“ʻI Loto ʻi he Ngaahi Holisi ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá (2016)
“ʻI Loto ʻi he Ngaahi Holisi ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií,” Puipuituʻa ʻo e Ngaahi Fakahaá
ʻI Loto ʻi he Ngaahi Holisi ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií
ʻI he ʻaho 1 ʻo Tīsema 1838, naʻe fakahū atu mo ha tokotaha Siasi ko Kālepi Polouini ki he konga ki lalo ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií ʻi he Vahefonua Keleí, ʻi Mīsuli, ko e fakaʻilo ki he “ngaahi hia ʻo e Talisone Lahi.” Naʻe kau ʻi hono kaungā ngāue pōpulá ʻa e kau mēmipa ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluaki ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní: Siosefa Sāmita, Hailame Sāmita, mo Sitenei Likitoni, kae pehē kia Laimani Uaiti mo ʻAlekisānita Mekilei. Naʻe hoko ʻa e kau pōpula ʻe toko ono naʻe fakahū ʻi ha meimei māhina ʻe faá ko e konga fakaʻosi ia ʻo ha meʻa fakahisitōlia mo mohu faingataʻa ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻi Mīsulí.
ʻI loto ʻi he ngaahi holisi ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií, naʻe tohi ai ʻe Polouini e niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi fakakaukau maʻongoʻonga taha ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá ʻi ha ngaahi tohi maʻá e Kāingalotu kuo fakamoveteveteʻi mo tukuhausiá—ko hano konga naʻe fakatahatahaʻi kimui ʻo hoko ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava 121, 122, mo e 123. Kuo hoko ha niʻihi ʻo e ngaahi potufolofolá ni ko ha ngaahi mataʻikoloa fakafolofola, ʻoku faʻa fakaʻaongaʻi ʻi he malanga ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi he taʻu lahi.
Naʻe talanoaʻi mo toe talanoaʻi ʻa e talanoa ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií mei he anga e vakai ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá, ka ʻoku ʻi ai mo ha toe fakakaukau lahi ange mei he kakai tangata kehe naʻa nau ngāue pōpula fakatahá. Naʻe faingataʻaʻia fakaesino mo fakaeloto ʻa Polouini, ʻa ia naʻe motuʻa taha ʻi he kulupú, ʻi hono tuku kinautolu ʻi he konga ki lalo ʻo e Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií. Naʻe ʻomi ʻe he ngaahi lea naʻe ueʻi fakalaumālie ʻa Siosefá ʻi heʻene hiki ʻene tohí ʻo fakafiemālieʻi mo faleʻi ʻa Polouini, ko ha tamai taʻu 47 ki ha fānau ʻe toko 10 naʻe fakaʻānaua ke toe fakataha mo hono fāmilí lolotonga e māhina ʻe fā hono tuku pilīsoné.
Kamata ʻo e Fepakipaki ʻi Mīsulí
Naʻe kamata ʻa e ngaahi meʻa fakahisitōlia ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi Mīsuli ʻi he 1831, ʻi he fakahā naʻe maʻu ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻo tala ko e Vahefonua Siakisoní ʻa e feituʻu ke tuʻu ai ʻa Saioné, ko e Selusalema Foʻoú (vakai, T&F 57:1–3). ʻI he 1833, naʻe toko lauafe tupu e Kāingalotu ʻi he Vahefonua Siakisoní—ko ha vahe tolu ia ʻe taha ʻo e tokolahi ʻo e vahefonuá—pea fakatupu ʻe he ngaahi faikehekehe fakalotú, fakapolitikalé, mo e anga fakafonuá ha vāvākovi ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo e kakai hiki foʻou atú mo e kakai motuʻá. Hili ha ʻikai ke tali mai ʻa e ngaahi kole fakalelei ʻa e Kāingalotú ke nau hiki mo ʻenau tui fakalotú mo honau ngaahi fāmilí ki ha feituʻu foʻou, naʻe ʻohofi ʻe he fuʻu kulupu tokolahi mei Mīsuli naʻe ʻosi fokotuʻutuʻu lelei ʻa e ʻapi ʻo Viliami W. Felipisí, maumauʻi ʻa e mīsini paaki ʻo e Evening and Morning Star [Fetuʻu Efiafí mo e Fetuʻu Pongipongí], pea valitaaʻi mo ʻai e fulufuluʻi moá kia ʻEtuate Pātilisi mo Sālesi ʻĀlani.
