“ʻKo Hono Poupouʻi ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ʻApí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko Hono Poupouʻi ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ʻApí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko Hono Poupouʻi ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ʻApí
Naʻe kamata ʻa e taʻu 1829 naʻe lahi ha ngaahi meʻa taʻepau kia Siosefa Sāmita ka naʻe hoko ia ko ha vahaʻa taimi fakaofo ʻo e tupulaki fakafoʻituituí mo e teuteu ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko ʻi he kahaʻú. ʻI he hili ʻa e fakamamahi hono fakamoleki ʻe Māteni Hālisi ʻa e ngaahi ʻuluaki laʻipeesi ʻe 116 naʻe ʻosi liliu ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi Sune 1828, naʻe ʻikai ke toe ngāue ʻa Siosefa ke liliu ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻi ha māhina ʻe ono. Naʻá ne fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ngaahi māhina ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momokó ʻi Hāmoni, ʻi Penisilivēnia, “ke ngāue ʻaki hoku nimá ʻi ha kiʻi faama ʻa ia naʻá ku fakatau mei he tamai ʻa hoku uaifí, ke lava ʻo tokonaki maʻa hoku fāmilí.” ʻI Fēpueli ʻo e 1829, naʻá na talitali ai mo hono uaifi ko ʻEmá ha ʻaʻahi fiefia mai ʻa ʻene tangataʻeikí mo hono tokouá.
Naʻe mātuʻaki mahuʻinga ʻa e fepoupouaki ʻa e fāmilí kia Siosefa; he kuo taʻu lahi ʻa ʻene vahevahe ʻene ngaahi aʻusiá mo ʻene ongomātuʻá mo ʻene ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofafiné. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe tahá hili ʻa e ʻaʻahi mai ʻa e ʻāngelo ko Molonaí kia Siosefa ʻi he 1832, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ʻa e meʻa naʻe hokó ki heʻene tangataʻeikí. Naʻe tohi kimui ʻe heʻene fineʻeikí naʻe ʻosi ʻa e ʻaʻahi mai ko iá, “Naʻe kei hoko atu hono maʻu ʻe Siosefa ha ngaahi fakahinohino mei he taimi ki he taimi pea ko e efiafi kotoa pē naʻá ma fakatahatahaʻi mai ʻa ʻema fānaú. ʻOku ou tui naʻa mau fakafōtunga ha tafaʻaki faikehe ʻaupito ʻo ha faʻahinga fāmili ʻi he funga ʻo e māmaní ʻi heʻemau tangutu fuopotopoto ko e tamai, faʻē, ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo fakafanongo fakalongolongo fiefia ki he ngaahi akonaki fakalotu ʻa ha kiʻi tamasiʻi taʻu 19 kuo teʻeki ai ke ne lau kakato ʻa e Tohi Tapú ʻi heʻene moʻuí.”
ʻI he hili hono maʻu ʻe Siosefa ʻa e ngaahi lauʻi peleti koulá, naʻe tokoni ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmilí ki ai ke maluʻi kinautolu mei he kakai naʻe fieʻiló ʻo aʻu ki he kau faihiá.
Fakahā maʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí
Lolotonga ʻo ʻene ʻaʻahi ki hono fohá ʻi Hāmoní, naʻe kole ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí ha fakahā fekauʻaki mo hono fatongia ʻi he Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí; pea naʻe maʻu ai ʻe he palōfita kei siʻí ni ʻa e taha ʻo ʻene ngaahi fuofua fakahā ki ha tokotaha fakafoʻituitui kehe. Ko e taimi naʻe hiki tatau kimui ai ʻa e fakahaá ʻi he teuteu ke pākí, naʻe tānaki atu ʻa e ʻuluʻi tohi ko ʻení: “Ko ha fakahā kia Siosefa ko e Tamai ʻa e Tangata Kikité he naʻe fakaʻamu ke ne ʻilo ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí ke ne fakahokó & ko e meʻa ʻeni naʻá ne Maʻú.” Ko e fakahā nounoú, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 4, ʻoku fonu ʻi ha ngaahi lea fakafolofola mei he Tohi Tapú mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻi he nofo ʻamanaki ki ha “ngāue fakaofo” mo lisi ai ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻo kinautolu ʻoku nau fili ke “[fakahoko] ʻa e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtuá.”
