Where did the chicken cross?

"Chicken of the Sea: Poultry may have reached Americas via Polynesia," SN: 6/9/07, p. 356) states, "The most likely sea route ran north of Hawaii and down America's Pacific coast." The Polynesians were master mariners, so anything is possible, but continuing east from Tonga to South America is an extension of the main voyaging area, whereas Hawaii is well off this beaten path.

TOM MALLARD, PHOENIX, ARIZ.

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