The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-29
B0UNTY'S FAMOUS MUTlNY.
LIEUT.. BLIGu's DIARY TELLS or
MS TERRIBLE ExPEHIENCE.

his sail 90 200 Leasue- IN an open
boat for snfcty-rhe Wiser, OF
himself and Attacked
~ Island Nnuses-i-scapcs From
Pursuing Canors-The FINAL Land
ing alta Frtendty settlement
From .rs Sew york sum-
Tho reprint S~.s1t Hlras diary o. the
rnuany 1u board % % IS Bounty whien
las 54e- u6er issued oy tae Baukside
Press % Lsfaou. fsns Boz direct salior
fasa.au tne .sa- ol ono OF tae mos. re-
marka1r cr.le,s over made in small
beat $50 muuny lr naval history hal
a..h ar-rosrniuF consequences az th4t
which occurred co board the Bounty 900
t1a South seas more than century aEo.
william Bliss was q skIfal EuEHsn nav
irator wr1 was born lu Isondou ia 1853
AZ lieutenant b. nccoru panied Capt
COOK 90 bis Pacific voyages Pc was com.
81 ss.or~d - George III 20 Import bread
fruit trees ard other vegetables from rrs
south Sen .slau.k 20 tho wsft lrI.es aad
paced .n command % the bounty
Tho Bounty reached Otahete ~ ths
wrong season ~ the year ard ooussquent-
a. had 90 remain there f1- Six months 10
secure her cargo. As.0sIaf.au with t4e
native women corrupted tra crow ana o.
81 evident from Lieut. E.Fhs diary that
So thls b. nftrinUtes fhe mltlnv ne envf.
'rhe women at Otaheifs are handsome
MA ana cheerful ln fhrr manners and
conversation Toeseesei ~ great sersI-
tl.ity ara taEe FIfleIntt dffirnrv 20 make
flem admired ara beloved The chiefs
were 60 m.s- attar1asi 90 our people that
the1 rather encouraged their stay among
them than otherwise. and even made 90 IN
promises % larse possessions Under
these and MANY other attendant circurl-
stances. equally desirable % ls now per-
hnpf not 80 uruc1 20 Doe wondered a.
though scarcely possible 20 have been
foreHeeu. that q ser OF sailors moat ~
chem void ~ connections should b. lei
away' especially When. ~ addition 20 such
powerful Inducements. they imagined o.
ir their power 20 * themsefves ia the
uide a. plenty. o. the finest island n
the word. where they need not D. n1r
ara where the aliuremeuts o. dissipation
are hsl ord anything that con be coa-
ceired
other writers who have dealt with this
interesting story % The seas have qliereI
1a'i l-'tut biirh's cNacting discpiin Inc
was he CHIEF cause f0~ tho fr7ub'e which
go ieHt career as Governor ~ New south
Wales ended in his being arrested for -v-
r3rnieal Condu~f ana fhaf has been -~-
ceriel a. partial justification o. tho
rynny Lieut. BuRh'E story of 70 gives
40 Indication ~ unneceesarv severe aiecI-
piine IN bis part The Hountv sailed from
ofahefe on April T. f1se The Grew f.ru-
tinIed o. Aurii = and after setting Lieut.
biiea and hts eighteen lovai men adrift
in an omen boat with only 100 pounds or
bread = pounds q PORK . quarts ~ rum
bottles of win. and y gallons ~ wste-
Tor provisions. they bore away 20 Otahcite
Fourteen q the mutineers who remained
there were arrested in i7sl hy officers nj,
the British ship Pandora -Four ~ those
men were iost hy shipwrcck cn the vow
age homo the remainder were tried. thre.
- them being executed and the othf r.
acquitted or par1oued
Fletcher chrl sfiau one 90 the rnufinear "a
on fhc Bounty. with cigtr 81 ire mutt
neerf rinc rative women and nire native
men. left otaheitc on the Bounty and sai-
% 20 Pitcairn island. whore the Bounty
was wrecked. that al traces o. her mf..7 ~
D. deF -oyei Pitcairn Island g. o-lv
about Two ard half miles long ana one
milo broad. ara had 81 not been Tor thlf
mltny Or probably would have been UNI
settled fo-t1F- All trace of Chri-tlsu AMI
HE mutInecrs were inst until is0s when
oairn Island. thinking 90 uuinharIt TO
BE surprise two men % light brown color
came out in Is canoe and greeted him in
English They were descenaarts OF the
ORIGINAL rnufiueers. the oniH furvivor &
the party AZ that time being A'exnnd r
Smith who afterwnrd assumed tho name
81 John Admins Smith prepared code
for the government OF thc island aud a~t-
81 al governor ana teacher fic was APP
parently man % unusual ability in
1Ts Pitcairn islanders were moved SO Nor
folk Island because it was believed that
they would he happier there TWO fam
iiies ~ Thorn. numbering seventeen per-
sons. became houseslek ana returned 20
Pitcairn Island. where they and their To-
eccudants have lived since thot time
Lieut. ENghs narrative IF tho mutlnv
on the Bounty is toil in the simple man
nor % log book His description OF the
nutny D. t0ld as follows.
Just before zunrising Mr. Christian.
with the master at arms gunucrs mate.
and Thomas Burkct seaman. came into
my calsn while / was asleep. ana sezlng
me tide ms hands with a cord behind
ms back ana threatened me with instant
death. N ! spoke or made the least noise
J. however called SO loud ne 90 alarm
every one. but they bad already securesl
the officers who were not Of their part5.
rs placing seutinels ar their doors There
were three men az ms cabin Goor. beeides
tha four within Christian had only a
cuflass in bis hand the othcrs had mus
Erts ana haycnets. I was hauled out of
bed and forced on deck IN ms shirt. sur
fer.ng great pain from the tigh'ness Win
which they had tied my hands demand
81 tho reason 81 rurh violence. but re-
celved ~ other answer than threats Of
irstaut death. q 1id nor hold my tongue.
Mr. Elnh.nston. the master mate. was
kcut b. Dos BERTH Mr. Nelson hotanist,
Nr Pcckover gunner Mr. LedWard, sur
geon. ana The master, were confined %
their cabins. ara also tho clerk. Mr. sam
mel but 30 soou obtained leave 10 come
on deck The foro hatchwny was guarded
BY senuntls. che boatswain and carpen-