Lolotonga e feinga ʻa e Kāingalotú ke fai ha fakalelei ʻi he ngaahi tohi tangí, naʻa nau toe fokotuʻutuʻu fakakautau kinautolu ke maluʻi honau ngaahi fāmilí kapau ʻe hoko ha fepaki fakakautau. Naʻe aʻu ki he hiki ʻa e Kāingalotú ki he Vahefonua Kalatielá ʻi he fakatokelau hihifo ʻo Mīsulí, ʻa ia naʻe fokotuʻu fakatafataha pē ʻe he vaʻa fakalaó maʻá e Kāingalotú, ka naʻe mapuna hake ha “ngaahi fetāʻaki” ʻi Kalatini, Teuiti, Vaitafe Puluú, Vaitafe Kulūketí, mo e Fahiʻanga Papa Hoaní ʻi ha meʻa naʻe ui ko e Tau ʻa Mīsuli mo e Kau Māmongá.
ʻI ʻOkatopa mo Nōvema 1838, naʻe hanga ʻe Seniale Samuela D. Lūkasi, ko ha taki ʻi he Vaʻa Fakakautau ʻa Mīsulí, ʻo fakahū pilīsone ha Kāingalotu ʻiloa tokolahi ʻo kau ai ʻa Siosefa Sāmita, Hailame Sāmita, Sitenei Likitoni, Paʻale P. Palati, Siaosi W. Lōpinisoni, mo ʻAmasa Laimani. Naʻe fakaʻilo foki ʻa Kālepi Polouini, Laimani Uaiti mo ha Kāingalotu kehe ʻo nau kau fakataha atu mo Siosefa mo ʻene kulupú ʻi hano tukuakiʻi ʻi ha hopo naʻe fai ʻi Lisimoni, Mīsuli, ʻo aʻu ai ʻa e tokolahi fakakātoa ʻo e Kāingalotu naʻe hopoʻí ki he toko 64. Lolotonga ʻa e hopó, naʻe uiʻi atu ʻe he Fakamāú ko ʻOsitini A. Kingi ʻa Polouini ʻo talaange ʻe tukuange ia kapau te ne fakaʻikaiʻi ʻene tui fakalotú pea liʻaki ʻa e Palōfita ko Siosefá—ka naʻe ʻikai ke tali ia ʻe Polouini. Naʻe fai atu mo e meʻa tatau ki he toenga ʻo kinautolu naʻe puke pōpulá, pea ko kinautolu kotoa pē naʻa nau “fai pē ʻa e tali tatau ko ia naʻe fai ʻe Misa Polouiní.”
Naʻe faifai pea maʻu ʻe he Fakamaau ko Kingí ha fakamoʻoni feʻunga ke fakahū pilīsone ai ha kau taki tokolahi ʻo e Kāingalotú. Naʻe ʻave ʻa Siosefa Sāmita, Hailame Sāmita, Sitenei Likitoni, Laimani Uaiti, ʻAlekisānita Mekilei, mo Kālepi Polouini ki he Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií ʻi he Vahefonua Keleí, koeʻuhí ko e ngaahi fale fakapōpula ʻi he vahefonuá naʻe ʻikai ke lahi feʻunga ia ki ha kau pōpula tokolahi. ʻI he ʻaho 1 ʻo Tīsema 1838, naʻe hū atu ʻa Siosefa Sāmita ki he fale fakapōpulá pea “hikiʻi hake hono tataá ʻo lea leʻolahi mai, ‘Houʻeiki, mālō ʻetau maʻu ki he hoʻataá ni.’ ʻI he momeniti pē hono hokó kuó ne puli atu. Naʻe ava mai ʻa e fuʻu matapā mamafá ʻi hono hīngisi mālohí pea pulia atu e Palōfitá mei he kakai tokolahi naʻa nau ōmai ko e fuʻu fie sio moʻoni mo fie ʻilo ki he meʻa ʻoku hokó.”
Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií
ʻI heʻenau nofo ʻi ha kiʻi loki siʻisiʻi ʻo laka hake ʻi he māhina ʻe faá naʻe hoko ia ko ha meʻa mātuʻaki fakamamahi. Naʻe hanga ʻe he holisi maka fute ʻe faá, mo e ʻato fute ʻe onó, mo hono toutou ngaohikoviʻi ʻe he kau leʻó ke fakamatalaʻi ai ʻe Siosefa mo hono kaungā nofó ʻa e nofoʻangá ko ha “heli ʻoku ʻātakaiʻi ʻe he fanga nifoloa.” Naʻe tuku e kau pōpulá ʻi he konga ki lalo ʻo e pilīsoné, ʻa ia naʻe fuʻu momoko, poipoila pē ʻa e māmá, nanamu taʻe feʻunga, pea hangē ʻoku māmālie ʻa e taimí. Naʻe mālō pē mo e “ngaahi fuʻu sea mohuku mōmoa ʻulí” ke ʻoua ʻe mohe ai e kau pōpulá ʻi he faliki maká, ka naʻe vave pē ʻene mahaehaé.
Pea hangē pē ko e ngaahi meʻa naʻe hoko ʻi he ngaahi fale fakapōpula ʻo e senituli 19, naʻe faʻa puke ʻa e kau pōpulá ʻi he meʻakaí. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe Siosefa mo hono kaungā nofó ʻa ʻenau meʻatokoni fakaʻahó “ʻoku fuʻu kai ngataʻa pea fuʻu ʻuli pea ʻoku ʻikai ke mau lava ʻo kai ia kae ʻoleva pē ke mau fuʻu fiekaia.” ʻI he hili e maʻu ʻe he kau pōpulá ʻenau meʻatokoní, naʻe hanga ʻe he meʻakaí ʻo ʻai ke nau lua ʻo nau “meimei mate ai.” Naʻe mahamahalo e kau pōpulá ʻoku fakakonahi ʻe he kau leʻo ʻenau meʻakaí pe fafanga ʻaki kinautolu ha kakanoʻi tangata.
Naʻe mafola atu e fakamatala ki he kau pōpula Siasi naʻe ʻi he Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií, pea “naʻe hangē ʻa e feituʻú ia ko ha feituʻu ke tauhi ai ha fanga monumanu.” Naʻe tokolahi ha kakai fakalotofonua naʻa nau ʻaʻahi mo moʻusioa ʻi he kau pōpulá, pea naʻe ongona ʻenau kakatá mo e taukaé ʻi he ngaahi holisi maká. Naʻe lāunga ʻa Hailame Sāmita ʻo pehē, “ʻOku faʻa toutou siviʻi kimautolu ʻe ha fanga vale ʻo hangē kimautolu ia ha fanga ʻelefānité pe kāmeli pe ko ha pele pe ko ha tofuaʻa fakamanavahē pe ko ha fanga fuʻu manufekai mei tahi.”
ʻI he ʻaho kotoa pē naʻe tā vaivaia pē ʻa e kau tangatá ʻi he fale fakapōpulá, pea hanga ʻe he mamahiʻia fakaelotó ʻo siviʻi hokohoko mo māmālie ʻenau tuí. Naʻe tohi ʻe Siosefa ʻo pehē, “Kuo tōlalo moʻoni homau ngaahi laumālié pea mau faingataʻaʻia mo mamahi lahi … pea kuo mau loto-mamahi moʻoni ʻi he ngaahi faingataʻa lahi.”
Naʻe uesia fakatuʻasino lahi ʻaupito e kau pōpulá ʻi he māhina ʻe fā ne tuku ai kinautolu ʻi he Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií. Naʻe mālō pē ha hū mai ʻa ha meʻi huelo ʻo e laʻaá ʻi he kiʻi matapā luva ukamea siʻisiʻi ʻa ia naʻe fuʻu māʻolunga ke fai ha sio aí, pea ʻi he fuʻu fuoloa e nofo ʻa e kau tanagatá ʻi he fakapoʻulí, ne tupu ai ha vaivai honau matá, ʻo hangē ko e manatu ki ai ha taha ʻo e kau selá. Neongo naʻe fakangofua ke tutu ha kiʻi afi siʻisiʻi, ka ʻi he ʻikai ha siminī ke ʻalu ai e kohú, naʻe fakaʻau ke toe uesia ange e mata ʻo e kau pōpulá. Naʻe langa honau telingá, tetetete honau ngaahi neavé, pea aʻu ki ha taimi kuo tete ʻa Hailame Sāmita ia. Ko Sitenei Likitoni, ko e mēmipa motuʻa taha fika ua ʻi he kulupú hoko hake kia Polouiní, naʻe fuʻu mahamahaki, ʻo tokoto pē ʻi ha kiʻi mohenga fakahekeheke, ʻo ne fai ha tohi tangi ke tukuange vave ia. Naʻe hanga ʻe heʻene pōtoʻi leá mo ʻene fuʻu mahamahakí ʻo ʻai e fakamāú ke fakaʻatā vave ʻa Likitoni.
