“Ko e Vēkeveke Fakalotu ʻa e Kau Fuofua Ului ʻi ʻOhaioó,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Vēkeveke Fakalotu ʻa e Kau Fuofua Ului ʻi ʻOhaioó,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko e Vēkeveke Fakalotu ʻa e Kau Fuofua Ului ʻi ʻOhaioó
Naʻe taʻu 27 ʻa Līvai Henikoki ʻi he 1830 pea nofo ʻi Niu Lini, ʻOhaiō, ʻa ia ʻoku meimei maile ʻe 30 ki he fakahahake ʻo Ketilaní. ʻI heʻene kei siʻí, naʻe akoʻi ia ʻe heʻene fineʻeikí ke ne mātuʻaki tokanga ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālié. Naʻe tui ʻa Henikoki ʻoku faʻa kau mai ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he moʻui fakaʻahó mo folofola ki he kakai tangatá mo fafine, ʻi ha ngaahi misi.
Tūʻuta Mai ʻa e Fuofua Kau Faifekaú
ʻI konga kimuʻa ʻo Nōvema 1830, naʻe fakahā ange kia Henikoki ʻe hono tokoua ko ʻAlavaá ʻa e talanoa fekauʻaki mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná: “Kuo ōmai ha kau tangata ʻe toko fā mo ha tohi ʻoku nau ui ko [ha] hisitōlia mo ha lekooti ʻo e kakai naʻa nau nofoʻi ʻa e fonuá ni.” Naʻe ueʻi heni ʻene tokangá, pea fakahaaʻi ʻe Henikoki ʻa ʻene fie fanongo ki he kau tangata malanga ko ʻení. Naʻe pehē ʻe hono tokouá, “Ko ʻapongipongí te nau fakahoko ai ha fakataha ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Misa Siakisoní ʻi Meifila. ʻOku nau hilifakinima kiate kinautolu ʻoku nau papitaisó mo foaki kiate kinautolu ʻa e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.”
Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Henikoki ʻa ʻene ongó ʻo pehē: “ʻI he ngaahi foʻi lea fakaʻosi ko ʻení … naʻe hangē naʻe haʻu kiate au ha faʻahinga meʻa lelei mo fakafiefiá[.] Naʻe hangē ʻoku tatafi ʻaki hoku matá ha vai māfaná pea leleʻi hoku sinó ʻo ne ʻomai kiate au ha ongo he ʻikai ke u lava ʻo fakamatalaʻi. Ko ʻeku ʻuluaki foʻi leá pē, ‘Ko e moʻoní ia, ʻoku ou lava ʻo ongoʻi. Te u ʻalu ʻo fanongo tonu ki ai ʻapongipongi.’”
Ko e kau tangata ʻe toko fā naʻe ʻalu ʻa Henikoki ke fanongo ki heʻenau malangá ko ʻŌliva Kautele, Paʻale P. Pālati, Pita Uitemā ko e Siʻí, mo Sipa Pitasoni. Naʻa nau fou atu ʻi he tafaʻaki fakatokelau hahake ʻo ʻOhaioó ʻi honau fatongia ko e kau faifekaú ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlau ʻo e 1830 ko ʻenau fononga ki Mīsuli. Lolotonga ʻenau kiʻi nofo nounou aí, naʻa nau fakatupu ha ngaʻuta lahi. Naʻa nau malangaʻi hono fakafoki mai e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí ko e teuteu ki he Hāʻele ʻAnga Ua Mai ʻa Sīsuú, pea makehe mei aí, kuo fakafoki mai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻo e laumālie ʻoku lau ki ai ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú.
Naʻe kau ʻa Līvai Henikoki ʻi he toko teau tupu naʻe papitaiso ʻi heʻenau ʻaʻahí. Ka naʻe taimi nounou pē e nofo ʻa e kau faifekaú; naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo nau mavahe ki Mīsuli, kae tuku ʻa e kiʻi kau ului tokosiʻi ʻofi ki Ketilaní ʻo ʻikai ha takimuʻa taukei. Naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai mahuʻinga ʻi he kau ului foʻoú naʻa nau mavahe ʻi he meimei taimi tatau (ʻo kau ai ʻa Sitenei Likitoni mo ʻEtuate Pātilisi, naʻá na ō ki Niu ʻIoke ke feʻiloaki mo Siosefa Sāmita).
