“Tatali ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻEikí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“Tatali ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻEikí,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
Tatali ki he Folofola ʻa e ʻEikí
ʻI he ʻaho 20 ʻo Siulai 1833, naʻe ui ʻe he kau taki ʻo e kau fakamoveuveu ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoni, Mīsulí ha fakataha mo Uiliami W. Felipisi mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe lahi ha ngaahi lāunga ʻa e kau taki ʻo e kau fakamoveuveú ʻo kau ki he Kāingalotú. Naʻa nau ongoʻi tailiili ʻi he tui ʻa e Kāingalotú ko e Vahefonua Siakisoní ko ha fonua ia ʻo e talaʻofá ʻo nau ui ia ko Saione. Naʻe ʻikai ke nau loto ki he kakai masiva tokolahi naʻe haʻu ki honau fonuá ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua kuohilí ke langa hake ʻa Saioné. Pea koeʻuhí ko ha fakamatala naʻe toki pulusi kimuí ni ʻe Felipisi ʻi he Evening and the Morning Star—ʻo fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi fiemaʻu fakalao naʻe fakataumuʻa ke fakaʻatā ai e hiki mai ʻa e kakai ʻuliʻuli tauʻatāiná ki Mīsuli—ʻa ia naʻe manavasiʻi e kau fakamoveuveú naʻa vave ha kamata ke fakataha mai ki Saione ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻuliʻuli tauʻatāina ʻo e Siasí, ʻo ne uesia ai e nofo fakamatakalí ʻi honau siteiti ʻoku kei fakaʻatā ai e nofo pōpulá.
Naʻe toe fai ʻe Felipisi ha tohi fakaʻētita ʻo feinga ke ne toʻo atu e fesiosiofaki ʻi he Kāingalotú mo e kau taki ʻo e Vahefonua Siakisoní, ka naʻe ʻikai pē ke toe lava ʻe he meʻa naʻá ne tohí ʻo liliu ʻenau fakakaukaú mei he ngaahi meʻa ʻoku fakataumuʻa ki ai e Kāingalotú. ʻI he fakakaukau ko ia ʻa e kau fakamoveuveú kuo ʻosi e taimi ia ki hano toe fai mai ha fakamatalá. Naʻa nau fakahā kia Felipisi mo hono kaungā taki ʻi he Siasí ʻoku nau tuku atu pē ha miniti ʻe 15 ke nau felotoi ai ke fakahiki kotoa e komiunitī ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi he faʻahitaʻu failau hono hokó—pe ko ʻenau inu hono ngaahi nunuʻá.
Naʻe kiʻi momou ʻa Felipisi mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí. Naʻe tala ʻe he fakahā naʻe fai kia Siosefa Sāmitá ʻe hoko ʻa e Vahefonua Siakisoní “ko e potu ia ke tuʻu ai ʻa e Kolo ko Saioné.” Naʻe ui ʻe he fakahaá ʻa Felipisi ke hiki ki ai mo hono fāmilí, fokotuʻu ai ha fale paaki, pea “ke fokotuʻu ia ko ha tokotaha fai paaki maʻá e Siasí.” Naʻe fai ʻe he Kāingalotú ha fuʻu feilaulau lahi ki hono langa hake ʻo Saioné. Meʻa ní ʻe faingofua pē haʻanau mavahe mei ai?
Koeʻuhí naʻe ʻikai ke mahino mai ʻe mavahe ʻa e Kāingalotú, naʻe kamata leva ke uki ʻe he kau fakamoveuveú ke fai hano fakamamahiʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú. Naʻa nau hae ʻa e matapā ki he fale ʻo Felipisí, pea lī e mīsini pākí mei he fungavaka hono uá ki he loto halá, pea maumauʻi ʻa e falé. Naʻe kumi hūfanga e fāmili Felipisí ʻi he pō ko iá ʻi ha fale liʻaki naʻe tauhi ai ʻa e fanga hōsí. Naʻe fakamamahiʻi foki mo ha Kāingalotu kehe ʻi he ʻaho ko iá: naʻe valitaaʻi mo ʻai e fulufuluʻi moa kia Pīsope ʻEtuate Pātilisi mo Sālesi ʻĀlani, pea ʻohofi e falekoloa ʻo Sitenei Kilipaté. Hili ha ʻaho ʻe tolu kimui ai, naʻe sio ʻa Pātilisi, Felipisi mo e kau taki kehe ʻo e Siasí he ʻikai ke toe felave ha meʻa, pea naʻa nau loto ai ke mavahe kotoa leva e Kāingalotú mei he vahefonuá ʻi ʻEpeleli 1834.
