“Ko Hono Fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí ʻi Nāvuú,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko Hono Fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí ʻi Nāvuú,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko Hono Fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí ʻi Nāvuú
Ko ha Feituʻu Tānakiʻanga Foʻou
Hili hono tuli kinautolu mei honau ngaahi ʻapí ʻi he fakatokelau ʻo Mīsulí, naʻe hola ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he fakahahake ʻo Misisipí, ʻo kumi hūfanga ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1838–39 ʻi ha ngaahi nofoʻanga kehekehe ʻi he kauvai ʻo e vaitafé ʻi he Vāhenga ʻAiouaá mo ʻIlinoisi, pea ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e Kāingalotú naʻa nau fakapitenga ʻi Kuinisī, ʻi ʻIlinosi, mo takatakai ai. ʻI he fakamālohiʻi kinautolu ke ʻoua naʻa nau toe fakakaukau ʻe fakafoki ange honau fonua ko Saioné, ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní, ʻi Mīsulí, naʻe kumi leva ʻe he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ha feituʻu tānakiʻanga foʻou ki he Kāingalotú. ʻI heʻene aʻu ki he faʻahitaʻu māfana ʻo e 1839, kuo nau ʻosi fakatau ʻa e feituʻu Komēsí ʻi he Vahefonua Henikoká, ʻi ʻIlinoisi, pea mo ha konga fonua fakalōloa ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e vaitafé ʻi he Potufonua ʻAiouaá. Naʻe fili ʻa Koumeesi ko e feituʻu tānakiʻanga foʻou, pea naʻe fakahingoa vave leva ʻe he Kāingalotú honau kolo foʻoú ko Nāvū.
Kuo nau ʻosi ako ʻeni mei he ngaahi aʻusia ʻi hono ʻuluaki tuli kinautolu mei honau ngaahi ʻapi ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoni ʻi Mīsulí, pea kimui mai mei he Potufonua Kalatiuelá, Teivisi, pea mo Lei ʻi he fakatokelau ʻo Mīsulí, pea fakakaukau ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ke nau ngāue ʻaonga ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi mālohi ʻo e puleʻangá. Naʻa nau feinga leva ke fokotuʻu ha kolo ʻi honau ʻapi foʻou ʻi ʻIlinoisí, ʻa ia te nau tauʻatāina ai ke fakahoko ʻenau totonu ki heʻenau tui fakalotú pea mo maluʻi ʻe he mafai fakalaó.
ʻI he ʻaho 16 ʻo Tīsema 1840, naʻe vēkeveke lahi ai ʻa Kōvana Tōmasi Kālini mo e fale alea ʻo ʻIlinoisí ke naʻu tohoakiʻi ʻa e fili ʻa e Kāingalotu kumi hūfanga tokolahi mei Mīsulí pea nau ʻita lahi ʻi he ngaahi fakamamahi naʻe tofanga ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he nima honau kaungāʻapi Mīsulí, pea nau tali ai ʻa e “Lao ke Fakakau Ange ʻa e Kolo ko Nāvuú.” Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he lao ko ʻení ha ngaahi mafai fakalao lahi ki he kau tangataʻi fonua ʻo Nāvuú, pea kau ai mo ha ngaahi mafai kehe, ke nau lava ʻo fokotuʻu ha faʻunga fakafalealea ʻiate kinautolu ʻi he koló, ʻa e mafai ke fokotuʻu ʻa e Kau Tau Nāvuú (Nauvoo Legion) ko ha konga ʻo e kau sōtia fakasiteití, pea mo e mafai ke fokotuʻu ha ʻunivēsiti ʻi he koló. ʻI he meimei taimi tatau naʻe feinga ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ke maau ʻa e lao honau koló, naʻa nau toe feinga foki ke fakakau ʻa e Siasí ʻi he siteiti ʻo ʻIlinoisí, pea hoko ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ko e talāsiti. Ko e hisitōlia ʻo e ngaahi feinga ko ʻeni ke fokotuʻu ha kolo foʻou moʻó e Kāingalotu ʻi he ongo kauvai ʻo Misisipí, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā ʻi he ʻaho 19 ʻo Sānuali 1841, ʻo fakaʻilongaʻi ʻa Nāvū ko ha kolo ʻo e temipalé pea ko ha feituʻu tānakiʻanga foʻou, pea ʻoange mo ha ngaahi fakahinohino ki he kau taki ʻo e Siasí, pea mo e fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí ʻi Nāvuú. ʻOku maʻu ʻa e fakahā ko ʻení ʻi he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124.
