻikai haʻaku toe fakakaukau ke fakalele ʻeku pisinisí. … Naʻá ku fakatokangaʻi naʻe ʻikai ke u feʻunga fakaako ki ha faʻahinga pisinisi ka ʻoku totonu ke u ʻalu ʻo tokoni ki he Siasi ʻo Kalaisí.” ʻOsi ha māhina ʻe tolu mei ai, naʻe fakahiki ʻe Kaata hono fāmilí ki he feituʻu Ketilaní. ʻI heʻene ongoʻi ʻo hangē “ko [hano] fatongia mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí,” naʻá ne mavahe leva ʻi Sepitema ʻo e taʻu ko iá ko e ʻuluaki ʻo e ngaahi ngāue fakafaifekau kehekehe ki he feituʻu fakahahake ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití ʻa ia te ne moʻua ai ʻi he mei taʻu hokohoko ʻe tolu.
Naʻe ʻikai ke makehe ʻa Sēleti Kaata mo Sione Moataki. Hangē pē ko hono tali foʻou ʻe he kakai tangata kehé ʻa e pōpoaki ʻo hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí, ne nau tali ʻa e ui ke malangá ko honau “fatongia mahuʻinga.” Naʻe maʻu ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekaú ʻi he fakahā, ko ha “uiuiʻi mo e fekau”: Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻo pehē, “Ko e tangata kotoa pē ʻe tali ia ʻaki ʻa e loto-maʻá, ʻe ngofua ke fakanofo ia mo fekauʻi atu.”
Hangē pē ko e talamai ʻi he fakahaá ke fai ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻe toe iku e ngāue fakafaifekaú ke toe lahi ange ai ʻa e fakahaá. ʻOku hā ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá ʻa e langa ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he meʻa kuo ʻosi ʻilo ʻe he kau fuofua kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí fekauʻaki mo e ngāue fakafaifekaú, ke foaki ki Hono Siasí ha polokalama makehe ange ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú.
Ko e Founga Malanga ʻo e Senituli 19
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e senituli 19, ne ʻi ai ha loto-māfana makehe naʻe mafola atu ʻi he māmaní kotoa, ʻo fakafou ʻi ha ngaahi siasi kehekehe mo e ngaahi tui fakalotu lahi. Kae tautautefito ʻi he konga kimuʻá ʻi ʻAmelika, ne angamaheni ʻaki ʻa hono fakatokangaʻi ha kau faifekau mei he siasi kehekehe ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē. Naʻe ʻi ai ha kau malanga, kau kumi, kau ʻevangeliō, mo e kau faifekau malanga naʻe ʻikai faʻa laua, naʻa nau ngāue taʻe mālōlō ke ʻomai ʻenau pōpoaki ʻo e ongoongoleleí ki he kakaí. Ko e kau Metotisí—ko ha kautaha lotu naʻe kau ki ai ʻi ha taimi ha tokolahi ʻo e kau fuofua Kāingalotú—naʻa nau mātuʻaki tupu tokolahi, ʻo ola lelei ʻenau ngāué mei heʻenau takai holo ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe ʻo malanga aí. Naʻe ʻi ai mo ha kakai tui fakalotu tokolahi, naʻa nau ō ʻiate kinautolu pē pe fakafofongaʻi ha kulupu, ʻi ha kihiʻi holi kae māfana moʻoni ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí ʻo fakatatau mo ʻene mahino kiate kinautolú.
Ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e kau malanga tokolahi ko ʻení naʻa nau muimui ʻi ha sīpinga ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú, ʻo fononga “taʻe-ha kato paʻanga, pe ha kato kai,” ʻo kumi meʻakai mo ha nofoʻanga fakataha mo kinautolu ʻoku fie fanongó. Ko e tokolahi ne nau fai papitaiso; pea ko e niʻihi ne nau malangaʻi pē ʻa e fiemaʻu ko ia ha tauʻatāina fakalaumālie pe ko hono toe fakafoki mai ʻo e tui fakalotú. Ko ʻenau ngaahi pōpoakí naʻe toʻo mei he tohi tapú pea fakavavevave, pea ne tali lelei ʻi ha taimi ʻe niʻihi pea ʻikai ʻi ha taimi ʻe niʻihi. Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakataha malangá ki he kakai fakalotofonuá ko ha taimi ki he fakafiefia mo e feohi, ʻo tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻenau mahuʻingaʻia ʻi he pōpoakí. Kapau ʻe hoko ha ngaahi fakakikihi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kau talafekau ne ʻaʻahi maí mo e kau faifekau fakalotofonuá, naʻe fakafiefia lahi ia kiate kinautolu.
Naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe he kāingalotú ʻa e ngaahi sīpinga ko ʻení pea naʻe ohi ia ʻe ha tokolahi ʻo kinautolu. Ka naʻa nau ʻiloʻi naʻa nau maʻu ha meʻa lahi ange ke vahevahe: ko e fakahā foʻou, folofola foʻou, mo e mafai fakalangi kuo toe fakafoki mai. Naʻe ueʻi ʻe he fakamoʻoni mālohi ko iá ha kau tangata tokolahi hangē ko Sēleti Kātá pea mo Sione Moatakí ke “tuku ʻa e pisinisi kehé” kae foaki hona taimí ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú, fakaului ha kakai tokolahi pea ko hono olá, ne na toe hanga hake ʻo tokoni ki hono vahevahe atu ʻo e folofolá.
Ngaahi Fakavaʻe ʻo e Maʻu Fakahaá
Neongo ne fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo e kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí e ngaahi founga ngāue ʻa e ngaahi siasi kehé, ka naʻe ʻomi ʻe ha ngaahi fakahā lahi ha fakavaʻe ki heʻenau ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e taʻu 1830 tupú. Ko e fakahā ko ia naʻe faʻa ui ko e “fono ʻo e Siasí” (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 42) naʻe fakapatonu ia ki he “kau kaumātuʻa ʻo e siasí” mo fokotuʻu ha ngaahi tefitoʻi founga ngāue. Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he ʻEikí, “Pea te mou ʻalu atu ʻi he mālohi ʻo hoku Laumālié, ʻo malanga ʻaki ʻeku ongoongoleleí, ʻo tautau toko ua, ʻi hoku hingoá, pea hiki hake homou leʻó ʻo hangē ko e leʻo ʻo ha talupite pea fakahā ʻeku leá ʻo hangē ko e kau ʻāngelo ʻa e ʻOtuá.”
Naʻe pau ke talaki ʻe he kau kaumātuʻá ʻa e fakatomalá mo e papitaisó pea “langa hake [ai] ʻa e siasí [ʻo e ʻEikí] ʻi he potu kotoa pē.” Naʻe pau ke nau akoʻi ʻa e “ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí” mei he Tohi Tapú mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea muimui ki he “ngaahi fuakava mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni fakasiasí” (ʻa ia ko e ngaahi fakahinohino ia ʻoku maʻu ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 20). Ko e meʻa mahuʻinga tahá, te nau faiako ʻo fakatatau “ki he … fakahinohino ʻe he Laumālié”: Naʻe akoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí, “Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻa e Laumālié ʻe ʻikai te mou faiako.” Ko e fakahā ʻe taha ki he kau “kaumātuʻa ʻo e siasí,” Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 43, ʻoku toe fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e fekaú: “Hiki hake homou leʻó pea ʻoua ʻe taʻofi.” Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá ke “akoʻi ʻa kinautolu mei ʻolunga,” pea te nau ʻave ha pōpoaki fakavavevave ʻo e fakatokanga ke: “Mou teuteuʻi ʻa kimoutolu ki he fuʻu ʻaho lahi ʻo e ʻEikí.” ʻI he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1832, naʻe fai ai ʻe ha fakahā mahuʻinga ʻi he lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 84, ha ngaahi fakahinohino lahi ange ki he kau faifekaú—ʻo ʻomai ai ʻa e sīpinga ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú te nau muimui ki aí, fakamamafaʻi ʻa e ngaahi pōpoaki ke nau fakahokó, mo fakapapauʻi ange kiate kinautolu ʻa e mālohi mo e maluʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá.
