“‘Līmani Kopelī pea mo e Kau Sieká,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Līmani Kopelī pea mo e Kau Sieká,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Līmani Kopelī pea mo e Kau Sieká
ʻI he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 1831, naʻe kau ai ha tangata faama tuʻumālie ko Līmani Kopelī ki he Siasi tupulekina ʻo Kalaisí (ko e ui ia ʻo e Siasí ʻi he taimi ko iá). Ko ʻene faama ko ia ʻi Tomisoni, ʻi ʻOhaioó, naʻe lau maile siʻi pē ki he fakatokelau hahake ʻo e kolo ko Ketilaní, ʻa ia naʻe toki fokotuʻu ko e hetikuota foʻou ʻo e Siasí.
Naʻe hoko ʻa Kopelī ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Sōsaieti Fakatahataha ʻo e Kakai Tui ki he Toe Hā Mai ʻa Kalaisí, ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi kimuʻa pea toki uluí. Naʻe angamaheni pē hono ui ʻaki ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e siasi ko ʻení ko e kau Sieká he naʻe kau ʻi heʻenau founga lotú ha faʻahinga tauʻolunga haka tavale pē. ʻOku ʻikai ha veiveiua naʻe saiʻia ʻa Kopelī ʻi he lahi ʻo e ngaahi faitatau ʻi he ngaahi tokāteline ʻa e Kau Sieká mo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní: Naʻe tui tatau ʻa e ongo tui fakalotu ko ʻení ki he hē lahi mei he moʻoní, kikite ʻi onopōní, tauʻatāina ke fili ʻa e tangatá, pea mo e lelei ʻo e moʻui fakaetokolahí. Neongo ia, naʻá na faikehekehe lahi ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa mahuʻinga kehe.
Naʻe ʻikai ke tui ʻa e kau Sieká ia ko e papitaisó—pe ko ha toe faʻahinga ouau kehe—ʻoku ʻaonga ki he fakamoʻuí. Naʻa nau tui kuo ʻosi fakahoko ʻe Sīsū Kalaisi ia ʻEne Hāʻele ʻAnga Ua Maí ʻi he tatau ʻo ha Faʻē ko ʻAna Lī (1736–84), ko ha taki ʻi he kamata mai ʻa e kau Sieká. Naʻe ʻi ai hanau niʻihi naʻa nau kai vesitapolo ʻataʻatā pē. Naʻe toe kehekehe pē foki ʻa e anga ʻo e vakai ʻa e Kāingalotú mo e Kau Sieká ki he nofo-malí mo e feohi fakasekisualé; naʻe vilikikihi ʻa e Kau Tui māteakí (ko e ui ia ʻe he kau Sieká kinautolú) ʻi he nofo taʻe malí, ʻa ia naʻa nau lau ia ko e “fua hoto kolosí.”
Naʻe fuofua felōngoaki ʻa e ongo kulupu fakalotú ni ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momoko kimuʻá, ʻi ha taimi naʻe afe taimi nounou ai ha kulupu ʻo ha kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí, ʻa ia naʻe kau ai ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele mo Paʻale P. Pālati, ʻi he nofoʻanga ʻo e Kau Sieká ʻi ʻUnioni Tokelau, ʻi ʻOhaiō, ko ʻenau ō ki Mīsuli. Naʻe tuʻu ʻa e kolo ʻo e ʻIunioni Noaté ʻi ha maile pē ʻe 15 ki he fakatongahihifo ʻo Ketilaní.
Naʻe fakafeʻiloaki ange ʻe Kautele ia ki he taki ʻo e Kau Sieká, ko ʻAsipeli Kitiseli, ko ha “taha tokoni ia ʻi he liliu ʻo e Tohi Tapu koulá” pea mo e taha ʻo e toko tolu naʻe siotonu ki he fakamoʻoni ʻa ha ʻāngelo ki hono moʻoní. Naʻe fakangofua ʻe Kitiseli ʻa Kautele ke vahevahe ʻene pōpoakí ʻi ha taha ʻo e ngaahi fakatahaʻanga ʻa e koló.
Hili ha pō ʻe ua ʻi ʻIunioni Tokelau, naʻe hoko atu leva ʻa Kautele mo hono ngaahi hoá, ka kimuʻa pea nau oó, naʻa nau tuku ha Tohi ʻa Molomoná ʻia Kitiseli. Naʻe falala moʻoni ʻa e kau faifekaú “ki he mālohi ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tohí, ko hai pē te ne lau iá, te ne mātuʻaki ongoʻi fakapapau ʻa e moʻoni ʻo e meʻa ʻoku ʻi aí.” Fakatatau kia Kitiselí, naʻe hili ʻa e fuofua felōngoaki ko ʻení, naʻe vālelei ai pē ʻa e Kau Sieká mo e Kāingalotu ʻi ʻOhaioó, ʻo hāsino ʻi he “fefakatauʻakí mo e ngaahi tōʻonga feohi fakakaungāʻapí.” Neongo ia, naʻe tuʻu ke siviʻi ʻa ʻenau fengāueʻaki leleí.
