Hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí
‘Tokangaʻi Makehe Ho Fāmilí’


“‘Tokangaʻi Makehe Ho Fāmilí’” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)

“Tokangaʻi Makehe Ho Fāmilí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá

“Tokangaʻi Makehe Ho Fāmilí”

T&F 118, 126

fakatātā ʻo Mele ʻAna ʻEnisela

Naʻe feʻiloaki ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻEnisela mo Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻi Ketilani ʻi he 1833. Naʻe papitaiso ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻi he 1832, pea kau he kau fuofua ului ki he Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Naʻá ne fakamoʻoni ʻo pehē, “naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi ange ʻe he Laumālié kiate ia … ʻa e moʻoni ʻo hono tupuʻangá, ʻo mālohi fau pea ʻikai ai pē ke toe lava ʻo veiveiua.” Naʻe ʻikai fuoloa kuo hiki-fononga ki Ketilani, ʻo tūʻuta atu ʻi he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 1833.

Naʻe mālōlō foki ʻa e ʻuluaki mali ʻo Pilikihami ʻIongí, ʻa Meliame Ueka ʻi ha taʻu ʻe taha kimuʻa mei he fatafata vaivaí, ko ia ai naʻe ʻave ʻe Vilate Kimipolo ko e uaifi ʻo hono kaungāmeʻa mamae ko Hīpa C. Kimipoló ʻa e ongo kiʻi ʻofefine ʻo Pilikihami kuo mole siʻena faʻeé ʻo tauhi kae ō ʻa Pilikihami mo Hīpa ke talaki ʻa ʻena tui fakalotu foʻoú. Ka ʻi he 1833, kuo ʻosi hiki mai ʻa Pilikihami ki Ketilani ke nofo ai.

ʻI ha ngaahi māhina siʻi pē, kuo maheni ʻa Pilikihami mo Mele ʻAna. Naʻá ne [Mele ʻAna] “saiʻia ʻiate ia [Pilikihami]” ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fanongo ai ki heʻene malangá; pea naʻá ne [Pilikihami] saiʻia ʻia [Mele ʻAna] ʻi he taimi naʻá ne fanongo ai ki heʻene fakamoʻoní. Naʻá na mali ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1834. Naʻe toki tohi kimui ange ʻe Pilikihami naʻe “tokangaʻi [ʻe Mele ʻAna] ʻeku fānaú, tauhi hoku ʻapí, mo ngāue ʻosikiavelenga maʻa hoku fāmilí mo e siasí.”

“ʻAlu kae Tuku Ho Fāmilí”

Kuo liliu ʻa Pilikihami ʻe he ongoongolelei kuo fakafoki maí, pea ko ʻene holi ke malangaʻi iá naʻe ʻikai ke lava ʻo mataʻotaʻofi. Naʻá ne manatu kimui ange, “Naʻá ku loto ke kalanga, mo fakahaaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí ki he ngaahi puleʻangá.” “Naʻe ongo ia ʻi hoku ngaahi huí ʻo hangē ko e vela ʻa ha afi.” Neongo naʻe fiemaʻu ʻe he meʻá ni ha fefonongaʻaki lahi, ʻo faʻa hoko ʻi he taimi ʻo e masivá, puké, mo e matangi koví, ka naʻe ʻalu fiemālie pē ʻa Pilikihami. Naʻá ne pehē kimui, “Kuo teʻeki ke teitei hū ki hoku lotó, talu mei he ʻuluaki ʻaho naʻe ui au ai ke malanga ʻaki ʻa e Ongoongoleleí ʻo aʻu ki he ʻahó ni, ʻa e taimi naʻe folofola ai ʻa e ʻEikí, ‘ʻAlu kae tuku ho fāmilí,’ ke u fai ha toe kihiʻi taʻe-loto.”

