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demanding what they meant, "Hold your 
tongue, sir, or you are dead this instant," 
was the answer which he received. Some of 
the mutineers, among whom Christian, 
Churchill, Mills, and Burkitt, were the 
most active, with oaths, and violence, tied 
his hands with cords, behind his back, not 
giving him time to dress ; and forcing him on 
to the deck in his shirt, kept him under a 
guard, behind the mizen-mast. The boat- 
swain and others, having been compelled to 
hoist out the launch, Bligh and eighteen men 
were forced to go into her, and were quickly 
veered astern of the ship by a rope. 
Besides Christian, and eight other muti- 
neers, whose names will be mentioned in a fu- 
ture page, as afterwards settling at Pitcairn, 
the following remained in the Bounty: Peter 
Heywood, midshipman; George Stewart, 
midshipman ; James Morrison, boatswain's 
mate ; Charles Churchill, master at arms ; 
Matthew Thompson, John Sumner, Richard 
Skinner, Thomas Burkitt, John Millward, 
Thomas Ellison, Michael Byrne, seamen; 
Henry Hillbrant, cooper; William Mus- 
prat, commander's steward; Joseph Cole- 
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