Ko ha Fakahā ki he Kau Siaká
Kimuʻa pea kau ki he Siasí, naʻe feohi ʻa Līmani Kopelī mo e Kau Sieka ʻo ʻIunioni Tokelaú, mahalo ʻo kau ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fakatahá, neongo naʻe ʻikai ke kau kakato ia ʻi heʻenau moʻui fakataputapui fakakoló. ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he foʻi moʻoni ko ia naʻá ne nofo ʻi ha maile ʻe 35 mei he koló pea naʻá ne kei mali peé ha fakaʻilonga ʻo ʻene tukupā ki he ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e Sieká. Neongo naʻe mahino hono tohoakiʻi ia ki ha niʻihi ʻo ʻenau ngaahi akonakí pea mahalo mo e founga ʻo ʻenau lotú, naʻe ʻikai ko ha taha ia naʻe kau kakato ai. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe valokiʻi ʻe Kitiseli ʻa Kopelī ʻi heʻene taʻe-tali ʻa e moʻui nofo taʻemalí pea mo ʻene “tali ʻa e tui faka-Māmongá ko ha palani ʻoku faingofua angé.”
Hangē ko e kau fuofua ului ki he Siasí, naʻe haʻu ʻa Kopelī mo ha ngaahi tukufakaholo mo ha ngaahi loto naʻe oʻi ʻe heʻene aʻusia fakalotu kimuʻá. Naʻe lea ʻa Siosefa Sāmita kia Kopelī hili ha taimi siʻi mei heʻene uluí ʻo fakamahino ko ha tangata “angatonu [ia], ka ʻokú ne kei pukepuke ha ngaahi fakakaukau tokua ʻoku tonu ʻa e kau Sieká ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa pau ʻo ʻenau tuí.” Naʻe toe pehē foki ʻe Sione Uitemā naʻe “loto-vēkeveke ʻa [Kopelī] ʻo pehē ʻoku totonu ke ō ha kau faifekau ki hono kau taki kimuʻá ʻo malangaʻi ki ai ʻa e ongoongoleleí.” Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne “fakakata mai ke fakanofo ia kae ʻalu tonu ʻo fai ʻa e malangá.”
Naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Kopelī ke ne ʻalu kia Siosefa Sāmita—naʻe nofo ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻi he ʻapi ʻo hono kaungāmeʻa ko ʻAisake Moalií ʻo ofi ki Ketilani—ʻi he ʻaho Tokonaki ko hono 7 ʻo Mē, 1831. Neongo ʻoku ʻikai ke tau maʻu ha lekooti ʻo ʻena pōtalanoá, ka ʻoku ngalingali naʻe ʻamanaki ʻa Kopelī ki ha fakamahino fekauʻaki mo ha ngaahi tui ʻe niʻihi ʻa e kau Sieká pea mahalo mo fokotuʻu ange ʻa e fakakaukau ʻo ha ngāue fakafaifekau ki ʻIunioni Tokelaú. Ko hono ola ʻo e talanoa ko ʻení, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa ʻa e fakahā kuo tali ʻi he taimi ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 49. ʻOku fakamatalaʻi fefeka ʻe he fakahaá ni ʻa e ngaahi faikehekehe fakatokāteline ʻi he ongo tui fakalotú. Naʻe kamata ʻaki hano valokiʻi ʻo e kau Sieká: ʻOku pehē, “ʻOku nau fie ʻilo ʻa e moʻoní ʻo fakakonga pē, kae ʻikai [kotoa] he ʻoku ʻikai te nau totonu ʻi hoku ʻaó & kuo pau ke nau fakatomala.”
ʻI hono fakapapauʻi ʻo e fiemaʻu ʻa e papitaisó, naʻe hoko atu ʻa e fakahaá ke fakahalaki ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tui naʻe mamahiʻi ʻe he kau Sieká, ʻo fakahā ko e malí naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ia ʻe he ʻOtuá, naʻe ʻomai ʻa e fanga monumanú ke hoko ko e meʻakai mo e vala ki he tangatá, pea ʻe “ʻikai hāʻele mai ʻa e foha ʻo e tangatá ʻi ha fōtunga ʻo ha fefine, pe ko ha tangata ʻo fononga holo ʻi he māmaní.”