Naʻe ʻikai pē foki ke hanu ʻa Mele ʻAna ia, ʻo aʻu ki he taimi naʻe ʻave ai ʻe he ngāue fakafaifekaú mo e fatongia ʻi he Siasí ʻa Pilikihami mei ʻapi ʻi ha meimei vaeua ʻo e taimí, ʻi he lolotonga hona ʻuluaki taʻu ʻe nima fakatahá. Hili pē ha taimi nounou mei heʻena malí, naʻe mavahe ʻa Pilikihami mo e ʻApitanga ʻo Saioné ʻi ha māhina ʻe fā, ʻo toki foki mai pē ʻo feʻunga mo hono fāʻeleʻi ʻena ʻuluaki pēpeé ʻi ʻOkatopa. ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1835 naʻá ne ngāue fakafaifekau ai ʻi ha māhina ʻe nima ko ha ʻAposetolo naʻe toki uiuiʻi pē. Naʻe ʻi ʻapi ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻuluaki māhina ʻo e taʻú ʻi he 1836, ka naʻe femoʻuekina hono taimí he tokangaʻi ʻo e vali mo e fokotuʻu ʻo e ngaahi matapā sioʻata ki he fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi Ketilaní. Hili pē ha taimi nounou mei hono fakatapui o e temipalé, naʻe mavahe ʻi ha toe ngāue fakafaifekau ʻe taha mei ʻEpeleli ki Sepitema. Naʻá ne toe ʻalu ʻi he 1837, ʻi ha ngāue fakafaifekau ʻe ua, ko e taha ʻi he faʻahitaʻu failaú pea mo e taha ʻi he faʻahitaʻu māfaná. Naʻe mahino ʻi he ngaahi mavahe ko ʻení ʻe ngāue lahi ʻa Mele ʻAna, ʻo ngalingali ʻi he ngoueʻangá pea mo e falé foki, ʻo kehe ia mei hono tokangaʻi hona fāmili tokolahí: ongo ʻofefine ʻo Pilikihami ko Vilate mo ʻElisapeti mei heʻene ʻuluaki malí; foha ko Siosefa, naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻi he 1834; mo e ongo māhanga ko Mele ʻAna mo Pilikihami Siʻi naʻe fāʻeleʻi ʻi he 1836.

Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻi he ngaahi tohi ʻa Pilikihami ki hono fāmilí ʻa ʻene ʻofá mo ʻene ʻiloʻi ʻa enau ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá. Naʻá ne faitohi mai mei Masasūseti ʻi Māʻasi 1837 ʻo pehē, “Mele, ʻoku ou manatuʻi maʻu pē koe ʻi heʻeku ngaahi lotú.” “ʻOku ou lava pē ʻo sioloto atu ki hoku fāmilí mo fakaʻamu ke fakataha mo kinautolu ʻi ha taimi [vave] ʻi haʻaku ʻatā mei hoku fatongiá.” Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ʻi Siulai ʻa ʻene ʻamanaki ko e taimi ʻe foki mai ai ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú, te ne lava ʻo “totongi [hono] falé” mo fai hano ngaahi fakalelei “koeʻuhí ke u ongoʻi fiemālie fekauʻaki mo hoku fāmilí ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou mavahe ai meiate kinautolú.” Naʻá ne kole kia Mele ʻAna ke “fakatau ha papa pe ʻakau papa pe makamaka pea kapau te ke maʻu ha faingamālie pea fakatau ha meʻa pē ki he langá.”

Neongo ia, ko e taimi naʻe foki mai ai ʻa Pilikihami ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú, naʻá ne ʻilo naʻe vālau ʻa Ketilani, ʻo moveuveu ʻi he taʻefiemālié mo e fepakipakí. Naʻe ʻai ʻe heʻene māteakiʻi ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá ke ne hoko ai ko ha taha ke siofi ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻo e Siasí, pea ʻi Tīsemá naʻe hola ai ke moʻui, kae tuku pē hono fāmilí. Naʻe ngaohikoviʻi ʻa Mele ʻAna mo e fānaú ʻe he kakai naʻe hē mei he siasí, naʻa nau toutou ōmai ʻo ʻāhua holo ʻi hono ʻapí mo fakahohaʻasi ia ʻaki ha “ngaahi fakamanamana mo e lea kovi,” ʻo fakailifiaʻi ia ʻo aʻu ki he tuʻunga naʻe uesia ai ʻene moʻuí. Ko e taimi naʻe fāifai pea fakataha ai ʻa Mele ʻAna mo Pilikihami ʻi Hihifo Mamaʻo ʻi he faʻahitaʻu failau ʻo e 1838, naʻe fuʻu ʻohovale ʻa [Pilikihami] ʻi he tuʻunga ʻo e moʻui ʻa Mele ʻAná. Naʻá ne talaange ki ai, “ʻOkú ke ʻasi ʻo hangē kuó ke mei maté.”

