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Voyage of H.M.S. 'Pandora'

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A.

Aitutaki Island, visit to, 10, 40 note, 123; Bligh supposed to be there, 102

Ale brewed at Namuka, 73

Anti-scorbutics, 100

Apia, 50 note

Astrolabe, Pérouse's ship, 19; relics of, 68 note

Australia, Northern, sighted, 76; landing on, 149

B.

Banks, Sir Joseph, 2, 112

Baring, carries letters to England, 84

Bark cloth, 115

Batavia, arrival at, 81

Beads found in Samoa, 56

Becke, Louis, The Mutineers, 1; First Fleet Family, 24

Bentham, Mr., Purser, 79, 118, 119

Blacks attack boats, 66, 149

Blenheim, wreck of, 3

Bligh, Captain, 1; his character, 2; boat voyage of, 2; public sympathy with, 3; supposed to be in Aitutaki, 102

Boat lost at Palmerston Island, 86, 126

Boat voyage of Bligh, 2; of Pereira, 3; of Edwards, 22, 75, 147, 154

Bolabola visited, 39, 122

Bougainville, warning, 20; discovery of Samoa, 51, 56

Bounty, fitting out, 2; mutiny of, 2; driver yard found, 9, 124; anchor found, 34

Boussole, Pérouse's ship, 19; relics of, 68 note

Bread fruit, plan to acclimatize, 1; its uses, 112

Brewing ale at Namuka, 143

Broad, Mary, 23

Brown, John, 31; his character, 105; identifies mutineers, 105

Bryant, William, 23, 82

Bull taken by Mutineers, 36

Burkitt, trial of, 25; arrest of, 34; executed, 37

Burn, Michael, acquitted, 37

Butcher, Convict, 24

Byron, The Island, 1

Byron, Captain, 40

C.

Canoes, war, 114; sailing, 53

Capetown, description of, 170

Carteret visits Vanikoro, 68 note

Carysfort Island, discovered, 30, 102

Cattle, 118

Cherry's Island, sighted, 67

Christian, Fletcher, 2, 102, 127; his plan of forming settlement, 38

Churchill, murder of, 30, 70, 110

Cloudy Bay, 69 note

Coal found in Australia, 162

Cockle, gigantic, 125, 146

Cocoa, as anti-scorbutic, 100

Coleman, Joseph, surrenders, 30, 102; works pump, 73 note; acquitted, 37

Consumption, 117

Convict jumps overboard, 169

Convicts, escaped, at Timor, 23, 80, 161; list of, 85; find coal in Australia, 162

Cook, portrait of, 118

Coral Islands, how formed, 126

Corner, Lieut., character of, 5; blames Edwards, 22; pursues mutineers, 31, 103; examines sand key, 72; voyage home, 83; ships plants, 99; eats food from native temple, 104; robbed by natives, 60, 134

Coupang, arrival at, 79, 159; funeral of king, 163

Court martial on mutineers, 24

Cox, Captain, 31

Cox, James, escaped convict, 82

D.

Dances at Tahiti, 108

d'Entrecasteaux, voyage, 19; sights Vanikoro, 68 note

de Langle, massacre of, 51 note, 56 note

Diet for long voyages, 6; in the Pandora, 7

Dillon, Peter, discovers relics of La Pérouse, 68 note

Dingoes seen, 77, 151

Distilling spirits, 111

Drums, 116

Ducie Island, 7, 29; identical with Encarnacion, 30 note, 101

Duke of Clarence Island, 40, 128

Duke of Portland, taken by natives, 13

Duke of York Island, 48, 128

D'Urville explores Vanikoro, 68 note

E.

East Bay, 70 note

Easter Island, sighted, 30 note, 101

Edea, Queen of Tahiti, 118

Edwards, Captain, selected, 3; orders to, 4; character of, 4; charged with inhumanity, 21; touches at N. Australia, 22, 149; recklessness in sailing at night, 142; reproves mutineer for praying, 155

Eimeo, 121

Ellison, trial of, 25; arrest of, 33; execution, 37

Endeavour Straits, 20

Eua visited, 17, 138

F.

