The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-02-05

they sent boat towards the beach, to traffic with the
natives who might swim off 10 il. And when about
to leave, n matter Of amusement, they discharged
n voey ofmusket balls into the dense Of naked
men, women aud children, who were thronging the
shore. And then giving chase to a padded by
two natives, and notwithstanding the most impIoring
supp'ications the part Of the helpless islanders
which signs could give, in the mere qualification OF
thirst for blood they fred upon them, and
fall into the bottom Of the boat in the ngonies Of death
few days after, they shot another unoffending
native, in the most unprovoked and wanton cruelty.
On the Sth Of February, they came 10 anchor at
small island of the Mulgraves group and Immediately
commenced dismantlng the ship, and conveyed all
her materials shore; ufler which it Comstock's
Intention TO burn the hull and to live with the natives
in savage freedom and lust. The laws which Com
stock and his wreched associates issued were: "That
il any one saw u sail and did not report it mmedi-
ate.y he should be put 10 death. lf any one refused
eight ship, he should BE- put death;'' and the
manner Of their death thus: "rhey should be
bound hand and foot, ard boiled in the irypots OF
burning OIL The next day quarrel occurred be-
tween Comstock and another Of the mutneers, by
the of Paine, when the former, apprehensve Of
n conspiracy against him, Immediately foFsook his
comrades aud joined the natives, and appeared to
be very active in stimulating them To rise aud mas
sacre the ships company. Consequently, Paine and
others, with louded muskes, stationed themselves in
ambush, and as Comstock approached, fired upon
him as he was crying out, 'dont shoot me- and he
fell, one ball having passed. through his body, and
another through his head And then Paine, rushing
upon HIM with axe, with blow nearly severed
his head from his body, lie Immediately buried
in the sand the ruenral ceremony consisting Of read
ing chapter from the Bible and firing uusket ov err
his grave.
Several OF the crew, who to their lives had
been compelled TO submit to the mutineers and ap-
Parenty 10 operate in their plans, formed the in
ten,ion of escaping with the ship, which design they
effected by cutting the cables at night and putting
sea, with one Of the mutineers on board, Paine and
the rest Of the mutineers being on shore. After a
long passage, the Globe taken by tho five men
who escaped, into Valparaiso, and Il ON thence was
sent by the U. s. Consul 10 Nantucket.
There left upon the Island, Paine and
nine other men, several Of whom said to be in
nocent in The matter of the mutiny This makes
more than the original ships company, for the cap
tain had shipped several new sailors the Sandwich
Islands. I he mutneers in great terror lest
a man-Of-war should be despatched by the United
States government for their arrest and immediately
commenced constructing ooat, with which to es-
cape from the Island. In few days, however. in
consequence Of the brutal treatment OF young ma
tive female, by Paine, the natives upon the sail
ors and, with hideous yels mOssacred all but two.
These two, WIN. Lay and Cyrus NJ. IIussey, were
spared After these unfortunate young men had re-
sided twenty-five months upon the island, receiving
kind treatment from the hutives,a man-of war arrived
from the United Suites, for the purpose of searching
out the mulineers. The two survivors were thus res
cued from their bondage, and restored to their
friends in the United States to tell the tale Of blood
and wo.