The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
THE LIE MUTINY
ON ISLAND.


that the strong's Islanders would jotn them.
Hayes made no sign and pretended 20
have heard nothing, but he was making
ready. He had confidence in q few Of his
crow and these he kept armed and always
within call.
At this time 1 was suffering from an In
ternal injury received during the night Of
the wreck and was living In a house Of my
own. With Hayes I was still on friendly
terms. and 30 also was 1 whit the intractable
Pleasant Islanders, for I spoke their LAM
guage, but with Hayes ex-mate 1 was moo
on speaking terms He, like me, also had
his own house, whore be lived with bis native
wife, a Gilbert islander.
/ must mention that on the morning atte9
the wreck Hayes had given this man . FEAR
ful thrashing In the presence OF All the PEG
pie for behaving in such a oowardly mannep
on the previous night, refused 70 ave
anything further to do with him and made
him live outside the precincts OF the village.
My grievance with him was Of old n
ing. he had one day interfered with my
duties az supercargo; We quarrelled Inc no
kicked me on the knee With the heavy SEQ
boot that encased his huge foot, disabling
me.
I fell upon the main hatch. and my hand
coming In contact with Q loose hatoh-
ooaming chock, / seized and hurled It at him
with all my strength, just in time to save
my btlI tTOm D61Uk DOOVou I'LL LuOAOs Ahe
heavy wedge took him between the eyes;
he went down with a crash and lay un-
conscious. From that time we were enemiee
His house and mine were nearly q quarter
Of a mile apart, but I frequently passed
at the back of Port Lottin, or Utwe, a. the
natives call IL. I walked with some diffi-
Guilty, for the injury I had received gave
me much pain In my side, and every now and
! then I would sit down and rest.
Eorlr uNOpwninn aRp0nnRnYAd NV thu
young negro l have before mentioned, I
was sitting down near the house Of my
enemy when he rushed out, pistol In band
and his coarse face indamed with rage.
for his wife fiinging her arms around his
neck; at the same instant the negro eprang
at him, tore his revolver from him and then
beat hin over the head with 1t.
His face presented an unpleasant spec:
Lacle when the lusty young nigger ceased
work. 7 took the pistol and, removing
tia chamber cylinder, thre% 1t Into q deep
hole in the lagoon.
Hayes strongly urged mo 70 take my
Winchester carbine and settle him, bub
while l was ready to incapacitate the rutiian
by a iudiciously planted bullet through .
leg or arm I was not prepared 20 kill him.
but he never troubled me again.
One evening as Hayes and were having
q smoke and chaC in the latters big house
q native girl entered and told us that the
! mate and two OF the Pleasant Island traders
had found six or seven cases OF brandy and
q keg OF arrack among the mangro yes.
They had been washed up from the wreck
Of the brig and the Strong's Islanders bad
hidden them.
The liquor, the girl added. had been
taken to the mates house and planted. q.
Hayes nodded to me.
Now we car look put for trouble. The
Dane and his gang will make the pleasans
Islanders drunk before long and then set
them on I'd wipe US out"
l returned 70 my house and turned In at
my usual time, placing my Winchester
carbine beside me, and Q little after IN
the morning was aroused by four Pleasans
Island natives. Taking away my cartine
and begging me TO keep quiet, which l
would not, they carried me to a fishing hue
q half mile away.
each one holding ne tightly by the wrists,
for over an hour, inplorinR me not 70 at
tempt TO escape or l should be killed. My
abductors Rteadfastly refused to tell me
what was occurring IN the village, and to
the volleys OF abuse TINT | poured out upon
them they made no retort, only regarding
me with reproachfnl eyes.
/ tried to bride them by promising them
a hundred cartridges for the Snide car
bines they carried, but 1t was OF no use.
However, they filled my pipe and let me
smoke.
Island girl, rushed in and told US that every
thing was over and finished" Hayes, in
her expressive language, had put out the
mutiny as a ountai yOrrent sweeps away
a fire that Is lit on a stone in the middle
OF the stream"
We at once returned to the village, whers
l found Hayes in his big house, triumphant
and surrounded by all his people, those
who had mutinied and those who had re-
manned loyal. They were all, there n
then, giving him their solemn pledges Of
obedience. And on the matted floor they
laid down their arms-Snider carbnesI
cutlasses, spears and clubs.
Hayes then asked me II l would see TO
two Of the white men, one OF the traders
and the ex-mate, as he thought that he had
hurt them a little
, Going to their respective houses, | found
the mate had two broken ribs and minor
injuries; the other man had a broken jaw
! and was hardly conscious. Broken jaws
were q specially with Bully.
l learned from the natives that when
Hayes and his party were suddenly at
lacked by the mntineers, many Of whom
were intoxicated, he was well prepared,
and that a san guinaTy conflict was only
averted by the redoubtable BClly's Offering
to take on their three best men IN turn.
The mate was the first and was Knocked
out in the second round.
As he lay upon the ground he drew q
Derringer pistol and pointed Il at Hayes
Whereupon a man named M~ulholland,
one OF the leaders Of the mutiny and who
was awaiting his turn with Bully, kicked
him on tho wrist and broke it, CurstnE him
for a treacherOus cur. Then Hayes and
Mulholland shook hands and made friends,
and the latter gave place TO a man named
Peter, who was considered one OF the best
fighting men In the Pacific.
In ten seconds Hayes sent him down
with a broken jaw. He got up gamely and
then was felled again by a fearful blow
under the left ear. That ended the Leonora
mutiny.
After this, except for a n occasional muir
der committed by the fierce Pleasant
Islanders, and which would be termed
by French people crimes P~0ssionelIes, origi-
mating from woman stealing. &c. We were