Kae mahalo ko e meʻa fakaloloma taha ki he toenga ʻo e kau pōpulá ko ʻenau fakakaukau atu ki he ngaahi fāmili ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoní, kau ai haʻanautolú, kuo nau movete, faingataʻaʻia, mo tuli kinautolu mei he siteiti ʻo Mīsulí. Naʻe ongoʻi liʻekina mo taʻelata ʻa Polouini mo hono kaungā pōpulá ʻi he Fale Fakapōpula Lipetií, ka ko e kau pōpula kehé naʻe toutou fakamahinoʻi mai ʻoku sai pē honau ngaahi kaungāmeʻá mo e fāmilí mei he ngaahi ʻaʻahi mo e fai tohí, ka naʻe tuʻo taha pē ha kiʻi ʻaʻahi nounou mai ʻa e uaifi ʻo Polouini ko Naniseé kimuʻa ʻi he Kilisimasi ʻo e 1838, pea ʻoku ʻikai pē ke toe maʻu ha lekooti ia ʻo ha toe fetuʻutaki mo hono uaifí pe ko ʻena fānau ʻe toko 10 ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu hono hokó.
ʻI he ongoʻi liʻekina ʻa e kau pōpulá naʻe tuʻo ua haʻanau feinga ke hola mei he fale fakapōpulá, ʻi he ʻaho 6 ʻo Fēpuelí mo ʻe ʻaho 3 ʻo Māʻasi 1839, ka naʻe taʻofi ʻe he kau leʻo mataʻaá ʻenau feinga mālohi ke holá. Hili ha uike ʻe ua mei ai, naʻe fai ʻe he kau tangata ʻe toko nimá ʻi he ʻaho 15 ʻo Māʻasí ha tohi tangi ke tukuange kinautolu mei hono tauhi taʻe fakalaó. Naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he tohi tangi peesi ʻe ua ʻa Polouiní ʻa ʻene holi moʻoni ke toe fakataha mo hono fāmilí, ʻa ia naʻe “tuli mei he Siteití talu hono puke pōpula pea ʻikai ke ʻi ai ha faʻahinga tokoni ʻa hono fāmilí.” Makehe mei aí, naʻe toki ʻiloʻi ʻe Polouini ko hono fohá ʻoku toe fakahingoa pē ko Kēlepí naʻe “tā ʻaki ia ʻe he kau Mīsulí ha ngaahi fuʻu vaʻakau ʻo meimei mate.” Ko ia ai, naʻe tauhi pōpula ia ʻoku “ʻikai ha faʻahinga fakamoʻoni pau ke talatalaakiʻi ʻaki iá,” naʻe kole leva ʻa Polouini ke fakasiʻisiʻi “hono toutou fakamamahiʻi kinautolú” pea fakaʻatā ia mei he ngaahi tukuakiʻi kotoa pē. Neongo ʻa e fakatangi atu ʻa e kau pōpulá, ka naʻe ʻi ai pē ha ngaahi fakamoʻoni naʻe maʻu ke kei hoko atu pē hono tauhi pōpula kinautolú.