Ko e Fuʻu Fakamaama Lahi Hono Uá
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1800 tupú, naʻe lōmekina ʻa Niu ʻIoke mo ʻOhaiō ʻe he ongoʻi vēkeveke fakalotú. Naʻe ʻuluaki kamata mai mei he 1790 tupú, ʻi he taimi naʻe tokolahi ai ha kau Kalisitiane naʻa nau hohaʻa ʻi he hanga ʻe he fakautuutu ʻo e fakaʻuhingá mo e taʻetuí ʻo tolofia māmālie ʻenau moʻui fakalotú. Naʻa nau fakaʻamua ha ngaahi meʻa fakalotu lahi ange ʻi he meʻa naʻe lava ke ʻoange ʻe honau ngaahi siasí, pea feinga ha niʻihi ke foki ki he tui faka-Kalisitiane motuʻá hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú. Ko e ngaʻuta fakalotu manakoá ni, naʻe ui kimui ko e Fakamaama Lahi Hono Uá (Second Great Awakening), naʻe fakaiku ki ha ngaahi fakaakeake lahi, tupulaki ʻa e kau uluí, pea aʻu ʻo fokotuʻu mo ha ngaahi kautaha lotu faka-Kalisitiane foʻou.
Ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi natula ʻo e fakaakeake ko ʻení ko e lahi ange ʻa e tokanga ki he ngaahi fakahā mo e ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālié. Naʻe hanga ʻe he malanga ongo ʻa Sālesi Fini, Lolenisou Tou, Siaosi Leini mo ha niʻihi kehe, ʻo tohoakiʻi ha ngaahi tōʻonga fakamātoato mei honau kau fanongó, ʻo kau ai ʻa e kikité, tangí, kaikailá, tauʻolungá, teteteté, pea mo e teka he kelekelé. Naʻe ʻi ai ha ngaahi kulupu, ʻo hangē ko e Sōsaieti Fakatahataha ʻo e Kau Tui ki he Hāʻele Anga Ua Mai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí (Kau Sieká), naʻa nau ʻai ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ʻení ko ha konga pau ʻo ʻenau lotú.
Ko e faʻahinga lotu ko ʻení naʻe ʻikai ke taʻe-ʻi-ai hano kau fakafili. Ko hono moʻoní, naʻe tokolahi ha kau Kalisitiane motuʻa naʻa nau fakaliliʻa ʻi he faʻahinga vēveke ko ʻení. Ka ʻi he 1830, naʻe kamata ke hōloa ʻa e vēkeveke fakalotu ko ʻení. Neongo ia, naʻe kei tokolahi pē ha niʻihi naʻa nau tui ko e ngaahi fakafōtunga ko ʻení ko e ngaahi hāsino moʻoni ia ʻa e laumālié. Naʻe saiʻia ha niʻihi tokolahi ʻiate kinautolu naʻe akoʻi ʻe he kau faifekau ʻo e Siasí, ʻi ʻOhaioó, ʻi heʻenau pōpoaki kuo fakafoki mai ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālié ki he Siasí.
Ngaahi Fakafōtunga Fakalaumālie Ngalikehe
Hili e mavahe ʻa e kau faifekaú, naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha fuʻu taukei ʻa e kau uluí, siʻi mo e ngaahi Tohi ʻa Molomoná, pea hala mo ha toe tatau ʻo e ngaahi fakahā kehe ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá ke tokoni ʻi heʻenau moʻui ʻaki ʻenau tui fakalotu foʻoú. ʻI heʻenau fuʻu loto-vēkeveké, naʻe kamata hanau niʻihi ke fakahū mai ha ngaahi ʻelemēniti ʻo e founga lotu vēkeveké—pe “ngaahi founga ngāue fakalaumālié” ʻo hangē ko ʻenau faʻa uí—ki heʻenau ngaahi fakatahaʻangá. Neongo ia, naʻe faingataʻa maʻu pē ke fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālie naʻe ueʻí, pea mo ia naʻe loí.