“ʻOku ʻikai ke toe ʻi ai ha meʻa ke u tohi ʻi homau tūkunga lolotongá,” ko e tohi ʻa e tangata manako he tohí ko Felipisi ki he Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá ʻi Ketilani, ʻOhaiō, hili ha ngaahi ʻaho siʻi mei ai. Naʻe loto ʻa Felipisi ke fakahoko hono uiuiʻi ke langa hake ʻa Saioné ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne lava ʻo sio ki ha founga ke fakahoko ia ʻi he tūkunga lolotongá. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Felipisi, “Naʻá ku tatali ki he folofola ʻa e ʻEiki,” mo ʻamanaki ʻe feinga ʻa Siosefa ke maʻu ha tali mei ha fakahā ki he ʻuhinga naʻe fakaʻatā ai ʻe he ʻEikí ke hoko ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni ki Saioné. Naʻá ne pehē, “Kapau ʻoku finangalo ʻa e ʻEikí ke folofola ki heʻene fānaú, pea mahalo ʻe lelei ke ʻeke e meʻa kotoa pē ʻo kau ai ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe maumauʻi ai e fale pākí.” Naʻe feinga ʻa Felipisi ʻi he taimi ko iá ke vakai ki hono ngaahi faingataʻá ʻi ha tūkunga ʻe iku ke maʻu ai ha leleí. “ʻOku ou ʻiloʻi mei he meʻa kuó u aʻusiá,” ko ʻene fakamahino ia ki he Kāingalotu ʻi Ketilaní ʻi ha tohi, “ko ha meʻa lelei ia ke ʻahiʻahi moʻoni ʻetau tuí.”
Maʻu ha Tataki Fakalangi
Naʻe toki maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita e fakamatala fakaikiiki ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení ʻi he ʻaho 9 ʻo ʻAokosi 1833, ʻi he taimi naʻe tūʻuta atu ai ʻa ʻŌliva Kautele—ko e talafekau ki he Kāingalotu ʻi Mīsulí—ki Ketilani hili ha fononga mai ʻi ha uike ʻe ua mo e konga. Naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe he maile ʻe 900 naʻá ne fakamavaheʻi ʻa Tauʻatāina mei Ketilaní naʻe ʻikai aʻu ʻa e ngaahi fakamatala naʻe ʻave ʻi he meilí pe pulusi ʻi he ngaahi nusipepá ki ʻŌhaiō ʻo aʻu ki he kongaloto ʻo ʻAokosí. ʻI he taimi ko ʻení, naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha fakahā ʻe ua ko e (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 97 mo e 98) ʻi he konga kimuʻa ʻo ʻAokosí, pea neongo naʻe ʻikai ke na lea fakahangatonu ki he ngaahi faingataʻa naʻe fepaki mo e kāingalotu ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻi he ʻaho 20 ʻo Siulaí, ka naʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi lea fakafiemālie fakalangí mo hono fakahinohinó kimui ange ko ha tokoni kia Felipisi mo e Kāingalotu ʻi Mīsulí ke mahino ai kiate kinautolu ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo ʻenau ngaahi aʻusiá mo e faingataʻaʻiá.