Hili ha ʻaho ʻe ua mei ai, ʻi he ʻaho 17 ʻo Māʻasí, naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe Samuela Tilalī ko ha taha ʻo e kau selá hili haʻane siviʻi ʻa e konga ki lalo ʻo e loki pilīsoné ha meʻangāue ke vili ʻaki ha ngaahi foʻi luo, ʻa ia naʻá ne tui ʻoku fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he kau pōpulá ke fakaavaava ʻaki ʻa e fuʻu holisi matolú. Naʻe fekauʻi ʻe Tilalī ha kau tangata ʻe toko 25 ke fakaʻosi ʻa e fakatotoló, pea fekauʻi ke nau hanga ʻo seiniʻi ʻa Siosefa Sāmita mo e kau pōpulá ki he falikí. Hili haʻane feingaʻi ke mapukepuke ʻa e māhina ʻe tolu mo e konga ʻo e haʻihaʻisiá, mamahí, mo e hohaʻá, naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Polouini ki ʻolunga ʻo sio hangatonu ki he mata ʻo e selá ʻo fakamahino ange, “Tilalī, kapau te ke haʻi ʻaki au ʻa e seini ko ʻená te u tāmateʻi koe, ko ia tokoni mai ʻOtua!” ʻI he fakamatala ʻa Hailame Sāmitá, naʻe “vave e hoholo hifo ʻa [Tilalī] ʻo loto ke toe fai ha talanoa mo fakaleleiʻi ʻa e meʻa ko iá.” Neongo naʻe hanga ʻe he lea ʻa Polouiní ʻo fakaleleiʻi fakataimi ʻa e fakamanamana fefeká, ka naʻe toe tokolahi ange ʻa e kau leʻo naʻe tuku mai ki he kau pōpulá.
Hili ha ʻaho ʻe tolu mei he kiʻi taututuʻu mo Samuela Tilalií, naʻe kei tailiili pē mo fifili ʻa Polouini pe ʻe toe lava ko ā ʻo sio pe fanongo mei hono fāmilí. Naʻe kamata ke hiki ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ha tohi naʻá ne hikiʻi moʻoni ʻa e laumālie ʻo Polouiní—ko ha tohi kuó ne hanga ʻo ʻomi ha fiemālie mo ha faleʻi ki ha Kāingalotu ʻe lauimiliona.
Tohi ki he Kāingalotú
Ko ʻAlekisānita Mekilei naʻá ne hiki e lahi taha ʻo e tohi naʻe fakatuʻasila “ki he siasi ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻi Kuinisī ʻIlinoisí naʻe fakamoveteveteʻi ki mulí kae tautefito kia Pīsope Pātilisi,” neongo naʻe tokoni ʻa Polouini ke hiki ha peesi ʻe 2 ʻo e tohi peesi ʻe 29. Naʻe tohi ʻe he ongo faʻu hisitōlia ko Tiini Sese mo Sione Uelesi ko e tohi lōloa ʻa Siosefá ʻoku mei faitatau ia mo e ngaahi tohi ʻa Paulá. Hangē ko ʻení, naʻe ui ʻe Siosefa ia ko “ha pōpula maʻá e ʻEiki ko Sīsū Kalaisí” peá ne tohi “he ʻikai ha meʻa te ne fakamāvae kitautolu mei he ʻofa ʻa e ʻOtuá,” ko ha lea naʻe mei faitatau ki he meʻa naʻe tohi ʻe he ʻAposetolo ko Paulá ki he kakai ʻEfesoó mo e kakai Lomá. Naʻe toki fakaikiiki leva ʻe Siosefa ʻa e faingataʻaʻia ʻa e “kāingalotu masiva mo kafo lahí,” ʻo kau ai siʻi ngaahi fāmili ʻoku fakapaea mo ʻikai ha toe ʻamanaki ʻi he vahaʻa ʻo Mīsuli mo ʻIlinoisí, pea pehē foki ki he aʻusia fakamamahi naʻá ne foua mo hono kaungā nofo-pōpula ʻi he Falefakapōpula Lipetií.
Hili ʻene fakahoko ha fakamatala fakalēlea loto ʻo e ngaahi tōʻonga fulikivanu mo taʻe-ʻofa ʻa ha niʻihi ʻo honau ngaahi kaungāʻapi ʻi Mīsulí, naʻe puʻaki leva ʻe Siosefa ʻa e ngaahi ʻuluaki foʻi lea ʻoku hoko he taimí ni ko e vahe 121 ʻo e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakavá: “ʻE ʻOtua, ʻokú ke ʻi fē? pea ʻoku ʻi fē ʻa e fale ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ai ʻa ho fufūʻangá? ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo e taʻofi ho toʻukupú, pea ʻafio ʻa ho fofongá, ʻio, ʻa ho fofonga maʻá, mei he ngaahi langi taʻengatá ki he ngaohikovia ʻo ho kakaí pea mo hoʻo kau tamaioʻeikí, pea ongo ki ho telingá ʻa ʻenau ngaahi [tangí]? ʻio, ʻe ʻEiki ʻe fēfē hono fuoloa ʻo ʻenau kātakiʻi ʻa e ngaahi kovi mo e ngaahi fakamālohi taʻetotonu ko ʻení, [pea toki] fakamolū ho finangaló kiate kinautolu, pea ngāue ʻa ho finangaló ʻi he ʻaloʻofa kiate kinautolu.”
