“Ko e Fononga ʻa e Kolo Kolesivilí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Ko e Fononga ʻa e Kolo Kolesivilí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Ko e Fononga ʻa e Kolo Kolesivilí
ʻOku ngali naʻe tokotaha pē ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻi heʻene maʻu ʻa e ʻUluaki Mata Meʻa-Hā-Maí pea hoko atu ai mo ʻene feʻiloaki mo e ʻāngelo ko Molonaí, ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne tuʻu toko taha pē ʻi hono ʻapí. Naʻe hoko ʻa ʻene faʻeé, tamaí, mo e ʻenau fānaú ko ha faʻunga fāmili ʻaonga. Naʻá ne lava ke falala moʻoni ki heʻene ongomātuʻá. Naʻá ne lava ke falala ki hono ngaahi tokouá mo e tuofāfiné. Naʻe fuesia ʻe ʻEma ko e uaifi ʻo Siosefá, pea mo Siosefa ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu mo e haʻahaʻa ʻo e tuʻunga fakatakimuʻá, fakafepakí, mo e fakatangá. Naʻe kau fakataha ha ngaahi kaungāmeʻa kehe, hangē ko Māteni Hālisí, ʻŌliva Kautele, mo Tēvita pea mo Sione Uitemā, pea mo Siosefa ʻi heʻene ʻomai ʻa e Tohi ʻa Molomoná, fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí, mo kau ʻi heʻene feinga ke langa ha kakai ʻo Saioné.
Naʻe ʻiloa tatau ʻiate kinautolu naʻa nau faipoupoua mo faitokonia ʻa Siosefa ʻi he lolotonga hono ngaahi ʻahiʻahí mo e ngaahi faingataʻá ʻa e fāmili mo e kāinga Naití pea mo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻi Kolesivili ʻi Niu ʻIoké. Naʻa nau ngāue fakataha mo e talavou ko Siosefa Sāmitá, pea nau muimui ʻiate ia ʻi he Siasi naʻe kamata ke tupulakí, ʻo maluʻi, mo hoko ko e ʻelito ʻo e taha ʻo e ngaahi fuofua kolo ʻo e Siasí. ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi ʻe he talanoa ʻo e fāmili Naití pea mo e Kolo Kolesivilí ʻa e mālohi ʻo e nofo ʻa kāingá mo e anga fakakaumeʻá ʻi Hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí pea mo hono langa hake ʻo e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻEikí.
Naʻe kamata ʻa e talanoa ʻo e Kāingalotu Kolesivilí mei he ʻaʻahi ʻa Siosefa ki he vāhengá ʻi he kongaloto ʻo e 1820 tupú, ʻi he kamata ke ngāue kia Sosaia Sitoeli ʻo e feituʻu Peinipilisi Sauté, ʻi Niu ʻIoke, ʻi ha feinga kumi koloa (treasure-seeking) naʻe ʻikai ke ola lelei. Neongo naʻe ʻikai ke ola lelei ʻa e feinga ko iá, ka naʻe iku ʻo kaungāmeʻa ofi ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí pea mo hono foha ko Niueli Naití. Kimui ange ai, naʻe tokoni ʻa Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí ʻi he ʻeva ʻa Siosefa kia ʻEma Heilí. Naʻe ʻi he ʻapi ʻo e fāmili Sāmitá ʻi he pō naʻe maʻu ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita mei he Moʻunga Komolá mo e ngaahi lauʻi peleti koulá, pea tokoni ʻa ʻEma, peá ne foaki ha meʻakai mo e naunau ke fai ai hono tohi kia Siosefa ʻi he lolotonga hono liliu ʻo e Tohi ʻa Molomoná.
