Ko e Moʻui mo e Ngāue Fakafaifekau ‘a Lolenisou Sinoú

Naʻe fakatahaʻi ha ongo fāmili mālohi, ne na koloaʻia ‘i he tuí mo e ngaahi tukufakaholo fakalotú, ‘i he taimi naʻe mali ai ‘a ʻŌliva Sinou mo Loseta Leonola Petipouni (Rosetta Leonora Pettibone) he ‘aho 6 ‘o Mē 1800. Ko e tangata mo e fefine malí ko e hako ‘o ha niʻihi ‘o e kau ʻIulope fuofua nofoʻi fonua ‘i he ‘Iunaiteti Siteití—ko ha kau pilikimi Pilitānia ne nau kolosi mai ‘i he Tahi ‘Atalanitikí ‘i he taʻu 1600 tupú ke hao mei he fakatangaʻi ‘o e lotú. Naʻe nofo ‘a ʻŌliva mo Loseta ‘i he ngaahi fuofua taʻu ‘o ‘ena nofomalí ‘i he siteiti ko Masasūsetí, ‘a ia naʻe fanauʻi ai ‘ena ongo tamaiki fefine ko Leonola ‘Apikalé mo ‘Ilisa Lokisií (Eliza Roxcy). Pea nau hiki leva ki Manitua ‘i ‘Ohaiō, naʻe hoko he taimi ko iá ko e nofoʻanga taupotu taha ki he hihifó ‘i he ‘Iunaiteti Siteití. Ko e fāmili ‘aki kinautolu hono hongofulu mā taha ke hiki mai ki he feituʻú. Naʻe fanauʻi ‘i Manitua ha toe ongo tamaiki fefine ko ‘Amanitā Peesi (Amanda Percy) mo Melisa. Naʻe fanauʻi ‘a Lolenisou, ko e fika nima ia he fānaú mo e fuofua tamasiʻi ‘a ʻŌliva mo Losetá, ‘i Manitua he ‘aho 3 ‘o ‘Epeleli 1814. Naʻe fanauʻi kimui mai ‘i hono tuʻá hano ongo tehina: ko Lusiasi ‘Okusitasi (Lucius Augustus) mo Samuela Piesi (Samuel Pearce).⁵

Fakatatau mo e ngaahi tukufakaholo e ongo fāmilí, ʻo ʻŌliva mo Losetá naʻá na akoʻi ‘ena fānaú ki hono mahuʻinga ‘o e tuí, ngāue mālohí, pea mo e akó. Ko e taimi naʻá na fakamatalaʻi ange ai ‘a e talanoa ‘o e ngaahi faingataʻa ne na kātekina ke langa honau ‘apí, ne ako ai ʻe he fānaú ke nau ikunaʻi ‘a e lotofoʻí mo fakahoungaʻi ‘a e ngaahi tāpuaki ‘a e ‘Otuá ‘i heʻenau moʻuí. Naʻe tohi ‘e ‘Ilisa: “ʻOku mau lava moʻoni ‘o fakamatalaʻi ‘emau ongo mātuʻá, ko hona ongoongó naʻe haohaoa, pea naʻá na falalaʻanga ‘i he ngaahi feohi fakasōsiale mo e ngaahi fengāueʻaki fakapisinisí kotoa pē ‘o e moʻuí; mo akoʻi lelei ‘ena fānaú ke nau maʻu e natula ngāue mālohí, fakapotopotó, mo e angatonu moʻoní.”⁶ Naʻe fakahaaʻi ‘e Lolenisou ‘ene houngaʻia ‘i heʻena ngaohi “fakalelei mo ‘ofaʻi” maʻu pē iá.⁷

‘I he lahi hake ‘a Lolenisoú, naʻe ngāue ‘osikiavelenga ‘i he ngaahi meʻa fakaetuʻasinó mo fakaʻatamaí. Naʻe mamaʻo maʻu pē ‘ene tamaí mei ‘api, ‘o tokoni ki he koló “ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ‘a e kakaí.” Ko e taimi naʻe ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ai ‘a ʻŌlivá, naʻe tuku leva kia Lolenisou, ko e foha lahi tahá, ke ne tokangaʻi ‘a e fāmá—ko ha fatongia naʻá ne fakahoko fakamātoato mo lelei. Ko e taimi naʻe ‘ikai ke ngāue ai ‘a Lolenisoú, naʻá ne faʻa laukonga maʻu pē. Naʻe pehē ‘e ‘Ilisa, “Naʻe hoko maʻu pē ‘ene tohí ko hano takaua.”⁸

‘I heʻene vakai atu ki he natula fakalakalaka ‘o Lolenisoú, ne pehē ‘e ‘Ilisa, “Talu mei heʻene kei siʻí mo [‘ene] fakahaaʻi ‘a e ivi mo e natula fakatakimuʻá ‘a ia kuo ‘ilonga he kotoa ‘o ‘ene moʻuí.”⁹

Naʻe poupouʻi moʻoni ‘e ‘Ōliva mo Loseta hono fakatotoloʻi fakamātoato ‘o e tui fakalotú. Naʻá na fakangofua ‘ena fānaú ke nau ako fekauʻaki mo ha ngaahi siasi kehekehe, pea fakaava mo honau ‘apí ki he “kakai lelei mo poto ‘o e ngaahi tui fakalotú kotoa.” Ka neongo ‘a e fakalotolahi ko ‘ení, naʻe “siʻi pē pe ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha tokanga ia” ‘a Lolenisou “ki he tefito ‘o e lotú, pe lahi feʻunga ke fili ai ki ha taha ‘o kinautolu.”¹⁰ Ko ‘ene fakaʻamú ke hoko ko ha ‘eikitau, pea naʻe mālohi ange ‘ene fakaʻamú ‘i ha toe meʻa kehe ‘i heʻene moʻuí. Naʻe tohi ‘e he taha faʻu hisitōlia ko ‘Oasoni F. Uitineí (Orson F. Whitney), “ʻo ‘ikai koeʻuhí he ‘oku saiʻia ‘i he taú, ka koeʻuhí “he naʻe saiʻia ‘i he lāngilangi ‘o e ngāue faka-kautaú.”¹¹ Ka naʻe ‘ikai hano taimi kuó ne fetongi e taumuʻá ni ‘aki ha taumuʻa ‘e taha. Naʻe mavahe mei ‘api ‘o hū ki he Kolisi ‘Opeliní (Oberlin College) naʻe ofi maí koeʻuhí ke ako “fakaʻunivēsiti.^”12

‘I he ako ko ia ‘a Lolenisou ‘i ‘Opeliní, naʻá ne manako makehe ki he ngaahi meʻa fakalotú. Ka ‘i hono kei tākiekina ia ʻe heʻene pōtalanoa mo ‘Eletā Pētení, naʻe ‘ikai ke ne fakakaukauʻi ‘ataʻatā pē ‘a e ngaahi tokāteline ‘o e ongoongolelei kuo toe fakafoki maí ka naʻá ne toe vahevahe ia mo ha niʻihi kehe ‘i ‘Opelini—ʻo aʻu kiate kinautolu ne nau ako ke nau hoko ko ha kau faifekaú. Naʻá ne pehē ‘i haʻane tohi ki hono tuofefine ko ‘Ilisá, ‘a ia ne ‘osi kau fakataha mo e Kāingalotú ‘i Ketilaní: “Te u fakapapauʻi atu, naʻá ku maʻu ha ola lelei ‘i he kau faifekaú pea mo e kau teu faifekaú, ‘i heʻeku taukaveʻi ‘a e tui faka-Māmongá. ‘Oku moʻoni pē ia kuo teʻeki ke u maʻu ha kau ului tokolahi, he ‘oku ‘ikai foki ko ha taha siasi au, ka naʻá ku ‘ai ha niʻihi ‘o kinautolu ke nau meimei pehē kuo nau fakatokangaʻi ha [poto] ‘i hoʻomou ngaahi tokāteliné. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko ha meʻa faingofua hano toʻo e ngaahi ongo mālohi ‘o e tāufehiʻa ki he tui faka-Māmongá mei ha ‘atamai ‘o ha taha ako ‘i ‘Opelini.”