Fatafehi at Tofoa, 13, 135; at Namuka, 52

Fataka, or Mitre Island, 67 note

Female infanticide, 114

Fiji, visited by Kau Moala, 65 note; discovery of, 81

Finau, Chief of Vavau, 49 note; 13, 57 note

Fire-arms in Tahiti, 115; in Eimeo, 121

Flinders' Passage, 22, 77

Fruy, Mr., Lieut.-Governor of Timor, 79

Fulanga Inland, lack of water, 14

Futuna Island, visited by Kau Moala, 64, 65 note

G.

Geese, left in Tahiti, 118

Geographical position of islands, 88, 89

Gordon, Colonel, 170

Gorgon, H.M.S., 23, 24, 83

Governor of Timor, 79, 159, 161

H.

Haapai, visited, 51, 131

Hæva dance, 108

Hamilton, Dr., his character, 5; account of voyage, 6, 91; on health of seamen, 100

Hayward, Lieut., his character, 5; recognizes natives of Tofoa, 13, 54 note; pursues mutineers, 31; lands at Aitutaki, 41; ships plants, 99; recognized at Aitutaki, 123; at Tofoa, 135

Health of seamen, 99, 100

Hector, H.M.S., 24

Hervey Islands, 42

Heywood's account of "Pandora's Box," 9; trial of, 25; pardoned, 37

Hillbrandt, Henry, arrest of, 33; 74 note; gives information, 40, 123; drowned, 37

Hood, Cape, 19, 69 note

Hood, Lord, Island, 29, 101

Hoornwey, voyage home, 83

Horn Island, visited, 22, 77

Horssen, voyage of, 83, 88

Houses, Tahitian, 116

Howe, Lord, 91

Huahaine visited, 39, 121

Human sacrifices, 114

I.

Indispensable Reef, 19, 69 note

Infanticide, 114

Innes, Mr., Surgeon's mate, 92, 157

Islands, list of, 88, 171

J.

Java, arrival at, 166

K.

Kao Island, 53, 60

Kandavu Island, why not visited, 15

Kau Moala, his voyage, 17, 65 note

Kava-drinking, 116

Kroutcheff, Captain, visited Mitre Island, 67 note

L.

Larkin, Lieut., 5; at Timor, 79

Lila sickness, 11, 117

Look-out Shoal, 70 note

Louisiades, 20; named by Bougainville, 69 note

M.

Mackintosh, arrest of, 33; acquitted, 37; works pumps, 73 note

Maikasa River, 70 note

Malt, as anti-scorbutic, 100

Mangaia Island, 42

Manua visited, 16, 136

Mariner, William, narrative, 17; account of Norton's murder, 54 note; 57 note

Mata-atua Harbour, 49 note

Matavai Bay, 102

Matuku Island, visited by tender, 14, 16; native traditions, 15

Maurelle discovers Vavau, 16

Maurua Island, 39, 122

Megapodius at Niuafoou, 62

Mendaña visits Vanikoro, 68 note

Millward, trial of, 25; arrest of, 34; executed, 37

Milk, dislike of, 118

Mitre Island, visited, 66

Moemoe ceremony, 135

Morrison, character of, 9; trial of, 25; arrest of, 33; his journal, 33; pardoned, 37; plan of escape, 37 note

Mourning in Tonga, 49; in Wallis Island, 64

Moulter, William, tries to save mutineers, 74 note

Mountainous Island, 152

Murray Islands, 71, 141

Musical Instruments, 116

Muspratt, trial of, 25; arrest of, 34; executed, 37

Mutineers, fate of, 3; retire to mountains, 7; their diet, 8; build schooner, 9; adventures at Tubuai, 35, 36; take Tahitian women in Bounty, 38; neglected at Timor, 30; list of, 86, 89; capture of, 105; let out of irons, 144

N.

Namuka, a rendezvous for tender, 12; visited, 17, 52, 131, 138; native shot, 60; cannon fired, 61; thefts by natives, 62

Nanga Cult, 128 note

Neiafu Harbour, Vavau, 57

New Year's Island, sighted, 99

Niuafoou visited, 17, 62, 138; large cocoanuts, 62; Megapodius, 62

Norman, arrest of, 33; acquitted, 37; works pumps, 73 note

North-West Reef, 77

Norton, his murderers recognized, 13, 54 note

Nukunono Island, visit to, 10, 46 note

O.

