, 1869-11-21
The TRAGEDY OF THE SOUTH
SEAS,
The Coo1te Mutsny on the Ffencb
ship noufoa-TerrtbIc Sccnea nj
C0fnaXo-EaFrnttve OF 1he Second
Officer

The Coo1te Mutsny on she French
snip nonFon-Terrtblc Scenes Of
CAfnaKo-Narrattvo OF she Second
Officer.
F1o'* the san Fruneisoo Bul<sin, Not. T.
~ commercial houle Of this city haa furnished
~ copy Of Email sheet printed 10 tue French
latgoa2e, enuaed the Tahiti, HxAenger. It i
oatsd % 81 Paoee;e oetooef II 1902 md paspo.la to
ne Loe Official Journal Of the French P1o,ectufate
at the Society islands In il Fo dnd detStied ~
count Of the recent extraordinary tla0edT on
3tl eo9Id French vessel IN the souta seas, Which
ltshed in the Bulletin T1eaday. Foi}oN1ng II the
sttaose ator5 n fun toEetner with the i1t.odue-
toEy remarks Of tae French journal:
MAktI1NK DIANA
4 ship or thls ProtectoEato has tust been the
tneatre Of 1f1Rht:ul ufaEna4 OF which We caanot
Gsse better aocount than % puoush The report Of
fel. The Aoaroa ws1 purchased by NJ, Stewart
set etal Eonths ago, and left Auuso1o q por1 Of
Tahiti, win cargo of c,tton for New Zealand,
WIN the purpose q bringing back natlve1 Of some
Of the South Pac1uc Islands to labor IN tnil pro
tectoE1e. The nfst pars Of the yoyage VA sue
eGssA!1l1 M Maeeonpasnsd but during me return mp
lHfhno! death. a widow aud Two sualt chlidreu,
objects Of the esteem Of all and Of the AFFECTION
unfortunate Captain. Here arc rhe ierus in Xnich
~ conceived the report Of tho second otllce1 Of
NARRATIVE or THE sEc0Np oYFrcKR
= THakk, N As1Kn BAkK or TAnl1I AoAEoA, !
PACIFIC ocaAS qat 20 II a, 1o'; ;or: Us = E,'f
AoxstxCR: Hoping to te able 10 speat .orro Ses.
SCI oi tue socte.5 Islatds, before nj as1lsh at A.
lnAono, shall In that cAAe hare the honor 10
fran1nit tho report which now write.
the ou,nsi Of ia ye,.ei 2hir r.,.ea .9. po.:on o.
pHed er We cane IL s1ht Of the Gilbert Islands
up to The present dsJ ,aad then will continue tue
RI ii lnto DOR. "A e''Ae 'e'se'' W anul ny A.
June u, lsea At II O'Clock this morning We eaw
at:tnnnn Se4ersi n.T,nsa " sle asana IN tae
siong,tde n1,on, nv. c.o ~ ~ caa0e Sae
co,Ss 1h,ch 70 exeaanxe 1or tobacco snd .e
shis is)snd I1l he q3th ~ 1uno wSan sss.d ~
Ryrnn i.snn ''e Iva " "oao' 1ea No s"Aeu LUZ
near Nf1nn 1st.nn and h.fntr nign1 t1o ~ ~
{0V nstifes came ai,oard P.Tt nf tnem remsIne.i
Ii niaht Dn1ov r." sns<e1nans rone sa d,1s ~ ~.
cnnaH nn1.aras ~ 'otl ,,re m ~ ~
cotns' etc - 0A' Will 'oo ne"4'e' W.
eoH ~ IN. c.,>t ~, .,,,. .,o .,.., :,
pslss.as setas 4 lie n.s!vss = ase5f II IL; d
H y m .se a. sxe fst
~ Tsoteo msn 10 ons sentasfd 1s s9oasa o1s EeAseL
~ ~ M.i.9rne het silk .h hsa N hasT Gsa kan.
~; ~ IL i tsn,sin ~ m:as
M, mn NJ m whes cont5on, Mnnn J. latin
o ~. too.1 ~ =, ~. .e. .inn n.s.or1s ~
SxhT; ~ hesdas ~ eno.or" .n ,nfe1rrrfe, Al ~
~ u '.,.bd. Hh n.d 1.reS a, ~ Fs,ea
fne s1o1he1n sanas We No., ann n.su = S tne fe!ee
ine ;sT.n ~ ~ Ennstass, M. ",nprssd Az.
enro ~ +pg.1S tionc IL TntrS 81 .1rvesI Jn1s
"a Trc 1s-rs r.Hnes a"3n c.1uo sfnn1.S. w*4.{ *u{
sTE.rssss H nf %nom Wrfc is.nsfrsIsa :; ",1g nn9
yetaci Se1t day la morn Tcrr hronaht ne - mi mi
lie Gay following women came 10 snsrr Il H. TAI Inl
tnsH % nasCSaoA ~ - ~ ,nea ~ saEed 3 1cr byton
ar.rar e1d Th.r aat ..tt ~ T.hi,7 VIVA w Aooie
JnIr - Enrsitnc,1 Az n,'ee 1-nG nvr,r ,,.,.
| AZ 9c'ccr ~ ~. 1,.nt:in n.ss !. nst9,
to sli he nsses to 90 On the false o. upper decr
HEN. Errr1thit1 was rn,er hnf ~ 4~en ~. !