Ngāue Fakafaifekau ʻa Sione Moataki ki Mīsulí
Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi faingamālie lahi ki he tokolahi ʻo e kau kaumātuʻá ʻi he konifelenisi ʻo e Siasí ʻi Sune 1831 naʻe fakahoko ʻi Ketilaní, ke nau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi sīpinga kuo fakahā maí. Naʻe fekauʻi ai ʻi he fakahā (ʻoku hoko ʻi he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 52) ha kau tangata ʻe toko uofulu-mā-valu, ʻo kehe meia Siosefa Sāmita mo Sitenei Likitoni, ke nau ō “tautau toko ua,” ki Mīsuli. ʻE fakahoko ai ʻa e konifelenisi hono hoko ʻa e Siasí, pea ʻe fakahā ai ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e feituʻu pau ki he kolo ko Saioné. Naʻe vahe ʻa Sione Moataki ke fononga mo Hailame Sāmita ʻo fou atu ʻi Tituloiti.
Naʻe hoko mai ʻa e uiuiʻi ko ʻení ʻi ha taimi loto-mamahi lahi kia Moataki. Ne mālōlō ʻa hono uaifi ko Sūliá ʻi he uike ʻe nima ne toki ʻosí, ko e ʻosi ia ha taimi nounou ʻene fāʻeleʻi ha ongo māhanga lei, ko ha kiʻi tamasiʻi mo ha kiʻi taʻahine. Ne fāʻeleʻi ʻe ʻEma Sāmita ha ongo māhanga ʻi he ʻaho tatau pē, ka naʻe ʻikai ke moʻui ʻa e ongo pēpeé. Naʻe kole ʻe Siosefa Sāmita kia Moataki ke tuku ke ne hanga mo ʻEma ʻo ohi hake ʻa e ongo valevale toki fanauʻi kuo mālōlō siʻena faʻeé. Ka naʻe kei ongo moʻoni kia Mētoki ʻa e fili ko iá he naʻe kei toe ha fānau iiki ʻe toko tolu ke ne ohi hake—ko ha ongo tamaiki tangata mo ha taʻahine ʻe taha, naʻe taʻu ono mo siʻi ange ai—ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo ʻene tukupā mahuʻinga ki he ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e taimi naʻe maʻu mai ai ʻa e ui ki Mīsulí, naʻá ne aleaʻi leva ke tokangaʻi ʻe ha kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e Siasí ʻa ʻene kiʻi fānaú pea mavahe, ʻo ngalingali naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo he ʻikai ke foki mai ʻi ha meimei taʻu kakato ʻe taha.
Ko e taha ia ʻo e taʻu faingataʻa lahi kia Moataki. Naʻá ne fononga ʻi ha vahefonua naʻe meimei ko ha maomaonganoa ʻataʻatā. Naʻá ne tohi ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe taha ʻo pehē, naʻa nau “aʻa atu ʻi he vai Miutí naʻe pelepela ʻo aʻu hake ki honau kongalotó pea ʻinisi ʻe 2 ʻa e vaí ʻi ʻolunga ʻi he pelepelá mo e ngata ʻi he vaí naʻe fute ʻe 16.5 hono fālahí pea naʻe ʻi ai mo ha ngaahi vaine talatala ʻi he pelepelá ʻa ia naʻa nau fakalaveaʻi homau vaʻé.” Ko e taimi naʻe fāifai pea hake ai ʻa e kau tangatá mei he kiʻi vaitafé, naʻe pau ke nau toe fononga ʻi ha vaeuaʻi maile pea nau toki maʻu ha vai feʻunga ke fufulu ʻa e pelepelá mei honau vaʻé mo e alangá ka nau toki lava ʻo fai ha meʻa ki honau lavelaveá. ʻI he kolosi ʻa Moataki ʻi he Vaitafe Misisipí, naʻe “viviku ʻa [hono] ongo vaʻé” pea ʻikai fuoloa kuó ne puke lahi ʻaupito. Naʻe kei puke pē ʻa Moataki ʻi he taimi naʻá ne feʻiloaki ai mo hono ngaahi hoa ngāué pea mo Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní; naʻá ne faingataʻaʻia ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú, pea naʻe hoko ʻene mahamahakí ke fakatoloi ai ʻene foki ki Ketilaní. Neongo ia, naʻá ne lekooti ʻo pehē naʻá ne fai ha malanga mo e papitaiso lahi.
