(Tape #2) 
.Eugene Kridler to Roger Clapp January 1970 p«4 
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last several pages when he discusses the type of marae as being found in inland 
Tahiti which were some of the more ancient forms of marae found on Tahiti as 
contrasted to the later forms of marae brought in from Marae Taia (?) around the 
12 and 13th centuries. So he then concludes his Bulletin by saying ’’therefore 
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unless or until evidence to the contrary is brought forth, it seems reasonable 
to adopt the view that the Necker culture is a pure sample of the culture pre¬ 
vailing in Hawaii before the 13th century and that prehistoric as well as the 
historical Hawaiian culture may be considered Tahitian in origin.” Now in regard 
to this charcoal and wood found in Bow Cave in 1923 and carbondated by Liddy, note 
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that the age was placed at around f years + 200 years, which certainly is a wide 
range. Now, it T s very possible that somebody could have landed on Necker and 
stayed there a while and not been part of the original peoples which Emery suggest, 
possibly around 700 years ago and where Liddy dates it as possibly 1 66 years - 200 
years, one could assume that it might go on back to the early 1700’s or rather early 
1500’s or as late as the 1900 ’s, with the possibility that it could have been from 
one of the early ships that landed there, in historic times. Where they found the 
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charcoal and wood,/they had to dig down in the dirt for it, there is a good possibility 
it is from one of the very early ones. So, then going back to Emery’s last statement 
in his book, he feels that it would be reasonable to adopt the view that the Necker 
culture was a pure sample of that prevailing in Hawaii before the 13th century. 
I think that when mentioning ship names in all your historical accounts, it 
might be a good policy to capitalize every letter in the name of the ship. In your 
page where you say some months of political pussyfooting followed. I’m just wonder- 
ing whether the term pussyfooting should be used or ’’political maneuvering” should 
be substituted instead. % 
This will then conclude this series of comments, Roger, and I’m going to put 
the answers to the questions you sent in your letter of November 19 on a separate 
tape, so I’ll see you on another tape. 
