“Ko e Tui pea mo e Hinga ʻa Tōmasi Māʻasí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Tui pea mo e Hinga ʻa Tōmasi Māʻasí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko e Tui pea mo e Hinga ʻa Tōmasi Māʻasí
ʻOku siʻisiʻi ha ngaahi talanoa mei he hisitōlia ʻo e Siasí kuo faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ko ha talanoa fakatokanga ʻe tuʻolahi ʻo hangē ko ia ʻo Tōmasi B. Māʻasí. Ko e fuofua tokotaha ke ne hoko ko e Palesiteni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ka naʻe mavahe ʻa Māʻasi mei he Siasí ʻi he 1838 pea fakatomala kimui ʻo toe foki kakato mai ki he siasí ʻi he 1857. ʻOku mahino hono mahuʻingá ʻi he kamata mai ʻa e Siasí ʻi heʻene maʻu toko taha pē ʻa e ongo fakahā ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá pea toe fakahinohinoʻi fakahangatonu ia ʻi ha fakahā kehe ʻe fā.
Naʻe “hola” ʻa Māʻasi mei hono ʻapí ʻi hono taʻu 14 ʻo ne tokoniʻi pē ia ʻi ha ngaahi ngāue kehekehe ʻi Veamoni mo Niu ʻIoke ʻo aʻu ki hono taʻu 20 tupu siʻí. Hili ʻene malí, naʻá ne nofo ʻi Positoni pea ngāue ʻi he kautaha fokotuʻutuʻu mataʻi taipe ʻi ha taʻu lahi. Naʻá ne ako ʻa e Tohi Tapú mo e ngaahi kautaha lotú, ka naʻá ne ongoʻi ʻe ʻi ai “ha siasi foʻou ʻe ʻalu hake te ne maʻu ʻa e moʻoni haohaoá.”
ʻI he 1829, naʻe “tui ʻa [Māʻasi] naʻe fakahā mai ʻe he Laumālie ʻo e ʻOtuá kiate au ke u fononga ki he feituʻu fakahihifó.” Naʻá ne fononga mo ha kaungāmeʻa ki he tafaʻaki fakahihifo ʻo Niu ʻIoké ʻo nofo ai ʻi ha māhina ʻe tolu. Naʻe ʻeke ange ʻe ha fefine ʻi ha taimi ʻe taha pe kuó ne “fanongo ʻi he Tohi Koula naʻe maʻu ʻe ha talavou ko Siosefa Sāmita.” Naʻe “fuʻu vēkeveke lahi ʻa [Māʻasi] ke ʻilo fekauʻaki mo e meʻá ni” pea ʻalu ai ki Palemaila. Naʻá ne ʻilo ai ʻa Māteni Hālisi ʻi he fale paaki ʻo E. B. Kulenitiní, ʻa ia naʻe toki ʻosi hono paaki ai ʻo e ʻuluaki peesi ʻe 16 ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná. Koeʻuhí naʻe ʻi Hāmoni ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ia, ʻi Penisilivēnia, naʻe ʻave leva ʻe Hālisi ʻa Māʻasi kia ʻŌliva Kautele, “ʻo ne ʻomai kiate au ʻa e fakamatala kotoa pē ki he tohi naʻá ku fie ʻilo ki aí.”
Naʻe “fuʻu fiefia ʻaupito” ʻa Māʻasi ʻi he meʻa kotoa kuó ne ʻiló pea foki ki hono ʻapí ki Positoni ʻo vahevahe ʻene ʻilo foʻoú mo hono uaifí, ʻa ia naʻá ne tui mo ia foki ko ha meʻa ia mei he ʻOtuá. Naʻe tohi ʻe Māʻasi, “Talu mei heni, mo ʻeku fetohiʻaki mo ʻŌliva Kautele pea mo Siosefa Sāmita ko e siʻí, ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe taha, mo u teuteu ke hiki ki he hihifó.”
Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē, “Naʻá ku ʻiloʻi ʻi he fetohiʻakí naʻe fokotuʻu ʻa e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1830, naʻá ku hiki leva ki Palemaila, ʻi he vahefonua ʻOnitelioó ʻi Sepitema, ʻo nofo ʻi he ʻapi ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí, mo hoku fāmilí kotoa. Naʻe papitaiso au ʻe Tēvita Uitemā ʻi he māhina ko ʻení, ʻi he anovai Kaiungá, pea ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi pē naʻe fakanofo au ko e Kaumātuʻa ʻe ʻŌliva Kautele mo ha kau Kaumātuʻa kehe ʻe toko ono, ʻi he ʻapi ʻo e Tamai ko Uitemaá.”
Kimui ange ʻi he māhina tatau pē, naʻe fakahoko ai ʻa e konifelenisi hono ua ʻa e Siasí ʻi Feieti ʻi Niu ʻIoke. Naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻi he lolotonga ʻo e konifelenisí ha ngaahi fakahā ki he niʻihi fakafoʻituitui ʻe toko fā, ʻo kau ai ʻa e taha kia Tōmasi Māʻasi, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 31.
Naʻe fakafiefia moʻoni ʻa e meʻa naʻe ʻi he fakahaá—ko e fakalea ʻe niʻihi ʻoku faitatau mo e ngaahi fakahā kehe kimuʻá, pea ko ha ngaahi palōmesi mo e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻe niʻihi ʻoku fakapatonu kia Māʻasi mo hono fāmilí. Naʻe fakahā kia Māʻasi ko ia mo hono fāmilí, “ʻio, ko hoʻo fānau īkí,” ʻe tāpuekina. ʻI he taimi ko iá, naʻe ʻi ai hano ngaahi foha ʻe toko tolu, pea ko e lahi tahá naʻe taʻu hiva. Naʻe uiuiʻi ʻa Māʻasi ke ne hoko ko ha faifekau pea naʻe fakahā ange kuo fakamolemoleʻi ʻene ngaahi angahalá. Naʻe faleʻi ia ke ne faʻa kātaki, ke ʻoua ʻe loto-ʻita, ke lotu maʻu ai pē, pea talangofua ki he Fakafiemālié.
Naʻe kau ʻi he fakahaá ha talaʻofa mālie: “Vakai, ʻoku ou pehē kiate koe, ke ke hoko ko e [tangata faitoʻo] ki he siasí kae ʻikai ki he māmaní, koeʻuhí he ʻe ʻikai te nau tali koe.” ʻOku ʻuhinga ki he hā ʻa e hingoa ko e [tangata faitoʻó]? Naʻe ʻiloa nai ia ko ha toketā fakafaitoʻo, ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kāingalotú ʻi heʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻu fakafaitoʻó, pe ʻoku ʻuhinga fakalotu hono natulá, ko ha taha kuo ui ke tokoni fakalaumālie pe fai-fakamoʻui? ʻOku tuʻo ua pē ʻene ʻasi hano tokoniʻi fakatuʻasino ʻe Māʻasi ha puke ʻa e kāingalotú, pea naʻe ʻikai foki ke ʻi ai haʻane ako fakafaitoʻo makehe. ʻOku motuʻa tatau pē ʻa e foʻi lea ko ia ko e “toketā ki he laumālié” mo Sōkolētesi, pea naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he ngaahi siasi kehé ʻa e ngaahi foʻi lea “toketā ki he siasí” pe “toketā ʻo e siasí” ʻi ha taʻu ʻe laungeau. ʻOku toe fakalahi mai ʻa e taʻemahinó ʻe he konga kimui ʻo e vēsí, “[ka ki māmani, ʻe ʻikai ke nau tali koe.”