Naʻe toe foua foki ʻe Moataki mo hono kaungā faifekaú hano fakafisingaʻi mo fakafepakiʻi ʻe he kakaí. ʻI ha taimi ʻe taha naʻe fakamoleki ʻe Moataki “ha vaeuaʻi ʻaho he feinga ke fakahoko ha fakataha” ʻi Tituloiti ka “naʻe ʻikai ke maʻu ha taha ia ʻe fie fanongo.” Naʻe tohi ʻe Moataki ʻo pehē naʻe ʻi ai ha tangata ʻe taha naʻá ne “tuli au ʻi hono matapaá ʻi heʻeku malangaʻi ange ki ai ʻa e Fakatomalá.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi foki ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ko ha kau faifekau naʻe ʻikai anga fakakaumeʻa naʻa nau poleʻi ʻa e kau faifekaú ke nau tipeiti, mo fakapoʻuli he taimi ʻe niʻihi.
Ko e taimi naʻe foki ai ki siʻene fānaú ʻi Sune ʻo e 1832, naʻe ʻilo ʻe Moataki ta naʻe ʻikai ke lelei ʻa e meʻa kotoa. Kuo mavahe ʻa e fāmili ia naʻa nau tauhi hono foha lahí mei he Siasí pea nau ʻekeʻi ha totongi ki heʻentau tauhi hono fohá, ko e fāmili naʻa nau tauhi hono kiʻi foha ʻe tahá kuo nau hiki ki Mīsuli, pea ko e fāmili naʻa nau tauhi siʻono kiʻi ʻofefiné “naʻe ʻikai ke nau toe fie tauhi ia” pea nau toe ʻekeʻi foki mo ha totongi. Naʻe moʻui lelei hono “kiʻi ʻofefine ko Sūliá,” ko e taha ʻo e ongo māhangá, ʻi hono tauhi ʻe ʻEma mo Siosefá, kae ʻikai pehē hono tuongaʻané. Naʻe lekooti ʻe Moataki ʻo pehē, “Naʻe mālōlō hoku kiʻi foha ko Siosefá.” “Ko e taimi naʻe fusi ai ʻa e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá ʻe he kau fakatangá ʻi Hailamé, naʻe lolotonga puke ʻa e kiʻi pēpeé he mīselé ʻo tokoto mo ia ʻi he mohengá.” Neongo naʻe fakataumuʻa ʻa e kau fakatangá ki he palōfitá, ka naʻe fakalaveaʻi ʻe he kau fakatangá ʻa e kiʻi pēpeé. “Ko e taimi naʻa nau halu ai ʻa e valá mei he kiʻi pēpeé, naʻe maʻu ia ʻe he momokó pea siʻi mālōlō. Naʻe pehē ʻe Moataki ʻoku nau ʻi he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻEikí,” ʻo ʻuhinga ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e kau fakatangá.