Fakahā ʻe Ua

Taimi nounou pē mei he aʻu atu ʻa e fāmili ʻIongí, kuo maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā naʻe teʻeki ai ke pulusi ʻo fakahinohinoʻi ʻa Pilikihami ke ʻoua ʻe toe mavahe mei hono fāmilí “kae ʻoua kuo ʻi ai ha meʻa feʻunga ke nau nofo ʻaki.” Ka ʻi ha fakahā ki he Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi Siulai 1838—ʻoku maʻu he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 118—naʻe hā ai ʻe fuonounou pē ʻa e kiʻi mālōlō ko iá. Hili ha māhina pē ʻe hiva, ʻe mavahe leva ʻa e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi ha ngāue fakafaifekau ki Pilitānia Lahi, ʻo mavahe mei Hihifo Mamaʻo ʻi he ʻaho 26 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1839.

Naʻe hoko ʻa e māhina ʻe hiva ko iá ko ha vahaʻa taimi femoʻuekina lahi. Naʻe tuli ʻa e Kāingalotú mei honau ngaahi ʻapi ʻi Mīsulí, pea naʻe toe tuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki ʻeni kia Pilikihami ʻIongi he ko e taha ia ʻo e kau taki ʻo e Siasí naʻe fiemaʻu taha ʻe he kau fakatangá. Naʻe hola fakataha leva ʻa e fāmili ʻIongí, ka naʻa nau fononga nouou pē pea nau tatali kae foki ʻa Pilikihami ke tokoniʻi ʻa e Kāingalotu naʻe fuʻu fakaʻofá. Naʻe manatuʻi ʻe Mele ʻAna ko e taimi naʻa nau tūʻuta lelei ai ki he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo e Vaitafe Misisipí ʻi ʻIlinoisí, naʻá ne tauhi fale ʻi ha feituʻu kehekehe ʻe 11 ʻi ha māhina ʻe tolu. Naʻe toe feitama foki.

Ko ha Ngāue Fakafaifekau ʻi he Tafaʻaki ʻe Taha ʻo e Tahí

ʻI he kamata ke toe fakatahataha atu ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he feituʻu Koumēsí, ʻa ia ʻe toe fakahingoa ko Nāvū, ʻi ʻIlinoisí, naʻe maʻu ai ha nofoʻanga ʻo e fāmili ʻIongí ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha ʻo e Vaitafe Misisipí, ʻi Monitulosi, ʻi ʻAiouā, ʻa ia naʻe tokolahi ha Kāingalotu naʻe maʻu ai hanau nofoʻanga ʻi ha ʻapi fakakautau ka kuo liʻaki. Neongo hono tuli kinautolu ke nau hiki pea mo e fuʻu fiemaʻu ke langa ha kolo foʻoú, naʻe kei fakapapau pē ʻa e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ke fakahoko ʻa e fekau ʻo e ngāue fakafaifekau ki Pilitānia Lahí.

ʻI he ʻaho 2 ʻo Siulai 1839, naʻe fakataha ai ʻa e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá mo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Pilikihami ʻIongí. Naʻe “hilifaki [ʻe he Kau Palesitenisií] honau nimá” ki he ʻulu ʻo ha niʻihi tokolahi naʻe ʻi ai, kau ai ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻIongi, “ke tāpuakiʻi kinautolu & honau ngaahi fāmilí kimuʻa pea nau toki mavahe ki he ngaahi puleʻanga kehé.” Naʻe palōmesi ki he kau Takí te nau toe foki lelei mai “ki he fatafata ʻo [honau] ngaahi fāmilí” pea te nau fakaului ha “ngaahi laumālie tokolahi ko e silaʻi [ʻo ʻenau] ngāué.”