Ko ha Tamaioʻeiki Faivelenga
ʻOku mahino moʻoni naʻe muimui fakatōkilalo ʻa Tōmasi Māʻasi ki he faleʻi naʻá ne maʻú ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi. Naʻe fakanofo ia ko ha taulaʻeiki lahi ʻi he 1831 pea ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi he 1831 mo e 1832. Naʻe hiki mo hono fāmilí ki “Saione” (Vahefonua Siakisoní, ʻi Mīsuli) ʻi he 1832, ʻo nofo ofi ki he Vaitafe Pulū Lahí (Big Blue), pea hoko ko ha palesiteni fakakolo ʻo e kolo Pulū Lahí. Naʻe kau fakataha mo ha kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e Siasí ʻi hono fakamālohiʻi ke mavahe mei he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻi he 1833 ʻo hiki ki he Vahefonua Lafaieté ʻi he faʻahitaʻu momokó pea toki hiki ai ki he Vahefonua Keleí. Naʻe ui ia ki he fakataha aleaʻanga māʻolungá ʻi Mīsuli ʻi he 1834 pea ui fakataha ia mo ha niʻihi kehe, ke nau maʻu ha fakakoloa ʻo ha mālohi fakalaumālie ʻi he fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi Ketilani ʻi ʻOhaiō, ka naʻe kei langa peé.
“ʻI heʻene loto ki he fakahaá,” naʻe mavahe leva ʻa Māʻasi ki Ketilani ʻi Sānuali ʻo e 1835, ʻo malanga pē heʻene fonongá, ʻo aʻu ki ai ʻi ʻEpeleli. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne lavelaveʻiloa ʻi he lolotonga ʻene fonongá, kuo ʻosi ui ia ki he Kōlomu naʻe fokotuʻu foʻou ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ʻi Fēpueli. Taimi nounou pē mei heʻene aʻu atu ki Ketilaní, kuo fakanofo ia ki he Kōlomú. Fakatatau ki he hokohoko honau fakanofó mo e fakahaá, naʻe ui ia ko e palesiteni ʻo e kōlomú, neongo ko ha talavou kei siʻi ia naʻe taʻu pē ʻe 35 nai.
ʻI he māhina hono hokó, naʻe mavahe ai ʻa Māʻasi mo ha kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau ki he ngaahi siteiti he fakahahaké, pea toki foki mai ʻi Sepitema. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú mo e faʻahitaʻu momokó, naʻe kau ai ki he Akoʻanga ʻo e kau Kaumātuʻá mo e akoʻanga lea faka-Hepeluú ʻi Ketilani pea toe kau ʻi he teuteu fakalaumālie ki he fakakoloaʻi ʻaki e mālohí naʻe ʻamanaki ke fakahoko fakataha mo hono fakatapui ʻo e fale ʻo e ʻEikí ʻi Ketilaní. Naʻe kau ʻa Māʻasi ʻi he fakatapuí ʻi he ʻaho 27 ʻo Māʻasi 1836, pea pehē mo e fakataha mamalú ʻi ha ʻosi ha ʻaho ʻe tolu kimui ai. ʻI he māhina hono hokó naʻe kamata fononga foki ai ki hono fāmilí ʻi Mīsuli, mo malanga ai pē ʻi heʻene fonongá. Mei Siulai ki Sepitema, naʻe ʻaʻahi ai ki he ngaahi kolo ʻo e Siasí ʻi ʻIlinoisi, ʻi Kenitaki, pea mo Tenesī.
Mapuna Hake ʻa e Ngaahi Faingataʻá
ʻI he taʻu hono hokó, naʻe fakaʻau ʻo kovi ʻaupito ʻa e vā ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. Ko ha taimi fakalalahi ia ʻo e fepakipakí mo e loto-taʻefiemālié ʻi he lotoʻi Siasí ʻi Ketilani. ʻI he Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, naʻe fakatupu ha moveuveu ʻe heʻenau kei īkí mo e taʻe-taukeí, ʻikai fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e meʻa ʻoku mahuʻingá, mo e taʻe-felotoi ʻi honau fatongiá mo e taumuʻá pea mo e ngataʻanga ʻo honau mafaí. Naʻe toe kanoni ʻaki ʻa e ngaahi faingaʻatá ni ʻa e vāmamaʻó mo e faingataʻa ʻo e fetuʻutakí, he naʻe nofo ha niʻihi ʻi Ketilani mo ha niʻihi ʻi Mīsuli, pea naʻe faʻa ui ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e kōlomú mei he ongo feituʻú fakatouʻosi ke nau ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi ha ngaahi feituʻu kehe.