Naʻe kau ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e fāmili Naití mo ha niʻihi ʻo honau kaungāʻapí ʻi he niʻihi naʻe fuofua kau ki he Siasí ʻi he 1830. ʻI he konga kimui ʻo e taʻu ko iá naʻa nau kamataʻi ʻa e taha ʻo e ngaahi fuofua kolo (pe mahalo ko e ʻuluakí ia) ʻo e ngaahi kolo naʻe fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe faleʻi ʻa Siosefa ʻi Siulai 1830, ʻi ha ongo fakahā ʻoku maʻu he taimí ni ʻi he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 24 mo e 26, ke ʻaʻahi ki he kau mēmipa ʻi Kolesivilí, kau ai ʻa e fāmili Naití, ke tukutaha hono taimí ki he “ako ʻo e folofolá & ke malanga & ʻo fakamoʻoniʻi ʻa e Siasi ʻi Kolesivilí.” Naʻe nofo ʻa Hailame Sāmita ʻi he feituʻú ʻi he konga kimui ʻo e 1830 mo tokangaʻi ʻa e kiʻi koló ʻi ha ngaahi māhina. Ko hono fetongí ko e foha ʻo Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí, ʻa Niueli.
Ko e Hiki ki ʻOhaioó
Ko e taimi naʻe ʻomai ai ʻa e ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi Tīsema 1830 mo Sānuali 1831 (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 37 mo e 38) ke hiki ʻa e kāingalotu Niu ʻIoké ki he Teleʻa ʻOhaioó, naʻe fai ʻe he kāingalotu ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí ha ngaahi feilaulau lahi fakapaʻanga mo teuteu ke nau hiki ki he hihifó. Naʻe kau ʻi he ngaahi fāmili ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí pea mo ha niʻihi kehe, ʻa e fāmili Naití, Pekí, Timelí, Sutilingihemí, Kalivá, Sileití, Petisaá, Hainé, mo e Katá. Naʻe fiemaʻu ke fakataha hake ʻa e taha kotoa pē ki ʻOhaiō, pea ʻoua naʻa liʻaki ʻa e kakai masivá. Naʻe tuku ai ʻenau moʻui kimuʻá mo honau ngaahi ʻapí, kiʻi koló, ka nau kamata fononga ʻi he malumalu ʻo e taki ʻa Niueli Naití, ki he feituʻu Ketilaní ʻi ʻEpelei 1831. ʻI heʻenau aʻu atu ʻi Meé, naʻe faleʻi kinautolu ke nau “nofo fakataha, pea ō ki he kolo hoko mai naʻe ui ko Tomisoni, ʻoku ʻi ai ha tangata ko hono hingoá ko [Laimani] Kopelī ʻoku ʻi ai hano konga fonua lahi ʻi ai kuó ne loto ke foaki ke nofo ai ʻa e kāingá.”
Mahalo naʻe foaki ʻe Kopelī hono kelekelé koeʻuhí ko ha fakahā kimuʻa ange (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 48) naʻe fai ki ha fehuʻi mahuʻinga ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1831: “Ko e hā ha ngaahi teuteu te tau fai maʻa hotau kāinga mei he Hahaké & taimí & foungá?” Nae tali ʻe he fakahaá, “Pea fakatatau ki hoʻomou [maʻu] ha ngaahi konga kelekelé, ke mou foaki ki he kāingalotu mei hahaké.” Naʻe talitali lelei ʻe Kopelī ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí, pea taimi nounou pē mei heʻenau tūʻuta ki Tomisoní naʻa nau kamata tō ngoue mo langa ʻi heʻene faama ʻeka ʻe 759.
Naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā ʻe taha ʻi he ʻaho 20 ʻo Meé, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 51, ʻo fekau kinautolu naʻe nofo ʻi Tomisoní ke nau kau ʻi he kau fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni naʻe toki fakahā ʻo e fakatapuí mo e fatongia tauhí. Naʻe pau ke “tali” ʻe he Pīsope toki ui foʻou ko ʻEtuate Pātilisí “ʻa e koloa ʻa e Kakai kuo nau fuakava mo aú” pea “vaheʻi ki he kakaí ni ʻa honau tufakangá, ko e tangata kotoa pē ke maʻu ʻo fakatatau ki hono fāmilí, ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa ʻoku nau loto ki aí & ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú.” Neongo naʻe fakamahino ʻe he fakahaá ʻe hoko ʻa ʻOhaio ko ha feituʻu fakataimi pē ke nau fakataha ki ai, ka naʻe toe fakamanatu ange ko e “houá & ʻahó ʻoku ʻikai fakahā ia kiate kinautolu” te nau hiki ai ki he kolo ʻo Saione ʻi he kahaʻú. Te nau “ngāue ʻi he kelekelé ni ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi.”
