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The Waponi Woo - The First Chief of Rapa Nui
Houtou Matua is originally the first chief of a Rapa Nui. He allegedly came with just his family. They don't know exactly what they were doing out in their canoes, but they had seaworthy canoes because they hailed from Polynesia. It's amazing to think that people got there in a canoe. To get from one island to another. Unbelievable.
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