Ko ha Ngaahi Vahe ki Nāvū ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá
Neongo ko e lahi taha ʻo e ngaahi fakamatala ʻoku maʻu ki he ngaahi malanga ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki he kakaí ʻoku mei he vahaʻa-taimi ʻo e hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí ʻi ʻIlinoisí, ka ʻoku toe pehē pē foki mo e ngaahi lekooti ʻo ʻene ngaahi fakahaá. ʻI he pulusinga lolotonga ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava ʻo e vahe 135, naʻe tohi ia he lolotonga ʻo e kei moʻui ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, pea ko e vahe pē ʻe hiva ai mei he ngaahi taʻu ko ia ʻe nima naʻe nofo ai ʻa e Palōfitá ʻi Nāvuú. Mei he ngaahi vahe ʻe 110 naʻe fakangofua ke kau he folofolá ʻi he lolotonga e moʻui ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá (ʻa ē naʻe fakakau ʻi he tatau ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá) he 1844, ko e tolu pē mei he vahaʻa-taimi ʻi ʻIlinoisí.
ʻI hono fakahoa ʻo e ngaahi vahe lolotonga ko ʻeni ʻe hiva kuo tali ki he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá ʻa ia naʻe lekooti he ngaahi taʻu naʻe nofo ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi ʻIlinoisí, ʻoku mahino ai hono mahuʻinga ʻo e fakahā naʻe maʻu ʻi he ʻaho 19 ʻo Sānuali 1841. Ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 125, ko ha fakahā nounou ia naʻe maʻu ʻi Māʻasi 1841, fekauʻaki mo hono fokotuʻu ʻo e siteiki Seilahemalá ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo e Vaitafe Misisipí, ʻi he Vāhenga ʻAiouaá. Ko e fakahā hono hoko naʻe lēkotí (ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 126) naʻe maʻu ia ʻi Siulai 1841 pea ʻoku kau ai ha ngaahi fakahinohino fakataautaha kia Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻo kau ki heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú. Ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 127 mo e 128 ko ha ongo tohi fakahinohino ia ʻi Sepitema 1842 meia Siosefa Sāmita ki he Kāingalotu ʻi Nāvuú, ʻo fakamatalaʻi, fakataha mo ha ngaahi meʻa kehe, ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e papitaiso maʻá e kau pekiá. Naʻe hiki ʻa e ongo tohí ni he lolotonga ʻo e toitoi ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá pea naʻe fakamahuʻingaʻi ʻe he Kāingalotú ko ha ngaahi fetuʻutaki fakalangi mei honau palōfitá ʻi he ʻikai ke ne ʻi aí, fakataha mo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124, ko e ongo fakahā pe fakahinohino pē ia naʻe tali ko e folofola mei he lolotonga ʻo e moʻui ʻa e Palōfitá.
Ko e vahe ʻe tolu hono hoko ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava—vahe 129, 130, mo e 131—lolotongá ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi konga mei he ngaahi fakahinohino ʻa Siosefa Sāmita naʻe fai ʻi he 1843 ʻi Nāvū (vahe 129) pea mo e kiʻi kolo ko Leimasi, ʻi ʻIlinoisi (vahe 130 mo e 131). ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e vahe 132 ki he mali tokolahí mo e mali fakasilesitialé, pea, neongo naʻe lekooti ʻi he 1843, ko hano ngaahi konga naʻe naʻe ʻiloʻi ia ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ki muʻa peá ne toki tūʻuta ki Nāvuú. Makehe mei aí, naʻe fakangatangata pē hono tuku atu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e moʻui ʻa e Palōfitá, ki hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ofi mo mamae tahá. Ko ia ai, neongo naʻe siʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakahā fakahoualotu pe ngaahi fakahā fakahinohino naʻe lekooti ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e moʻui ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, ko e fakahā lōloa mo loloto naʻe maʻu ʻi he ʻaho 19 ʻo Sānuali 1841, naʻe kehe ia. Ka ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ʻi he taimi ko iá, naʻe hoko ia, ʻi ha ngaahi founga lahi, ko e fakahā ʻi Nāvū.