Hili ha māhina ʻe ua mei ai, ʻi he ʻaho 14 ʻo Sepitema 1839, naʻe toe lea māvae ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi kia Mele ʻAna kae mavahe ʻi heʻene ngāue fakafaifekau ki ʻIngilaní. ʻE faingataʻa ke fakakaukau ki he ngaahi tūkunga ʻikai fuʻu fakafiemālie ki siʻono fāmilí. Naʻá ne manatu ki ai ʻo pehē, “Naʻa mau fuʻu mātuʻaki masiva, ʻo tupu mei hono tuli mei Mīsulí, ʻa ia naʻa mau liʻaki ai ʻa ʻemau meʻa kotoa.” Ko ʻene kōpate valá “naʻe ʻikai loko maʻu ai ha vala fakafaifekau,” he naʻe ngaohi hono tataá mei “ha ongo talausese motuʻa” pea ko ha kiʻi “monomono naʻe fakafonu vavae molū” naʻe ngaohi ia ko hano koté.

Pea hangē ko e Kāingalotu tokolahi ʻi he taimi ko iá, naʻe puke ʻi he malēliá mo e mofí. Ko ʻene manatú, naʻe kovi pehē fau ʻa ʻene moʻuí, “Naʻe ʻikai ke u lava au ʻo luelue ʻi ha mita ʻe 110 ʻo taʻe-tokoniʻi. Naʻe tokoniʻi au ke u aʻu ki he veʻe vaitafe Misisipí pea fata ki he tafaʻaki ʻe tahá.” Neongo ia, naʻá ne “fakapapauʻi ʻe ʻalu ki ʻIngilani, pe mate feinga pē.”

Naʻe ʻikai ko Pilikihami pē naʻe faingataʻaʻiá. Naʻe toki fāʻele pē ʻa Mele ʻAna he ʻaho ʻe 10 kimuʻá. Ko e fāmilí he taimi ko ʻení naʻe ʻi ai ha fānau ʻe toko fitu, pea naʻa nau “puke kātoa mo ʻikai ke nau lava ʻo fetauhiʻaki.” Neongo ia, naʻe kolosi ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻi he vaitafé mei ʻAiuouā ki ʻIlinoisi ke lava ʻo lea māvae fakaʻosi ki hono husepānití. Ko e taimi naʻe mavahe ai ʻa Pilikihami mo Hiipa C. Kimipolo ʻokú na fakatou puke lahi tatau mei he ʻapi ʻo Hiipá ʻi Nāvuú, naʻe kau fakataha ʻa Pilikihami mo hono kaumeʻa ʻi he feinga ke tuʻu ʻi he saliote naʻá na heka aí, ke kaila, “Ke Monūʻia ʻa ʻIsileli,” ko ʻena feinga ke ongoʻi fiefia ʻa kinautolu naʻá na mavahe mei aí.

Ko e Fusimoʻomo ʻi ʻApí

Hili ha māhina ʻe ua mei he mavahe ʻa Pilikihamí, kuo ʻikai ha toe meʻakai ʻa e fāmilí. Naʻe kei faingataʻaʻia pē ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻi he haʻahaʻa ʻo e malēliá, ka naʻe pau ke ne fai ha meʻa ke mahuʻi ai ʻenau fiekaiá. ʻI ha “ʻaho matangi mo momoko ʻi Nōvema,” naʻá ne pulupulu ai mo ʻene kiʻi pēpē ko ʻĀlisí ʻi ha ngaahi sipi maalualu peá na tuku-folau ʻi ha kiʻi vaka fokotuʻu ʻi he Vaitafe Misisipí. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e folaú, naʻe hanga ʻe he matangí ʻo fakatupu ha ngaahi peau ʻo ne siʻi pīponu ai mo ʻene kiʻi pēpeé. ʻI heʻene aʻu ki Nāvuú, naʻe ʻalu ki ha ʻapi ʻo ha kaungāmeʻa, ʻa ia naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi kimui ʻo pehē, “Naʻe haʻu ʻa Sisitā ʻIongi ki hoku falé … mo ʻene kiʻi pēpē ko ʻĀlisí, ʻoku fua mai pē, kuo meimei pongia ʻi he momokó mo e fiekaiá, pea pīpīponu ʻaupito.” Naʻe ʻikai ke tali ʻe Mele ʻAna ʻa e fakaafe ʻa hono kaungāmeʻá ke kiʻi nofó. Naʻe vivili pē, “ʻOku fiekaia foki mo e fānau ʻi ʻapí.” Naʻá ne aleaʻi ha “ngaahi foʻi pateta mo ha meʻi mahoaʻa mahoaʻa siʻisiʻi,” pea “feinga atu leva ʻa Mele ʻAna ki he kauvai ʻo e vaitafé ke ʻaʻalo ʻo foki. Naʻe tuʻo lahi ʻene faʻa kolosi ʻi he vaitafé “ke maʻu ʻa e fanga kiʻi fiemaʻu vivili ʻo e moʻuí,” ko e taimi ʻe niʻihi naʻe fai ia “he lolotonga ha ngaahi hakohako naʻá ne mei fakailifiaʻi ʻa e houʻeiki fafine ʻoku loto-toʻá.”