ʻIkai fuoloa mei he foki mai ʻa Siosefa ko e Lahí ki Menisesitaá, kuó ne loto-fiemālie ke nofo totongi ha faiako ʻi hono ʻapí naʻe ui ko ʻŌliva Kautele. Naʻe kiʻi momou ʻa Siosefa ko e Lahí, ʻi he kamata ke fakafehufehuʻi ia ʻe Kautelé, he naʻá ne fanongo ʻi he ngaahi talanoa fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi mata meʻa-hā-mai ʻa Siosefa ko e Siʻí mo e ngaahi lauʻi peletí. Mahalo naʻe kiʻi momou ʻa e Tamai ko Sāmitá koeʻuhí ko e angakovi naʻe fai ki hono fāmilí ʻe he kaungāʻapí mo e kau faifekau fakafeituʻú. Neongo pe ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻene momoú, ka naʻá ne tukulolo ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e fakahaá pea hoko ko ha fakamoʻoni faivelenga ki he ngaahi ʻuluaki mata meʻa-hā-mai ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá.
ʻI he meimei taimi ai pē ko ʻení, naʻe toe kamata ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻene ngāue ki he liliú, ʻo tokoni ki ai ʻa ʻEma, ko hono tokoua ko Samuelá, mo Māteni Hālisi, ʻo nau takitaha hoko ʻi ha taimi nounou ko ha taha tohi. ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo ʻEpeleli 1829, naʻe fononga ai ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele ki Hāmoni, he kuo fakatupulaki ʻene fieʻiló ʻe heʻene talanoa mo Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí. Naʻe ʻalu mo ia ʻa Samuela Sāmita ʻi he fonongá mo fakafeʻiloaki ia kia Siosefa. Naʻe ongoʻi moʻoni ʻe ʻŌliva ʻi hono “ngaahi huí” ko e “finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí ʻoku totonu ke u ʻalu he ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e ngāue ke u fai ʻi he meʻá ni.” Naʻe vave ʻene hoko ko ha tangata tohi taimi kakato maʻa Siosefa. ʻI he tokoni naʻe fiemaʻu lahi ko ʻení, naʻe laka ki muʻa ʻa e ngāue ʻi he liliú ʻi ha tuʻunga vave ʻaupito.
Ko e Ului ʻa Samuela Sāmitá
Ko e māhina hono hokó, ʻi Mē 1829, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita mo ʻŌliva Kautele ʻa e mafai ke fai papitaisó mei ha ʻāngelo talafekau ko Sione Papitaiso, peá na fefakahokoʻaki ʻa e ouaú kiate kinaua. Hili ha taimi nounou mei he meʻá ni, naʻe ʻuluaki ʻaʻahi mai kia Siosefa ʻa Samuela pea hoko ai mo hano tokoua ʻe taha ko Hailame. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e ʻaʻahi mai ʻa Samuelá, naʻe feinga mālohi ʻa Siosefa ke fakaului hono tokouá Naʻá ne tohi ʻi hono hisitōliá:
“Fakafuofua ki he taimi ko ʻení naʻe ʻaʻahi mai ai hoku tokoua ko Samuela H. Sāmitá kiate kimaua peá Ma fakahā ange ki ai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku ʻamanaki ke fakahoko ʻe he ʻEikí ki he fānau ʻa e Tangatá pea talanoa fakalelei mo ia, ʻo feinga ke fakalotoʻi ia fekauʻaki mo e moʻoni ʻo e Ongoongoleleí ʻoku ʻamanaki ʻeni ke fakahaaʻi ʻi hono tuʻunga kakató ʻi he Tohi Tapú ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi tokāteline ʻoku ma taukaveʻí. ʻI he ʻikai ke faingofua haʻane tui ki he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení, naʻe ʻalu ai ia ki he vaoʻakaú ke lava ʻi haʻane lotu lilo mo fakamātoato ʻo maʻu ha [poto] mei ha ʻOtua angaʻofá ke ne lava ʻo fakakaukauʻi ʻiate ia pē Ko hono olá, naʻe tui ai, ʻi he fakahā, ki he moʻoni ʻo e ngaahi tokāteline naʻá ma fakamatalaʻi ange ki aí ʻo fakatatau mo e ngaahi fekau ʻo e Ongoongoleleí naʻe papitaiso ia ʻe ʻŌ. Kautele pea foki kuo tāpuekina lahi mo ne fakahīkihikiʻi ʻa e ʻOtuá pea mo fakafonu ʻaki ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.”
