128 Recent Accounts respecting Pitcairn's IslaJid. 



and cocoa-nuts. They also passed between two mouutaiiioiis 

 islands, but the wind was so strong they could not land. 



" Wiieii thev arrived at Pitcairn's Islatid they ran the ship 

 ashore. Fletcher Christian wanted to preserve the ship, but 

 Matt said, ' No, we shall be discovered ;' so tliey burnt her. 

 The islaiui is small; has but one mountain, which is not high 

 but liul, and fit for cultivation. They put up temporary houses of 

 the leases of the tea, and afterwards more durable ones thatched 

 with the palm, as at Taheiti. They found the bread-fruit there, 

 and all were busily engaged in planting yams, taro, plantains, 

 and ante, of which they made cloth. The account this woman 

 gives of tiieir proceedings iu this new country is very amusing to 

 theTaheitans. Neddy Young taught them to distil spirits from 

 the tea root. Thev made small canoes, and caught u)any fish. 

 They climlied the precipices of the mountain, and got birds and 

 eggs in al)undance 



" In the mean time many children were born. Christian had 

 a daughter, Mary, and two sons, Charles and Friday. Johii 

 Main had two children, Betsy and .lohn. Bill M'Koy hud Sam 

 and Kate. Neddy Young had no children by his own wile ; but 

 by Tararo, the wife of the Raiotean, he had three sons, George, 

 Robert, and William. Matt has had five children, Matt, .lenny, 

 Arthur, Sarah, and a joung one that died wlien seven days old. 

 Adam Smith has Dinah, Eliza, Hannah, and (ieorgc, by his 

 wife. The Taheitans, &c have left no children. Jack WiUiains's 

 wife died of a scrophidous disease, which brake out in lier neck. 

 The Europeans took the three women belonging to the natives, 

 Toafaiti, Mareva, and Tinafarnea, and cast lots for them, and 

 she lot falling upon Toafaiti, she was taken from Tararo and given 

 to Jack Williams. Tararo wept at parting with his wife, and 

 Mas very angry. He studied revenge, but was discovered, and 

 Oher and he were shot. Titahiti was put iu irons for some time, 

 rnd afterwards released ; when he and hi.s wife lived with Mad- 

 den, and wrought for him. 



" Titahiti. Nian, Teimna, and Manarii still studied revenge; 

 and having laid their plan, when the women were gone to the 

 mountain for birds, and the Europeans were scattered, they shot 

 Christian, Main, Brown, Williams, and Madden. Adam Smith 

 was wounded in the hand and face, but escaped with his life. 

 Ned Young's life was saved by his wife; and the other women, 

 i;nd M'Koy and Matt fled to the mountain. 



" Inflamed with drinking the raw new spirit they distilled, and 

 ftred with jealousy, Maiiarii killed Tiemua, by firing three shots 

 through his body. The Europeans and women killed Manarii in 

 return. Niau, getting a view of M'Koy, shot at him. Two of the 



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