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Subject: Twain in New Zealand - Maori, Moas and Earlier Peoples
From: Scott Holmes <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:55:10 -0700
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In chapter 32 of Following the Equator, Twain remarks that Maori legend
has it that a previous people were driven into the sea and/or under
ground and that Moas are not found in Maori legends.  This seems to
contradict most everything I have found about the arrival and early
Maori populations.  Where did Twain get his information?  There is some
speculation about Caucasian populations but these ideas are all pretty
much discredited.

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