Naʻe nofo ai ʻa Moataki ʻi ha māhina ʻe ua ʻo, “fakapapauʻi mo fakamālohia ʻa e siasí pea mo toe fakaakeake [ʻene] moʻuí,” kimuʻa pea toe mavahe ke fakahoko ʻa e uiuiʻi naʻe maʻu ʻi he fakahā ʻi ʻAokosi 1832 ke “ʻalu ki he ngaahi fonua fakahahaké” ʻo malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí. Ka naʻe ʻuluaki fakahinohinoʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa Mētoki ke fakapapauʻi ʻoku “ʻi ai ha meʻa ke tauhi ʻaki ʻene fānaú, pea fekau ke nau ō fakalelei ki he pīsope ʻo Saioné.” Ko e taimi ko ʻení, ʻe taʻu ia ʻe ua pea toki toe feʻiloaki ʻa Moataki mo ʻene fānaú. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, he naʻe hili pē ʻa e tūʻuta ʻa Moataki ki Mīsulí, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e tala kuo puke hono kiʻi ʻofefine taʻu ono ko Fīpeé ʻi he kōlelá. Naʻá ne tohi ʻo pehē, “Kuó u mamata ki heʻeku fānau kotoa ʻoku nau moʻui lelei, ka kuo kamata ʻe he faifakaʻauhá ʻa ʻene ngāué.” Naʻe tokangaʻi ʻe Sione ʻene kiʻi taʻahiné ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho lahi, ka naʻe siʻi mālōlō ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo Siulaí. ʻI ha ngaahi māhina siʻi pē, naʻe toe mavahe ʻi ha ngāue fakafaifekau ʻe taha, ka ʻi he taimi ko ʻení naʻe ʻalu ki ʻOhaiō.
ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻe he ngaahi aʻusia ʻa Sione Moatakí ʻa e fekauʻaki ʻa e malava fakafoʻituituí mo e tuʻutuʻuni fakalangi ko ē naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e kau fuofua Kāingalotú. Ko e taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe tuku ai ʻe he houʻeiki tangatá ʻa ʻenau ngāué kae ō ke malanga ʻo tuʻunga ʻi haʻanau fakaʻamu pē ki ai, pe ueʻi mei he Laumālié, pe talangofua pē ki he fiemaʻu fakalūkufua ʻe hanga ʻe he kau kaumātuʻá ʻo “hiki hake [honau] leʻó”; pea ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, naʻe fekau kinautolu ʻi ha fakahā naʻe ui ai kinautolu ʻi honau hingoá mo fakapapauʻi ʻa e ngāue ke faí. Kuo hoko ha konga lahi ʻo e ngaahi fakahā ko iá, hangē ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 75, 79, 80, mo e 99, ko e konga ʻo e ngaahi folofolá he ʻahó ni.
Sēleti Kaata: “Ki he Potu Hahaké”
Naʻe ʻalu ʻa Sēleti Kaata ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi ha uiuiʻi pea mo ha loto-fakafoʻituitui pē, ʻo hangē ko Sione Moatakí. Lolotonga ʻo e kei tokoto puke ʻa Sione Moataki ʻi Mīsuli, ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1831, naʻe mavahe ʻa Kaata mo hano hoa ʻi ha “ngāue fakafaifekau ki he hahaké,” pea ʻikai fuoloa kuo aʻu ki hono kolo tupuʻanga ko Penisoní ʻi Veamoni. ʻI ha founga angamaheni ʻe taha he kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí, ko ʻene taumuʻá ke vahevahe ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú mo hono “ngaahi mahení”—hono kāingá mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá. Ka ʻi heʻene tūʻuta pē ki Penisoni ʻi he konga kimui ʻo ʻOkatopá, naʻe feinga leva ʻa Sēleti ke “fakahoko ha ngaahi fakataha” peá mo naʻinaʻi ki he kakaí “ke nau lotu fakamātoato ki he ʻEikí ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngāué ni.” Naʻe fakakata ʻaki ʻe he tokolahi taha ʻo e kakaí ʻa ʻene pōpoakí mo fakafepakiʻi ʻa ʻene ngāué, ka, naʻe lekooti ʻe Sēleti, “ko kinautolu naʻe kei hokohoko atu ʻenau tautapa ki he huafa ʻo e ʻEikí naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo nau tui naʻe moʻoni ʻa e ngāué pea nau papitaiso leva.” Ko e kakai ʻe toko 27 naʻe ului ʻi he feinga ʻa Sēleti Kātá, naʻa nau mēmipa ʻi he siasi Papitaiso Tauʻatāiná ʻa ē naʻe kau ki ai ʻa e fāmili Kātá. Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo hoko honau fuʻu falelotu maka lahi mo ʻaofi fakaʻalesó ko e fakatahaʻanga ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní.