ʻI he ʻaho 2 ʻo ʻAokosi 1833, naʻe tala-kae-tohi ai ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e ʻuluaki fakahaá, ʻa ia ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 97. Naʻe fakavīkivikiʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻi he fakahā ko ʻení ʻa e ʻapiako ʻa e Siasí ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní mo toe fakapapauʻi mai ʻa e fekau ʻe ʻi ai “ha fale ʻoku totonu ke langa kiate au ʻi he fonua ko Saioné.” Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe he fakahaá “kapau ʻe fai ʻe Saione ʻa e ngaahi meʻá ni, te ne tupulekina, pea mafola atu ʻo hoko ʻo fuʻu nāunauʻia ʻaupito. … Ko ia tuku ke fiefia ʻa Saione (he ko e Saioné ʻeni ko e loto-maʻa).” Neongo ia, naʻe fakatokanga ʻa e ʻEikí ʻoku “ʻunuʻunu vave mai ʻa e tauteá ki he kau faka-ʻOtua maté.” ʻE toki hao pē ʻa Saione mei he ngaahi faingataʻa ko ʻení “kapau te ne tokanga ke fai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē kuó u fekau kiate iá.” Kapau he ʻikai ke fai ia, “Te u ʻaʻahi kiate ia ʻo fakatatau ki heʻene ngaahi ngāue kotoa pē, ʻaki ʻa e faingataʻaʻia lahi.”
Naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e fakahā hono uá, ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 98, ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻAokosi 1833. Neongo naʻe poupouʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e Kāingalotú ke nau poupou ki he Konisitūtone ʻa e ʻIunaiteti Siteití pea mo e pule ʻa e laó, ka naʻe fakatokanga mai ʻa e fakahaá “ko e taimi ʻoku pule ai ʻa e kau faiangahalá ʻoku tangi ʻa e kakaí.” ʻI he mahino ʻe hoko mai ʻa e ngaahi fakatangá, naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he fakahā ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ke nau “taʻofi ʻa e taú pea fakahā ʻa e melinó.” ʻI hono ngaohikoviʻi kinautolu ʻe he ngaahi fili ʻo e Siasí, naʻe fekauʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú ke nau “faʻa kātakiʻi ia,” fakamolemoleʻi kinautolu ʻoku nau fakamamahí, pea tuku ki he ʻEikí ke ne sāuni ʻa e faihalá. Naʻe ʻave ʻa e ngaahi fakahaá ʻi ha tohi ki he Kāingalotu ʻi Mīsulí ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻAokosí, ko e ʻaho ia ʻe tolu kimuʻa pea tūʻuta ʻa Kautele ki Ketilaní. ʻI hono maʻu ia ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻi he kamataʻanga ʻo Sepitemá, naʻe mahino ʻe hoko ʻa e ngaahi fakahaá ko ha maʻuʻanga ʻo e fakafiemālie mo e fakahinohino ki he Kāingalotu ʻo hangē ko Felipisí, naʻe tatali ke maʻu ha tataki fakalangi.
“Hili ʻa e Faingataʻa Lahí ʻe Hoko Mai ʻa e Tāpuakí”
ʻI hono fakahoko e faleʻi mei he ngaahi fakahā ʻa Siosefá, naʻe ngāue ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi Mīsulí ke fai ha fekumi fakalao ke maluʻi kinautolu mei he kau fakatangá pea mo e tuʻutuʻuni ke nau mavahe ʻi he faʻahitaʻu failaú. Naʻa nau feinga ʻi Sepitema mo ʻOkatopa ʻo e 1833, ke fai ʻe he kau maʻu mafai ʻo e puleʻangá ha totongi fakafoki pea nau totongi mai ha kau loea ke fakafofongaʻi e hopo ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he fakamaauʻangá. Naʻe fakamahino ʻe he feinga fakalao ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí ki he kau fakatangá he ʻikai ke nau mavahe kae ʻoua pē kuo toki tuli fakamālohi. Kimuʻa pea fakahoko ʻenau hopó ʻi he fakamaauʻangá, naʻe toe mapuna hake ʻa e fakamamahí.