Naʻe ʻilo lahia ia ʻi he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasi ʻi he meimei taimi pē ko iá, ʻi hono maʻú. Ko e fuofua tohi ia naʻe hiki ʻe he kalake lahi ʻa e Siasí ko Lōpeti Tomusoni, ʻi he Tohi ʻo e Fono ʻa e ʻEikí, ko ha lekooti naʻe fakataumuʻa ke hiki ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahā ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá pea mo toe hoko foki ko e ʻuluaki tohi vahehongofulu ʻa e Siasí. Naʻe lau ia ki he Kāingalotú ʻi he konifelenisi lahi ʻa e Siasí ʻi ʻEpeleli 1841 ʻi Nāvū—ko e fuofua konifelenisi hili hono maʻu ʻo e fakahaá. Naʻe faʻa lea ʻa Siosefa Sāmita, Pilikihami ʻIongi mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí ki he fekau ʻi he fakahaá ke langa ʻa e temipalé pea mo e Fale ʻo Nāvuú. Makehe mei hono fokotuʻutuʻu ʻo e tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa ʻo e Siasí ʻi Nāvū ʻi he tuʻutuʻuni fakalangí, naʻe vave ʻene hoko ʻa e fakahaá ko ha maʻuʻanga fakahinohino mo e taumuʻa ki he Kāingalotu naʻe nofo aí.
Kakano ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124
ʻOku meimei lava ke lava ʻo lau ʻa e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 124 ko ha tuʻutuʻuni taki fakalotu ki he Siasí ʻi Nāvū, ʻi he meimei founga tatau pē mo e ngāue ke fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e koló ʻo feau ai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakapuleʻanga ʻa e kakaí. Ko e ngaahi ʻotu lea kamata ʻo e fakahaá naʻá ne tala ko e siteiki ʻo Nāvuú ʻe hoko ia ko ha feituʻu tānakiʻanga foʻou ki he Kāingalotú, ko ha “makatuliki ʻo Saioné.” Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he fekau ke langa ha temipale ʻi Nāvuú ko e kolo foʻoú, naʻe ʻikai ko ha hūfangaʻanga fakataimi pē ka ko ha ʻapi tuʻu maʻu.
Naʻe hoko hono tuli ʻo e Kāingalotú mei Mīsulí mo hono fokotuʻu ʻo e ngaahi siteiki foʻou ʻi he tafaʻaki fakahihifo ʻi he kauʻāfonua ʻo ʻIlinoisi mo e tafaʻaki ʻe taha ʻo e vaitafé ʻi he Vāhenga ʻAiouaá, fakataha mo hono fokotuʻu ʻo ha kolo foʻou mo e ʻapi ki he Kāingalotú, ke ne ʻomai ha kamataʻanga foʻou ki he Siasí. Ko e vahaʻa taimi fehikitaki ko ʻení mo e fiemaʻu ha faʻunga foʻoú, naʻe hāsino ia ʻi ha konga lahi ʻo e fakahaá. ʻI he kamataʻanga pē ʻo e fakahaá, ʻoku fakahoko ai ha ngaahi ngāue fakafoʻituitui ke fai ʻe he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, pea ʻoku fakaʻosi ʻa e fakahaá ʻaki ha lisi ʻo ha ngaahi fokotuʻu ʻo e kau ʻōfisa pule ʻo e Siasí, kau ai ʻa e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá (ʻoku ui ʻi he fakahaá ko e “fakataha alēlea fefonongaʻaki ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá”), mo ha fakataha alēleaʻanga māʻolunga foʻou ki Nāvū, fakataha mo ha ngaahi kōlomu kehe.
Naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he fakahaá ha fanongonongo ki he “ngaahi tuʻi kotoa ʻo māmaní,” ʻo toe fakamahino ai ʻa e vīsone ki he tuʻunga ʻe aʻu ki ai ʻa Nāvuú. Hili ʻenau toutou foua e tuli mei honau ngaahi ʻapí, naʻe mei lava ʻe he fakalea ʻo e fakahaá ʻi heʻene fakamatalaʻi ʻa e taumuʻa ʻo e fanongonongó ʻo ʻoange ha ʻamanaki foʻou: “He vakai ʻoku ʻamanaki ke ui kiate kinautolu [ko e ʻngaahi tuʻi mo e kau maʻu mafai’ ʻo e māmaní] ke tokanga ki he maama mo e nāunau ʻo Saioné, he kuo hokosia ʻa e taimi naʻe kotofa ke ʻofeina ai iá.”
Naʻe pau ke kau ʻi he fakalea ʻo e fanongonongó ha fakaafe ke “mou haʻu, mo hoʻomou koulá pea mo hoʻomou silivá, ke tokoni ki hoku kakaí, ki he fale ʻo e ʻofefine ʻo Saioné.” Ko e fakakaukau ko ʻeni ke fakaafeʻi mai ha kau ʻaʻahi ke haʻu ki Nāvū mo ako ki he ongoongoleleí mo tokoni ki he Kāingalotú naʻe ʻikai fepikitaki ia mo ʻikai toe lava ke fakamavahevaheʻi mo ha kaveinga mahuʻinga ʻe taha ʻo e fakahaá ʻo hono langa pea mo e taumuʻa ʻo e Fale Nāvuú.
Naʻe tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he fakahaá ke langa ha fale e ua: ko ha temipale mo ha hōtele, pe “fale nofo totongi,” naʻe ui ko e Fale Nāvū. Naʻe fakatou ui kinaua ko “ha fale ki hoku hingoá,” te na fakatou hoko ko e ongo potu toputapu, ʻo taau ke tali ʻe he ʻEikí, peá na fakatou hoko ko e ongo tefitoʻi ngāue langa ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he taʻu ʻe ono ka hokó. Naʻe fakafōtunga ʻe he ngaahi palani ki he temipalé ha ngaahi konga mahuʻinga foʻou ʻi he mahino mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa Siosefa Sāmita fekauʻaki mo e temipalé, tautautefito ki hono fakakau ʻo ha vai papitaiso ʻe lava ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ke fakahoko ʻa e papitaiso fakafofonga ʻo e kau mēmipa honau fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻa kuo pekiá. Naʻe ʻuluaki fiemaʻu ʻa e vai papitaiso ko ʻení ʻi he fakahā ʻo e ʻaho 19 ʻo Sānuali 1841.
Neongo ʻoku hoko ʻa e temipalé ko e meʻa mahuʻinga fakalaumālie mo fakahisitōlia lahi taha, ka ko ha konga lahi ange ʻo e fakahaá ʻoku fai ia fekauʻaki mo e Fale Nāvuú kae ʻikai ko ha toe kaveinga kehe. ʻE hoko ia ko ha nofoʻanga kia Siosefa Sāmita, hono fāmilí, mo honau hakó. ʻE hoko ia ko ha “fale ke nofo totongi ai; ko ha fale ʻe lava ke haʻu ki ai ʻa e kau sola mei he mamaʻó ʻo nofo ai,” ke lava ʻo maʻu ai ʻe he tangata fonongá ha moʻui lelei mo malu he lolotonga haʻane fakalaulauloto ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEikí; pea mo e makatuliki kuó u fili moʻo Saioné.” Ko kinautolu te nau tokangaʻí ʻe “ʻikai ke nau tuku ke hū mai ki [ai] ha meʻa ʻuli—[kuo pau ke toputapu ia, pe ʻe ʻikai ʻafio ʻi ai ʻa e ʻEiki ko homou ʻOtuá.”