Naʻe ngāue ʻa Kaata ʻi he feituʻú ʻi ha meimei māhina ʻe tolu. ʻOku lekooti ʻi heʻene tohinoá ha ngaahi “fakamoʻui fakalaumālie” fakaofo ʻi he hili ʻo ʻene faingāue ki he kau puké. Ko ha toe sīpinga ʻeni ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e kau fuofua Kāingalotú. Naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻa e kau kaumātuʻá naʻe ngāue maʻu pē ʻa e meʻafoaki ʻo e Laumālié ʻi he Siasi foʻoú pea mo fakafōtunga ʻa e talaʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí te Ne fakahā ʻa e “ngaahi mana, ngaahi fakaʻilonga, mo e ngaahi meʻa fakaofo, kiate kinautolu kotoa ʻoku tui ki [Hono] huafá.” Naʻe toe ʻaonga foki ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki ko iá ki he kau kaumātuʻá, ʻi hono faʻa ʻomai ʻa e fakahinohino pau ʻi heʻenau ngāué. ʻI Sānuali—ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo e ʻahaʻaha ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo Niu ʻIngilaní—naʻe toe kamata fononga ʻa Sēleti, ʻi he hili ʻa e ngaahi ueʻi fakalaumālie fekauʻaki mo e hala ke fou aí. Hili ʻene muimui ʻi ha ongo ke ʻalu ki ha kolo ʻe taha, naʻe ʻohovale ʻa Sēleti ʻi haʻane fetaulaki ai mo hono tokoua moʻoni, ʻo ʻikai fiemaʻu ai ke toe takai mai ki ai ʻi ha maile ʻe 50.
Naʻe foki ʻa Sēleti ki hono ʻapi ʻi ʻOhaioó ʻi he ʻaho fakaʻosi ʻo Fēpueli 1832, “hili ia haʻane mavahe ʻi he ngāue faakfaifekau ko ʻení ʻi ha māhina ʻe nima pe lōloa ange ai.” ʻOsi mei ai ha ngaahi uike siʻi, naʻá ne ʻalu kia Siosefa Sāmita “ke fehuʻi [fekauʻaki] mo e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí ki heʻeku ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he faʻahitaʻu ka hokó.” Ko hono olá ko e fakahā ʻi he, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 79, naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ai ia ke “toe ʻalu ki he ngaahi fonua fakahahaké, mei he feituʻu ki he feituʻu, pea mei he kolo ki he kolo, ʻi he mālohi ʻo e fakanofo ʻa ia kuo fakanofo ai iá.” Naʻá ne mavahe ʻi he ʻaho 25 ʻo ʻEpelelí ʻi ha māhina ʻe ono, ʻo ngāue lahi ʻi Veamoni mo Niu ʻIoke ʻo ʻi ai ha ngaahi ola lelei. Naʻe tohi ʻe Kaata ʻo pehē kuo hanga ʻe he ʻEikí ʻo “tāpuekina au ʻaki ha ngaahi meʻakai mo ha moʻui lelei pea ke monūʻia pē ʻa Hono huafá.”
Ngaahi Ngāue ʻa e Kakai Fefiné
Koeʻuhí ko e houʻeiki tangatá naʻe fakanofo ke nau ō ʻo malangá, mahalo ʻe siʻi ai hano fakatokangaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tokoni ʻa e houʻeiki fafiné. Ka naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga foki mo e ngaahi ngāue ko iá. ʻOku fakahoʻata ʻe ha meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ngāue fakafaifekau hono ua ʻa Sēleti Kaata ki Veamoní, ʻa e meʻa ko ʻení. Naʻá ne lekooti ʻi Siulai ʻo e 1832, naʻá ne ʻaʻahi ki hono tokoua ʻi he fono ko ʻIla ʻAmesí, “ko e taimi ia naʻe tui ai ʻa [ʻAmesi] ki hono moʻoni ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea naʻá ne loto ke papitaiso.”
