C H A P . XIII.
A Mutiny in the Ship:
, 7g9. Y T 7 E kept near the ifland Kotop, all the afternoon, in
,Ay* 1L;„ W hopes th«ft fome canoeswo#d come 9® to, tfte Chip 5
Monday 27. but in tjiis I was difappointed. T he wind being northerly,
in the evening, we ftecred. to the weft ward, t-o pafs to the
ftmth of Tnfoa- I gave dire&ions for this courfe to he continued
during the night*. The master had the firft watch;
the gunner- the middle watch ;, -Mr» Chriftian the
morning watch. This was the turn of duty | for the
night-
Taefday 28. TuefdaytheaSth. Juftbefore fon-rifing,, while I was yct
afleep, Mr. Chriftian, wjth tfte matter at arms, gunner’s
mate, and Thomas Burkitt, ffiaroan, came into my cabin,
* and feizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my
back, threatening me with inftant death, i f I fpoke or made
the leaft noife: I, however, called as loud as 1 could, in
hopes of affiftance ; but they had already fecured the officers
who were not of their party, by placing centinels at
- their doors. There were three men at my cabin door, b f-
tides the four within; Chriftian had only a cutlafs in his
hand, the others had mulkets and bayonets. I was hauled
out of bed, and forced on deck in my ftiirt, fuffering great
pain from the tightnefs with which they had tied my
hands.. I demanded the reafon of fuch violence, but re-
, ' ceived
ceived no other anfwer. than" abufe* fór netholding my >7%r-
tongue. The matter, the gunner, the .furgeon, Mr. El- L‘
phmftone, matter’s mate, andrMelfon, were kept confined
b e low an d the fore' hatchway was guarded by centinels.
The hoatfwain and carpenter, and alio the clerk,. Mr. Samuel,
were allowed,. to.: come' upon deck,, where they faw me
ftanding abaft the, mizeia-mafo with my hands tied behind
my back, under a guard, with Chriftian at their head.
The hoatfwain was ordered' to hoitt the launch out, with
a threat, i f he did hot do it inftantly,. to .take..cam- of
Mmfeifi-' -
: When thé boat was out, Mr. Hayward and Mr. Hallet,
two of'the midflaipmen, and Mr. Samuel, were ordered
into it. I . demanded what their intention was in giving this
order, and endeavoured to perfuade the people near me
not to perfift in fuch. adtsi of violence; hut it was to no
effeett: “ Hold your tongue, Sir, or you are dead this in-
w ftant,” was conttantly repeated: to me.
The matter, by this time, had fent to requeft. that he
might come' on- deck, which was permitted;. but he was:
loon? ordered;hack again to his cabin.
ï continued; hiy endeavours to turn the tide of aftairs, when
Chriftian changed the cutlafs which he had in. his hand, for
a bayonet that was brought to him,’ and, holding me-with
a ftrong. gripe by the • cord that: tied: my hands, he with,
many oaths threatened to kill me immediately,.- i f I would
not he quiet: the-villains- round me had their pieces, cocked'
and bayonets- fixed;, Particular people were called on. to go
into the boat, and were hurried- over the fide; whence I
concluded that with thefe-people I. was to be fet adrift r I
therefore made another effort to bring about a change,, but.
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