Naʻe hoko atu ai ʻa Samuela Sāmita ʻo hoko ko e taha ʻo e kau fuofua faifekau malanga ʻi he Siasí, pea ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfana ʻo e 1830 naʻá ne fononga taimi nounou ai ki ha feituʻu ofi ko Menitoni, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, ke malanga mo fakatau ʻa e ngaahi tatau ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.
Ko e Fakahā maʻa Hailame Sāmitá
Naʻe ʻaʻahi ʻa Hailame kia Siosefa hili pē ha taimi nounou mei he ʻaʻahi ʻa Samuelá. Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Siosefa, “ʻI heʻene kole fakamātoató, naʻá ku fehuʻi ai ki he ʻEikí ʻi he ʻUlimí mo e Tumemí maʻana, pea naʻá ku maʻu maʻana ʻa e Fakahā ko ʻení.” ʻOku hoko he taimí ni ʻa e fakahaá ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 11. Neongo ʻoku mei faitatau ʻa e ngaahi sētesi kamatá mo e fakalea ʻo ha ngaahi fakahā kehe naʻe maʻu ʻi he 1829, ʻoku hoko atu ʻa e fakamatalá ʻaki ha faleʻi fakafoʻituitui, ngaahi talaʻofa, mo e ngaahi fakatokanga ʻoku lave ki he fatongia ʻo Hailame ʻi hono fakamafola ʻo e ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí.
Naʻe kau fakataha mo ha ngaahi meʻa kehe, ha naʻinaʻi ʻa e ʻEikí kia Hailame, “Vakai, ʻoku ou fekau kiate koe, ʻoku ʻikai ʻaonga ke ke mahalo kuo ui koe ke malanga, kae ʻoua [leva] kuo ui koe: tatali ʻo fuofuoloa siʻi ange, kae ʻoua ke ke maʻu ʻa ʻeku leá … ʻoua ʻe feinga ke malanga ʻaki ʻa ʻeku leá, kae fuofua feinga ke maʻu [ʻa] ʻeku leá, pea ʻe toki vete ho ʻeleló.”
ʻI he ʻosi pē ha taimi nounou mei ai, ʻi Sune ʻo e 1829, naʻe kau ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí, Samuela Sāmita, mo Hailame Sāmita ʻi he Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻe Toko Valu ki he Tohi ʻa Molomoná, ʻo fakamoʻoni ki māmani naʻa nau mamata mo ala ki he ngaahi lauʻi peletí pea naʻa nau ʻiloʻi “fakapapau” naʻe liliu ia ʻe Siosefa Sāmita, ʻo “fakamoʻoni ki ai ʻa e ʻOtuá.” Ko ia, naʻe toe hoko ʻa e māteakiʻi mo e poupou ʻa e kau mēmipa hono fāmilí ʻo mātuʻaki mahuʻinga kia Siosefa ʻi he hokohoko atu ʻo ʻene ngāué.