Ka naʻe ʻi ai ha meʻa lahi ange ki he talanoá. Ne fanongo ʻa ʻIla ʻAmesi ki he ongoongoleleí, ʻi ha taʻu ʻe ua kimuʻa ange, mei heʻene faʻeé. Naʻe maʻu ʻe ʻAmesi ha tohi ʻi ʻAokosi ʻo e 1830 mei heʻene faʻeé ko ʻAna, ʻo fakahā ange kiate ia kuó ne ʻosi papitaiso fakataha mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻo hono kāingá (kau ai ʻa Sēleti Kaata). Naʻe ʻosi fanongo ʻa ʻAmesi fekauʻaki mo e Siasí mei ha ngaahi feituʻu kehe peá ne saiʻia ai, ka ko e tohi mei heʻene fineʻeikí naʻe ʻi ai hano fuʻu ivi mālohi. Naʻá ne manatuʻi, “Ko e taimi naʻá ku lau ai ʻa e tohi ʻa ʻeku Fineʻeikí naʻá ne nofoʻia au ʻo hangē ha tapa ʻa e ʻuhilá, naʻá ne fakaʻaaki ʻa e tapa kotoa ʻeku fakakaukaú, ko hono iví naʻe mālohi ʻaupito.” Naʻe ueʻi ia ʻe he ngaahi ongo ko ʻení ke ne lotua ha fakamoʻoni “pe ʻoku moʻoni pe loi ʻa e tohí mo e meʻa naʻe ʻi aí.” Ko e meʻa naʻe hokó, naʻe haʻu ki hono ʻatamaí ha “nonga moʻoni.” Naʻe hoko ʻa e ʻaʻahi atu ʻa Sēleti Kaata ʻi he ʻosi ha taʻu ʻe ua mei aí, ke maʻu ai ʻe ʻIla hono fuofua faingamālie ke fakahoko ʻa e fakamoʻoni ko iá.
Naʻe tokoni atu ha kakai fefine tokolahi ʻo e Siasí ki he mēmipa ʻo honau fāmilí mo e kaungāmeʻá, taimi lahi ʻo fakafou ʻi he ngaahi tohi tatau mo ia meia ʻAna ʻAmesí, ʻo fakamoʻoni ki heʻenau tuí mo fakaafeʻi honau ngaahi ʻofaʻangá ke nau kau fakataha mo kinautolu. Naʻe tohi ʻe Fīpē Peki mei Tauʻatāina Mīsuli ʻi ʻAokosi 1832 ki ha “Fefine Angaʻofa Moʻoni” ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ou lava ke pehē ʻoku ou ʻilo e ngaahi meʻa ʻo e ʻOtuá pea [te ke lava] ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki tatau ʻoku ou maʻu mei he toʻukupu ʻo e ʻEikí pe te ke ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻikai faingataʻa hoʻo kau maí.” Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē, “Oku fakahā ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lilo ʻo e Puleʻanga fakalangí ki heʻene Fānaú.” Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe Lepeka Sueini Uiliamisi ki hono fāmilí kuó ne ʻosi fanongo ki he ngaahi fakamoʻoni ʻa e fāmili Sāmitá pea mei he kau fakamoʻoni ʻe toko tolú tonu” fekauʻaki mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Naʻe maʻu moʻoni ʻe he ngaahi fakamoʻoni peheé ha ngaahi telinga fie-fanongo ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi, pea ʻoku ngali ko Sēleti Kaatá naʻe ʻikai ko ia pē ʻa e kaumātuʻa ʻo e Siasí naʻá ne utu ʻa e ngaahi tenga naʻe tō ʻe he kakai fefiné.