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


an almost barren shore, but the rocks wrru
covered with oysters, and the shoots Of
young palm trcca growing inland Wera
ftcwcd rs vegetable, Coed water was
also found In abundance, an on the 8Oth
the boat put Oh again, stocked with OYSTERS
and the precious fluid The next day
landing was madr on an island and search
kept up for vegetable food.
For the first tim', non that relief was NJ
hand, mutiny began TO show itself The
men were heard 20 murmur ut nligh, and
one Of them insolontly declared himself ~
good man ~ tile leader. The lieutenant
quickly seized n cutlass aud told the fel-
low TO do the same aud make his words
good or eat thom. Tho bully wilted and
begged Biigh's pardon, aud there was un
end TO rebellion at once. On the island
more oysters, with CLANS md fish, ~ well
rs water and palntahlo Kind Of bean,
were secured aud the day Of starvation
wns showed OH Tor u spell.
The ist OF june found the castawnys
rounding the most northorly point Of Aus
tralia, and they soOn struck out again into
the open sea. Thgir lucky finds on the
coast had doubtless saved their lives for
time, but in n few days other evils began
20 cop out. The men wero growing fcnr
fully wenk, their limbs were swollen, their
flesh dcathly color, their minds gradually
giving way and n general drowsiuess fell
upon all hands. Some were weaker than
others, aud for them the wine was jealoufly
guarded and was barely enough TO keep
them alive. Strangely enough, the ships
surgeon was one Of the weakest Of the lot,
aud scientific gentleman, the botanLt Of
the expedition, was not much better. A
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the very low caHes, so hardship evidently
niade no distinction Of person on that
| awful boat voyage
II was the 18th OF June, forty.one days
after the launch headed for Timor, when
she reached that island. The Dutch In.
habtants received the unfortunntes In
Good Samaritan style, took them into their
hcmes 10 nurse them and wept tears Of
| pity over those human wrecks cast up by
| the sea.
The caAtaways were not less astonishol
than the natives when they came To their
senses and realized 20 the full theirmiracu.
lous delivery. After weeks OF rest all but
one sailed for England, aud live Of them
died on the voyage The one left be-
| hind was never heard OF again, and count
! ing the man stoned to death by natives at
| Tofoa, seven OF the nineteen castaways
| persisted and twelve survived.
The caruerot the mutincers was involved
IN thrilling romance, They ruamcd among
the islands IN the Bounty, Quarreled and
divided. Sixteen Of them settled at Ia
hiti, whore two met with violent death
and fourteen were captured three years
later by British searching party and
taken TO England Ia irons The remaining
nine mutlneefs landed on Pitcairn island,
| NnuTTlpn sg.8u
| lion and massacre, and quarter Of u cent
| ury later tie sole survivor was head aud
| ruler OF Pitcairn, u Patriarch distinguished
for wisdom and Christian prohlty,
| Lieut., Bligh was promoted aud given u
new vessel and another chance 40 the hu-
mnne mission broken OIL by the mutiny
on the Bounty He carried Il through
without break and planted the bread
fruit trees OF Tahiti in the West indies,
GkoRGE l.. klLMEIl