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo Sānuali 1831, naʻe feʻiloaki ai ʻa Līvai Henikoki mo ha kau talavou ʻe toko tolu ko ʻEtisoni Fula, Heamoni Pēseti, mo Pua Liki, naʻa nau fakafeʻiloaki ange kinautolu ko e kau faifekau ʻo e Siasi ʻo Kalaisí. Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ʻa Henikokí, naʻe kau ʻa e kau faifekaú ni “ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga kotoa pē” ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi houa lotú. Naʻe “puna ki ʻolunga [ʻa Pua Liki] mei he falikí, ʻo tau hono ʻulú ʻi he saá … suingi taimi nounou, pea toki tō ʻo hangē kuo maté.” Pea toki tuʻu hake leva ʻo fakamatalaʻi ʻa e ngaahi vīsone naʻá ne maʻu ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ʻene pongiá. “Ko ʻEtisoni Fula ia naʻe tō ʻo takatakaʻuli hono fofongá. Ko He[a]moni Pēseti ia naʻe tōʻonga hangē ha ngelí.”
Naʻe puputuʻu ʻa Henikoki ia ʻi he faʻahinga tōʻonga ngalikehe ko ʻení. Ka ko hono moʻoní, naʻá ne ʻosi aʻusia, mo ia, ha ngaahi ongo, ngaahi fakakaukau, mo ha ngaahi misi naʻe tui ko ha ngaahi fetuʻutaki fakalaumālie. Ko e kau talavoú naʻe hangē naʻa nau “mātuʻaki angatonu mo fakamātoató pea iku ai ʻo u tui ki he meʻa kotoa naʻa nau lea ʻakí.” Naʻe aʻu ʻo ne hohaʻa “na kuo ʻikai ke u haohaoa tatau mo e kau talavou ko iá.” Neongo ia, naʻe fuʻu kehe ʻaupito ʻenau tōʻongá mei he ngaahi ongo fakalaumāie naʻá ne aʻusiá.
Naʻe ʻikai ko e foʻi toko tolu vēkeveke fakalotu pē ko ʻení ka naʻe ʻi ai mo ha niʻihi kehe. Naʻe ʻi ai ha kau ului tokolahi mei ha ngaahi tui fakalotu kehekehe naʻa nau kau ʻi he kaupeau ʻo e loto-vēkeveké ʻi he Siasí, ʻi ʻOhaiō ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1831. Naʻe ʻi ai ha tangata naʻe ʻiloa ko Pita ʻUli (Black Pete), ko ha tangata pōpula kimuʻa pea ko ha papi ului foʻou, naʻe haʻu ia mo ʻene taukei tukufakaholo kaikaila fakapōpulá, pea mahalo naʻe kau ai mo e lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehé. Naʻe ʻi ai mo ha niʻihi kehe naʻa nau fakafeʻiloaki mai ha ngaahi meʻa ngalikehe ki heʻenau ngaahi kulupú: “Naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi naʻa nau fakakaukau ʻoku nau maʻu e heletā ʻa Lēpaní, pea nau taʻalo takai ia ʻo hangē ha sōtia taukeí … naʻe fakapaheke ha niʻihi pe heke fakavave takai ʻi he falikí hangē ha ngatá (serpent), ʻo [nau] tala ko ʻenau folau he vaká ki he kakai Leimaná.”
Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he tala ko ia ʻoku faʻa kau ʻi he ngaahi houalotu ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga lotu ngalikehe ko ʻení, hano manumanukiʻi ʻe ha tokolahi. Naʻe ʻi ai ha nusipepa ofi mai pē ʻi Peinisivile naʻá ne lipooti ʻene taʻefiemālié ʻo pehē, ʻi he hili ko ia e mavahe ʻa e kau faifekaú, “naʻe hā faʻahinga tōʻonga fuʻu tōtuʻa mo ngalikehe, ka, naʻe lahi tahá ʻi he kakai kei talavoú.” Naʻe tohi kimui ʻe Sione Kolili, ko ha papi ului ʻi Sānuali 1831, “Ko ha kiʻi niʻihi tokosiʻi ʻaupito pē ʻo e siasí naʻa nau fai ʻa e tōʻonga ko iá,” pea naʻá ne pehē, ka naʻe ʻi ai ʻa e tokolahi ia naʻa nau “mahaloʻi ko e maʻu ʻeni mei ha faʻahinga mālohi kovi.”