ʻI he meimei taimi ko ʻení, naʻe tuli ai ʻa Mele ʻAna mei hono loki ʻi he fuʻu ʻapi fakakautau motuʻá. Naʻe hiki ai ʻo nofo ʻi ha fale ʻoku tauhi ai e fanga hōsí ʻi Monitilosi pea fakaʻaongaʻi e faʻahitaʻu momokó he feinga ke maʻu ha kiʻi moʻui “ʻi he tuituí & fō ” maʻá e niʻihi kehé. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu failau hono hokó naʻe foaki ange ai ha konga kelekele ʻi Nāvū, ʻo ne tō ai ha ngoue. ʻI he lolotonga ʻo e faʻahitaʻu māfana ko iá, naʻe ʻaʻalo ai ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻʻo kolosi ʻi he Vaitafe Misisipí ke tokangaʻi ʻene ngoué pea toe ʻaʻalo foki “ʻi he taimi poʻulí ʻi he hili e kakato ʻo ʻene ngāue he ʻahó.”

Makehe mei heʻene ngāue ʻi heʻene ngoué, naʻe toe langa ʻe Mele ʻAna ha kiʻi fale ʻakau ʻi hono konga kelekelé. ʻI Sepitema 1840, hili ia ha taʻu ʻe taha ʻo e mavahe ʻa Pilikihami ʻi heʻene ngāue fakafaifekaú, naʻá ne fetukutuku hono fāmilí ki honau ʻapi foʻou ʻi Nāvuú. Naʻe ʻiloʻi lelei ʻe Vilate Kimipolo ko e falé “ʻe faingataʻa ke ui ko ha palepale,” ka naʻá ne lava ʻo holoki ʻene faʻa toutou kolosi ʻi he vaitafé. Naʻe manatuʻi kimui ʻe hono ʻilamutú ko ha “ngeʻesi fale pē ia,” mo ha ngaahi fuʻu sipi ʻoku tautau he ngaahi matapaá mo e matapā sioʻatá ko e fakaūū mei he matangí.

Neongo naʻe maʻu ʻe Mele ʻAna, ha ʻuhinga ke lāunga ai, ka naʻá ne fufuuʻi pē hono ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá meia Pilikihami. Hili haʻane ʻilo mei ha niʻihi kehe ha niʻihi ʻo siʻono ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá, naʻe faitohi atu ki ai ʻi Nōvema ʻo e 1840: “Mahalo ʻokú ke ʻiloʻi pē ʻa ʻeku ʻofa atu kiate koé, ʻi hoʻo ʻūkuma mo loto-fiemālie ke masiva mo fai ʻa e meʻa kotoa ʻokú ke lava maʻa ʻeku kiʻi fānaú kau lava ʻo ʻalu ʻo fai ʻa e meʻa ʻoku finangalo ʻe he ʻEikí ke u faí.”

ʻI ʻEpeleli 1841, ʻi he ʻamanaki ke foki mai ʻa [Pilikihami] mei ʻIngilaní, naʻe fakahā ʻe Mele ʻAna kia Pilikihami neongo ʻoku fakaʻamu ki “ha fale lelei ange ke [ne haʻu ki aí,” ka ʻokú ne “fakamālō pē ʻoku ʻi ai ha maluʻanga fakafiemālie mei he Matangí.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ange kuo “fuʻu faingataʻa ke maʻu ha ngāue pea ko e meʻa naʻá ku faí naʻe ʻikai ke tatau ia mo e meʻa naʻá ku loto ki aí.” ʻI he hili “siʻene fai hono lelei tahá,” naʻe fakafetaʻi [ʻa Mele ʻAna] ki heʻene “Tamai Hēvaní ʻi he ngaahi tāpuaki kotoa ʻoku ou maʻú mo lotua ke hokohoko atu e ʻaloʻofa ʻa e ʻEikí kiate kimautolú.”