Hrnee,v rr5Edrn lin nes,,v ~ a. snr no acc& 49,
sot, o. xns1a xe,s At The e0.y pepssus
fHr faIse nect rrom thc rsnt "a ~ sesi ~
srnrnH !, ~ I'm nft ~ fhs ~a.ssI ~ =, Hn.
mhont moments -, .s!n'nRi NJ noxe7er
11ns ~ ~ ,n.r 80 Ieea6 -. tG4'oSa4 ~
sn pnS ~ IN aaG G.9s 1ea Ha ;ae enn a. II "
r.n ~ xnIch II stsrdinr % ~ Ts.n, ~ ~ sSs
tnfn ticor an,, Ninth n, " IaIt,o ~ ta
onc h1o% of ~ = ns,cher. etiM M cnrt,Ioe tx .nd
~ hod peen stahne1 ~ ~. h.cr ~ ~ ato ~
tsiten Scra NesiHes n fr,r1nie h'nw hs,1 ,.sr ar
ncs5t HIN Win hstcnet ahieS n1s of III ans eGHE na
On 1ect NOV ned to tnc canln IN co,nnan1 x,t1 f
" fnn1d M The 1irn,enant an iae .i,X.rS srttS
NV Ths 1s+tsr h.a = Nj tr-;rr ~ ssna~s "t -,
Esn;.,n haen ~nn1 al IN fhs ;t1ht .,oria.r r, r.
~ mi Iii m n hs ra,ti, disss,ies cnnd'1soo fa
iear We might Be discoorased VI ds.snded .ht 1t
tHuf Il mtnht h,vS Ye,.,ns cnnt-a ~ ~ ~
ros' innHAt,..-1. ~ ,asaa... ~ ~. sssse 80
SEss ' sa,!nS \! g In in s5s M saSs q Ksasfs
ehen n4s ~, onI earnnca ~ s ttn, nen @ ,rnT IL
apploae1in9 ppsne 3se ,o.,on a. =, ,o q.
" Se ~. .I ~ " ,n ~ -. u:ns ~; - ~
nT ataeSsd: III n1xina fn1t M od tahsrs 4s,cn 1s
~ plaseo ;o 1nele me oa1 oelo!e: taeJ soeeee1e
IL natlSrs asred "a; Te.tnrn TGns marrs raT
ttnued Up 10 o'e,ocf = n. Snea an no of sae nc nc
pafsit'oos n M see oei.een @ aeSSh - ana gaining e.
Three cthets soon followed: ! va thaa rel
lo.eed bJ nse men, bat re were almost "1taos
e Sos nn e9s,t ee1s
In this condition we waited for sone time viii
; Iseussnaus in,isted, no.w,;bstsndtn9 ny protest
tious, in sndeayoEtnR 10 open communication vii
tie interpreter, uhom the natives had boand NJ,
left our cabtu e1d while trylf to get within nea
tng distance Q! the Interpreter, WA shot dead
The raiiyc Who bad possession Of The tntefrretes
. guD. When tho kanakas say him fat', iheJ :
M dtaool.cal hoWl folio sed By prolonged on
no!sts Of laughter: without doup' tneJ we're =
tic1patn2 the speedy desf1oct'on Of u. nN, an
4 thiL1lpH Of The crest Quantities OF tobacco At
. red c1olh gcoda that The Captain had shown thes
now decided not to attempt 70 shoot aay T. no
nI Inc DAt1fee. ~ Feff htsle coad oe Accomplish
III thas nannes MIN our tNo guns ana onc
. | volSer Nh'cn would hot 20 on. finally decld
| 10 make oesptI&te IuFetAeuI Is H4s 70 o's
= confusion and fright which would follow, RI
tnloh9n tae stnoAe A1a ottG5po"e5 n'a EesM.aaee
4 ] fofty.n1e TN boxea OF powder each coutaIn1
q half pound l poured th,rt1-touf boxes tnlt
Q keg and placed II 1ndes !ne cenue OF Ine &C
eatIg under Il to protect ine between decks; ii
!. | Win s1x more G0XcB made train OF powt
4 from the place here NC wefe 10 tue keE. tn
4 eser3bod Waz ordered to pass into the bet t*e
q | decks as far u poaslbe. and 70 nold thent
Il | fcadJ 10 nj mount On Geek n ousS astEs @ tue =