“Ui ʻo ʻOasoni Pālati ke Ngāué,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ui ʻo ʻOasoni Pālati ke Ngāué,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ui ʻo ʻOasoni Pālati ke Ngāué
Ko ha kiʻi tamasiʻi fieʻilo, mo fekumi ʻa ʻOasoni Pālati. Naʻá ne manatuʻi ko e taimi naʻe kei siʻi aí, naʻe ʻi ai haʻane “ngaahi ongo mālohi fekauʻaki mo e ʻOtuá pea mo e tuʻunga he kahaʻú.” Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke nau kau ki ha siasi pau, ka naʻe fakalotolahiʻi ʻe heʻene ongomātuʻá, ʻe Sēleti mo Seulitī Pālati ʻena tamasiʻí ke ne lau ʻa e Tohi Tapú ke maʻu ʻa e tali ki heʻene ngaahi fehuʻí. Ka naʻe fakatupu ʻe heʻene laukongá ʻaʻana ha ngaahi fehuʻi lahi ange.
Ko e fāmilí, ʻo hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi kimui ʻe Pālatí, naʻe “kau ia ʻi he ngaahi fāmili masiva ʻo e māmaní.” Naʻá ne pehē, “Naʻe lahi ha ngaahi meʻa fakamamahi naʻe hoko ʻo nau siʻi nofo masivesva ai pē.” Tupu ʻi honau tūkunga masivesivá, naʻe fekauʻi ai ʻe he ongomātuʻa ʻa Pālatí ke ne ʻalu ʻo ngāue ʻi heʻene kei taʻu 11, ʻo ngāue ʻi ha ngaahi ngoue ʻa ha kau faama kehe ke totongi ʻene nofó mo ʻene meʻakaí. Naʻe ngāue totongi ai ʻa Pālati ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe hiva ki ha kau ngoue kehekehe ʻo kamata mei ʻOhaiō ki he Motu Lōloá (Long Island). Neongo naʻá ne ongoʻi naʻe “fepālekina holo ia ʻo ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha feituʻu pau ke ʻi ai,” ka naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi “ko e ngaahi ʻuluaki ongo ʻo e ʻulungaanga maʻa mo e tui fakalotu naʻe fakatō kei siʻi ʻe [heʻene] ongomātuʻá ki [hono] ʻatamaí, naʻe nofo maʻu pē mo [ia]” mo hoko ko ha maluʻi ki heʻene moʻuí.
Naʻe kei ongoʻi “ha loto-vēkeveke lahi ke teuteu ki ha tuʻunga ʻi he kahaʻú,” ka naʻe toki kamata ʻa Pālati ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1829 ke lotua fakamātoato ha tataki fakalaumālie ki heʻene moʻuí. Naʻá ne tohi kimui ʻo pehē, “ʻI he lōngonoa ʻo e poó, lolotonga ʻa e māʻumohe ʻa e niʻihi kehé ʻi honau ʻolungá, naʻá ku faʻa ʻalu ki ha ngaahi potu lilo ʻi he ngaahi ngoueʻangá pe feituʻu maomaonganoa, ʻo punou ʻi he ʻao ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻo lotu ʻi ha ngaahi houa lahi.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi nounou ʻa e ngaahi ongo ʻi he taimi ko iá ʻo pehē: “Ko e fakaʻamu lahi taha ʻa hoku lotó ke hanga ʻe he ʻEikí ʻo fakahā mai Hono finangalo fekauʻaki mo aú.”
Ko ha ʻAʻahi Taʻeʻamanekina
Naʻe ʻikai tuku ʻene ngaahi lotu he lolotonga ʻo ʻene ngāue ʻi he ngaahi ngoueʻangá ke ʻi ai ha loki mo ha nofoʻanga ofi ki he ʻapi hono fāmilí ʻi Kēnani, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, ʻo aʻu ki he Nōvema ʻo e 1830. ʻI he māhina ko iá naʻe ʻaʻahi mai ai hono taʻokete ko Paʻalé.
ʻI he ngaahi uike siʻi kimuʻá, naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Paʻale P. Pālati ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná pea ului ai ia ki he Siasi kuo fakafoki mai ʻe Siosefa Sāmitá. Naʻe toki papitaiso pē mo fakanofo ke malanga, pea naʻe fononga fakahahake ai ʻa Paʻale ki Kēnani, ʻi he taumuʻa ke ne vahevahe ʻene loto-vēkeveke ʻi heʻene tui fakalotu foʻoú mo hono fāmilí. Neongo naʻe tui ʻene ongomātuʻá “ki ha konga,” ka naʻe pehē ʻe Paʻale kimui, “Ko hoku tehina ko ʻOasoní, ko ha talavou kei taʻu hongofulu mā hiva, naʻá ne tali ia ʻaki hono lotó kotoa.”
Ko e meʻa naʻe ongona ʻe ʻOasoni Pālati ʻi he pōpoaki hono taʻoketé, naʻá ne feau ʻene ngaahi fakaʻamu fakalaumālié, pea naʻe papiaiso ai ia ʻi he ʻaho 19 ʻo Sepitemá, naʻe hoko ai hono ʻaho fāʻeleí. ʻI ha ngaahi uike siʻi pē mei hono papitaisó, naʻe kamata fononga leva ki Feieti, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, ko ʻene fuʻu fiemaʻu ke feʻiloaki mo Siosefa Sāmita.