Naʻe foki ʻa Māʻasi ki Ketilani ʻi Siulai mo ʻamanaki te ne tanumaki ʻa e uouangatahá ʻi he kōlomú, ka naʻá ne toki ʻilo kuo ʻosi mavahe ha niʻihi ia ʻo e kau ʻAposetoló ʻo ngāue fakafaifekau ʻi Pilitānia Lahi pea kuo ʻi ai mo ha niʻihi ia kuo nau hē mei he Siasí. ʻI heʻene fiemaʻu faleʻí, naʻe ʻalu ai ʻa Māʻasi kia Siosefa Sāmita, ʻo ne tala-kae-tohi ange ha fakahā maʻana, (ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 112). Naʻe hoko ʻa e fakahaá ni ko ha maʻuʻanga ʻo ha fakahinohino mo ha fakafiemālie lahi kia Māʻasi, pea mo ha naʻinaʻi foki. Naʻe talaange kia Māʻasi kuo “fakamolemoleʻi hoʻo ngaahi angahalá kotoa” pea “ko au ko e ʻEikí, ʻoku ʻi ai haʻaku ngāue lahi ke ke fai.” Naʻe toe folofola ange foki ʻa e ʻEikí kia Māʻasi, “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi ʻa ho lotó, pea kuó u fanongo ki hoʻo ngaahi lotú. … Ko e tangata koe ʻa ia kuó u fili ke maʻu ʻa e ngaahi kī ʻo hoku puleʻangá (ʻo fekauʻaki mo e toko hongofulu mā uá)” pea “ʻoku maʻongoʻonga ʻa ho uiuiʻí.” Ka naʻe toe fakahā ange foki kia Māʻasi ʻoku ʻi ai ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe niʻihi ʻi heʻene moʻuí “ʻa ia ko au, ko e ʻEikí, naʻe ʻikai te u loko leleiʻia ai.” Naʻe toe faleʻi ʻa Māʻasi ke “tui faivelenga ʻi hoku ʻaó,” pea kiate ia mo e toko hongofulu mā uá ke “ʻoua te mou fakahīkihikiʻi ʻe kimoutolu ʻa kimoutolu pē; ʻoua ʻe angatuʻu ki heʻeku tamaioʻeiki ko Siosefá” ka ke “fakamaʻa ʻa homou lotó” mo “fakamaʻa homou lotó” ko e teuteu ki hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Naʻe toe fakakau foki ʻi he fakahaá ʻa e talaʻofa ʻoku faʻa lea ʻaki “Ke ke loto-fakatōkilalo; pea ʻe tatakinima koe ʻe he ʻEiki ko ho ʻOtuá, pea foaki kiate koe ʻa e tali ki hoʻo ngaahi lotú.”
Naʻe kamata ke lelei mai e vā ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻi ha kiʻi taimi, pea ʻi Siulaí, naʻe mavahe ai ʻa Māʻasi, Siosefa Sāmita, mo ha niʻihi ke ngāue fakafaifekau ki Kānata. ʻI heʻene foki mai ki Hihifo Mamaʻo, ʻi Mīsulí, naʻe hoko atu e ngāue ʻa Māʻasí ke fakamālohia ʻa e Siasí mo fakahā ʻene poupou kia Siosefa Sāmitá. Naʻe hoko ha faingataʻa lahi ki he fāmili Māʻasí ʻi Mē hono hokó, ʻi he mate fakafokifā hono kiʻi foha taʻu 14 ko Sēmisí, hili haʻane kiʻi puke taimi nounou. Naʻe malangaʻi ʻe Siosefa Sāmita hono meʻafakaʻeikí.