‘I he tohi tatau pē ko ‘ení, naʻe tali ai ‘e Lolenisou ha fakaafe naʻá ne maʻu meia ‘Ilisa. Naʻá ne fokotuʻutuʻu ke ‘alu ange ‘o nofo mo ia ‘i Ketilani ‘o ako e lea faka-Hepeluú ‘i ha kalasi naʻe kau ai ‘a e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá mo ha kau mēmipa ‘o e Kōlomu ‘o e Kau ‘Aposetolo ‘e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. Naʻá ne pehē: “ʻOku ou fiefia ‘i heʻeku ‘ilo ‘okú ke maʻu ha fiefia lahi ‘i Ketilaní; neongo ‘oku ‘ikai ke u tui te u fetongi hoku nofoʻangá ʻi ha taimi mo koe; ka kapau ‘oku tatau ‘a e ngaahi faingamālie ‘o e akó hena, ‘oku ou tui te u meimei fakahehema ke ‘ahiʻahi hiki atu. He, kapau ‘oku ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha toe meʻa kehe, ‘e ngali lelei ia kiate au he mahalo ‘e ‘ikai mole taʻeʻaonga kiate au ke u fanongo ki he ngaahi tokāteline ko ia naʻe malangaʻi pea kuó u fāifeinga fuoloa ke taukapoʻi mo poupouʻi heni ‘i ‘Opeliní.”

Neongo naʻe mālie kia Lolenisou ‘a e ngaahi tokāteline ‘o e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ‘o e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní, ka naʻe kei ‘āmio pē ke kau ki he Siasí. Ka naʻá ne mahuʻingaʻia pē. ‘I heʻene tohi kia ‘Ilisá, naʻá ne fai ai ha ngaahi fehuʻi fekauʻaki mo e Siasí. Naʻá ne pehē naʻe fie maʻu ‘a e fānau ako ‘i ‘Opelini naʻe teu-teu ke hoko ko ha kau faifekaú ke nau “foaki ha taʻu ‘e fitu pe toe lahi ange ai ke fakahoko ha ako faingataʻa fau kimuʻa pea toki fakangofua ke nau tala ki he kau hītení ‘oku ‘i ai ha ‘Otua ‘i he Langí, ‘o tatau mo ha loea kuo pau ke ne maʻu ha ngaahi fakaʻilonga kimuʻa peá ne toki lava ‘o maʻu ha ngofua ke lea.” Ko hono faikehekehé, naʻá ne talaange ki hono tuofefiné, “ʻOku ou tui ko homou kakaí ‘oku nau fakafalala lahi ange ki he tokoni fakalangí kae ‘ikai ki he meʻa kuó ke lava ‘o ako mei he kolisí, ‘i he taimi ‘oku malangaʻi ai hoʻomou tokāteliné.” Naʻá ne fakahā haʻane holi ke ‘ilo e founga ngāue ‘a e Laumālié, mo fehuʻi pe ‘e lava ‘a e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ‘o foaki ki he kakaí “ʻi he kuonga ko ‘eni ‘o e māmaní.” Naʻá ne fehuʻi, “Kapau ‘e lava ‘a e kakaí ke maʻu ‘a e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, ‘oku fakahoko maʻu pē nai ia ‘e he ‘Otuá ‘o fakafou ‘i ha taha kehe?”¹³ Ko hono fakalea ‘e tahá, naʻá ne fie maʻu ke ‘ilo pe naʻe fie maʻu ‘a e lakanga fakataulaʻeikí kae lava ‘o maʻu ‘a e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní.

Naʻe houngaʻia ‘a Lolenisou ʻi he anga fakakaungāmeʻa pea mo e ako naʻá ne maʻu he Kolisi ‘Opeliní, ka naʻe fakautuutu ‘ene taʻefiemālie ki he ngaahi akonaki fakalotu ‘i aí. Naʻe fāifai pea mavahe mei he kolisí ‘o tali e fakaafe hono tuofefiné ke ako e lea faka-Hepeluú ‘i Ketilani. Naʻá ne pehē naʻe ‘alu pē ia ki he kalasi lea faka-Hepeluú koeʻuhí ke lava ‘o teuteu ke hū ki ha ‘univēsiti ‘i he fakahahake ‘o e ‘Iunaiteti Siteití.¹⁴ Ka naʻe fakatokangaʻi ‘e ‘Ilisa, makehe mei heʻene ako e lea faka-Hepeluú, “naʻá ne ako foki ha meʻa lahi, pea kamata ke maʻu ʻe hono lotó ha tui lahi ki he Ongoongolelei taʻengatá.”¹⁵ Naʻe ‘ikai fuoloa kuó ne maʻu e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi naʻá ne fai ‘i he Kolisi ‘Opeliní, pea ‘i Sune 1836 naʻe papitaiso ai ia ‘e ‘Eletā Sione Peitonu (John Boynton), ko e taha ‘i he fuofua Kōlomu ‘o e Kau ‘Aposetolo ‘e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ‘i he kuonga fakakosipelí ni. Naʻe toe hilifakinima foki ia ‘o fakamaʻu ko ha mēmipa ‘o e Siasi ‘o Sīsū Kalaisi ‘o e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní.

‘Osi nai ha uike ‘e ua mei ai kuo ‘eke ange ‘e hano kaungāmeʻa, “Misa Sinou, kuó ke maʻu koā e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní talu hoʻo papitaisó?” Naʻá ne pehē, “Naʻe ongo kiate au ‘a e fehuʻi ko iá ‘o u meimei puputuʻu. Ko hono moʻoní, mahalo ne u maʻu kotoa ‘a e meʻa naʻá ku fie maʻú, ka naʻe teʻeki ai ke u mau ‘a e meʻa naʻá ku loto ke u maʻú” —ko hono ‘uhingá, neongo naʻe ‘osi hilifakinima, kuo teʻeki ai ke ne maʻu ha fakahā mei he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní. Naʻá ne pehē, “Naʻá ku ongoʻi taʻe-fiemālie, ‘o ‘ikai koeʻuhí ko e meʻa ne u ‘osi fakahokó, ka ko au. Naʻá ku ‘alu ‘i he efiafi ko iá tuʻunga he ongo ko ‘ení, ki ha feituʻu ne u anga hono fakahoko hake ai ‘eku lotu ki he ‘Eikí.” Naʻá ne tūʻulutui ke lotu peá ne maʻu he taimi pē ko iá ha tali ki heʻene ngaahi lotú. Naʻá ne fakahā kimui ai, “He ‘ikai teitei toe lava ke toʻo e meʻa ko iá mei heʻeku manatú kapau ‘e kei hoko atu pē ‘eku manatú,” … Naʻá ku maʻu ha ‘ilo haohaoa ‘oku ‘i ai ha ‘Otua, pea ko Sīsuú, ‘a ē naʻe pekia ‘i Kalevalé, ko Hono ‘Aló ia, pea naʻe maʻu ‘e he Palōfita ko Siosefá ‘a e mafai kuó ne pehē ‘okú ne maʻú. ‘Oku ‘ikai ke lava ‘e ha faʻahinga lea ke fakamatalaʻi e fakafiemālie mo e nāunauʻia ‘o e fakahā ko iá! Naʻá ku foki ki hoku ‘api nofoʻangá. Kuó u lava he taimí ni ke fakamoʻoniʻi ki māmani kātoa kuó u ‘iloʻi, ‘i he ‘ilo fakapapau, ko e Ongoongolelei ‘o e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otuá kuo ‘osi fakafoki mai, pea ko Siosefá ko ha Palōfita ia ‘a e ‘Otuá, kuo fakamafaiʻi ke lea ‘i Hono huafá.”¹⁶

Naʻe teuteuʻi leva ‘e Lolenisou ia ke hoko ko ha faifekau ‘i hono fakamālohia ia ‘e he meʻa ko ‘ení. Pea hangē ko e lau hono tuofefine ko ‘Ilisá, naʻe iku ‘ene uluí ke liliu ai ‘ene ngaahi fakaʻānauá mo “fakaava ha ngaahi faingamālie foʻou ‘i hono ‘aó.” Naʻá ne pehē, “Kuo hū he taimí ni ki ha malaʻe tau ke hoko ko ha toʻa fakataha mo e kau tau ‘o e langí kae ‘ikai ko ha tuʻunga fakakautau ‘iloa.”¹⁷