Tūʻuta ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá
Naʻe hohaʻa ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi heʻene kei ʻi Niu ʻIoké ʻi he ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha kau takimuʻa ʻi he kau ului foʻou ʻi ʻOhaioó peá ne fekau ai ʻa Sione Uitemā ki Ketilani mo ha ngaahi tatau ʻo e ngaahi fakahaá ke “fakamālohia hoku kāinga ʻi he feituʻu ko iá.” Ko e taimi naʻe tūʻuta atu ai ʻa Uitemā ʻi he kongaloto ʻo Sānuali 1831, naʻá ne fuʻu ʻohovale ʻi he ngaahi tōʻonga fakalotu kehekehe naʻá ne mamata aí.
Hili ha taimi nounou mei heʻene tūʻuta atu ʻaʻana ki Ketilani ʻi Fēpuelí, naʻe ngāue leva ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ke vakaiʻi ʻa e ngaahi tōʻonga loto-vēkeveke ko ʻení. Naʻá ne tohi ai ki hono taʻokete ko Hailamé (ʻa ia naʻe ʻi Kolesivili, Niu ʻIoke) ʻi he ʻaho 3 ʻo Māʻasí ʻo lipooti, “Kuó u moʻua ʻi hono tokangaʻi ʻo e Siasí ʻi hení he ʻoku fuʻu tokolahi ʻa e kau muimuí pea kuo feinga lahi ʻa e tēvoló ke ikunaʻi kinautolu.”
Ka naʻe kei ʻi ai ha ngaahi fehuʻi mahuʻinga naʻe teʻeki ai ke tali. Kapau naʻe talaʻofa ʻe he Tohi ʻa Molomoná ke ʻi he Siasí ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālié, ko e hā leva hono kovi ʻo e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ʻení? ʻIkai koā kuo ʻosi tāpuekina ʻa Siosefa ʻaki ha ngaahi fakahā fakaofo ʻo e laumālié? Pea fēfē ʻa e ngaahi talanoa ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná kia ʻAlamā mo Lamōnaí, ʻa ia naʻá na tō ʻo pongia kae folofola ʻa e laumālié kiate kinauá? ʻE founga fēfē hano fakafaikehekeheʻi ʻe ha taha ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻa e ʻOtuá mei he ngaahi faʻufaʻu ʻa e tangatá pe ko e ivi ʻo e tēvoló?
ʻI ha fakahā (ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 46) ʻa ia naʻe foaki ʻi he ʻaho 8 ʻo Māʻasí, ko e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ʻa Siosefa Sāmita fekauʻaki mo e founga ke fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi houalotu sākalamēnití, naʻá ne fakamaama ʻa e ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení. Naʻe fakamanatu ai ʻa e ʻEiki ki he kau faifekaú ʻoku totonu ke “tataki [ʻa kinautolu] ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní” ʻi he fakahoko ʻo ʻenau ngaahi fakatahá. Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he fakahaá ʻa hono maʻu ʻo e ngaahi meʻafoaki fakalaumālié ʻi he Siasí, pea aʻu ʻo poupouʻi ʻa e kāingalotú ke “mou kumi fakamātoato ki he ngaahi meʻa-foaki lelei tahá ʻo manatuʻi maʻu ai pē hono ʻuhinga ʻoku foaki mai ai iá.” Neongo ia, naʻe fakatokanga, “He ʻoku tupu ʻa e niʻihi mei he tangatá & pea mo e niʻihi mei he [fanga] Tēvoló[.] Ko ia, mou tokanga telia naʻa kākaaʻi ʻa kimoutolu.”
Naʻe lisi mai leva ʻe he fakahaá ha ngaahi meʻafoaki ʻoku totonu ke maʻu ʻe he kau faivelenga ʻi he Siasí, ʻo kau ai e tuí, ngaahi maná, ʻiló, faifakamouʻí, mo e lea ʻi he ngaahi lea kehekehé. ʻOku meimei tatau ʻa e lisi ko ʻení mo ē ʻoku ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú mo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná (vakai, 1 Kolinitō 12:4–11; Molonai 10:8-18). Naʻe toe talaʻofa foki ʻa e ʻEikí ko e kau pīsope, kau kaumātuʻa, mo e niʻihi kehe ʻoku fakanofo ke nau “tokangaʻi ʻa e Siasí” te nau maʻu ʻa e meʻafoaki “ke ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi meʻafoaki kotoa ko iá telia naʻa ʻi ai ha kikite ʻiate kimoutolu & ka naʻe ʻikai mei he ʻOtuá.”