Ko ha Hē mei he Moʻoní
ʻI ha ngaahi māhina siʻi pē, kuo moʻulaloa ʻa Māʻasi ki ha laumālie fakahē, ʻo hangē ko ha tokolahi kehe. Naʻe kau ia ʻi ha Kāingalotu tokolahi naʻe uesia ʻi he fakautuutu ʻo e nofo vākovi ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí pea mo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻi Mīsulí. Naʻe toe fakalahiʻi ʻene taʻefiemālie lahí ʻe he meʻa kovi ko ia naʻe hoko he “kilimi huʻakaú,” ʻa ia naʻe hoko ʻi ʻAokosi pe Sepitema ʻo e 1838, naʻe kau ai e uaifi ʻo Māʻasí, ʻa ʻElisapesi, mo Lusinitā Hālisi, ko e uaifi ʻo Siaosi W. Hālisí. Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ʻa Siaosi A. Sāmitá, naʻe felotoi ʻa e ongo fafiné ke na fakafetongi huʻakau mei heʻena fanga pulú ke ngaohi ʻaki ha siisi. Kae kehe mei heʻena aleapaú, he naʻe tukuakiʻi naʻe tuku ʻe ʻElisapesi ia ʻa e kilimí—ko e konga ngako taha ia ʻo e huʻakaú ʻoku tētē ki ʻolungá—kimuʻa peá ne toki ʻave ʻa e toenga ʻo e huʻakaú kia Lusinitā. Fakatatau ki he fakamatala ʻa Sāmitá, naʻe ʻave ʻa e meʻá ni ki he kōlomu ʻo e kau akonakí, hoko ai mo e pīsopé, pea ki he fakataha aleaʻanga māʻolungá, ʻo nau ʻiloʻi kotoa naʻe faihala ʻa ʻElisapesi. ʻI he ʻikai fiemālie ʻa Māʻasí, naʻe tangi ai ki he Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí, ka naʻa nau poupouʻi pē ʻa e ʻuluaki tuʻutuʻuní. Naʻe toe tānaki atu ki he mamahi ʻa Māʻasí ʻa e ngaahi meʻa hokohoko ko ʻení, pea naʻe pehē ai naʻe talaki ʻe Māʻasi “te ne kei poupouʻi pē ʻa e ongoongo ʻo hono uaifí, ʻo tatau ai pē kapau ʻe ʻalu ai ki heli.”
Naʻe mavahe ʻa Māʻasi ʻi ha taimi ʻi he faʻahitaʻu fakatōlaú he 1838 mei Hihifo Mamaʻo mo hono fāmilí, pea nau kamata ke fakafepakiʻi maʻu pē ʻa e Kāingalotú. Naʻá ne fai ha tohi fuakava ʻi ʻOkatopa 1838 ʻo fakamatalaʻi fakaʻāuliliki ai ʻene hohaʻa ki he ngaahi ngāue fakamamahi mo fakaʻauha ʻokú ne tui ʻoku palani pe fakahoko ʻe he kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ki honau kaungāʻapi ʻi he Vahefonua Kalatiuelá mo Teivisí. Naʻe toe fakamatalaʻi foki ʻe he tohi fuakavá ʻa ʻene manavasiʻi ko e “kotoa ʻo e kau Māmonga he ʻikai ke nau fie toʻo mahafú, kapau ʻe fiemaʻu ʻi he ngaahi faingataʻa mo e kakai ʻo e fonuá, naʻa fanaʻi pe fakapoongi” pea “ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tuku ha taha Māmonga ʻoku mavahe ke mavahe moʻui mei he vahefonua Kalatiuelá.” Naʻe tānaki atu ʻe ʻOasoni Haiti ʻene fakamoʻoni hingoá ko e poupou ki he ngaahi fakamatala ʻa Māʻasí.
