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" Although the creation is a purely fictional account, it is known that the Hawaiian Islands are volcanic islands, and it is possible that they were created in the way that Michener describes.
             Next, in the second chapter entitled "From the Sun-Swept Lagoon", Michener describes, once again in great detail, who the first settlers of Hawaii were, and how and why they went there. According to Michener, they were from the island of Bora, which is near the island of Hawaii, and northwest of Tahiti. It is known for a fact that the first people to arrive in Hawaii were from the South Pacific. The Bora-Borans, according to the novel, on their trip to Hawaii, sailed in a long double canoe, with a platform between and a small hut in the center. According to historians, "on voyages of exploration, the courageous sea men used double canoes - from 60 to 80 feet long and three to five feet wide, joined with several pieces of bamboo. They built a platform, 16 to 18 feet wide, straddling the large canoes and, on top of it, constructed a crude shelter.".
             Although the second chapter is mainly about a pre-historical time period, historians have made some inferences and come to some conclusions about how life may have been before and after the settlement of Hawaii by the various people that planted their roots there. In the novel, there was only one race that arrived; however, historians feel that, because of linguistic reasons, the first people to arrive were Negroids. Next were Polynesians, and finally, Caucasians.
             In the third chapter, "From the Farm of Bitterness", the reader is introduced to the New England Missionaries before they depart for Hawaii. A Hawaiian named Keoki Kanakoa gave a sermon at Yale University, which had great impact upon many people who attended. He stated that in his "father's islands immortal souls go every night to everlasting hell because. there has not been any missionaries to Hawaii to bring the word of Jesus Christ.


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