The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-18

THE LIEUTENANT SEIZED CUTLAsS.
an almost barren shore, but the rocks were
covered with oysters, and the shoots Of
young palm trees growing inland we're
stewed as u vegetable. Coed water was
also found in abundance AMI on the Both
the boat put off agsin, stocked with oysters
and the precious fluid. The next day n
landing was made OH an island and search
kept up for vegetable food.
For the first time, now that relief was at
hand, mutiny began 20 show itself The
men were heard to murmur ut Bligh, and
one of them fnsolently declared himself ms
good n man as the leader. The lieutenant
quickly seized n cutlass and told the fell
low to do the same and mako his words
good or eat them. The bully wilted and
begged Bligh's pardon, and there was an
end to rebellion ut once. On the island
more oysters, with CLANS and fish, as well
as water anu palatablc kind of bean,
were secured and the day of starvation
was showed off for SPELL
The LIST of June found tho castaways
rounding the most northerly point of Aus
tralia, and they soon struck ont again into
the open sen Their lucky finds on the
coast had doubtless saved their lives for a
time but in n few days other evils began
to crop out. The men were growing fear
flesh deathly color their minds gradually
giving way and IA general drowsiness fell
upon all hands. Some were weaker than
Others and for them the wine was jealousy
guarded and was barely enough to keep
them alive. Strangely enough, the ships
surgeon was one of the weakest of the lot,
and n scientific gentleman, the botanist of
the expedition, was not much better. a
tough old seaman was also enrolled among
the very low cases, SO hardship evidently
made no distinction of person ON that
awful boat voyage
1t was the 18th of June, forty -one days
after the launch headed for Timor, when
she reached that island. The Dutch in
habitants received the unfortunates in
Good Samaritan style, took them into their
homes to nurse them and wept tears of
pity over those human wrecks cast up by
the sea-
The castaways were not less astonishe1
than tho natives when they came to their
senses and realized to the full their miracu-
lous delivery. After weeks OF rest all but
one sailed for England, and five 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
TofOs, seven Of tho nineteen castaways
persisted and twelve survived.
Tho career of the niutineers was involved
in thrilling romance. They roamed among
the islands in the Bounty, quarreled and
divided. Sixteen of them settled ut Ta-
hiti, where two met with violent death
and fourteen were captured three years
later by British searching party and
taken to England in irons. The remaining
nine mutineers landed on Pitcairn island,
married native wives, went through rebel
lion and massacre, and a quarter of n cent
ury later the solo survivor WAS head and
ruler of Pitcairn, a patriarch distinguished
for wisdom and Christian probity.
Lieut. Bligh was promoted and given n
new vessel and another chance at the hu-
ON the Bounty. He carried it through
without a break and planted the bread
fruit treeslof Tahiti in the West Indies
GEORGE l.. kILMER