Ko ha Ui ke Malanga
Hili ha fononga ʻa ʻOasoni Pālati ʻi ha maile ʻe 200 tupu, naʻa ne aʻu atu ki he ʻapi ʻo Pita Uitemā ko e Lahí, ʻa ia naʻe nofo ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he taimi ko iá. Naʻá ne feʻiloaki ai mo Siosefa peá ne ʻilo ai kuo ʻosi ui hono tokoua ko Paʻalé ʻi ha fakahā ke “ʻalu ki he kakai Leimaná, ke malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongo fakafiefia ʻo e fiefia lahí kiate kinautolu.” Naʻe fehuʻi ai ʻe ʻOasoni kia Siosefa, ʻi heʻene kei hohaʻa ke ʻilo pe ko e hā ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí kiate iá, “pe ʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakapapauʻi ange pea ko e hā hono misioná.” Kuo ʻi ai ha fakahā fekauʻaki mo ia he kuo ʻi ai ʻa e fakahā ia ki hono tokouá?
Naʻe fakaafeʻi leva ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa ʻOasoni Pālati mo Sione Uitemā ki he loki ʻi ʻolunga naʻe toki ʻosi hono liliu ai ʻe Siosefa ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. ʻI he feituʻu lōngonoa ange ko ʻení, naʻe fehuʻi ange ai ʻe Siosefa kia ʻOasoni pē ʻe loto-fiemālie ke ne hiki ʻa e fakahaá ʻi heʻene lea ʻaki iá. “Koeʻuhí ko ʻene kei siʻi mo loto-siʻi pea mo ʻene ongoʻi taʻefeʻungá,” naʻe kole ai ʻa ʻOasoni pē ʻe lava ʻa Sione Uitemā ʻo fetongi ia, ʻo hoko ko ʻene tangata tohi. Naʻe loto ki ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita peá ne “toʻo hake ha kiʻi foʻi maka siʻisiʻi naʻe ui ko e foʻi maka kikite, ʻo faʻo ia ki ha tatā pea kamata leva ke ne lea.”
ʻI he fakahaá, naʻe fakamālō ai ʻa e ʻEikí kia ʻOasoni ʻi heʻene tuí pea ui ia ki he ngāué: “ʻOkú ke monūʻia koʻeuhí ko hoʻo tuí & pea ʻokú ke toe monūʻia lahi ange koeʻuhí he kuó u ui koe ke ke Malanga ʻaki ʻeku Ongoongoleleí.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi kimui ange ʻe ʻOasoni Palati ʻa ʻene ongó ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEikí kiate ia ʻo fakafou mai ʻia Siosefá: “Naʻá ku fakakaukau ko ha uiuiʻi maʻongoʻonga mo mahuʻinga ia, pea naʻá ku ongoʻi mātuʻaki taʻe-taau tukukehe ka toki fakafeʻungaʻi au ʻe he ʻEikí ʻaki hono Laumālié.”
Naʻe fakanofo ia ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he ʻaho 1 ʻo Tīsemá ko ha kaumātuʻa, pea teuteu ai pē ʻa ʻOasoni he taimi pē ko iá ke fakahoko ʻa e ngāué. Neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakamahinoʻi ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e feituʻu ke ʻalu ki aí, ka naʻe pehē ke ne malanga ʻi Kolesivili, ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Naʻe fakafalala ʻa ʻOasoni ki he talaʻofa ko ʻeni ʻi he fakahaá: “Hiki hake ho leʻó & ʻoua ʻe taʻofi, he kuo folofola ʻa e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtuá, ko ia, ke ke kikite & ʻe fai ia ʻi he mālohi ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.” Naʻá ne fakakaukau ki kimui ange, “Naʻá ku fakakaukau pē ʻiate au, kapau he ʻikai ke lilingi hifo ʻe he ʻEikí hono Laumālié kiate au ʻo lahi ange ʻi ha toe faʻahinga meʻa kuó u aʻusia, he ʻikai te u teitei lava ke fakahoko lelei ʻa e ngaahi fatongiá ʻo fakahooifua ʻi hono ʻaó.”
Naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻOasoni mo ha tohi fakafeʻiloaki naʻe fai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita, pea ʻi he aʻu ʻa ʻOasoni ki Kolesivilí, naʻá ne talangofua leva ʻo kamata ke fakaava hono ngutú ʻi ha ngaahi fakataha fakatokolahi, ʻo akoʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻi hono fakaleaʻi ia ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.” Naʻe talitali fiefia ia ʻe he kiʻi kolo ʻo e Siasí ʻi Kolesivilí, pea naʻá ne foki ki Feieti ʻi he konga kimui ʻo e māhina pē ko iá.
Naʻe vete-hia ʻa Pālati ʻo pehē naʻá ne “faʻa ongoʻi tetetete mo meimei holomui, ʻi [heʻene] manavasiʻi naʻa fāifai pea ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo fakakakato mo fakahoko ha ngāue lahi peheé.” Neongo ia, naʻe fakamahinoʻi lelei ʻe he fakahaá kiate ia ʻa e finangalo ʻo e ʻEikí, peá ne hoko atu ai ʻo hoko ko ha faifekau ʻi ha taʻu ʻe 60 tupu ʻi he fakahoko ʻo e ui ko iá.