.CsroKI.had! feft at,Uiie**,':an3 wHck- jSgi| tb m <feflbt»y^sf
the: mange. Another, who .was-at- that ferns
to be the fame perfon fince known- by the name o f Manne-rmanne,
the brother o f Obertetoa, and heir, apparent to the fcvereignty o f
Ulietea and Otaha, but by .office a .prieft. Beldde the ffieep, which
fhortly died, a, bull was procured from Hedea, and a cow from TeU
taha; and both were committed to the charge o f Pomarrre, from whom
'*tse foriaet
i , . O w v a s . 8 t o o ^ - f ^ ' j i r f . h « e b o n r . o n t h e
Coaftof©padie,::thehayrQfMattame:harauaghec®*neJaDg£roh£fihi[QMgh
-the; vaxaabk anA ^les^.wffidbi Jndficb^areriomamam afe-that Saf^ru
3S^rlyi«ghb dwarithoad: fffit? !«£. i®ead-finat plante1 were then taken on
board; Wg;«^rtW^r«pe.-^DujfeaBd pfiu^iweie.afterward;adsfeffi
together with: ffiame of the eve, daSyoi, ratia, '«^ya^dffluvartAniitte trees;
and the tc,. y.appe, and pea roots. The length o f time- employed in
col letting thefe, was. attended with the defection o f feyeral among She;
feamen, who were purfued to Tethuroa hyiOrapeia, and at length were
Teized atlettaha.. The drip’s cable-was cut. nearly through, evidently
with the defignof lettingthe f lip drive on ffioreiutempeduons weathea
T h is is fa-id- to have been done by Weidooa, - on: account iof an officer
to whom helwas-attached,, and who had. been put irL.confeiememt on
-board..-The thefts of:the inhabitants likewifc incrcafed with the delay;
-fat- the chiefs exerted thcmfelves. to bring them to punifhment. Some
maize, had, been; planted fince the arrival of the Bounty, which
ripened- beforedhe. failed. - Captain- Cook’s- picture, which b a d , by
Poraarre’s requeft, been kept on. board! the ffiip, was then delivered
■ again to- him, with fthe- date oflthe. ih ip ’s arrival anddepamtudefc
corded; upon the: back o f the .picture,, which has .ever fince .been
prattifed by commanders-of. Engliffi.men o f war.. The Bounty
was unmoored, the 4th o f April 1789, having- remained at Otahcite
more than five months. a| Wm g z ^-j 1 S ' I
. The fituation o f Pomarre was evidently at that time neither comfort;-
able nor feenre. :;. He earnestly defired Captaiaa Bligh to take" himfelf
and Idd-ek to Britain. * I fete-hete equallys wilhed to : go in ; the
ffiip. A coolnefs then- fubiifted between Pomarre .and: Orapeia,
which | was - fuppofed to -have ari fen from a difagreement o f their
wives. Shortly after the departure o f the ffiip a. revolution took
place-at Eimco, by which Mx>tooaro’s : authority was eftabliffied.
Tarearnoodoa: took refuge in Aftahcibrqo, and was i afterward entertained
by Tcmarre at Pappara-, where he remained in a private Ration.
The Bounty returned to Mattavae on the 6th o f June,: having in
the mean time beep feized by twenty-five of. the crew, who had
mutinied, and turned adrift Lieutenant B ligh, and eighteen, officersrand
feamen, in the launch belonging to the ffiip. Fletcher Chriftian, the
mailer’s mate, a young man o f refpettable connexions -and good
talents, was chofen to command the mutineers. Htthad perfuaded
th6m'to <gd*to -IffibBotSie,' a fin a l ifland ffiihetp .ieagu^tiQji tfe.
ffiuthwa*rd'*df ©taheite ; preferring it to the latter, as being-.-Ws
ttcpbM - to- vifits ffcoffi- -'Europeans.--1■ Having founriToobbuae deffi*
to ©fcbeife
to procure fomc ftpek for theffetde^fent^Wrhlch^he int
«HeY&vailbffirhi'infeif-, for -this -purpofe, o f the fittibn Whicfanthad
been hitherto fupported refpetting Captain C o o k f 'affierptagithat'they
had hiet S^fribirri; and -that he; ba-d- festfthe ffiip back ife«» all th-fe
E^e ftock that* i&wlfl&’flfel fpared, •• a Tfttleihefit
at ^ p i^ e Mribh -Captain ‘ > haffidifevttS^l: in has -ybffiffito*
ward the Friendly Hands; The inhabitants gave credit to his
ftory, and vied with each other who ffiould furniffi moil for the
fervice o f Captain Cook j fo that .by the 16th o f June, four hundred
and fixty hogs, fifty goats,- andgreat;quantities o f fowls,"dogs,' and
eats t-vere cblletted, The bull and now, which had been committed
to the charge o f Pomarre by Qaptam Bligh, were alfo taken awayj
but the former died on the paffage, from the falls he received. Eleven
female Otaheiteans failed with the mutineers ; and it was foon foimd
that thirteen male "natives, among- whom was Hete-hete, had con-»
cealed themfelves in the ffiip, W h b v informed-of the real-deftination
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