The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-02-26

me In Tahiti. On April q thev mo-:
umed' cast Bligh and Is other rnan
sori1t In the ships launch and .a,,od
oac. 10 Tahiti. Bligh and his COM
panions reached the island Of r,mo-
VI tne fourteenth of June, after sail.
!, Jug ''ooO nautical miles in an onor
'o"' ana suffering dreadful privations
Mstineers Made Merry
meanwhile the mutineers made NOR.
~ ior while at Tahiti, but Fletcher
Cnris1an, their leader, fearing pursuit
ueciueu 10 seek 4 more secure refnoo
however, some of the mutineors 20
FUSED to follow him, so Christian. with
eient or his shipmates. six Tshit;or
men and II Tahitian women so;Iod
1or Pitcairn island, where they arrived
ana settled in 1880, after burning tho
bounty. Christian was justified in an.
ucipatlng pursuit. In time Tahiti wy~
visited by another British man-of-wor
under Captain Edwards in search "a
the mutineers. Fourteen of the s;x.
teen who remained in Tahiti wore oo-
tured, and three of them were execut-
SU Al september, IS2.
VI christian and his COMPANY no
trace was discovered until 1903. when
captain Folger, an American skinner.
touched at Pitcairn island and found
their survivors and descendants uv.
Ing tnere. In the meantime all of the
mutineers except Alexander Smith. all
OF the Tahitian men and several Of
the women had died of disease or viz
ience. After being Informed of Can
tain Folger's discovery, the British
government took no steps in the mat-
ter until 1914, when in September. II.
NJ. 5. Britain touched at the island and
found old Smith, or Adams, still alive
commanding the respect and admira-
ton of the whole little COLONY by his
exemplary conduct and fatherly care
Of them
The settlers there were visited
again by British ships in 1925 and
1880, and the later visitors confirmed
the testimony of the earlier as to
their exemplary conduct. In 1881
they deemed their pOpulation-only 81
too great for the island, and at their
request many We're transported by the
British government to Tahiti. But.
shocked by the morals of their Tahi-
tian relatives and friends, after a nine
months sOjourn they returned to the
island at their own expense. In 1889
they besought Captain Elliott of II.
NJ. 5. Fly, who visited them, to be
taken under the protection of the
British government because of annoy
ances from the lawless crews of whal.
ers who occasionally visited them.
Taken Over by British.
Captain Elliott accordingly took
possession of the island in the name
of Queen Victoria. gave them a Union
Jack and recognized their self-elected
magistrate. They We're frequently Wis
tied by English ships until 1870, when,
again deeming their numbers too great
for the island, they petitioned the
British government to grant them the
larger and more productive Norfolk
island, to which they We're removed in
1906. In 1893, two families, number
ing IL persons, returned TO Pitcairn
island, and the present inhabitants
are descended from those
An officer of the British ship Opal,
which visited the island in 1879. wrote
as follows: I'VE just left a place of
great interest. namely Pitcairn island.
After a 30-days' passage from San
Francisco we sighted the island at 8
a. m. on the 2nd of July and at ten
o'clock anchored off Bounty bay-the
first time a man-Of-war has anchored
there for about twenty years, it being
customary to steam off and on the is
land while communicating with it.
Immediately on our arrival" he
wrote, 1.-The islanders launched a boat
through the surf. and came off with a
quantity of fruit for US. The chief
magistrate, whose name is Mccoy,
came on board, as did also some of the
Youngs and Christians. l say advis-
eddy some of them, for 1t is very diff
cult to find out who is who on the
tons, McCOys or Warrens, although
fashion is coming in vogue-owing
to the confusion caused by there be-
ing only about five names between SO
persons-of individuals~ assuming
names. Thus one Of the Christians
has taken the name Of Downes. and
Is bringing up family under that
cOgnomen, while another has assumed
the name Of Selwyn. If this continues
into few generations it will be hard
to trace their connection with the orig
inal names of the Bounty