Ko ha Fakahā ki He ʻIloʻi ʻo e Ngaahi Laumālié
Ko e taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa Paʻale P. Pālati mei Mīsuli ʻi Māʻasí, naʻe kau mo ia ʻi hono fakatokangaʻi ʻoku kei mafola ʻa e vēkeveke fakalotú ʻi heʻene ʻaʻahi ki he ngaahi haʻofanga lotu naʻe tuʻu holo ʻi he feituʻu Ketilaní. Naʻá ne tohi kimui ʻo pehē, “ʻI heʻemau ongoʻi homau vaivai mo e taʻetaukei, telia naʻa mau fehalaaki ʻi he ngaahi meʻa fakalaumālie ko ʻení, naʻá ku ʻalu ai mo Sione Moatoki, mo ha kau niʻihi Kaumātuʻa kehe kia Siosefa Sāmita, ʻo kole ke ne fehuʻi ki he ʻEikí fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi laumālie pe hāsino ko ʻení.”
Naʻa nau feʻiloaki ʻi he ʻaho 9 ʻo Meé, pea hili ʻenau lotu fakatahá, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e fakahā ʻoku maʻu he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 50. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Pālati e meʻa naʻá ne mamata tonu aí: “Naʻe puʻaki māmālie ʻa e foʻi sētesi kotoa pē mo mātuʻaki mahino, ʻo kiʻi mālōlō ʻi he ngataʻanga ʻo e foʻi sētesi takitaha, ʻo lōloa feʻunga ke lava ʻo hiki ʻe ha tokotaha tohi angamaheni, ʻi he founga tohinima lōloá. … Naʻe ʻikai pē toe ʻi ai ha momou, toe vakaiʻi, pe ʻe toe lau foʻou, ke toe fakamatalaʻi ʻa e kaveingá.” Naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he fakahā ko ʻení “ʻo fakahangatonu mai ki he Siasí & ʻo kau ki he ngaahi laumālie kuo [mafola] atu ki māmaní.” Naʻá ne fakamahinoʻi ko e lahi taha ʻo kinautolú ni ko e “ngaahi laumālie hala” pea kuo feinga “ʻa Sētane ke kākaaʻi kimoutolu koeʻuhí ke ne ikunaʻi kimoutolu.” Naʻá ne fakatokanga ai ko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ʻeni ʻoku fai ʻe he kau loto-vēkeveké ʻoku “fakalielia” pea ʻoku ʻi ai “ʻa e kau mālualoi ʻiate kimoutolu & kuo kākaaʻi hanau niʻihi ʻo foaki kiate kinautolu ʻa e mālohi ʻo e filí.”
Naʻe folofola mahino ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he ʻaloʻofa ki he kulupu ʻo e kau muimui loto-vēkeveke kei iiki mo taʻe-taukeí ni, ʻo fakamanatu ange ko e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ko e “laumālie ia ʻo e moʻoní” pea ka ʻi ai ha faʻahinga meʻa “ʻoku ʻikai ke fakamaamaʻi ʻoku ʻikai mei he ʻOtuá ia & ka ʻoku mei he fakapoʻulí.” Naʻá ne toe akoʻi foki kinautolu ʻi he konga hoko aí “Ko e meʻa ko ia ʻoku mei he ʻOtuá, ko e māmá ia.” Naʻe hoko atu ʻa e fakahaá ʻo ne ʻomai ha ngaahi fakahinohino ki he founga ke ʻiloʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahā ʻoku ueʻi fakalaumālie mei he ʻOtuá ʻo fehangahangai mo ia ʻoku haʻu mei he ngaahi feituʻu kehé: “Kapau te mou mamata ki ha laumālie ʻoku fakahā mai ʻa ia ʻoku ʻikai mahino kiate kimoutolu & ʻoku ʻikai te mou maʻu ʻa e laumālie ko iá, ke mou fehuʻi ki he Tamaí ʻi he huafa ʻo Sīsuú & kapau ʻe ʻikai te ne foaki atu kiate kimoutolu ʻa e laumālie ko iá, te mou lava ʻo ʻiloʻi ʻoku ʻikai mei he ʻOtuá ia.” Kuo pau ke valokiʻi ʻe he kau kaumātuʻá ʻa e ngaahi laumālie halá ʻaki ʻa e leʻo lahi, pea naʻe palōmesi ʻa e ʻEikí te nau maʻu ʻa e mālohi ke matuʻuaki ʻa e ngaahi ivi tākiekina ʻo e tēvoló kapau te nau loto-fakatōkilalo maʻu pē.