Naʻe kamata e ngāue fakafaifekau ‘a Lolenisou Sinoú ‘i he siteiti ko ‘Ohaioó ‘i he faʻahitaʻu failau ‘o e 1837. Naʻe fie maʻu ia ‘e heʻene fili ke hoko ko ha faifekau taimi kakató ke liliu ‘ene ngaahi fakakaukaú pea mo ‘ene ngaahi palaní, ‘o tatau mo ‘ene fili ke kau ki he Siasí. Naʻá ne tohi ‘i heʻene tohinoá, “ʻI he taʻu 1837 [naʻá ku] siʻaki kakato ai ‘eku ngaahi fakakaukau manakó.”¹⁸ Naʻe tukuange ‘ene palani ki he “ako ‘o e kuonga muʻá” ‘i ha ‘univēsiti he fakahahake ‘o e ‘Iunaiteti Siteití.¹⁹ Naʻe toe loto foki ke fononga taʻe ‘i ai ha kato pe mā—ko hono fakalea ‘e tahá, ke ‘alu taʻe ‘i ai ha paʻanga, ‘o falala pē ki he angalelei ‘a e kakaí ke nau foaki ha meʻakai mo ha nofoʻanga. Naʻe mātuʻaki faingataʻa ‘eni kiate ia koeʻuhí ko e taimi naʻe kei tupu hake aí naʻá ne ongoʻi maʻu pē naʻe mahuʻinga ke totongi ‘ene fonongá, ‘o fakaʻaongaʻi ‘a e paʻanga naʻe tokoni ki heʻene tamaí ‘i hono ngāueʻi e faama ‘a e fāmilí. Naʻá ne pehē: “Kuo teʻeki ke u anga ‘i he fakafalala ki ha taha ke maʻu ha meʻakai pe ha nofoʻangá. Kapau ne u teu fononga mamaʻo, naʻe fakapapauʻi ‘e heʻeku tamaí naʻá ku ‘alu mo ha paʻanga lahi ki heʻeku ngaahi fakamolé. Ka ko ‘eni, ‘oku faingataʻa ‘aupito kiate au, he ‘oku kehe ia mei hono akoʻi aú, ke u ‘alu ‘o kole ha meʻa ke u kai mo ha feituʻu ke u mohe ai.”²⁰ Naʻe “loto lahi” ke ne fakahoko,” koeʻuhí pē he naʻá ne ‘osi maʻu “ha ‘ilo fakapapau naʻe fie maʻu ia ‘e he ‘Otuá.”²¹

Naʻe ‘i ai ha niʻihi ‘o e ngaahi faʻē-tangata, mehikitanga, niʻihi naʻá ne tokouaʻaki pe tuofefineʻaki, pea mo hano ngaahi kaungāmeʻa naʻa nau ō ki he ngaahi ‘uluaki fakataha naʻe fakahoko ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou ‘i heʻene hoko ko e faifekaú. Naʻá ne pehē ‘i heʻene manatuʻi ‘a e fuofua taimi naʻe malanga aí: “Naʻá ku kei fuʻu mā he taimi ko iá, pea … naʻe hoko ia ko ha meʻa faingataʻa ke u tuʻu hake ‘o malanga ki hoku kāingá mo e kaungāʻapi naʻe ō maí. ‘Oku ou manatuʻi ‘eku lotu meimei ‘aho kakato kimuʻa he pō naʻe pau ke u lea aí. Naʻá ku ‘alu toko taha pē ‘o kole ki he ‘Eikí ke Ne tuku mai ha meʻa ke u leaʻaki. Naʻe toki talamai ‘e hoku mehikitangá ‘i heʻene ‘osí naʻe mei tetetete ia ‘i heʻene sio mai ki heʻeku tuʻu ki ‘olunga ke leá, ka naʻá ku fakaava hoku ngutú, pea ko e meʻa naʻá ku leaʻakí naʻe ‘ikai haʻaku teitei ‘ilo ki ai, ka naʻe talamai ‘e hoku mehikitangá naʻá ku lea lelei ‘i ha vahe tolu ‘e fā ‘o ha houa.”²² Naʻá ne pehē ‘i he loto houngaʻia: “Naʻá ku tui mo ongoʻi ha fakamahino ‘e ueʻi au ‘e ha Laumālie ‘o e fakahaá mo ha meʻa ke u leaʻaki. Naʻá ku kole ‘i he lotu mo e ‘aukai—Naʻá ku fakatōkilalo ‘i he ‘ao ‘o e ‘Eikí, ‘o ui kiate Ia ‘i he lotu lahi ke foaki mai ‘a e mālohi mo e fakahā ‘o e Lakanga Fakataulaʻeiki māʻoniʻoní; pea ko e taimi naʻá ku tuʻu ai ‘i muʻa he fakatahaʻangá, neongo naʻe ‘ikai ke u ‘ilo ha foʻi lea te u ala fai, ko e taimi pē naʻe fakaava ai hoku ngutú ke leá, naʻe nofoʻia moʻoni au ‘e he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní, ‘o ne fakafonu hoku ‘atamaí ‘aki ha maama mo ha ngaahi fakakaukau pea mo e lea taau ke fai kiate kinautolú.” ²³ ‘I he hokosia e taimi ke mavahe ai mei he feituʻu ko ‘ení, kuó ne ‘osi papitaiso mo hilifakinima haʻane faʻētangata, mehikitanga, niʻihi ‘okú ne tokoua ʻaki pe tuofefine ‘aki, pea mo hano ngaahi kaungāmeʻa tokosiʻi ‘e niʻihi.²⁴

Hili ‘ene vahevahe ‘a e ongoongoleleí mo hono fāmilí mo hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá, ne hoko atu leva ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou ‘ene ngāue fakafaifekaú ‘i ha ngaahi kolo lalahi mo ha fanga kiʻi kolo iiki kehe, ‘o ngāue ‘i ha meimei taʻu nai ‘e taha. Naʻá ne fakamatala ‘o pehē, “Lolotonga e ngāue fakafaifekau ko ‘ení, naʻá ku fononga ‘i ha ngaahi potu kehekehe ‘o e Siteiti ko ‘Ohaioó, pea ‘i he lolotonga iá, naʻá ku papitaiso ai ha tokolahi ‘oku nau kei pīkitai pē ki he moʻoní.”²⁵

Naʻe teʻeki fuoloa e foki mai ‘a Lolenisou Sinou mei heʻene ‘uluaki ngāue fakafaifekaú, kuó ne ongoʻi ha holi ke toe malangaʻi ‘a e ongoongoleleí. Naʻá ne pehē, “Naʻe mafatukituki moʻoni kiate au ‘a e ongo ‘o hoku uiuiʻi fakafaifekaú, peá u fakaʻamu ai ke toe foki ki ai.” ²⁶ Naʻá ne malangaʻi he taimi ko ʻení ‘a e ongoongoleleí ‘i he siteiti ‘o Mīsulí, Kenitakí, mo ‘Ilinoisi pea toe ‘i ‘Ohaiō pē.

Naʻe ‘i ai ha kakai ‘e niʻihi naʻa nau fehiʻa kia ‘Eletā Sinou pea mo e pōpoaki naʻá ne fakahaá. Hangē ko ‘ení, naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ha meʻa ne hoko kiate ia ‘i Kenitaki ‘i ha taimi naʻe fakatahataha ai ha falukunga kakai ki ha fale ‘o ha taha ke fanongo ki heʻene malangá. ‘I he ‘osi ‘ene malangá, naʻá ne toki ‘ilo naʻe ‘i ai ha niʻihi ‘o e kakaí naʻa nau palani ke ‘ohofi ia ‘i he taimi pē ‘e mavahe aí. Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ‘o pehē “lolotonga e fetuiaki ‘a e kakaí” ‘i he loto falé, naʻe ‘i ai ha taha ‘o e kau tangatá “naʻe tau hono nimá ‘i ha taha ‘o e ngaahi kato he konga ki lalo hoku koté ‘o ne fuʻu ʻohovale ai.” ‘I heʻene ongoʻi ha meʻa fefeka he kato ‘o ‘Eletā Sinoú, naʻá ne fakatokanga he taimi pē ko iá ki hono ngaahi kaungāmeʻá ‘oku ‘i ai ha pekenene ‘a e faifekaú. Naʻe tohi kimui ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou ‘o pehē, “Naʻe feʻunga pē ia—naʻe tuku ‘e he kau teu maumau lao ko ‘ení ‘enau ngaahi palani koví.” Naʻe toe pehē ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou mo ʻene katá, “Ko e pekenene ko ia naʻá ne fakatupu ‘enau puputuʻú pea mo hoku maluʻí, ko ‘eku kiʻi Tohi Tapu ʻi hoku kató, ko ha meʻaʻofa mahuʻinga kiate au mei he Pēteliake ‘ofeiná, ko Siosefa Sāmita ko e Lahí [Sr.]”²⁷