ʻI he konga kimui ʻo ʻOkatopá pea mo e konga kimuʻa ʻo Nōvemá, naʻe fakamanamanaʻi ʻe ha kulupu angatuʻu ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻa e Kāingalotú pea tuli kinautolu mei honau ngaahi ʻapí. Neongo naʻe feinga ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí ke maluʻi kinautolu, ka naʻe mahino ʻa ʻenau feinga ke muimui ki he faleʻi ʻa e ʻEikí ʻi he fakahā he ʻaho 6 ʻo ʻAokosí (Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 98) ke nau kātakiʻi lelei honau fakatangaʻí. ʻI he ʻaho 6 mo e 7 ʻo Nōvemá, lolotonga ʻenau kumi hūfanga ʻi he Vahefonua Keleí, ki he fakatokelau ʻo e Vahefonua Siakisoní, naʻe tohi ai ʻe Felipisi ʻa e fuofua fakamatala fakaikiiki kia Siosefa Sāmita ʻo fakamatalaʻi ai ʻa hono fakamamahiʻi, tā ʻo e kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí, fakaʻauha honau ngaahi ʻapí, pea aʻu ki he lingi toto ʻi he ongo tafaʻakí fakatouʻosi. Naʻá ne fakamoʻoni hingoa ai, “Ko ho tokoua ʻi he mamahí.” ʻI he uike hono hokó, lolotonga e fakakaukau ʻa Felipisi ki he meʻa naʻe hokó, naʻe haʻu ai ki hono ʻatamaí ha kupuʻi folofola mei he Fuakava Foʻoú. Naʻá ne tohi ʻi he ʻaho 14 ʻo Nōvemá, “Naʻe folofola ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ʻo pehē, Monūʻia ʻa kimoutolu ʻoku fehiʻanekina ʻe he kakai kotoa pē koeʻuhi ko hoku hingoá, pea ʻoku ou tui ʻoku tau aʻu ki he tuʻunga ko iá.”
ʻI he aʻu mai ʻa e tohí ni mo e ngaahi lipooti kehe ʻo hono tulí ki Ketilani ʻi he konga kimui ʻo Nōvemá mo e konga kimuʻa ʻo Tīsemá, naʻe lotua mo fekumi ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ke maʻu ha fakahā mo e fakahinohino ʻoku fuʻu fiemaʻu moʻoni ʻe Felipisi mo e Kāingalotu kehé. Naʻe fakamanatuʻi ʻe Siosefa ʻi ha tohi ʻe 10 ʻi Tīsema ki he kau taki ʻo e Siasí ʻi Mīsuli ʻi he 1831 naʻe tomuʻa fakatokanga ʻa e ʻEikí ki he kau mēmipa ʻo e Siasí “ʻe hili ha faingataʻa lahi pea ʻe toki hoko mai ʻa e tāpuakí.” Neongo naʻe teʻeki ai ke fakahā mai ʻe he ʻEikí ʻa e ʻuhinga ʻo e hoko ʻa e “faingataʻaʻia lahí” ki “Saioné” pe “ko e founga ʻe toe fakafoki ai ia [ʻe he ʻEikí] ki hono tofiʻá,” ka naʻe kei falala moʻoni pē ʻa Siosefa ʻe huhuʻi ʻa Saione “ʻi he taimi pē” ʻa e ʻOtuá. Naʻe faleʻi ʻe he Palōfitá ʻa e Kāingalotú ke ʻoua naʻa nau fakatau honau kelekele ʻi Saioné mo fakalotolahiʻi ke nau fekumi ki ha fakatonutonu fakalao mei he puleʻangá mo e kau ngāue ʻa e puleʻangá. Kapau he ʻikai ke tokoni e puleʻangá ki he Kāingalotú, te nau tautapa leva ki he ʻEikí ʻi he “ʻaho mo e pō” ki ha fakamaau totonu fakalangi. Naʻe fakaʻosi ʻaki ʻe Siosefa haʻane lotu ʻo pehē ʻe manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻEne ngaahi palōmesi ʻo kau ki Saioné pea fakahaofi ʻa e Kāingalotú.
