The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-29

back under guard. with car stian AZ
their head
The asatsvain wa. now ordered 20
hoist 'he launch our with threat y he
asa nos 60 O. inftanty. 90 take care oi
himself
rirn attempted 20 etcm the tie but
christian VINO was apparently the most
determined men among the muiiHeefs,
tlrsatsred t3 XIII hm Immediately u ne
would not be quiet The men Rho hAd
been losal 10 HUrh were forced over the
SIDE luf1 small boat which ha1 been
equipped with hardly enough provisions.
srpartntlv % last them week II sas
apparent from the remarks made by the
rnutiueers that they feared 20 give HiEh
much DO the way % equipment for hls
boot knowing him 20 bc man % re-
sources ard inspecting that 70 he had
ghost 81 % chance be would make hls
way back 60 civilization AZ y was, ME
toat was loaded with men 30 deeply tnii
she sunk low in the water Among the
ofIcers Of the Bounty who we're cast
aarir were John Fryer. master Thomas
edward. acting surgeon. David Nelson
botanlst. william Cole. h1atswnin. Hay
ward and Hallest uidsnipmeu. ana WI
liam Purcell enruenteg The most anie
men o. the ships company remained on
board the bounty As The Bounty under
eammand ~ che mutineers pulled away,
Hugh heard them yell Huzza Tor ota-
better
In commenting or tho musiny. Lieut..
Bligh says
1.-THE secrecy Of this mutiny is heyona
al conception Thirteen % the party Who
we're with me- had an lived forward among
tns~ people. yet neither they nor the mess
mates. or stewards Henry Or Young nad
ever observed any circumstance 60 give
them suspicion 81 what was going or.
T The possibilities OF such "a conspiracy was
ever the farthest from my thoughts"
Hagha hrst determination was TO seek
a supply Of breadfruits aud water az To-
FOO. where the BOUNTY had been bound
F after leaving Auuamooka. one % the
Friendly Islands The host Dr. which ne
found himself was the ships iaun-h with
out rheser II was provided with osrs
f and a sail on the night 81 the DAY fol-
lowing the muuny Blgh reached Tofoa
and kept ME boat under the ice Of the
island until daylight Tofoa is the north
T uestorumoss Of the Friendly Islands Here
he obtained few quarts Of water. on
Thursday. April - a strong wind made
81 dangerous 60 20 % sea and BHRh's men
clir.ihed tho cliffs and secured about TWEEN
/ ty cocoauute on the day following a few
natives appeared with whom Hhgh made
friends and from them he secured small
addition 90 his stock Of provisions Two
I chiefs appeared on sunday and 20 them
Hlgh gave au ola shirt and knife They
knew that bee mad been with capt Cook
. and thev were curious 90 md out how he
happened 20 be cruising IN small beat.
/ BIEhF plain narrative Of what followed
reads
THE beach was now lined wish the ma
tlves ana We heard nothing bur tho
knocking % stones together which they
had Boz each hand knew very well this
wa- The sigu ~ an attack II being now
noon. J served ooeuanut and Is bread
fruit 20 each person Tor dinner snd gave
some to the chiefs. with whom / Continued
80 appear intimate and friendly They
frequently importuued me 90 sit down bat
as constantly refused. for Dc occurred
both 20 Mr. NeIsou and myself that they
intended 90 seize hold Of me ~ ! gave
them such an opportunity"
Tho sun was setting ns Biigh gave the
word Co his men who were ashore With
him 60 pick up their goods aud rush Tor
the bo1ts Tine natives kept knocking
stones together. we had now ali but
two or three things In the boat. when
I took Sageete by the hand and wt
walked down the beach. every one ~ a
I silent kind or horror When / came 10 fhe
boat. and was seeing the people embark
Nogeete wanted me 20 stay TO speak tc
Below hui finding I would not slap. IA.
{ HHHff NHNHfA fastilHFNN from my NNiH AnI
went on. and we all got into the boat
except one man. who while ! was getting
or hoani quilted Il. and ran up the beach
20 cast the stern fnst on Notwithstanding
tho master aud others called 20 him 10 r..
turn while they were hauling me out OF
thc water
n was no sooner I'm tho boat than the
/ attack began hy about 90 men. the un.
fortunate poor man who had run up tht
beach was Knocked down. and the stone.
flew like a shower OF shot. Many lnd.ans
got hold % the stern rope and were near
hauling us on shore. and would certainly
have done q 70 hAd not had a knife Dol
my pocket. with which ! cut the rope
We then hauled on TO the grapnel. every
one being moro or less hurt Al this time
] saw five Of The natives about the poor
man they had killed. and two OF chem
were beating him about the head with
stones Ia their hands
we had no time 20 reflect before 90
my surprise they filled their canoes with
stones and twelve men came on after us
to renew the attack which thev ala ga
effectuaiiy as nearly 20 disable all of as
They paddled round as So thar We werr
Obliged 20 sustain tho attack without be.
ing able 10 return a. except with such
STONES as lodged IN the boat. and in thi,
found We We're very inferior 60 them
Al dark they gave over tine attack and
returned toward the shore leaving us q
reflect on our unhappy situation"
After this experience BllFh decided "a
look for assistance az the Island 81 TIL
NOR where there was Dutch settIcm rt
This was a distance 81 ien LEAGUES Ili,
boat was only twenty-three fcet long Do,
had no chart and ouly "a general knowI
edge of the situation ~ places assiste.
| hy q book 81 attitudes and Ionritudes
/ Tho men agreed fo 1.-Two uu an ounce ol