Naʻe ‘i ai ha kakai kehe ne nau talitali lelei ‘a ‘Eletā Sinou mo nau tali e pōpoaki naʻá ne vahevahé. Naʻá ne akoʻi ‘i ha nofoʻanga ‘e taha ‘i Mīsuli ha kakai ‘e toko nima naʻe papitaiso ‘i he lotolotonga ‘o e faʻahitaʻu momokó. Naʻe pau ai ke fahi ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou mo ha niʻihi kehe ‘a e ‘aisí kae lava ke ne fakahoko ‘a e ouaú. Neongo ‘a e momokó, naʻe ‘i ai ha niʻihi ‘o e kau uluí “naʻa nau ‘alu hake mei he vaí, pasipasi honau nimá, mo kalanga fakahīkihikiʻi ‘a e ‘Otuá.”²⁸

Naʻe fakahoko ‘a e ongo ‘uluaki ngāue fakafaifekau ‘a ‘Eletā Sinoú mei he faʻahitaʻu failau ‘o e 1837 ki Mē ‘o e 1840. ‘Oku fakafōtunga ‘e ha ngaahi konga ne toʻo mei heʻene ngaahi tohí ‘a e taimi ko ‘eni ‘i he ngāue ‘a e ‘Eikí: “Naʻá ku fakaʻaongaʻi ‘a e toenga ‘o e faʻahitaʻu momokó [‘o e 1838–39] he fonongá mo e malangá, … ‘o kehekehe pē e ngaahi olá, pea mo homau ngaohí —ʻa ia ko e taimi ‘e niʻihi naʻe talitali mātuʻaki fakaʻapaʻapaʻi mo nau fanongo tokanga ‘aupito, pea ‘i he taimi ‘e niʻihi, naʻa nau ngaohikoviʻi mo leakovi; ka naʻe ‘ikai ha taimi naʻe ngaohi koviʻi ai au ‘o kovi ange ‘ia Sīsū, ‘a ia ‘oku ou lau ‘oku ou muimui aí.”²⁹ “ʻI heʻeku vakai atu ki ai he taimi ní ki he ngaahi meʻa naʻe pau ke u fouá, … ‘Oku ou fuʻu ‘ohovale mo fakatumutumu.” ³⁰ “Naʻe ‘iate au ‘a e ‘Eikí, pea naʻe faitāpuekina lahi au ‘i hono fakahoko ‘eku ngāue faingataʻá.”³¹

‘I he konga kimuʻa ‘o Mē 1840, ne kau fakataha atu ai ‘a Lolenisou Sinou ki he Kāingalotu ‘i Nāvū ‘i ‘Ilinoisí, ka naʻe ‘ikai ke nofo fuoloa ai. Naʻe ui ia ke kolosi ‘i he Tahi ‘Atalanitikí ‘o ngāue fakafaifekau ‘i ‘Ingilani, pea naʻe mavahe ai mei Nāvū he māhina pē ko iá. Kimuʻa pea mavahé, naʻe tuku hano taimi ke ‘aʻahi ai ki he fāmili ‘e niʻihi ‘o e kau ‘Aposetolo ‘e toko hiva naʻe lolotonga ngāue ‘i ‘Ingilaní.

Ko e taimi naʻe ‘aʻahi ai ki he fāmili ‘o Pilikihami ‘Iongí, naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi naʻe ‘ikai ke ‘i ai ha meʻa fakafonufonu ‘i honau fale sinoʻi ‘akaú ke tāpuni ʻaki ‘a e ngaahi avaava ‘i he vahavahaʻa ʻo e sinoʻi ‘akaú, pea ‘ikai ai ke nau “malu mei he havilí mo e matangí.” Naʻe helaʻia ‘a Sisitā ‘Iongi koeʻuhí he naʻe toki foki mai mei haʻane kumi ‘enau pulu ki he huʻakau ‘a e fāmilí ka naʻe ‘ikai maʻu. Neongo hono tuʻunga faingataʻaʻiá, naʻá ne talaange kia ‘Eletā Sinou, “Kuó ke mamata ki hoku tūkungá, ka ke talaange ki ai [ki hoku husepānití] ke ‘oua naʻa tokanga, pe kiʻi hohaʻa fekauʻaki mo au—ʻOku ou fakaʻamu ke nofo pē ‘i he malaʻe ‘o ‘ene ngāué kae ‘oua kuo tukuange fakalāngilangi.” ʻI he ongo kia ʻEletā Sinou e “tuʻunga mātuʻaki masivesiva” ʻo Sisitā ʻIongí, naʻá ne fie maʻu ke tokoni: “Naʻe siʻi ʻeku paʻangá—pea ʻikai feʻunga ke ne ʻave au ʻi ha vahehongofulu ʻe taha ʻo e fononga ki heʻeku ngāueʻangá, pea he ʻikai ha founga ʻe lava ke maʻu ai e toengá, pea ko e pō ʻeni kimuʻa peá u fonongá. Naʻá ku toʻo mei hoku kató ha konga ʻo ʻeku kiʻi paʻangá, … ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne fie tali; naʻá ku feinga mālohi ke ne tali, ka ne vilitaki pē ʻi hono fakafisingaʻí—naʻe tō ʻa e paʻangá ki he falikí koeʻuhí he naʻe fakataumuʻa pehē, pea toe ʻuhingá pē he naʻe hoko taʻeʻamanekina, naʻe ngatata e paʻangá ʻi heʻenau ngangana ʻi he vahavahaʻa papá, ʻo ne fakangata ai ʻa e longoaʻá, peá u fetapa fakamāvae ai kiate ia, ʻo u tuku ke ne toki tānaki kinautolu ʻi hano taimi faingamālie.”³²

Naʻe fononga ʻa ʻEletā Sinou mei ʻIlinoisi ki Niu ʻIoke, ʻo heka ai ʻi ha vaka ke folau he Tahi ʻAtalanitikí. ʻI he ʻaho ʻe 42 ʻo ʻene folau tahí, ne fepaki e vaká mo ha afā mālohi ʻe tolu. Naʻe kei nonga pē ʻa ʻEletā Sinou mo falala ʻe maluʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtuá, kae takatakaiʻi ia ʻe he kau pāsese manavahē mo tangilaulaú. Ko e taimi naʻe lī taula ai ʻa e vaká ʻi Livapulu ʻi ʻIngilaní, naʻe fonu e loto ʻo ʻEletā Sinoú ʻi he “houngaʻia taupotu taha kiate Ia ʻokú Ne maluʻi mo poupouʻi kinautolu ʻokú Ne ui mo fekauʻi atu ko e kau faifekau ʻo e fakamoʻuí ki he ngaahi puleʻanga ʻo e māmaní.”³³

Hili ʻene hoko ko ha faifekau ʻi ʻIngilani ʻi ha māhina nai ʻe fā, ne maʻu ʻe ʻEletā Sinou ha toe fatongia makehe. Naʻe fokotuʻu ia ke hoko ko e palesiteni ʻo e Konifelenisi ʻo Lonitoní, ko ha ui ʻoku meimei tatau mo e palesiteni fakavahefonuá he ʻahó ni. Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongoleleí, pea naʻá ne toe tokangaʻi foki mo e ngāue ʻa e kau taki lakanga fakataulaʻeikí, hangē ko e kau palesiteni fakakolo, ʻi he ʻēliá. ʻI heʻene ngāue ko ʻeni ʻi he tuʻunga fakatakimuʻá, naʻá ne faʻa lipooti ai kia ʻEletā Paʻale P. Palati, ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá pea mo e palesiteni ʻo e misioná. Naʻá ne tohi fekauʻaki mo ha kakai tokolahi ne nau “fehuʻi pe te nau maʻu fēfē ʻa e fakamoʻuí,”naʻe toe tohi foki ke ʻi ai ha loki “ke hao ki ai ʻa e kakaí” ʻi he houalotu he Sāpaté, pea mo e “fakafiefia hono papitaiso [ʻo e kau uluí] ki he tākanga ʻa hotau ʻEiki mo e Fakamoʻui ko Sīsū Kalaisí.” ʻI heʻene vēkeveke mo fakatuʻamelie fekauʻaki mo e ngāué, naʻá ne pehē ai, “Neongo naʻe ʻākilotoa au ‘e he ngaahi angahala kehekehe kotoa pē, ka naʻe kamata ‘a Saione ke tupu fakafokifā, pea ‘oku ou tui he ‘ikai fuoloa kuo hoko ko ha maama ngingila ‘i he koló.”³⁴

Naʻe aʻusia ‘e he Konifelenisi ‘o Lonitoní ha tupulaki lahi ‘i he hoko ‘a ‘Eletā Sinou ko e palesitení. Pea neongo naʻe fiefia ‘a ‘Eletā Sinou ‘i he ola ko ‘ení, naʻe toe fekuki foki mo e ngaahi fatongia fakatakimuʻá. ‘I ha tohi kia ‘Eletā Hiipa C. Kimiplo ‘o e Kōlomu ‘o e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, naʻá ne pehē ai naʻe fakatupu ‘e he ngaahi faingataʻá ni ke ne “fakahoko ‘ene ngāue fakatakimuʻá ‘i ha founga naʻe teʻeki ai ke ne fakahoko kimuʻa.” ³⁵ Naʻá ne talaange kia ‘Eletā Kimipolo: “Naʻá ke talamai mo ‘Eletā [Uilifooti] Utalafi ‘e hoko ‘eni ko ha akoʻanga, he ko e meʻa moʻoni ia ne hokó. … Talu mei heʻeku haʻu ki hení mo e ‘i ai maʻu pē ha meʻa foʻou ‘oku hoko ‘i he Kāingalotú. Naʻe ‘ikai fuoloa ‘ene ‘osi atu ha meʻa kuo hoko mai ha meʻa ‘e taha.” Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ha foʻi moʻoni naʻá ne fakatokangaʻi vave ‘i hono ngaahi fatongia foʻoú: “Naʻe ‘ikai ke u lava ‘o fefaʻuhi mo e ngaahi faingataʻá, [kae ‘oua] kuo tokoniʻi lahi au ‘e he ‘Otuá.” ³⁶ Naʻá ne fakamatalaʻi ha ongo tatau mo ia ‘i ha tohi kia ‘Eletā Siaosi A. Sāmita ‘o e Kōlomu ‘o e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá: “ʻI he fanga kiʻi meʻa kuó u lavaʻí naʻe ‘ikai ko au ka ko e ‘Otuá naʻá Ne fakahokó. Ko e meʻa ‘e taha naʻá ku ‘iloʻi kakato ‘i he meʻa ne u fouá ‘i he lolotonga ‘eku fāifeinga ke fakahoko totonu hoku fatongia ko ha faiako ‘i ‘Isilelí, he ‘ikai ke u lava ‘o ‘ilo pe fakahoko ha meʻa ‘iate au pē: Naʻe toe mahino lelei ange foki kiate au he ‘ikai ha Kāingalotu ‘e lava ‘o tupulaki tuku kehe kapau ‘e talangofua ki he ngaahi fakahinohino mo e faleʻi ‘a e kakai kuo ui ke nau pule ‘i he Siasí. ‘Oku ou tui pau kapau te u tauhi ‘a ‘Ene ngaahi fekaú, ‘e poupouʻi mo tokoniʻi au ‘e he ‘Eikí ‘i hoku fatongiá. … Te Ne foaki mai kiate au ‘a e mālohi ke faleʻi ‘i he māʻoniʻoni pea ‘i he laumālie ‘o e fakahaá, kapau te u ‘aʻeva ‘i he anga-fakatōkilalo ‘i Hono ‘aó.”³⁷

Makehe mei heʻene malangaʻaki ‘a e ongoongoleleí mo hoko ko e palesiteni ‘o e Konifelenisi ‘o Lonitoní, ne toe faʻu ‘e ‘Eletā Sinou ha tohi fakalotu pe tohitufa, ke tokoni ki he kau faifekaú ‘i hono fakamatalaʻi ‘o e ongoongolelei kuo toe fakafoki maí. Naʻe liliu kimui mai ‘a e tohi fakalotu ko ‘eni naʻe ui Ko e Founga pē Taha ke Fakamoʻui Aí (The Only Way to Be Saved, ki ha ngaahi lea-fakafonua kehekehe ‘i he konga hono ua ‘o e senituli 19.

Naʻe ngāue ‘a ‘Eletā Sinou ‘i ‘Ingilani ‘o aʻu ki Sānuali 1843. Kimuʻa pea mavahé, naʻá ne fakahoko ha ngāue naʻá ne maʻu meia Palesiteni Pilikihami ‘Iongi. Naʻá ne hiki ‘i he tafaʻaki ‘o e peesi ‘i heʻene tohinoá ‘a ‘ene lau tuʻo taha pē ki he ngāue ko ‘ení: “Foaki ha Tohi ‘a Molomona ‘e ua kia Kuini Vikatōlia mo Pilinisi ‘Alipate ‘i he kole ‘a Palesiteni B. ‘Iongi.”³⁸

Ko e taimi naʻe mavahe ai ‘a ‘Eletā Sinou mei ‘Ingilaní, naʻá ne taki mai ha kulupu ‘o ha Kāingalotu ‘o e Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní naʻe hiki ki Nāvū. Naʻá ne hiki ‘i heʻene tohinoá: “Naʻá ku tokangaʻi ha kulupu ‘o ha toko uangeau nimangofulu, ko hanau tokolahi ko haku ngaahi kaungāmeʻa mamae ne nau hū mai ki he fuakavá ‘i he lolotonga ‘o ‘eku takí. ʻOku mātuʻaki fakafiefia ‘a e tuʻunga ‘o ‘eku toe kolosi he ‘ōsení mo hoku ngaahi kaungāmeʻá, ʻi hono fakafehoanaki atu ki he taha naʻá ku fakahoko taʻelata ʻi he taʻu ʻe ua mo e konga kimuʻá.”³⁹ Naʻe fakafōtunga ʻe he meʻa ne aʻusia ʻe ʻEletā Sinou he vaka ko e Suenitoní (Swanton) ʻene pōtoʻi fakatakimuʻá pea mo ʻene tui ki he ʻOtuá. Ko e toʻo e fakamatala ko ʻení mei heʻene tohi-noá:

“Naʻá ku ui fakataha mai ʻa e [Kāingalotú] pea ʻi heʻemau lototahá naʻá ku fokotuʻutuʻu kinautolu ki ha ngaahi vahe lalahi mo ha ngaahi vahe iiki, pea mo fokotuʻu ʻa e kau taki totonú ki ai takitaha, pea fokotuʻu mo e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ki he founga hono taki ‘o e kau folaú. Naʻá ku toki ‘ilo ne ‘i ai ha kau Taulaʻeiki Lahi, pea mo ha Kaumātuʻa ‘e tolungofulu nai naʻe ‘iate kimautolu, pea ‘i heʻeku ‘ilo ‘a e holi fakanatula ‘a ha Kaumātuʻa tokolahi ke fai ha faʻahinga meʻa pē ke nau kiʻi ‘iloa ai, pea kapau he ‘ikai ke lava ia ‘i he founga ko ‘eé kuo pau ke lava ia ‘i ha founga kehe, naʻá ku pehē ai ‘e lelei ange ke u fokotuʻu ‘e au ‘a e founga ‘oku totonu ke nau faí; pea ‘i heʻene peheé, naʻá ku fokotuʻu leva ‘a e tokolahi taha naʻe lavá ki he ngaahi tuʻungá takitaha pea ‘ai ke nau fatongiaʻaki kotoa. Naʻe fakataha ‘a e kau folaú kātoa ‘i he efiafi kotoa pē ‘o e uiké; fai mo e ngaahi fakataha he Sāpaté pea mo maʻu ‘a e sākalamēnití.

“Naʻe hangē naʻe fakamamaʻo mo fakalongolongo ‘a e ‘eikivaká, ‘a ē naʻá ku fakaʻamu ke ma vāofi mo mahení … Naʻe lava pē ke u tala naʻe tāufehiʻa kiate kimautolu.—Ko e ‘osi pē ‘eni ha uike ‘e ua ‘o ‘emau folaú, pea ‘i he lolotonga iá ne ‘ikai ke hoko ha faʻahinga meʻa fēfē ‘o kehe mei he ngaahi meʻa angamaheni ‘i tahí, kae tālunga e hoko mai e meʻa ko ‘ení.

“Naʻe hoko ha fakatuʻutāmaki ki he setuata ‘a e ‘eikivaká, ko ha talavou Siamane, ne tuʻu fakatuʻutāmaki ke mole ai ‘ene moʻuí. ‘I heʻene hoko ko ha talavou angatonu, fakakaukau lelei, o falalaʻangá, pea ‘osi ngāue mo e ‘eikivaká ‘i ha ngaahi folau kehe, naʻá ne maʻu ai ha ‘ofa lahi mei he ‘eikivaká, kau ‘ōfisá pea mo e kau kauvaká; naʻe fuʻu ofi foki mo e Kāingalotú ki ai. Pea ‘i he ngalingali ko ia ‘e maté … ne tupu ai ha ongoʻi fakameʻapangoʻia mo ha loto mamahi ‘i he vaká kotoa.

“Naʻe fānoa e totó ‘i hono ngutú, fakataha mo haʻane tete lahi [hangē ha mahakimoá]. Fāifai pea aʻu ki ha tuʻunga kuo mole ai e ‘amanaki kotoa ki siʻene moʻuí, ‘i he hili hano ‘ahiʻahiʻi ha ngaahi faitoʻo kehekehe kae ‘ikai pē felave. Naʻe kole ‘e he ‘eikivaká ‘a e kau kauvaká ke nau hū tahataha ki he lokí kimuʻa pea nau toki ō ‘o mohé ke lea fakamāvae ki ai; ‘a ia naʻe fakahoko ‘i he ‘amanaki he ‘ikai toe siʻi moʻui ki he pongipongi hono hokó. Naʻe lahi ha ngaahi fofonga ne loʻimataʻia ‘i heʻenau foki mei he lokí.

“Naʻe fakahā ange ki ai ‘e Sisitā Mātini [ko ha taha ‘o e Kāingalotu ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní he vaká] lolotonga haʻane tangutu ‘i hono veʻe mohengá ‘a ‘ene fakaʻamu ‘e lava ‘o ui au ke u faingāue ki ai pea mahalo ‘e lava ke fakamoʻui ai. Naʻá ne loto fiefia ki he meʻá ni. Naʻá ku lolotonga mohe au ‘i ha tuliki he vaká ‘i he aʻu mai ‘a e fekaú, ko e hongofulu mā ua tuʻuapoó ia. Naʻá ku tuʻu leva ‘o fononga atu ki he lokí, [pea] ‘i heʻeku fononga atú ne u fetaulaki ai mo e meti ‘uluakí, ko e toki ‘osi pē ia ‘ene ‘aʻahi ki ai. Ko ‘ene fakalaka hake pē ‘iate aú, ‘o fetaulaki mo Misa Siteinesi (Staines) ‘o ne talaange ki ai ko Misa Sinou ē ‘oku hū atu ke hilifakinima ki he setuatá. Naʻá ne talaange (‘i ha leʻo mamahi), ‘ʻKa he ʻikai pē hano toe ‘aonga; kuo ‘osi pē meʻa kotoa he talavoú ni. ʻPehē ange leva ‘a ‘Eletā Siteinesi, ‘ʻOi, ‘e lava ‘e he ‘Eikí ‘o fakamoʻui ia ‘i he hilifaki ‘o e nimá.ʻ ‘… Tali mai ‘e he taha folau tahí ni ‘i he loto tauʻatāina, “ʻOku ke pehē ‘e lava?ʻ

“ʻI heʻeku fononga atú ne u fetaulaki ai mo e ‘eikivaká ‘i he matapā ki he lokí, naʻe hangē naʻe tangí. Pehē mai ia, ‘Misa Sinou, ‘oku ou fiefia ‘i hoʻo haʻú, neongo he ‘ikai hano toe ‘aonga, he ‘e vavé ni pē siʻa mālōlō ‘a e setuatá.ʻ Naʻá ku hū atu ki siʻono lokí ‘o tangutu hono veʻe mohengá. Naʻe tauʻaki ‘ene mānavá ‘o hangē ha taha ‘oku maté. Naʻe ‘ikai toe lava ‘o lea leʻo lahi, ka naʻá ne fakamahino mai ‘ene fakaʻamu ‘oku totonu ke u faingāue ange ki aí. Naʻe mahino naʻe ‘i ai siʻano uaifi mo ha kiʻi fānau ‘e toko ua ‘i Hemipeki ‘i Siamane, naʻa nau fakafalala mai ki ai heʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú. Hangē naʻe tokanga lahi kiate kinautolú.

“Naʻá ku hilifaki leva hoku ongo nimá ki hono ‘ulú, pea ‘ikai hano taimi e ‘osi ‘eku faingāue ki aí kuo tuʻu ia ‘o tangutu, pasipasi hono nimá mo kalanga fakafetaʻi ki he ‘Eikí ‘i hono fakamoʻuí: ne tuʻu mei hono mohengá [‘o] hū ki tuʻa mei he lokí ‘o ‘eva takai he funga vaká.

“Naʻe ofo ‘a e taha kotoa ʻi he pongipongí ke mamata kuo moʻui ʻa e setuatá, pea naʻa nau ofo ke mamata ʻoku lava ʻo ʻalu takai ʻo fakahoko ʻene ngāue anga-mahení. Naʻe fakapapau ʻa e kau folau tahí takitaha ko ha mana ʻeni; naʻe ʻiloʻi ʻe he Kāingalotú ko e mana moʻoni, pea faaitaha fiefia mo fakamāloʻia ʻa e ʻEikí; naʻe tui moʻoni ki ai ʻa e ʻeikivaká mo houngaʻia lahi, pea taha leva hono lotó mo kimautolu talu mei ai. Naʻá ne fakangofua mai ha meʻa pē naʻá ne lava ke foaki ʻi hono mālohí, pea naʻá ne tokangaʻi maʻu pē ʻemau ngaahi fiemaʻú; kau ʻi heʻemau ngaahi fakatahá kotoa, pea fakatau mo lau ʻemau ngaahi tohí. Naʻe fai ʻe he metí ʻa e meʻa tatau, pea ʻi heʻeku mavahe meiate kinautolu ʻi Niu ʻŌliní [Luisiana,] naʻa nau palōmesi mai te nau papitaiso. Naʻá ku toki maʻu ha tohi mei he meti pulé ʻi ha ʻosi nai ha taʻu ʻe taha mei ai, ʻo fakahā mai kuo nau … ʻosi fakahoko ʻenau palomesí. Naʻe fakahā foki ʻe he ʻeikivaká ʻa ʻene fakakaukau ke kau ki he ongoongoleleí ʻi ha taimi he kahaʻú pea nofo mo e Kāingalotú. Naʻe papitaiso ʻa e setuatá ʻi heʻemau tūʻuta ki Niu ʻŌliní; pea ʻi heʻemau māvaé naʻá ne foaki mai ha meʻaʻofa ko ha Tohi Tapu, ʻoku ou kei tauhi pē he taimí ni.”⁴⁰

Naʻe tohi ʻe ʻEletā Sinou: “Naʻe ʻi ai ha niʻihi ʻo e kau kauvaká ne nau tangi ʻi heʻemau māvae ʻo hifo mei he Suenitoní. Ko hono moʻoní, ne mau maʻu kotoa ha loto ʻaʻapa.”⁴¹ Naʻe heka vaka heni ʻa ʻEletā Sinou mo e Kāingalotú mei Niu ʻŌlini ʻo folau hake ʻi he Vaitafe Misisipí. Ne nau tūʻuta ki Nāvū he ʻaho 12 ʻo ʻEpeleli 1843.

Hili ʻene hoko ko ha faifekau taimi kakato he konga lahi ʻo e taʻu ko ʻeni ʻe fitú, ne fakatokangaʻi ʻe Lolenisou Sinou ha ngaahi faingamālie ke kiʻi fetongi ʻene ngāué. ʻI he faʻahitaʻu momoko ʻo e 1843–44, ne foaki ange ai ʻe he kau talāsiti ʻo ha ako fakalotofonua ha ngāue ke hoko ko ha faiako. Naʻá ne tali ʻeni, neongo naʻá ne ʻilo ko e tokolahi ʻo e fānau akó naʻa nau pōlepole ʻaki hono ngaohikoviʻi ʻo e kau faiakó mo hono maumauʻi ʻo e ngaahi ʻapi akó.” Naʻá ne pehē ai ko e founga pē ke maʻu ai e fakaʻapaʻapa ʻa e fānau akó ko hono fakaʻapaʻapaʻi kinautolu. Naʻe fakamatalaʻi ʻe hono tuofefine ko ʻIlisá: “Naʻe lea ki he tamaiki tangata koiá ʻo hangē ko e kau tangata fakaʻapaʻapaʻi lahi tahá kinautolu. … Naʻe ngāue mālohi moʻoni ke nau ʻiloʻi ʻoku mahuʻingaʻia ʻiate kinautolu pea ko ʻene fakaʻamú ke hoko atu ʻenau akó”. … Naʻe holo he foungá ni, ʻo e angaʻofá mo e fakalotolahiʻí, ʻa honau lotó—maʻu mo ʻenau falalá, pea ʻi heʻene faʻa kātaki mo ngāue taʻe-tukú, ne liliu ai ʻa e kau ako taʻemangoí ni ʻo hoko ko ha fānau ako kuo liliu mo fakaʻapaʻapaʻi; pea ʻi he teʻeki ai ʻosi ʻa e faʻahitaʻu fakaakó, kuo nau hoko ko ha fānau ako mālohi, ʻi ha fakalakalaka taʻe-ʻamanekina.”^42]

Naʻá ne maʻu ʻi he 1844 ha ngāue faka-Siasi foʻou. Naʻe fokotuʻu ia ke fononga ki ʻIlinoisi ʻo tokangaʻi e fili ʻo Siosefa Sāmita ke palesiteni ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití. Naʻe taʻe-fiemālie ʻa e Palōfitá ʻi he anga ʻo e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻIunaiteti Siteití ki he Kāingalotu ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, pea naʻe ʻosi tohi ki he kau fakafofonga ki he tuʻunga tala palesitení ke ʻiloʻi ʻenau fakakaukau fekauʻaki mo e Siasí. ʻI heʻene taʻe-fiemālie ki heʻenau ngaahi talí, naʻá ne pehē leva ke feinga ā ki he tuʻunga fakapalesitení.

Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe he Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa Lolenisou Sinou mo ha niʻihi ke nau faʻu ke “fokotuʻu ha faʻunga fakapolitikale ʻi he siteiti ko ʻOhaioó ke tuʻuaki ʻa Siosefa ki he tuʻunga faka-Palesitení.”⁴³ ʻI hono fakahoko ʻení, naʻa nau ʻai ai ke ʻilo ʻe he kakaí ʻa e ngaahi founga ne maumauʻi ai e totonu fakakonisitūtone ʻo e Kāingalotú. Naʻe pehē ʻe Lolenisou naʻá ne maʻu ha “taimi mātuʻaki mālie.”⁴⁴ Naʻe ʻi ai ha kakai ʻe niʻihi naʻa nau fakafepakiʻi fefeka e fili ʻa e Palōfitá, ka ne ʻi ai ha niʻihi ne nau ongoʻi ʻe lava ʻe Siosefa Sāmita ʻo taki ʻa e puleʻangá ke lelei mo tuʻumālie.

“ʻI he lolotonga ‘o e taimi ko ‘eni ‘o e ngaahi fakafepakí,” ne pehē ‘e Lolenisou Sinou, “naʻe fakafokifā pē kuo tuʻu ‘eku fakalakalaká, ‘i ha fakamatala ne fakapapauʻi ki hono fakapoongi ‘o e Palōfitá mo hono tokoua ko Hailamé.”⁴⁵ Naʻe foki “loto mamahi” leva ki Nāvū. ⁴⁶

Naʻa mo e lolotonga ʻo e taimi fakamamahí, naʻe kei ngāue mālohi pē ʻa e Kāingalotú ke langa ʻa e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá. Pea hangē ko hono fakamatalaʻi ki mui ʻe Lolenisoú, “Naʻe fakalakalaka kimuʻa ʻa e puleʻangá ʻi he fakahinoino ʻa e ʻOtua Māfimafí.”⁴⁷ Naʻa nau kei hoko atu pē ʻi hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongoleleí mo fefakamālohia ʻaki, pea naʻa nau ngāue fakataha ke fakaʻosi hono langa ha temipale ʻi he koló.

Ko e taimi naʻe fakataha kātoa ai ʻa Lolenisou mo e Kāingalotú ki Nāvuú, kuo ʻosi fakapapau ia he ʻikai pe teitei mali, kae fili ia ke foaki ʻene moʻuí ki hono malangaʻi ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Naʻe pehē ki mui ʻe hono tuofefine ko ʻIlisá, “Ko ʻene holi moʻoní ke foaki hono taimí, ngaahi talēnití, pea mo ʻene meʻa kotoa pē ki he ngāué.” Naʻá ne ongoʻi ʻe hanga ʻe he moʻui fakafāmilí ʻo “fakasiʻisiʻi hono ʻaonga” ʻi he ngāue ʻa e Eikí.⁴⁸

Naʻe kamata ke liliu e fakakaukau ʻa Lolenisou ki he malí mo e fāmilí ʻi he 1843 ʻi ha taimi naʻe talanoa toko taha ai mo e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá ʻi he kauvai ʻo e Vaitafe Misisipí. Naʻe fakamoʻoni ʻa e Palōfitá ki he fakahā naʻá ne maʻu fekauʻaki mo e mali tokolahí. Naʻá ne talaange kia Lolenisou, “ʻE fakaʻataʻatā ʻe he ʻEikí ho halá ke ke maʻu mo talangofua ki he fono ʻo e Mali Faka-Silesitialé.”⁴⁹ ʻI he faleʻi ko ʻení, naʻe kamata leva ke mahino kia Lolenisou ko e malí ko ha fekau ia ʻa e ʻEikí mo ha konga mahuʻinga ʻo e palani ʻo e fiefia ʻa ʻetau Tamai Hēvaní.

ʻI he 1845, ne fakahoko ai ʻa Lolenisou Sinou ʻa e mali tokolahí, ʻo hangē ko hono malangaʻi he Siasí he taimi ko iá, ʻo mali mo Sālote Sikuea (Charlotte Squires) pea mo Mele ʻEitalini Koutati (Mary Adaline Goddard). Naʻe toe fakamaʻu ia kimui ange mo ha kakai fefine kehe. Naʻe hoko ʻene anganofo ki hono ngaahi uaifí mo ʻene fānaú ko e konga ia ʻo ʻene līʻoa ki he ngāue ʻa e ʻEikí.

Naʻe hoko atu hono langa ʻe he Kāingalotú e puleʻanga ʻo e ʻOtuá ʻi Nāvuú, ka naʻe toe pehē pē foki mo e fakatangá. ʻI Fēpueli 1846, ʻi he faʻahitaʻu-momokó.

Neongo naʻe mavahe fakataha ʻa Lolenisou Sinou mo hono fāmilí mo e Kāingalotú, naʻe laka hake ʻi he taʻu ʻe tahá pea nau toki aʻu ki he Teleʻa Ano Māsimá ʻi he tūʻuta ʻa e fuofua kau fonongá ki aí. Naʻa nau nofo pē ʻi ha ngaahi nofoʻanga fakataimi heʻenau fonongá ʻo tatau mo ha tokolahi ʻo e kau fuofua Kāingalotu paioniá. Naʻe nofo taimi nounou ʻa Lolenisou mo hono fāmilí ʻi ha nofoʻanga ʻi ʻAiouā naʻe ui ko e Ngoue ʻAkaú (Garden Grove), ʻo nau langa ai ha fanga kiʻi fale sinoʻi ʻakau maʻá e Kāingalotu naʻe muimui maí. Naʻa nau hiki mei ai ki ha nofoʻanga naʻe ui ko Mauni Pisikā (Mount Pisgah), ʻi ʻAiouā ai pē.

Naʻe ngāue ʻa Lolenisou mo hono fāmilí pea mo e toenga ʻo e Kāingalotu ʻi Mauni Pisikaá ke maʻu ʻenau ngaahi fiemaʻú pea mo e fie maʻu ʻa kinautolu ʻe muimui mai ʻi honau tuʻá ki he Teleʻa Ano Māsimá. Naʻa nau langa ha ngaahi fale sinoʻi ʻakau pea aʻu ʻo nau tō mo tauhi ha ngoue, neongo ne nau ʻilo ʻe utu ia ʻe ha kakai kehe. Lolotonga honau taimi ʻi Mauni Pisikaá, naʻe ui ai ʻa Lolenisou ke hoko ko e taki ʻo e nofoʻangá. ʻI he taimi naʻe uesia ai ʻe he mamahí, mahakí, pea mo e mate ʻa e kakaí, kau ai mo siʻono fāmilí, ne ngāue faivelenga ke tokoniʻi ʻa e kakaí ke nau maʻu ha ʻamanaki lelei, ke nau fefakamālohia ʻaki, pea mo nau kei talangofua ki he ngaahi fekau ʻa e ʻEikí.⁵⁰

Naʻe fakahinohino mavahe mei Mauni Pisikā ʻo fononga ki he Teleʻa Ano Māsimá. Naʻe toe ʻoange kia Lolenisou ha tuʻunga fakatakimuʻa, ka ʻi he taimi ko ʻení naʻá ne hoko ko ha taki ki ha ngaahi kaungā fononga paionia. Naʻe tūʻuta mai ʻa e ngaahi kaungā fononga ko ʻení ki he Teleʻa Ano Māsimá ʻi Sepitema 1848.