ʻI he ʻaho 16 mo e 17 ʻo Tīsemá, naʻe tuku atu ʻe Siosefa ha fakahā lōloa ʻoku ʻiloa he taimí ni ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 101, ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻoatu ai ʻa e tali ki heʻene ngaahi fehuʻi mo Felipisi pea mo e Kāingalotu kehé. Naʻe fakaʻatā ʻe he ʻEikí ke hoko ʻa e fakamamahí “ko e tupu mei he ngaahi maumau fono [ʻa e Kāingalotú’].” Neongo ia, naʻe folofola ʻa e ʻEikí, “Neongo ʻenau ngaahi angahalá ka ʻoku fonu ʻa hoku lotó ʻi he ʻofa mamahi kiate kinautolu.” Neongo ʻa hono fakamoveteveteʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú, ka he ʻikai “ke hiki ʻa Saione mei hono tuʻuʻangá.” Fekauʻaki mo hono huhuʻi ʻo Saioné, naʻe talanoa ʻa e fakahaá ki he talanoa fakatātā ʻo “ha ʻeiki ʻe [taha]” naʻá ne fekauʻi ʻene kau tamaioʻeikí ke nau maluʻi ʻene ngoue vainé. Lolotonga e fakakikihi ʻa e kau tamaioʻeikí ʻiate kinautolú, “naʻe haʻu ʻa e filí ʻi he poʻulí” ʻo “fakaʻauha ʻenau ngaahi ngāué pea maumauʻi hifo ʻa e ngaahi fuʻu ʻōlivé.” Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe he ʻEikí ʻene tamaioʻeikí ke “ʻave ʻa e mālohi kotoa ʻo hoku falé” pea “huhuʻi ʻeku ngoue vainé.” ʻI hono toe fakaongo atu ʻo e fakamamafa ʻi he Konisitūtone ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití mei he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 98, naʻe toutou fakamanatu mai ʻe he fakahaá ʻa e faleʻi kimuʻa ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ʻa e feinga ʻa e Kāingalotu ʻi Mīsulí ke fai ʻe he kau maʻu mafai ʻo e puleʻangá ha fakalelei, pea mo ha palōmesi kapau ʻe fakafisingaʻi ʻe he kau ngāue ʻa e puleʻangá e tangi ʻa e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasí pea ʻe “ʻalu atu [ʻa e ʻEikí] mei hono toitoiʻangá & pea fakamamahiʻi ʻa e puleʻangá ʻi hono ʻitá.” ʻOku ʻomi ʻe he Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 101 ha palani fakalangi ʻa e Palōfitá ʻoku tataki fakalaumālie ki hono huhuʻi ʻo Saioné—ko ha ngāue naʻe tuku maʻu pē ai ʻene tokangá ʻi he toenga ʻo ʻene moʻuí.
ʻI he konga kimuʻa ʻo e 1834, naʻe maʻu mai ha tatau ʻo e fakahā ʻe hoko ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 101 ʻi Mīsuli, ʻo maʻu ai ʻe Uiliami W. Felipisi ʻa e “folofola ʻa e ʻEikí” naʻá ne tatali ki aí. ʻI he ʻaho 27 ʻo Fēpuelí, naʻá ne tohi kia Siosefa Sāmita ʻo ʻoatu ʻa e fakamatala fakamuimuitaha ki he ngāue ʻoku fai ʻe he Kāingalotú ke maʻu ai ʻa e fakamaau totonú ʻi he fakamaauʻanga ʻa Mīsulí. Naʻe tokanga ʻa Felipisi ki he fakahaá ʻi he fakaʻosi ʻene tohí. Naʻe fifili ʻa Felipisi kapau “ko e kau tamaioʻeki ʻa e ʻEiki ʻo e ngoué, kuo ui mo fili ke nau ʻauhani ia ko hono fai fakaʻosí” pea nau “manavahē ke fai ha meʻa lahi maʻa Sīsū ʻo hangē ko ia kuó ne fai maʻatautolú”? Naʻá ne tali pē ki ai, “ʻIkai, te tau talangofua ki he leʻo ʻo e Laumālié, ke ikunaʻi ʻe he leleí ʻa e māmaní.”