and- pltotifull^-fopplidd w ii^ ’prrMfihtis hyPqmiftre’^ ^ e r V and he
at length requeftedin return their a jfd te e ; ^ a t» f c
k n ^ fa r mfltridffi0n'W«5 fiarmed dgainft Motonato* g r h ^ d e d ld ^ to
• ^ ’t h ^ e ^ ‘b«.ia»ned'.!for Bligh and
Captaiin Cox had 'given him. -Hete-hete, who remained at'Otaheite
.when the Bounty.failed, and a few other natives: who had learned
them* feafilyrtotoed thB/.fcafe of vidtory'ihgaitift: th e -m r
furgents, apd' confirmed Motooaro in the peaceable pqffefiion of his
tig h ts. . < I I P W * SPf* N ■’ , ' '',
r A few months! afterwards, the weftern d a b id b ofAtiahoofoo to d
Tettaha {whe^lTeppaho® had died; to d his feteeffor Tetowha was
iftitoical to Otoo) invaded both <!$««*-*»d P a ^ d ra ;; thj»«g^ .je^.
loafy. o’f th e - gfeowing-power f f i th s toyal h to tilK Oh this dcscafion
the mutineers thongkt it neceffiry, for their own&fety, to arm on the
fife tf-th e ir fiftfidfa . Thdr.fch o d « ^ havfe« at length been
rigged, and-; provided-with every thin# ncceffary, fey-feifed with
a- J 3et Of war eanoes frOm idfe ftOBth+eidtefofidhfei’Sts ggaihfe Aflft-
hdooeot which was likewife attacked frotoftbe quartor Of . Pappara
by Terharre and-fhfe En glilh people refiding with him. Potato,
Tetowha, and their adherents, took refuge in the .mountains, and in a
foort time obtained peace b yfubmilting to Otoe’s authority. They alfo
•furrenderedto him'the royal maro, which -was earned in triumph to the
morae at Oparre, after having remained at Attahooroo twenty-one
-years ' Tetowha, who was a young man o f remarkable comelinefs,
-died foon afterwards, and an uncle ofPomarre’s was appointed in his
Read- Potato, through .the interceffion o f the Englifhr was allowed
to retain his authority in Attahooroo. After paying a vifit to.M otoo-
arc, with whom feme o f them refided from that time, they % d y
: tbe fdiooner at Mattavae during the tempeftuous feafon, which ulually
prevails between November and March.
Early in 1791 the ceremony took place o f inveftihg Otoo with the
royal garment, o n which occafion Captain C o x ’s flag-was font entirely
round the ifland ih token o f the young chief’s fuprcmacy,. It was
admitted to pafs through Teiarrabp.o, from, fear o f Pomarre’s Englyfo
aljiys, j$.th,er thap. from wilhngnefs ,to fubmit tq jEyada
pgjpqfed7tg .A fp i to.aflift h i s ^ q y m Tei^a^re^,;p^pple, in copir
polling the .inhabitants o f that peninfula to abfokite- iubmiflion. The
chief j part o f .the mutineers having agreed;, «to: the ;prpppfal, they
.again-, launched and provided theii fchooner,, fluled (£rom Mattavae
a 1 ft ;March, leaving, only.four o f tlieir 1 " ’■ ■ 'O' -.-d - di.VVJb
Pappara on the a^t-h-,, .. In the mean-
raanded b y Captain. Edwards,| which had been fent
pjj1,.!hf^ripiig; o^^he. B&utirpg^iy,A e f Bauitf»^, arsiyedjat, Otah^ye,,. and
ppichqrg^- .IS^tt^j^Qjj-iAe.ajd., The' Ungliftirnep ryha.-h^cre'-
n^nedjj.tjhejiej,2 hoa^d , the fy-me, dnjyjand£ .ycere ip i^djate ly
* ,Igii6#$a^$ti!t>906BV fflik H fflqtwnLribs!
qf.yyhqin. had failed to thes Boyflty, tod a^^mganred ^p jab y .g ligh
j.n, jthe Lu-nph* were ff-i
pwfue the fchoqper. { ,T h f to-Htineeijs Pap^
patra,. when gj meffenger, whom Hete-hete had fent land, ipf
fornyed' thcm,,of whpt had; befallen, their -, floraradesi; i^u p onwhich
itelT, vyth Ihrpp p$hcq|iifjh«
p^Fa,, feasgng^ Joghihd @qly pn^qf^th^yi n to ^ c a n ^ f&p|ra|tjs^ h o ^
jthey.Iml met there. pThg'-foitofr falji^ljgh^
r.tody furtonaared himfelf. o n ^ ^ r d thf lhipi^h^yie^t flaw^ iwhen alfp
returped ^hither, , jhayiflg, -hegra;
^ph°orl^ ? i w hich, .ha^f Re^e^ fgg, this; thh
iftandc. , -bpw®^^ retlirn^dijttoFSPPto8' on
tb f nwtipeers wgnt upstQA^e.^il^^i|hffl|,jthg>cpqptryri, jthe other
w ^ e kept ^ .c q n ^ e ip e p p th%t ^ g to ^ j^ d tjiPtPpxt dfty
orders ;of; Temarre, who likewife feized thc-fcliooncr: | In .tlie night
o f the. yStli they efcaped, by Brownls;aj[Kftanc.e,, ,to the weftern .cqaft,
.and reached, ^ daybreak, a boat. w i t h . 1J Lieutenant. Comer
.had come, from the fhip the preceding day in pu-rfuit-pf them.. He
left .them, with the boat, .in.,.the0chargp: ®f a petty; ©ffiger,^
^foepded h^ghts*i;g^id?d jI® ChaBgia«,.# t^§ i&ggfll $£