Naʻe toki ʻilo ʻe Pilikihami ʻi heʻene foki mai ki Nāvū ʻi he ʻaho 1 ʻo Siulai 1841, hili ha māhina ʻe 22 ʻo ʻene mavahé, ʻa e lahi ʻo e siʻi masiva ʻa Mele ʻAna mo e kiʻi fānaú. Naʻá ne ngāue leva he taimi ko iá ke fakaleleiʻi siʻonau tūkungá. Naʻe pehē ʻe Pilihami, “Ko e taimi ʻoku ʻikai ke u ʻi he ui ai ʻa Siosefa, ʻi he ngāue ʻa e siasí, naʻá ku fakaʻaongaʻi [hoku taimí] ki he fakatafe, ʻaaʻi mo ngoueʻi hoku konga kelekelé, langa ha kiʻi palepale fakataimi maʻa ʻeku pulú, monomono ʻa e tutulú pe fakaʻosi hoku falé.” ʻI he taimi tatau, naʻá ne kamata ngāue ʻi hono fale piliki lanu kulokula ʻoku kei tuʻu ʻi Nāvuú, neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo hiki ki ai hono fāmilí kae ʻoua kuo toki aʻu ki Mē ʻo e 1843.

“ʻOku Tali Lelei Hoʻo Foakí”

ʻOsi ha uike ʻe taha ʻo e foki mai ʻa Pilikihamí, naʻe ʻaʻahi atu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki ai ʻi hono ʻapí, ʻi he ʻaho 9 ʻo Siulai 1841. ʻOku ngalingali pē naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Mele ʻAna. ʻOku ʻikai ke maʻu ha fakamatala ia ʻo e pōtalanoá pe ko e ngaahi tūkunga ʻo e ʻahó, ka ʻoku ʻikai ha toe veiveiua naʻe mamata tonu ʻa Siosefa ki he fakamoʻoni ʻo e siʻi feilaulau ʻa e fāmili ʻIongí mo e fusimoʻomó. Naʻá ne fakamatala leva ha fakahā ʻi he feituʻu pē ko iá, ʻoku maʻu he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 126. “Siʻi & tokoua ʻofaʻanga mo ʻofeina lahi ko Pilikihami ʻIongi,” ko hono fakaleá ʻeni, “ʻoku ʻikai ke toe ʻekeʻi mei ho nimá ke ke ʻalu mei ho fāmilí ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi taimi kuohilí, he ʻoku lelei kiate au ʻa hoʻo feilaulaú.” Naʻe fakahinohinoʻi ia ke “tokangaʻi makehe ʻa ho fāmilí ʻo fai atu mei he taimí ni, pea ki he taʻengatá.” Neongo naʻe fai ʻa e fakahaá kia Pilikihami, ka ʻoku ʻikai toe fakaʻuliʻulilātai ko e fakamahinoʻi ia ʻo e feilaulau mo e poupou faivelenga ʻa Mele ʻAná. Naʻe lekooti ʻe Pilikihami ʻi heʻene tohinoá ʻi he hili ha māhina ʻe ono ʻo ʻene foki mei ʻIngilaní, ko ʻene fakakaukau ki hono talitali fakafiemālie ʻo ʻene ʻi ʻapí, naʻá na fakatou maʻú, “Ko e efiafi ní, ʻoku nofo pē mo hoku uaifí ʻi heʻeku veʻe afí, ko ʻene fuofua hoko ia kiate kimaua, hili ha ngaahi taʻu lahi. “ʻOkú ma [fiefia] ai mo ongoʻi ke [fakahīkihikiʻi] ʻa e ʻEikí.”