Naʻe toutou fakamamafaʻi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e Fale Nāvuú. ʻI ha fakataha ʻi he feituʻu naʻe lolotonga langa ai ʻa e temipalé ʻi he ʻaho 21 ʻo Fēpueli 1843, naʻe pehē ai ʻe he Palōfitá, “(Ko ʻeku vakaí), “Ko e Fale Nāvuú ʻoku toputapu tatau pē mo e Temipalé. ʻOku ou loto ke langa ʻa e Fale Nāvu[ú], pea kuo pau ke langa, he ʻoku fakafalala ki ai hotau fakamoʻuí. Ko e taimi kuo fai ai ʻe he tangatá ʻa e meʻa ʻoku nau lavá pe fakahoko ki he temipalé, tuku ke nau fai ʻa e meʻa tatau ʻoku nau lavá ki he Fale Nāvuú.” Naʻá ne pehē ʻi ha konifelenisi ʻa e Siasí, ʻi ha māhina ʻe taha mo e konga mei ai, “ʻOku mahuʻinga ke fakatokangaʻi ʻe he konifelenisí ni ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e Fale Navuú, he ʻoku ʻi ai ha fakakaukau hala ki he Fale Nāvuú. Ko e Fale ʻoku ʻofeina hangē ko e Fale ʻo e ʻEikí.”
Ko e toenga ʻo e taimi ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi Nāvuú, naʻe kei hoko pē ʻa e fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi fekaú mo e ngaahi fatongia ʻoku fakamatala ʻi he fakahā ko ʻení ko e meʻa mahuʻinga taha. Ka, ko e lōloa ʻo ʻenau nofo ʻi ʻIlionisí, ʻe ʻikai lōloa ʻo hangē ko ʻenau ʻamanakí, pea ko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa naʻa nau fakaʻamu ke fakahokó he ʻikai ke ʻosi.
Ko e Tukufakaholo ʻo e Fakahaá
ʻE lava ke mahino mo tonu ange ʻi he puipuituʻa ʻo e fakahā ko ʻení ʻa e meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi Nāvuú pea mo e feinga ʻa e Kāingalotú ke talangofua ki hono ngaahi fekaú. Naʻe fakahā ʻe Viliami Keleitoni ko e tauhi lekooti ʻo e temipalé, pea faʻa hoko ko ha tokotaha tohi maʻa Siosefa Sāmita, ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne fakaʻaiʻai ia mo kinautolu ko hono kaungā mēmipa ʻi he Siasí, ʻi heʻene tohinoa ʻo e ʻaho 31 ʻo Mē 1845: “Ko ʻemau hohaʻá ke fakaʻosi ʻa e Temipalé pea mo e Fale Nāvuú … ke mau lava ʻo fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fekau ʻa e Fungani Māfimafí fekauʻaki mo e feituʻú ni.” Meʻapango, he ko ʻenau ngaahi ngāué, ngaahi tāpuaki naʻe talaʻofá, mo ʻenau ngaahi taumuʻá naʻe fetaulaki mo e faingataʻá pea mo e loto-tō-noá.
Naʻe talaʻofa kia Sione C. Pēneti, ko e ʻuluaki pule kolo ʻo Nāvuú pea hoko kimui ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, ʻe “ʻikai tō noa ʻa ʻene totongí kapau te ne tali ʻa e akonakí.” Ka naʻe hē mei he siasí ʻi ha taʻu pē ʻe taha mo e konga mei ai ʻo hoko ko ha fakafepaki fefeka ki he Siasí.
Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻi ha fakahā ʻa e kalake Lahi ʻo e Siasí, ʻa Lōptei B. Tomusoni ke hoko ko e taha ʻo kinautolu naʻe totonu ke nau faʻu ʻa e fanongonongó, ka naʻe mālōlō ia ʻi he hili pē ha māhina ʻe fitu mei ai. Naʻe toki hiki ʻa e fanongonongó, hili ha ngaahi taʻu lahi kimui mei he pekia ʻa e Palōfitá. Naʻe toki fatu fakaʻosi ia ʻe Paʻale P. Pālati ʻi he 1845, pea pulusi ko e Ko e Fanongonongo ʻa e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Ua ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní.
Koeʻuhí ko e tuʻunga masivesiva ʻo e Kāingalotú pea mo e fakavavevave ke langa ha kolo foʻoú, naʻé fakatou māmālie ai hono langa ʻo e temipalé pea mo e Fale Nāvuú. Naʻe fakatou fiemaʻu ʻe he ongo falé ʻa e ngāue mo e ngaahi maʻuʻanga naunau langa tatau, pea fakatou tuai ai ʻa e ongo ngāué. Ka, ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1845, ʻi he taimi naʻe mahino ai kuo mei ʻosi ʻa e taimi ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi Nāvuú, naʻe fiemaʻu leva ke tokanga ki hono langa ʻo e temipalé, pea ʻi ha fakataha he efiafi Sāpate, ʻaho 14 ʻo Sepitemá, naʻe tali taʻe-fie tali ai “ke ʻoatu ha kau ngāue tokolahi ange ki he Temipalé neongo kapau ʻe fakatuaiʻi ai hono langa ʻo e Fale Nāvuú.” Naʻe lele feʻunga pē ʻa e langa ʻo e temipalé ke lava ʻo fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1845–46 ki ha ngaahi fakataha pea mo e fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi ouaú.
ʻE mei lava pē ke lau ʻa e fakahā ʻo e ʻaho 19 ʻo Sānuali 1841, ko ha vīsone ʻo e meʻa naʻe mei hokó. Naʻe fakapoongi ʻa e Palōfitá mo e pēteliake ʻo e Siasí, naʻe ʻikai pē ke ʻosi ʻa e Fale Nāvuú ʻo hangē ko e palaní, ko e tokolahi taha ʻo e Kāingalotú naʻa nau mavahe mei honau ʻapi ʻi he ongo kauvai ʻo Misisipí ke huʻu fakahihifo ki he Teleʻa Lahí (Great Basin), pea ko honau temipale ʻofeina naʻe toki ʻosi pē hili ha ngaahi taʻu ʻo e ngāue ʻosikiavelengá, naʻe pau ke tuʻuaki fakatau ke tāpuni ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakapaʻangá.
Ka ʻoku hoko foki ʻa e hisitōlia ʻo Nāvuú ko ha fakamoʻoni ki he tui ʻa e Kāingalotú, ʻenau mahino ki he mahuʻinga ʻo e tataki fakalangi naʻe ʻi he fakahā ko ʻení, pea mo ʻenau feinga taʻe-tuku ke fakahoko kinautolú. ʻOku moʻoni, ʻe ngalikovi ke lau fakakātoa siʻenau feinga ke moʻui ʻaki ʻa e fakahaá ko e koto kulanoa pe siofi ʻa e ngaahi taʻu ko ʻení ʻo fakatatau pē mo e ikuʻanga fakamamahi ʻo ʻenau nofo ʻi ʻIlinoisí.
ʻI ha ngaahi taʻu lahi naʻe hoko ʻa Nāvū ko ha hūfangaʻanga, ko ha potu longomoʻui ai ʻa e ngāueʻangá, mo ha nofoʻanga ki he Kāingalotú. Ko ha feituʻu ia naʻe ʻilonga ai ʻa e “maama mo e nāunau ʻo Saioné” ki ha kau ʻaʻahi tokolahi naʻe ōmai, pea ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi, naʻa nau “fakalaulau[loto] ai ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEikí.” Ko hono “leleí,” naʻe hāsino ia ʻi he moʻui ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí naʻe nofo aí, ʻo ne tohoakiʻi maʻu ai pē ʻa e tokanga ʻa e māmaní.