Fokotuʻutuʻu ʻa e Ngaahi Meʻá ke Maau
ʻI he ngaahi fakahā ko ʻení, naʻe mateuteu lelei ange ai ʻa Siosefa mo e kau kaumātuʻa ʻi Ketilaní ke mahino mo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi fakahā fakalaumālie naʻa nau aʻusiá. Ka ʻe fiemaʻu ha ngaahi uike ia ke fokotuʻutuʻu ke maau ʻa e ngaahi haʻofanga lotu takatakai ʻi he feituʻú, pea naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe Siosefa mo ha niʻihi ha taimi ke fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻo e fakahaá.
ʻI he ʻaho 4 ʻo Suné naʻe fakataha ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo ha kau kaumātuʻa ʻo e Siasí ʻi ha fale ako ʻakau ʻi he faama ʻa ʻAisake Moalií, ofi ki Ketilani. Naʻe kau ʻa Līvai Henikoki ʻi he fakataha ko ʻení mo siotonu ʻi he meʻa naʻe fai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ki he faleʻi ʻa e ʻEikí. Ko e taimi naʻe kamata fakahaaʻi ai ʻe ha kau kaumātuʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻa e ivi tākiekina taʻe-iloa ʻo e ngaahi laumālié, naʻe pehē ange ʻa Hailame Sāmita, “Siosefa, ʻoku ʻikai mei he ʻOtuá ʻena.” Naʻe lotu ʻa Siosefa ʻo hangē ko e fakahinohino ʻa e fakahaá, pea taimi siʻi pē mei ai, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻo valokiʻi ʻa e ngaahi laumālié.
Naʻe ō ʻa Paʻale P. Pālati mo Siosefa Ueikifila “ki he ngaahi potu-siasí” ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻe he fakahaá, ʻo “valokiʻi ʻa e ngaahi laumālie hala kuo hulufi ʻiate kinautolú, mo fakatonutonu ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe fiemaʻú.” Naʻe kau foki ʻa Sēleti Kaata ʻi ha niʻihi tokolahi naʻa nau ongoʻi ha mālohi foʻou mei he fakahaá, pea naʻá ne valokiʻi foki ha fakahā loi, ʻi he lolotonga ʻo ha fakataha ʻi ʻEmiheesi, ʻi ʻOhaiō.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Līvai Henikoki ʻi heʻene fakakaukau ki heʻene aʻusia ko ha taha siotonu ʻi he fuofua kaupeau ʻo e vēkeveke fakalaumālie ko ʻení, naʻá ne ongoʻi mā ʻi heʻene tui ki ai “hangē ha valé.” Naʻá ne houngaʻia ʻo pīkitai ki he fakahā foʻoú mo hoko ko ha mēmipa faivelenga ʻo e Siasí ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻene moʻuí.
ʻOku fakamatalaʻi fakaikiiki ʻe he hisitōlia ʻo Siosefa Sāmitá ʻa e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi uike taʻemanonga ko ʻení: “Naʻe ulusino ha ngaahi ongo faikehe mo ha ngaahi laumālie hala ʻiate kinautolu. ʻI ha kiʻi fakatokanga, mo e kiʻi fakapotoʻi, naʻá ku tokoniʻi vave ʻa e houʻeiki tangatá mo fafine ke nau ikunaʻi ʻeni. … Naʻe ʻiloʻi ngofua ʻa e ngaahi laumālie halá mo tekeʻi ʻe he maama ʻo e fakahaá.”