“Vēkeveke ke ʻIloʻi … Honau Takitaha Fatongiá”
Kuo ʻosi ʻeni hono liliu mo e teuteuʻi ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea naʻe pulusi ia ʻi Māʻasi ʻo e 1830. ʻI he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1830, ʻi Feieti, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, naʻe fokotuʻu totonu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e siasi naʻe tomuʻa ui ko e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí. ʻI he ʻosi pē ha taimi nounou mei ai, naʻe haʻu kiate ia ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele, Hailame Sāmita, Samuela H. Sāmita, Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí, mo Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí, ko ʻenau “loto-moʻoni ke ʻiloʻi mei he ʻEikí honau fatongiá takitaha, fekauʻaki mo e ngāué ni.” Naʻe ʻoange ʻe Siosefa kiate kinautolu takitaha ha fakahā fakafoʻituitui nounou. Naʻa nau mei faitatatau pē ʻi he kakanó, lōloá, mo e fakaleá, pea ʻoku hangē ko e ngaahi fakahaá naʻe lau fakahokohoko peé. Naʻe lekooti takitaha ʻe Sione Uitemā ʻi heʻene hoko ko e tangata tohí ko ha ngaahi fakahā mavahevahe, ka ko e taimi naʻe pulusi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahaá ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava ʻo e 1835, naʻe fakatahaʻi kinautolu ia ki he vahe pē ʻe taha, ʻa ia ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 23.
Neongo ʻenau faitataú, ka ʻoku ui ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e tokotaha takitaha ʻaki hono hingoá pea ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi faleʻi mahino fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fatongia, ngaahi tufakanga, mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fiemaʻú. Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi faikehekehe naʻe mātuʻaki ʻilongá ʻoku pehē takitaha ʻe he ngaahi ʻuluaki fakahaá ʻe fā ʻoku “ʻikai ke fakahalaiaʻi,” ʻa e tokotaha ʻokú ne maʻú he naʻe ʻosi papitaiso ʻa ʻŌliva, Hailame, Samuela, mo Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí. Ko e tokotaha fakaʻosí, ko Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí naʻe teʻeki ai ke papitaiso pea naʻe faleʻi ko hono “fatongia ke kau mo e Siasi moʻoní.”
Naʻe fakalika ʻe he fakalea ʻo e fakahā kia Hailamé ko e taimi talu mei he fakahā kimuʻá, naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻEikí pea ʻi he taimi ní “[kuo] vete hono ʻeleló” (vakai, T&F 23:3), pea naʻe ui ia ke enginaki. ʻOku mahino naʻe ʻuluaki malangaʻi ʻe Hailame ʻa e ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻo ngalingali ʻi ʻOkatopa 1830 ʻi he ʻapi ʻo ʻene tamaí ʻi Menisesitā, ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Naʻe huhuhuhuʻi ʻe heʻene malanga Sāpaté ʻa e loto ʻo ʻĒsela Taiá, ʻo fakaiku ului ai. Naʻe pehē kimui ʻe Taia, “Naʻe mahuhu ʻa e foʻi lea kotoa ki hoku laumālié. Naʻá ku fakakaukau naʻe tuhu ʻa e foʻi lea kotoa pē kiate au. … Naʻe tafe ʻa e loʻimatá ʻi hoku kouʻahé.”
ʻI he ngaahi taʻu hoko aí, naʻe kei hoko atu pē hono fakahaaʻi ʻe he fāmili ʻo Siosefá ʻenau poupoú ʻaki ʻenau ō ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau, fua ʻa e ngaahi fatongia fakataki ʻo e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, pea ʻi heʻenau feilaulau fakafoʻituituí. Ko honau ngaahi hala fonongá mo e lavameʻá—pea naʻa mo e ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá mo e tōnounoú—ʻe ʻiloa ia ʻi ha taimi, ka ʻi he 1830, ʻi hono fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasi foʻoú, naʻa nau vēkeveke ke ngāue, kuo fakamahafu ʻaki ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí kiate kinautolú ʻo hangē ko hono fakahā ʻe he Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá.