Hawai'i's Journey to Statehood | Lost Kingdom | 5
American History Tellers
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The Origins of the Hawaiian Islands
We don't exactly know who they were or where they came from Scholars think they came from the Marquesas or the Tahitian Islands. They probably were rowing double-hulled canoes that had pigs and shoots of tarot root and Gourds filled with fresh water. The Pacific Ocean is Unitoriously dangerous and rough to navigate these were very courageous people. It was a very hierarchical society and the best that we can guess is that this society began around 200 years ago.
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