Naʻe liliu ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e feituʻu naʻe ngāue ai ʻa Pilikihamí, kae ʻikai ko hono lōloá. Naʻe mavahe pē mei ʻapi ʻi ha ngaahi ngāue fakafaifekau taimi nounou ʻe tolu ʻi he ngaahi taʻu hono hokó, ka ko hono taimí naʻe kei fakatapui pē ki he ngāue maʻá e ʻEikí. Naʻe kei hokohoko atu pē hono poupouʻi ia ʻe Mele ʻAná pea mo fai fai ha ngaahi feilaulau koeʻuhí ko ʻene tui fakalotú, kau ai mo hono tali ʻa e tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e mali tokolahí mo talitali lelei ʻa e ngaahi uaifi foʻoú ki he fāmilí. Pea naʻe kei lahi pē mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻe hoko maí. ʻI he lotolotonga hono kapusi ʻo e Kāingalotú mei Nāvuú, naʻe taku ʻo pehē ko Mele ʻAná, naʻe “angalelei mo angaʻofa ʻaupito, ʻi he fai ʻo e faleʻi mo e tokoni” kiate kinautolu naʻe faingataʻaʻiá. ʻI hono kotoa ʻene moʻuí, naʻá ne tokoni ki he fāmilí, kaungāmeʻá, mo e kaungā Kāingalotú pea mo tokoni ʻi he langa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá.

  1. E. B. Wells, “Heroines of the Church: Biography of Mary Ann Angell Young,” Juvenile Instructor, vol. 26, no. 1 (Jan. 1, 1891), 17.

  2. Leonard J. Arrington, Brigham Young: American Moses (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985), 37.

  3. Wells, “Heroines of the Church,” 17; Arrington, Brigham Young, 37.

  4. “History of Brigham Young,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, vol. 25, no. 29 (July 18, 1863), 454.

  5. Brigham Young, “Discourse,” Deseret News, Aug. 24, 1854, 1.

  6. Arrington, Brigham Young, 54.

  7. Ko e tohi ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi kia Mele ʻAna ʻEnisela ʻIongi, ʻaho 24 ʻo Māʻasi 1837, toʻo mei he Dean C. Jessee, “Brigham Young’s Family: Part I, 1824–1845,” BYU Studies, vol. 18, no. 3 (1978), 316.

  8. Ko e tohi ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi kia Mele ʻAna ʻEnisela ʻIongi ʻi he ʻaho 21 ʻo Siulai 1836, toʻo mei he Dean C. Jessee, “Brigham Young’s Family,” 315.

  9. Wells, “Heroines of the Church,” 19. Naʻe fehalaaki hono fakaʻaho ʻe Uelisi ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení ki he 1836–37, ko e taʻu ia ʻe taha kimuʻa pea nau toki hoko.

  10. Revelation to Brigham Young, Apr. 17, 1838, in Joseph Smith, “History, 1838–1856, vol. B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838],” 790, josephsmithpapers.org.

  11. “Revelation, 8 July 1838–A [D&C 118],” ʻi he Joseph Smith, Journal, March–September 1838, 54–55, josephsmithpapers.org; vakai foki, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 118:4–5. Ko e fakahā ʻoku pehē ai naʻe kamata ʻa e ngāue fakafaifekau ʻa e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ki ʻIngilaní ʻi he tuʻuʻanga ʻo e temipale ʻi Hihifo Mamaʻo he ʻaho 26 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1839 (vakai, T&F 118), naʻe foaki mai ia ʻi he lolotonga e taimi ʻo e nofo melinó. Ko e taimi naʻe hoko ai ʻa e ʻahó, kuo ʻosi tuli ʻa e Kāingalotú ia mei Mīsuli ʻe ha kau tau naʻe ʻosi fakamahafu. Neongo ia, naʻe ʻongoʻi ʻe Pilikihami mo e kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e Toko Hongouflu Mā Uá ʻa e fiemaʻu ke nau foki ki he puleʻangá ke fakahoko ʻa e fakahaá. ʻI he ʻiloʻi ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻo e Siasí ʻa e ʻaho pau mo e taʻu naʻe tuhuʻi ʻe he fakahaá, naʻa nau fakapapau leva he ikai ke nau teitei tuku ke hoko ʻeni, ʻo ʻamanaki te ne fakamoʻoniʻi ai naʻe ʻikai ko ha palōfita ʻa Siosefa Sāmita. Neongo naʻe pehē ʻe ha niʻihi ʻe hanga ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he faʻahinga tūkunga ko iá ʻo “tali pē ʻa e loto ke fai ʻa e ngāué,” ka naʻe ongoʻi ʻe Pilikihami mo ha niʻihi kehe naʻe fiemaʻu ke nau tui pea mo fakahoko ia” (Wilford Woodruff, “Discourse,” Deseret News, Dec. 22, 1869, 543). Neongo ʻenau fehangahangai mo e fakatuʻutāmaki ʻo e maté pe tuku pōpulá, ka naʻe fakataha hifo ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ki he tuʻuʻanga ʻo e temipalé ʻi he teʻeki ai mafoa ʻa e atá, ʻo fakahoko ʻa e fakahaá. Koeʻuhí ko ʻenau fakamanamana naʻe faí, naʻe tui moʻoni ai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e kau fakatangá he ʻikai ke fai ha feinga ke fakahoko ʻa e fakataha naʻe laú pea ʻikai leva ke nau tuku ha kau leʻo ʻi he feituʻú.