ʻI he fakahaá, naʻe ui ai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa Kopelī—fakataha mo Sitenei Likitoni mo Paʻale P. Pālati—ke nau malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki hono kāinga ʻi ʻIunioni Tokelaú. Neongo naʻe maheni kotoa ʻa e toko tolú ni mo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻa e kau Sieká, naʻe siʻi ange ʻa e taukei ʻa Kopelī ko ha tangata malanga mo e faifekaú ʻi ha taha ʻo hono ongo hoá. ʻOku mahino mei heʻene tokanga lahi ke malanga ki hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻa Sieká te ne ui ke fakatomala ʻa e kakai tonu naʻa nau manukiʻi ia ʻi he meʻa naʻa nau ongoʻi tokua naʻe ʻikai ke ne loto ʻaki ʻa e meʻa fakalotú. Mahalo naʻá ne ʻamanaki ke ne fakahaaʻi ʻa e uho moʻoni ʻo ʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú. Neongo ʻa e meʻa kotoa, ka naʻe loto ʻa Kopelī ke talangofua kakato ki he fekau mei he fakahaá ke “talanoa mo e” kau Sieká.
Ko e Ngāue Faka-faifekau ki ʻIunioni Tokelaú
Ko ia, ʻi he maʻu ʻo e fakahaá, naʻe fononga leva ʻa Likitoni mo Kopelī ʻi he meimei taimi pē ko iá ki ʻIunioni Tokelau. Naʻá na tūʻuta ki ʻIunioni Tokelau ʻi he konga kimui ʻo e ʻaho ko iá pea talitali lelei kinaua ʻe Kitiseli mo hono kaungā lotú. Naʻa nau fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e efiafi ko iá, ke tipeitiʻi ʻa e ngaahi lelei ʻo ʻenau ngaahi tui fakalotú, ʻo nau takitaha ongoʻi ko kinautolu naʻe lelei taha ʻi he tipeití.
ʻI he pongipongi hono hokó naʻe fokotuʻu ange ʻe Kitiseli kia Likitoni mo Kopelī ʻoku totonu ke ʻoua ʻe “fakamālohiʻi ʻe ha taha ʻo e ongo tafaʻakí ʻa ʻenau tokāteliné ki he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá ʻi he taimi ko ʻení.” Naʻe palani ʻa Likitoni ia ke ne lau ʻa e fakahaá ki he kau Sieká ʻi heʻenau lotu he ʻaho Sāpate ko iá ka naʻe toe fakakaukau ke tuku pē ke nau vālelei he taimi ko iá mo “moʻulaloa ki he tuʻutuʻuni ʻo e feituʻú.”
Kimuʻa pea kamata ʻa e fakatahá, kuo aʻu mai ʻa Paʻale P. Pālati ki ʻIunioni Tokelau ʻi ha hoosi. I heʻene fanongo ki he tali fakalelei ʻe Likitoni ʻa e fokotuʻu ʻa Kitiselí, naʻe vilivili ʻa e tokotaha taʻe-fieauna ko Pālatí ke “ʻoua te nau tokanga ki [ai], he kuo nau ōmai mo e mafai ʻo e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí, pea kuo pau ke fanongo ki ai ʻa e kakaí.”
Naʻe tangutu fakalongolongo pē ʻa e kau faifekaú kae ʻoua kuo ʻosi ʻa e fakatahá. Ko e taimi naʻe tuʻu ai ʻa e kakaí ke oó, naʻe “tuʻu ʻa Likitoni ʻo talaange kuó ne maʻu ha pōpoaki mei he ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí ki he kakai ko ʻení; ʻe lava ke ne maʻu ha faingamālie ke fakahoko ai?” ʻI hono fakangofua ʻe Kitiselí, naʻá ne lau kakato ange leva ʻa e fakahaá mo ne kole pe ʻe lava ʻo fakangofua ke nau hoko atu ʻa e malangá ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻa e fakahaá.
Naʻe tali ange ʻe Kitiseli, mo fakamaʻumaʻu pē ʻene ʻitá, naʻe ʻikai ke ne tali ʻe ia ʻa e pōpoakí pea te ne “tukuange kinautolu & honau Kalaisí mei hano toe fakamafasiaʻi kitautolu, pea tuku pē ke u fua ʻa e kovi kotoa pē.” Naʻe tali hake ʻe Likitoni, “ʻOku ʻikai ke tonu hoʻo meʻa ʻoku faí; ʻoku ou loto au ke u fanongo ki he lau ʻa e kakaí.” Ka ko e taimi naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻe Kitiseli ʻa e niʻihi kehe ke talamai honau lotó, naʻa nau toe fakamahinoʻi ʻe kinautolu foki “ʻoku nau fiemālie kakato ki he meʻa kuo nau maʻú.”