Neongo ko e tohi fuakava ʻa Māʻasí ko e fakamoʻoni pē taha ia naʻe ʻohake ʻo fakafepakiʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he kau ʻmaʻu mafai ʻo Mīsulí, ka naʻe pehē ʻe Siaosi A. Sāmita kimui ange, “Naʻe hanga ʻe he tohi fuakava ko iá ʻo ʻomai ai ʻa e tuʻutuʻuni mei he puleʻanga Mīsulí ke fakaʻauha ʻa e Kāingalotú, ʻo tuli ai ha Kāingalotu ʻe meimei toko 15,000 mei honau ngaahi ʻapí mo e nofoʻangá, pea mate ai ha lauiafe ʻi heʻenau tofanga he momokó tupu mei he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení.” ʻI hono fakafisingaʻi ia ʻe hono kaungāmeʻa mo e tokotaha poupou kimuʻá, naʻe fakamahinoʻi fefeka ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻoku ʻi he tohi fuakava peesi ʻe ua ʻa Māʻasí ʻa e “ngaahi meʻa taʻe-moʻoni, loi pea mo e ngaahi fakangali-koviʻi kovi taha kiate au mo e Siasí ʻe lava ke faʻu ʻe hono loto-palakuú.”
Naʻe fakamamaʻo ʻa Māʻasi mei he Siasí ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe uofulu koeʻuhí ko ʻene fuʻu loto-mamahí. Naʻe aʻu ki ha taimi ʻi he vaeua ʻo e 1850 tupú, hili e mālōlō siʻono uaifí mo palopalema ʻene tuʻunga moʻui leleí, naʻe pehē ai ʻa Māʻasi ke toe foki ki he Siasí. Ko ʻene fakameʻapangoʻiá mo e fakatomalá naʻe ngali fakatōkilalo mo fakamātoato. ʻI heʻene faitohi kia Hiipa C. Kimipolo ʻi Sōleki Sití, naʻe hahanu ai ʻa Māʻasi, “ʻE lava ke hokohoko lelei atu pē ʻa e ʻEikí ia ʻo ʻikai ke u kau ai pea kuó ʻikai mole haʻane meʻa ʻi heʻeku mavahe mei he ngaahi tuʻungá; kae ʻoiauē, ko e hā kuo mole meiate aú?!” Naʻe toe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Māʻasi kuó ne ʻosi “feʻiloaki mo G W. Hālisi pea kuo ʻosi fai ha fakalelei ʻiate kimaua.”
Hili e tūʻuta mai ʻa Māʻasi ki Sōleki Siti ʻi Sepitema 1857, naʻe fakaʻatā ia ʻe Pilikihami ʻIongi ke ne lea ki he Kāingalotú. ʻI ha leʻo fakavaivai, naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Māʻasi ʻa ʻene hē mei he moʻoní mo kole fakamolemole:
“Kuo tā tuʻo lahi ʻeku fie ʻilo ki he founga naʻe kamata ai ʻeku hē mei he moʻoní, pea kuó u fakakaukau kuo pau pē naʻe mole ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí mei hoku lotó.
“Ko e fehuʻi leva hono hokó, ‘naʻe founga fēfē pea ko e fē taimi naʻe mole ai meiate koe ʻa e Laumālié?’ Naʻe kamata ke u meheka ʻi he Palōfitá, pea naʻe liliu ʻeku fakakaukaú ʻo ʻikai ke u toe mamata ki he meʻa naʻe totonú, pea fakamoleki kotoa hoku taimí ʻi he fakasio ʻo e koví; pea ko e taimi naʻe kamata ke taki ai au ʻe he Tēvoló, naʻe faingofua ki he fakakaukau fakakakanó ke haʻu, ʻa ia ko e ʻitá, meheká, mo e ʻita fakapoʻulí. Naʻe lava pē ke u ongoʻi ʻiate au; naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻita mo loto-lili; pea ʻi he mole ʻa e Laumālie ʻo e ʻEikí, ʻo hangē ko e lau ʻa e folofolá, naʻe fakakuihi au, … naʻá ku ʻita, pea naʻá ku loto ke ʻita mo e taha kotoa pē.”
Hili ʻo e lea ʻa Māʻasí, naʻe kole ʻe Pilikihami ʻIongi ke fai ha fakahā loto ki hono toe fakafoki kakato mai ʻo Tōmasi B. Māʻasi ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, pea naʻe ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha taha ʻe fakafepaki.