  12. Wells, “Heroines of the Church,” 19.

  13. Wilford Woodruff journal, July 2, 1839, in Wilford Woodruff’s Journal: 1833–1898, Typescript, ed. Scott G. Kenney, 9 vols. (Midvale, Utah: Signature Books, 1983–85), 1:342.

  14. Brigham Young, “Discourse,” Deseret News, Aug. 3, 1870, 307.

  15. “History of Brigham Young,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, vol. 25, no. 43 (Oct. 24, 1863), 679; Brigham Young, “Sermon,” Deseret News, Sept. 17, 1856, 219.

  16. Brigham Young, “Discourse,” Deseret News, Aug. 3, 1870, 307.

  17. “History of Brigham Young,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, vol. 25, no. 41 (Oct. 10, 1863), 646.

  18. President Heber C. Kimball’s Journal: The Faith-Promoting Series, no. 7 (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1882), 100.

  19. E. B. Wells, “Heroines of the Church: Biography of Mary Ann Angell Young,” Juvenile Instructor, vol. 26, no. 2 (Jan. 15, 1891), 56–57. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi pē ʻe Uelo ʻa e kaungāmeʻa ʻo Mele ʻAna ʻi he foʻi talanoá “ko ha kaungāmeʻa mamae ʻo Sisitā ʻIongi mei he ngaahi ʻaho ʻi Ketilaní.”

  20. Historian’s Office journal, Sept. 4, 1859, image 211, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  21. Joseph Watson Young autobiography [n.d.], 23, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  22. Joseph Watson Young autobiography, 23.

  23. Tohi ʻa Vilate Kimipolo kia Hiipa C. Kimipolo, ʻaho 6 ʻo Sepitema1840, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  24. Joseph Watson Young autobiography, 23.

  25. Ko e tohi ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongi kia Mele ʻAna ʻEnisela ʻIongi ʻi he ʻaho 12 ʻo Nōvema 1840, toʻo mei he Jessee, “Brigham Young’s Family,” 319.

  26. Tohi ʻa Mele ʻAna ʻIongi kia Pilikihami ʻIongi ʻi he ʻaho 15, 17, mo e 30 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1841, toʻo mei he Jessee, “Brigham Young’s Family,” 322.

  27. “History of Brigham Young,” Deseret News, Mar. 10, 1858, 3.

  28. Vakai, “History of Brigham Young,” Deseret News, Mar. 17, 1858, ʻi he Jessee, “Brigham Young’s Family,” 324.

  29. “History of Brigham Young,” Latter-day Saints’ Millennial Star, vol. 26, no. 5 (Jan. 30, 1864), 71.

  30. “Revelation, 9 July 1841 [D&C 126],” ʻi he Book of the Law of the Lord, 26, josephsmithpapers.org; naʻe fakatonutonu ʻa e fakaʻilonga leá; vakai foki, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 126:1–3.

  31. Tohinoa ʻa Pilikihami ʻIongí, Jan. 18, 1842, image 37, Brigham Young Collection, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.

  32. Wells, “Heroines,” 58.