Naʻe tuku fakalelei ki tafaʻaki ʻe Likitoni ʻa e fakahaá, mo ʻikai fiemālie he kuo iku taʻeʻaonga ʻenau ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ka ko Pālatí, naʻe kei taʻe-fiemālie pē. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Kitiseli, naʻe tuʻu, ʻo tupeʻi ʻa e efú mei he kapa hono koté “ko ha fakamoʻoni ko kimautolú kuo mau fakasītuʻaʻi ʻa e folofola ʻa e ʻEiki ko Sīsuú.” ʻI hono fai iá, ko e muimui ia ʻa Pālati ki he akonaki naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ki Heʻene kau ākongá ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻe fā ʻo e Ongoongoleleí.
Ka naʻe ʻikai ke makātakiʻi ia ʻe Kitiseli. ʻI he hake ʻo ʻene kātakí, naʻe fakahalaki ai ʻe he taki ʻo e kau Sieká ʻa Pālati ʻi he ʻao ʻo e kakaí: “Angaʻi manu, ʻokú ke haʻu taʻe ufi ki heni ʻo ke fakangalingali ko ha tangata koe ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻaki hono tupeʻi mai ho kote ʻulí; vete hoʻo ngaahi angahalá mo fakamaʻa ho moʻuí mei hoʻo ngaahi holikoví, pea mo hoʻo ngaahi anga fakalielia kehé kimuʻa peá ke toki feinga ke fai ha meʻa pehē.”
Pea toki hanga hake leva ʻa e ʻita ʻa Kitiselí kia Kopelī, kuo kamata ke tangi, ʻo fai ʻa e valoki kakaha ko ʻení: “He mālualoi, naʻá ke ʻilo ʻa e feituʻu naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e ngāue moʻui ʻa e ʻOtuá, ka koeʻuhí ko e koloá, ʻokú ke lava ai ʻo loto ke kākaaʻi pē koe.”
Ko hono Haʻahaʻá
Naʻe tukuange ai pē ʻe Kitiseli ʻa e kāingalotú. Naʻe heka ʻita ai pē ʻa Pālati ʻi heʻene hōsí ʻo foki ai pē he taimi ko iá ki Ketilani. Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi nounou kimui ʻenau ʻaʻahí: “Naʻa mau fakahoko ʻa e ngāué ni ʻo hangē ko hono fekauʻi kimautolú, ʻi ha nofoʻanga ʻo e kakai ngali kehe ko ʻení, ofi ki Kilivileni, ʻi ʻOhaiō; ka naʻa nau mātuʻaki fakafisi ke fanongo pe talangofua ki he ongoongoleleí.” Hili ʻa e meʻa ko ʻeni naʻe hokó, naʻe tātaaitaha ke toe ʻi ai ha fetuʻutaki ʻi he Siasí mo e kau Sieká pea meimei ke kovi maʻu pē.
Naʻe nofo atu pē ʻa Likitoni ʻo maʻu meʻatokoni efiafi kimuʻa pea toki foki ki Ketilani ʻi he efiafi ko iá, kae tuku ha tatau ʻo e fakahaá mo Kitiseli. Naʻe nofo ai pē ʻa Kopelī ʻi ʻIunioni Tokelau ʻi he pō ko iá pea toki foki ki heʻene fāmá ʻi he ʻaho hono hokó, kuo iku launoa ʻene ʻamanki ke fakaului ha niʻihi ʻo hono kāinga kimuʻá. Naʻá ne fuʻu uesia pehē fau ʻi he meʻa naʻe hokó pea ʻi heʻene foki ko ia ki Tomisoní, naʻá ne holomui ai mei ha felotoi naʻá ne fai ke fakangofua ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí mei Kolesivili, ʻi Niu ʻIoké, ke nau nofo ʻi heʻene fāmá.
Naʻe hoko atu ai pē ʻa e fetōʻaki mo e veiveiua ʻa Kopelī ʻi heʻene mateakiʻi ʻa e Siasi kuo fakafoki maí, ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi ʻi he hili ʻo ʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ki he kau Sieká. Naʻe fāifai peá ne mavahe fakaʻaufuli mei he Siasí ʻi he 1838 nai pea nofo ai pē ʻi ʻOhaiō ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻene moʻuí.