The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-25
e.7ox ISLANDS, STORY REToLD.
xo.bew of IA Participant in the
II vutny and the settlement.

ranhpW OF W imam A~eAS' - -
ha crew of the English ship Bounty, tells
H.. story of the famous mutiny:
s,. Years after the soldiers of
III had been thoroughly
.,,isbe3 and the republic of the
,,,,.ad states was in its infancy; when
ur..bingtop was in the heyday of his infiu-
.,,o and was the eastern star 10 the young
..,,o, william Lay was born in Connect
an, us father was thrifty farmer, and
lad sboildered gun in the revolutionary
.r baire treyeted for valorous conduct.
When William grew up he early manifest
ID a rowing disposition. He showed de-
q i,e1 liking for the sea, and after many
Nnnortpnites his father secured him po-
III Ron as cabin boy in a ship which left
a connecticut river, destined for Eng
- The lad was brave and buoyant with
me The good ship set her bow for the
81 A9pped her sails to the breeze and
red for her home port
MSvhen he landed at Spithead, England,
October, 1852 he was paid off, and his
IL Their had instructed him to rejoin the
E1p and return home. But the boys ap-
Eetite for adventure had been whetted and
Ee wanted more AT the instigation of
kying George Ill the English admiralty
III re fitting up the ship Bounty TO carry
e. cad seed from the West Indian islands
~ the South Sea islands. The popular
Eleory existing then is POLITICALLY and
#arsely expressed in the following verse:
he bread tree, which, without the plough
share yields
The unreapd harvest of unfurrow'd fields,
And bakes its unadulterated Ioaves
|&Nthout a furnace in unpurchasd groves,
nd filings off famine from its fertile
III breast,
|N priceless market for the gathering guest.
IL The Bounty was to sail from England to
e West Indies for bread seed. which was
10 be planted in the Islands of the sea and
IA rich harvest garnered. Volunteers 10
lfnan the vessel were called for, and young
Lay, who now lies buried in Kenosha, and
mother American named Warren were
IA mong the number. The crew Of officers
III nd men numbered forty-two, and they
|SVere in the charge of Lieut. Bligh of the
ID dmTaity department. They We're CLASH
N ed one master, three warrant officers, one
II surgeon, two masters mates, two midship-
|tnen cabin boy, another boy and thirty
two petty officers and men.
III Two days before Christmas day. 1889.
He craft weighed anchor from Spithead,
III mid the hope and cheers of a vast con-
fourse Of people. 1t was a sturdy vessel
10 tons, and was commanded by an
fhtIepld officer, who had been a companion
ltn mat famous explorer, Capt Cook.
men the boat was some thirty days off
ne coast OF the Cape of Good Hope, a
II eiLe',uous storm swept over the sea, and
EI'er oelhg butted about the angry hill
KOWc Tor several Low
ii yer sleered her toward Pitcairn ISL
ma. Inc crew UP to this time had been
II oedieht and order was strictly enforced.
eGduse Lieut. Bligh was an inhexible dis
Il tii'1I IAN For twenty-three weeks the
10y Jay OH Matavai and between the
II - ana the natives the greatest init
r. ~ dhg up Lieut.. Bligh gave pres
III a,.oi 100 chief of the district of Ma
II Ct @'so 20 Poeeno, chief of the Ota-
n i,io. III turn the chiefs sent crude ar
- lhe nandiwork of the half-civilized
4 ,, ,~,,ei'dhs to be given to the English
II araaH' Alter the weeks of pleasant in
n o ms had closed the ship again weigh
y On bao 10 continue her journey.
an - TWO men were assigned to the
Cbrietiao masters mates. One, Fletcher
" Uitt was powerful man, physical
-, ~ WIN superabundant brute force linked
" " absolute and devil-dare nature Cbris-
, n'n was totally without conscience and
r.,inHerent, He was obvious to dancer ana
seyar Ou' iear After the ship had been
LA Weeks out from Pitcairn island
Cbristi. D"sh had occasion to reprimand
ed if &, ne latter was surly and resent
tbort,, without open violation of an
the oni "I'cn would have meant death to
Cbor, Uii'IIl lie took into his confidence
Mius churchill, ships corporal: John
abIe- su'ller mate, and Thomas Burlitt
scbor9'1 'ed seaman. These four men
small ~ 10 cast adrift on the ocean. in a
who ,' oo'', The lieutenant and all those
inc nrotsS loyal TO him. This was a dar-
on overr.L because the men had 10 figure
On bn.! !,e al ming odds against them.
watch 80 90 LOS, Christian, who was on
panied b,. ciock in the morning, accom-
ed ,b ~ MS fellow conspirators. descend
biDG j'g Ihddjchway to Bligh's apartment and
dsol. nm hand and foot carried him on
and A. boat was lowered 10 the water
conn[.i '-outehant soon followed IT. The
Ell a,ti.." resulting from this highland
and A, oISht sailors and officers on deck
on o,. 'aSh the men ranged themselves
roafriII sue sides. Eighteen sailors re
Were .oyal to the lieutenant. and thesa
inv ocushly thrown overheard into the
the t'lL which was then cut loose from
five dsys, ~ and cast adrift, having but
The bo+ss lay the cabiu-boy, was asleep in
WIZ. Low of the ship a part of me time b, -
hapr.,e, a"oke and discovered what had
the loyaI ne wanted to be counted among
20: be a.. But Christian wouldn't let him
the sb,rousniy pushed the boy away from
We VAN p side, saying, you young brat
and ~ YOU Bligh, though cast adrift
Comma. wilderness of water. without
was AM or rudder, and with little food.
reach 10 so guide his frail boat as 10
the u.ste sate haven. After wandering over
his men Lor some 3,61S miles, he with
Tlmor T., t2uched port off the coast OF
forty y, IN the East Indies. 1t took them
Wben &c Sc days to sight a harbor.
own sn Christian got the Bounty In his
detern,nnus he steered for Pitcairn Island.
as mon II possible, to set himself up
ned h. ' s, OF all he surveyed. He plan
savage say the chiefs and bring the black
was NI,o subsection to his rule. u