Neongo ia, naʻe maʻu ha kiʻi taimi mahuʻinga ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí ke talangofua ai ki he fekau ke fakahoko ʻa e fono ʻo e fakatapuí. Naʻe siviʻi ʻa e tukupā ko ia ʻa Laimani Kopelī ke foaki hono kelekelé ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo Meé ʻi he taimi naʻe kau ai ʻi ha ngāue fakafaifekau ki hono kaungā kāingalotu kimuʻa ko e kau Sieká. Naʻe hangē naʻe fakatupu ʻe he aʻusia ko iá ha veiveiua ʻo ne holoki ʻene fakamoʻoní, pea taimi nounou pē ʻene foki mai ki Tomisoní naʻá ne maumauʻi ʻene aleapaú pea tuli ʻa e Kāingalotú mei hono kelekelé. ʻI Sune ʻo e 1831, naʻe tuʻu taʻepau honau kahaʻú pea taʻemaau, pea kumi faleʻi leva ʻa e fāmili Naití mo ha kau mēmipa kehe ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí ke maʻu ha faleʻi mo ha fakahinohino meia Siosefa Sāmita pe ko e hā ʻoku totonu ke nau fakahokó.
Naʻe maʻu ʻa e fakahinohinó ʻi ha fakahā ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 54: “Fai hoʻomou fonongá ki he ngaahi potu ʻi he feituʻu fakahihifó ki he [fonua] ko Mīsulí ki he ngaahi ngataʻanga fonua ʻo e kau Leimaná & ʻi he hili hoʻomou fonongá, vakai ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu, ke mou ngāue ke maʻu haʻamou moʻui ʻo hangē ko e anga ʻo e kakaí, kae ʻoua ke u teuteu ha potu moʻomoutolu & ko e tahá ke mou faʻa kātaki ʻi he faingataʻá.” Naʻe fakamataʻi ʻe Niueili Naiti kimui ʻa e tūkungá: “Naʻe toki mahino kiate kimautolu ʻi he taimí ni ʻoku ʻikai ko [ʻOhaiō] ʻa e fonua ʻo homau tofiʻá—ʻa e fonua ʻo e talaʻofá, he naʻe ʻosi fakahoko mai ia ʻi ha fakahā ko Mīsuli ʻa e feituʻu naʻe fili ke hoko ko e feituʻu ʻo e tānaki ki he siasí, pea naʻe ui ha niʻihi tokolahi ke nau taki ʻa e hala ki he siteiti ko iá.” Naʻe toe fakatahataha leva ʻa e kāingalotu Kolesivilí ʻo teuteu ki heʻenau fonongá. Naʻa nau fili ʻa Niueli Naiti ke hoko atu ʻene tokangaʻi kinautolú neongo naʻe ʻosi ui ia kimuʻa, ʻi he fakahā, ke ngāue fakafaifekau malanga (vakai, Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 52). ʻI ha fakahā kuo tali he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 56, naʻe fakamafaiʻi ai ʻa Niueli Naiti ke fakatatali hono ui ke ngāue fakafaifekaú kae fononga ki Mīsuli ko e taki ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí.
