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over to the Indians, whose cruel customs with 
regard to prisoners of war he well knew ; 
and they were cruelly murdered. 
His cause having failed, he fitted out a 
privateer, to provide himself with food and 
ammunition; and at length, on the 1st of 
February, 1822, finding that he could hold 
out no longer, he attempted to escape to one 
of the Spanish ports in a small boat ; but he 
was recognised, seized, and sent to Santiago, 
where, on the 21st, he was tried, and sen- 
tenced to death. On the 23d he was dragged 
from prison, tied to the tail of a mule, and 
then hanged in the palace square. 
Mr. Nobbs, having quitted the Chilian 
service, after many hardships and dangers, 
took passage to England in 1822, in the ship 
Elizabeth, which had shortly before touched 
at Pitcairn's Island. The commander of that 
ship, in the course of conversation, expa- 
tiated so frequently on the happiness of the 
people at Pitcairn, that Mr. Nobbs seriously 
intended to go thither, if his life should be 
spared ; and he set out, with this object in 
view, in the beginning of 1826. His wish 
was to lead a life of peace and usefulness to 