Naʻe ʻikai ke tali mai ʻi he taimi pē ko iá ʻa e tautapa fakalangi ʻa Siosefá. Naʻe hokohoko atu ʻene fakakaukau ki he ngaahi ngāue fakamamahiʻi ʻo e Kāingalotú mo fifili pe ʻe hoko fakakū mai hano tauteaʻi kinautolu ʻoku nau fakamamahiʻi iá. Naʻe fāifai, pea hili haʻane tohi ha peesi ʻe fitu ʻo e loto-mamahí mo e lāungá, naʻe hoko mai ha fakafiemālie mahino ki he Palōfita ko Siosefá: “ʻE hoku foha ke ʻi ho laumālié ʻa e melinó; ʻe kiʻi fuofuoloa siʻi pē ʻa hoʻo faingataʻaʻiá pea mo hoʻo ngaahi mamahí pea ʻe toki hākeakiʻi [koe] ʻe he ʻOtuá ʻi ʻolunga ʻo kapau te ke kātakiʻi ia ʻo lelei; te ke ikunaʻi ʻa [ho] ngaahi fili kotoa pē.” Naʻe toe fakapapauʻi ange foki ʻe he ʻEikí kia Siosefa, “kapau ʻe fakamanga mai ʻa e ngutu ʻo helí kiate koe, ke ke ʻiloʻi, ʻe hoku foha, ʻe foaki ʻe he ngaahi meʻá ni kotoa pē ʻa e poto kiate koe, pea ʻe hoko ia ʻo ʻaonga kiate koe. Naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa e foha ʻo e tangatá ʻo māʻulalo ange ʻiate kinautolu kotoa pē, [ʻikai] ʻokú ke lahi ange koe ʻiate ia?”
Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he ngaahi lea fakafiemālie ko ʻení ha loto lahi ʻia Siosefa. Naʻá ne pehē ʻe “maʻu ʻe he [ʻOtuá] ha kakai kuo ʻosi siviʻi” pea ko e meʻa ʻoku aʻusia ʻe he Kāingalotú ʻi Mīsulí ko “hano siviʻi ia ʻo ʻetau tuí ʻo tatau pē mo ʻĒpalahame.” Pea hangē ko e fakahaofi ʻo ʻĒpalahame mei he feilaulauʻi hono foha ko ʻAisaké, ʻe pehē pē mo e Kāingalotu ʻo e Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní ʻi hano fakahaofi mei honau ngaahi faingataʻaʻiá kapau te nau kei faivelenga pē.
Pea toki fakahoko leva ʻe Siosefa ha ngaahi fakahinohino ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa lahi kehe. ʻUluakí, naʻá ne fakahinohinoʻi ʻa e founga ke fakahoko ai ʻa e ngaahi konifelenisi mo e ngaahi fakataha alēlea ʻe hokó, ʻoange ha ʻamanaki lelei ki hono kaungā tuku pōpulá ʻe vave pē haʻanau toe fakataha mo e Kāingalotú. Ko ha meʻa ʻe taha ʻi he pisinisí ko hono fakatau ʻo e kelekele ʻi he Potufonua ʻAiouaá. Naʻe tui ʻa Siosefa ʻe hoko ʻa e kelekelé ko ha “tokoni lahi ki he siasí” peá ne faleʻi leva ʻa ʻEtuate Pātilisi mo ha niʻihi kehe ʻi he founga ke aleaʻi lelei ai ʻa e fakataú, ʻo fakamamamafaʻi hono mahuʻinga ke fakahoko ʻo ʻikai ha mānumanu pe ko haʻate lelei pē ʻaʻatá. Naʻá ne toe faleʻi foki ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí ke nau manatuʻi kinautolu ʻoku faingataʻaʻiá pea “faitokonia siʻi ngaahi mamahi ʻo e vaivaí.”