ʻI he ʻaho 12 ʻo Fēpueli 1849, ne maʻu ai ʻe Lolenisou Sinou ha pōpoaki naʻe fie maʻu ke kau ki ha fakataha ʻa e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ‘Aposetolo ‘e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. Naʻe tuku leva ʻa e meʻa naʻá ne faí kae ʻalu ki he fakatahá, ka naʻe ʻosi kamata ia. Naʻá ne fifili ʻi heʻene ʻalú pe ko e hā naʻe fie maʻu ai ia ki he Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá. Naʻá ne puputuʻu—naʻa kuo tukuakiʻi ia ʻi haʻane fai ha meʻa hala? ʻI heʻene ʻilo naʻe faivelenga ʻi hono fakahoko hono fatongiá, naʻá ne tekeʻi leva ʻa e hohaʻa ko iá. Ka naʻe ʻikai ke ne ʻilo ʻa e meʻa naʻe fakatatali kiate iá. ʻI heʻene aʻu atú, naʻe ʻohovale ke ʻilo kuo ui ia ke hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e kōlomú. ʻI he fakataha tatau pē ko iá, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ia mo ha toko tolu kehe—ʻEletā Sālesi C. Lisi (Rich), ʻEletā Felengilini D. Lisiate, pea mo ʻEletā ʻIlesitasi Sinou, ko hano kāinga mamaʻo—ko e kau ʻAposetolo.⁵¹

Ko hono fakanofo ko ia ʻo Lolenisou Sinou ki he tuʻunga fakaeʻaposetoló naʻá ne fakamahinoʻi e toenga ʻo ʻene moʻuí. Naʻe hanga ʻe hono ui ke hoko ko e taha ʻo e “kau fakamoʻoni ki he huafa ʻo Sīsū Kalaisí” (T&F 107:23) ʻo tokoniʻi ʻa e meʻa kotoa pē naʻá ne faí. Naʻá ne fakahā kimui ange ʻene ngaahi ongo fekauʻaki mo e ngaahi fatongia fakafoʻituitui ʻo ha ʻAposetolo ʻo pehē:

“ʻUluakí, kuo pau ke maʻu ʻe ha ʻAposetolo ha ʻilo Fakalangi, ʻi ha fakahā mei he ʻOtuá, ʻoku moʻui ʻa Sīsū—pea ko e ʻAlo ia ʻo e ʻOtua moʻuí.

“Uá, kuo pau ke fakamafaiʻi fakalangi ia ki he talaʻofa ʻo e Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní; ko ha tefitoʻi moʻoni Fakalangi ʻokú ne fakahā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻa e ʻOtuá, fakaʻilo mai Hono finangaló mo ʻEne ngaahi taumuʻá, taki ki he moʻoni kotoa pē, mo fakahā ʻa e ngaahi meʻa ʻe hoko maí, ʻo hangē ko hono fakahā ʻe he Fakamoʻuí.

“Tolú, ʻoku fakamafaiʻi ia ʻe he mālohi ʻo e ʻOtuá ke ne fakahoko ʻa e ngaahi ouau toputapu ʻo e Ongoongoleleí, ʻa ē ʻoku fakamoʻoniʻi ki he fakafoʻituituí ʻi ha fakamoʻoni Fakalangí. Ko ha lauiafe ʻo e kakai ʻoku nofo he taimí ni ʻi he teleʻa ko ʻeni ʻo e ʻotu moʻungá, ne nau maʻu ʻa e ngaahi ouaú ni tuʻunga heʻeku malangaʻi ʻa e ongoongoleleí, ʻoku nau hoko ko ha kau fakamoʻoni moʻui ki hono moʻoni ʻo e lea ko ʻení.”⁵²

Makehe mei he ngaahi fatongia fakafoʻituitui ʻo hono uiuiʻí, ne toe maʻu ʻe ʻEletā Sinou ha tui lahi ki he ʻuhinga moʻoni ʻo ʻete hoko ko ha mēmipa ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá: “Ko kimautolu, ko e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, kuo mau tukupā ke mau foaki e meʻa kotoa pē te ne ala tohoakiʻi ‘emau tokangá mei homau fatongiá, koeʻuhí ke mau taha ‘o hangē ko e taha ‘a e Kau Palesitenisī [‘Uluakí], pea mo ‘uuni fakataha ‘e he tefitoʻi moʻoni ‘o e ‘ofa ‘okú ne fakatahaʻi ‘a e ‘Alo ‘o e ‘Otuá mo e Tamaí.”⁵³

‘I he mahino ko ‘eni ki ai hono uiuiʻi fakahangatonú pea mo e misiona ‘o e Kōlomu ‘o e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ne fakatapui leva ‘e ‘Eletā Lolenisou Sinou ‘ene moʻuí ke tokoni ki hono langa hake ‘o e puleʻanga ‘o e ‘Otuá he māmaní. Naʻá ne tali ‘a e ui ke ngāue ‘i ha ngaahi founga kehekehe pea ‘i ha ngaahi feituʻu kehekehe.

‘I he ‘aho 2 ‘o Sepitema 1898, ne pekia ai ‘a Palesiteni Uilifooti Utalafi hili ia haʻane hoko ko e Palesiteni ‘o e Siasí ‘o laka hake ‘i ha taʻu ‘e hiva. Naʻe ‘i he Kolo ko Pilikihamí ‘a Palesiteni Lolenisou Sinou ia, ‘a ia naʻe hoko he taimi ko iá ko e Palesiteni ‘o e Kōlomu ‘o e Kau ‘Aposetolo ‘e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá, ‘i he taimi naʻe maʻu ai e ongoongó. Naʻe heka leva ‘i ha lēlue ki Sōleki Siti ‘i he vave taha naʻá ne lavá, kuó ne ‘iloʻi ko e fatongia e taki ‘o e Siasí kuo tuku ‘eni ki he Kōlomu ‘o e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá.

Naʻe ‘alu leva ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ki he Temipale Sōlekí ‘o lotu, ‘i heʻene ongoʻi taʻetāú, ka naʻá ne mateuteu pē ke muimui ki he finangalo ‘o e ‘Eikí. Ko e tali ‘o ‘ene lotú, naʻe ‘aʻahi mai kiate ia ‘a e ‘Eikí tonu pē. Naʻe fakamoʻoniʻi kimui ange ‘e Palesiteni Sinou naʻe “mamata moʻoni ki he Fakamoʻuí … ‘i he Temipalé, pea fefolofolai mo Ia ko e mata ki he mata.” Naʻe fakahā ange ‘e he ‘Eikí kiate ia ke kamata leva ‘o fokotuʻutuʻu ‘a e Kau Palesitenisī ‘Uluakí, kae ‘oua toe tatali hangē ko ia ne faʻa fai kimuʻa he mālōlō ‘a e Kau Palesiteni ‘o e Siasí.⁷² Naʻe hikinimaʻi ‘a Palesiteni Sinou ‘e he Kōlomu ‘o e Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ko e Palesiteni ‘o e Siasí he ‘aho 13 ‘o Sepitema 1898, pea hili pē ia ne kamata leva ‘ene ngāue ko e Palesitení. Naʻe hikinimaʻi ia ‘e he kāingalotu fakalūkufua ‘o e Siasí he ‘aho 9 ‘o ‘Okatopá pea mo vaheʻi ko e Palesiteni hono fitu ‘o e Siasí ‘i he ‘aho 10 ‘o ‘Okatopá.

Tuʻunga ‘i he sīpinga ‘a Palesiteni Sinoú pea tuʻunga ‘i he ngaahi fakahā naʻá ne maʻú, ne aʻu ‘o ‘ilo ia ‘e he Kāingalotu ‘i he Ngaahi ‘Aho Kimui Ní ko honau palōfita. Naʻe aʻu foki ‘o fakaʻapaʻapaʻi ia ‘e he niʻihi ‘o e ngaahi tui fakalotu kehé ko ha tangata moʻoni ‘a e ‘Otuá.