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Otaheitans had killed all the Englishmen, 
except Smith, who was severely wounded; 
and that on the same night the Otaheitan 
widows had risen, and murdered all their 
countrymen, leaving only Smith, with the 
widows and children. His account may be 
corrected by the following statement : 
After getting rid of Mr. Bligh, and his 
crew, the mutineers sailed for Toubouai, an 
island about 500 miles south of Otaheite, 
where they intended to land ; but the natives 
refusing to admit them, they proceeded to 
Otaheite. A second ineffectual attempt at 
settling having been made on Toubouai, and 
a refuge having again been found, for a 
short time, at Otaheite, Christian and eight 
of his comrades left for Pitcaini, in the 
Bounty, with certain Otaheitans, the rest of 
the mutineers remaining at Otaheite. It 
happened that Carteret's description of Pit- 
cairn had been on board the Bounty ; and 
this probably determined Christian in his 
choice. Carteret, however, as will have been 
seen, was wrong in his statement of the 
latitude and longitude of the island. 
When the Bounty arrived at Pitcairn's 