Pea afe leva ʻa e tohí ki he ʻuhinga ʻoku ui ai ʻa e tokolahi kae fili pē ʻa e tokosiʻí, ko e ngaahi lea naʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe Sīsū ʻi he Fuakava Foʻoú (vakai, Mātiu 22:14). Naʻe totoʻe ʻa Siosefa ʻi heʻene toki ʻiloʻi mo e Kāingalotú “ʻi ha aʻusia fakamamahi” ʻa e mālohi fai fakaʻauha ʻo e hīkisiá. ʻOku mahalo naʻe fakakaukau ʻa Siosefa ki ha niʻihi ʻo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻa mamaé, hangē ko Uiliami W. Felipisi mo Feletiliki G. Uiliamisí, naʻá na toki heé ni mei he Siasí. (Naʻe fakaiku ʻo na fakatou foki mai ʻo mālohi ʻi he Siasí.) Naʻe fakamahino ʻe Siosefa ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ʻoku totonu ke feinga ʻa e kau maʻu lakanga fakataulaʻeikí mo e Kāingalotú hono kotoa ke nau maʻu, kapau ʻoku nau fakaʻamu ke maʻu ha mālohi ki he niʻihi kehé: ʻa e angavaivai, angamaluú, feifeingaʻí, kātaki fuoloá, ʻofa faka-Kalaisí, angamaʻá, mo e ʻofá.
ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e tohí, naʻe toe foki ʻa Siosefa ki he fakatanga naʻe tofanga ai ʻa e Kāingalotú ʻi Mīsulí. Naʻe tui ʻa Siosefa ko e Konisitūtone ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití “ko ha meʻangāue nāunauʻia” ʻokú ne fakapapauʻi ʻa e tauʻatāina ke lotú, pea kole ai ki he Kāingalotú ke nau fakamoʻoni ʻi ha tohi fuakava ʻo fakamatalaʻi fakaʻāuliliki ai ʻenau ngaahi lāungá mo honau ngaohikoviá. Naʻe ʻikai fakapapauʻi ʻe maʻu ha faʻahinga tali, ka naʻe loto pē ʻa Siosefa mo e Kāingalotú ke “ʻoatu [ʻenau tohi fuakavá] ki he kau taki ʻo e puleʻangá,” ʻo fakahoko ai ha fekau naʻe tuku mai ʻe he ʻEikí.
Ko e tohi lōloa ʻa Siosefa Sāmitá naʻe ʻi ai hano ʻaonga tuʻuloa. Naʻe ʻikai ke ngata pē ʻi heʻene faleʻi siʻi Polouiní ʻi he fale fakapōpulá mo e Kāingalotu faingataʻaʻia ʻi Mīsulí pea naʻe hokohoko pulusi ʻi ha ngaahi taʻu lahi ʻi he Times and Seasons, Millennial Star, mo e Deseret News. Naʻe fāifai pea fakatahatahaʻi ʻa e ngaahi tohí ʻo hoko ko e Tokāteline mo e Ngaahi Fuakava vahe 121, 122, mo e 123, pea ʻoku kei hoko atu hono ʻomai ʻe he ngaahi kupuʻi tohi ko iá ha fakanonga mo ha fakahinohino ki ha faʻahinga taha pē ʻoku fekumi ki he ʻuhinga ʻo e folofolá.
Naʻe fāifai pea lava ʻo “hola” ʻa e kaungā-nofo pōpulá mei he kau maʻu mafai fakalaó ʻi he lolotonga hano fakafeʻao kinautolu ki ha hopo ʻi he Potu Fonua Pūní, ʻi Mīsuli, ʻi ʻEpeleli ʻo e 1839. Naʻe fakasiosio kehe ʻa e kau leʻó kae tuku ange ʻa e kau pōpulá ke nau hola, hili hano taki kinautolu ke mamaʻo mei he ngaahi fili ʻo e Kāingalotú ʻi he Potufonua Keleí. Naʻe aʻu ʻo faʻa fepūlingaki ʻa Polouini mo Siosefa mo e niʻihi kehé ʻi he hili ʻenau holá, ka naʻe fakaiku ʻo kolosi kātoa ʻa e kau pōpulá ki ʻIlinoisi, ʻo nau toe fakataha mo honau fāmilí mo e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá, pea mo e toenga ʻo e Kāingalotu kumi hūfangá.