112 MURDER OF CHRISTIAN AND OTHERS. 
Chief Justice of Ely, and Editor of Blackstone's 
Commentaries. Young was a nephew of Sir 
George Young, Bart. The other mutineers who 
landed at Pitcairn were chiefly sailors of the 
ordinary class. 
They had not long set foot upon the island, 
ere it became a stage for the display of every 
evil passion. They were " hateful, and hating 
one another." During the frightful period of 
domestic warfare between the Europeans and 
the blacks, in which the former often adopted 
the tremendously simple rule cf might against 
right, the blacks made common cause together ; 
and having planned the murder of their impe- 
rious masters, they went, from time to time, 
into the woods to practise shooting at a mark, 
and thus became tolerably good marksmen. 
Their murderous plot reached the ears of the 
wives of the mutineers; and the females are 
said to have disclosed it to their husbands, just 
before the time appointed for the massacre, by 
adding to one of their songs these words, 
" Why does black man sharpen axe? To kill 
white man." 
In the course of the deadly struggles occurring 
between the members of this small community, 
Christian, Mills, Williams, Martin, and Brown, 
were murdered in the year 1793, by the Ota- 
heitan men whom they had brought to the island 
with them. Christian was the first who fell a 
victim to their revenge. Mills was the next. 
Adams was shot ; the ball entering at his 
shoulder, and coming out at his neck. He fell ; 
but suddenly sprung up and ran. They caught 
