Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-01

ktteten ot Whttr Wnttt clNillatI people
could lose themselves and, being spared
storm and shlpwrcck. exist 40 long under
such conditions and not run upon q sail or
make an island refuge.
On the morning Of April 2s. l5ss, the
captain Of the British ship Bounty, then
ia the south Pacific 20 dogs below the
equator and 5000 miloa from the shores
Of either continent, was seized while asleep
IN his cabin, bound mud taken on dccl. into
the presence Of his crew, the majority VI
whom twenty. out OF forty.nye-
were In open rnutiny. The mutineers made
short work Of II, and vet their dcposcd
leader. who was Lieut.. William Bllgh. OF
the navy, adfift Ia one Of the ships
launches. Eighteen snilors and officers
who were not In the strike also entered the
launch. and the party was ordered by the
mutineers to shove oil from the ship aud
take its chances ON the roaring sen.
The brutcs on the Bounty had a little
compassion for their late comrades, aud
stored in the launch 100 pounds OF bread,
thirty-two pounds Of meat, u twcnty.eight
gallon cnsk OF water and twelve quarts OF
liquor. Tho weight Of the nineteen cast
Always, with their provisions, some cloth.
ing and u few cutlasses spared from tho
ships stores sunk the boat so low In tho
water that the son broke over the stern at
the slightest swell.
The mutiny took place nenr the Island
Of Tofoa, one of the Friendly's, where the
ship Bounty had shortly before taken on
supply OF breadfrult plants to transport
TO the West Indies. Bligh stoercd for that
island again. intending 10 add TO the stock
OF food and water In the launch. While
the cnstaways were searching for supplies
tho savage natives chased thom bnck TO
the beach and pelted them with stones ~
they re-cmbarked, Selling one poor bclated
fellow, whom they hammered TO death.
This experience at Tofoa showed the for
lorn navigators what they must expect IN
any Of the isles which stud the south Pa
eihc. Bligh had been with Capt. Cook In
his expeditions In that region. and was ono
OF his party when the daring explorer was
sayagely butohered In the Sandwich Islands
n few years before. lie knew that those H.
lands, 40 lavishly supplied with everything
to meet the wants ~ man-nuts, fruit,
water and brcadfruit--wcro peopled ~
races as untamcd as wolves and rs llcrco
WHOM aroused. lie therefore readily
agreed when his men begged him 10 steer
for some civilized coast ON the faruff con-
tinents. Ho told them that the only hope
lay 1900 leagues distant In the Dstch col
ohy OF inc lslhnl OF lltnof, north OF Now
Holland, the present Australia.
In order 10 make that, with favorable
voyaging even. tho daily allowance 81
food and drink for each man could be only
one ounce Of bread and u quarter Of u pint
Of water The men took tho startling
situation cheorfully, for the prospect OF u
haven among civilized Dutehmen 200
leagues away was far ahead OF the GER
tainty OF butchcry by snyages or death by
shipwrcck and starvation roaming about
the islands OF Ooeanica--tcrra incog 10 the
worlds navigators ut that date The trip
OF the Bounty TO that region was an acct
dental one and might not be repeated by ~
ship from a civilized port in years. Tho
British government had sent her out to
carry bread plants to the West Indies as an
experiment.
Bligh's position among the cAstawnys
was peculiar. This mutlnecrs had sent him
sdrift TO get rid Of his imperiousnoss and
his irritable temper, and those who fol-
lowed In the launch had choice Of two
evils, or perhaps no choice at all They
were not wanted on shiphoard, and could
share Bllgh's fate aud tolerate him as
leader or do the next best thing, get clear