Ko e Hiki ki Mīsulí
Naʻe mavahe ha kau mēmipa ʻe toko onongofulu ʻo e koló mei Tomisoni ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1831, ʻo nau aʻu ki he Kolo ko Kaó ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní, ʻi he ʻaho 26 ʻo Siulaí hili ia haʻanau fononga ʻi ha maile ʻe tahaafe nai. Neongo naʻe aʻu taimi nounou pē ʻa Siosefa Sāmita kimuʻa ʻi he Kāingalotu Kolesivilí, ka naʻa nau makehe ʻi heʻenau fuofua hoko ko e ʻuluaki kolo ʻo e Siasí ke nofoʻi ʻa e fonua kuo ʻosi fakatapui ʻe Sitenei Likitoni ko Saione, ʻi he ʻaho 2 ʻo ʻAokosi 1831. Ko e meʻa fakamamahí, he naʻe mālōlō ʻa Poli ko e uaifi ʻo Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí ʻi ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi pē mei heʻenau tūʻuta atú. Fakatatau ki heʻene hisitōliá kimui ange, naʻe “ʻalu ʻa [Siosefa Sāmita] ki he meʻa fakaʻeiki ʻo sisitā Poli [Peki] Naití. … Ko e fuofua pekia ʻeni he siasí ʻi he fonuá ni, pea te u lava ke pehē ʻoku mohe ha mēmipa moʻui taau ʻia Sīsū kae ʻoua kuo hoko ʻa e toetuʻú.”
ʻI he ʻaho tatau pē, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa ʻa e fakahā ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 59, ʻo fakamatalaʻi ai e founga ke tauhi ai ʻe he Siasí ʻa e ʻaho ʻo e ʻEikí. ʻI he fakahā ko iá, naʻe fakakau ai ʻe he ʻEikí ha ngaahi lea fakanonga ki he fāmili mo e kaungāmeʻa ʻo Poli Naití: “Monūʻia ā … ka ko kinautolu kuo nau ō mai ki he fonuá ni mo e mata ʻoku hanga taha pē ki hoku fakalāngilangiʻí, ʻo fakatatau ki heʻeku ngaahi fekaú, he ko kinautolu ʻe moʻuí, te nau maʻu ʻa e māmaní, pea ko kinautolu ʻe maté, te nau mālōlō mei heʻenau ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē & ʻe muimui kiate kinautolu ʻa ʻenau ngaahi ngāué, pea te nau maʻu ha kalauni ʻi he ngaahi nofoʻanga ʻo ʻeku Tamaí, ʻa ia kuó u teuteu moʻonautolu.”
Naʻe toe ʻaʻahi ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻa ʻi he Kolo Kolesivilí ʻi Mīsuli ʻi ʻEpeleli 1832. ʻI he ʻaʻahi ko iá, naʻe fakamaʻu ai ʻe Siosefa ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e kiʻi koló ki he moʻui taʻengatá. Lolotonga ʻa e fakamoveuveu ʻo e Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻi he 1833, naʻe hola ai ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kolo Kolesivilí mo ha Kāingalotu tokolahi ki he Vahefonua ofi mai ʻo Keleí. Naʻa nau nofo fakataha ai ʻi ha kiʻi taimi, pea aʻu ʻo nau langa ai ha falelotu. Neongo ia, ʻi he hiki ʻa e Siasí ki he Vahefonua Kalatiuelá ʻi he 1836, naʻe movete ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e koló, pea ngata ai ʻa honau taimi uouangataha ko e taha ʻo e ngaahi fuofua ʻiuniti naʻe fokotuʻu ʻo e Siasí.
Naʻe kau fakataha ʻa e fāmili Naití mo ha niʻihi kehe mei he kolo kimuʻá, pea mo ha Kāingalotu tokolahi ʻi he hola ki ʻIlinoisí, ʻi he hili ʻa e fepaki ʻa e Kāingalotú mo ha niʻihi ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻi Mīsulí ʻi he 1838. Naʻe nofo ʻa e fāmili Naití ʻi he feituʻu Nāvuú mo nau kei hoko pē ko ha kau mēmipa faivelenga ʻo e Siasí mo ha ngaahi kaumeʻa ʻo Siosefa Sāmita. Hili e pekia fakamaʻata ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ‘i he 1844, naʻe muimui ʻa e fāmili Naití ki he tataki ʻa e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ‘Aposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. Naʻe fakatou mālōlō ʻa Siosefa Naiti ko e Lahí mo hono foha ko Niuelí ʻi he 1847 he lolotonga ʻo e hiki fononga mei Nāvū ki he Teleʻa Sōlekí.