Oatafu Island, 40 note, 45

Odiddee (Titi) native of Bolabola, 31, 39

Oliver commands tender, 12, 120; discovers Fiji, 12, 166; his log lost, 15; encounters Dutch vessel, 16, 167

Omai, fate of, 39, 121

Ongea Island, lack of water, 14

Orangerie Bay, 69 note

Orissia, Tahitian chief, 33

Otaka Island, 39

Otoo, king of Tahiti, 31, 102, 107, 119

Overstratin, Governor of Java, 81, 168

P.

Palmerston Island, list of crew lost at, 86; visited, 42, 123; Bounty's yard found at, 44

Pandora, fitted out, 3; her ill luck, 6; wrecked, 21, 142; state of crew, 87; disease on board, 91, 94; patent ventilator, 95

Pandora's Bank, 66

Pandora's box, excuse for, 7, 8; cruelty of, 9, 34; men drowned in, 74 note

Pan-pipes, 116

Papara district, 31, 33

Parrots, 130, 137

Passmore, Lieut., 5; at Timor, 79; surveys harbour, 119; explores wreck, 145

Pearl shell ornaments, 123

"Peggy" Otoo, 110

Pérouse, de la, of, 18, 68

Pitcairn Island, 1; arrival at, 3; why chosen by mutineers, 10

Plot to take Pandora, 7, 106

Point Venus, water bad, 34

Port-au-Prince, taken by natives, 13

Providential Channel, 20

Pylstaart Island sighted, 16, 138

R.

Rarotonga, discovery of, 41 note

Reef Indispensable, 19

Religion of the Tahitians, 113

Rembang, voyage of, 24, 80, 165

Renouard, Midshipman, his suffering, 12; appointed to tender, 120

Rio di Janeiro, arrival at, 28, 95; life at, 96, 97; slaves, 97; probabilities of revolution, 97

Rodney Cape, 19, 69 note

Rotte Island, 78

Rotuma Island discovered, 17, 56, 139; incidents at, 18, 65, 139; giants, 65 note; Tongan language spoken, 66

Round Head, 70 note

S.

Samarang Island, 80, 166; description of, 166

Samoa, appearance of, 66, 129; return to, 136

Samoans attack tender, 12; use turmeric, 129; thefts by, 130

Saroa district, New Guinea, 19, 70 note

Saurkraut, as diet, 100

Savaii, sighted, 49, 129

Schouten, visits Futuna, 65 note; visits Niuafoou, 62

Scurvy, precautions against, 7

Sea-snakes, 155

Seringapatam, discovers Rarotonga, 41

Shark, H.M.S., encountered, 27

Sickness follows island discoveries, 11

Sival, Midshipman, at Palmerston Island, 124; lost, 126

Skinner, Richard, 30, 102; drowned, 37, 74 note

Slave trade in Timor, 161

South Sea Islands, their value to England, 98

Spices in Samoa, 130

Staten Island sighted, 99

Stewart, Midshipman, 8; surrenders, 30; drowned, 37, 74 note

Stewart, "Peggy," 8, 106

"Strangers' Cold," 11

Sugar, first issued to Navy, 94

Sumner, John, arrest of, 34; drowned, 37

T.

Tahiti, arrival at, 29

Tahitians, their religion, 113; weapons, 115; cloth, 115; women, 116; houses, 116

Tamarie, chief of Tahiti, 32, 105

Tattooing, 122

Tea and sugar, first used in Navy, 94

Temple, native, food taken from, 104

Teneriffe, arrival at, 27, 92; inhabitants of, 93

Tender built by mutineers, 37; commissioned, 9, 38, 120; attacked by Samoans, 12, 166; sale of, 16; joins company, 80; her adventures, 81, 166; parts company, 51, 131; her after-history, 33 note

Theft, punishment for, 111

Thompson, Matthew, killed, 30, 37, 110

Timor Island, arrival at, 22, 78, 155; governor of, 79; description of, 160, 164; yaws observed at, 164, 165 note

Tofoa, visit of tender to, 13; Pandora visits, 132, 135, 160

Tongans misnamed Friendly Islanders, 132; remember Tasman, 133; their women, 133; mercenary character of, 134

Tongatabu visited, 17; seeds left, 133

Torres Straits, 20

Tree Island, 77, 150

Tubai, 122

Tubuai, 34, 53

Tubou of Tonga, 135

Tucopia, discovery of La Pérouse's relics, 68 note

Tukuaho, temporal king of Tonga, 52 note

Turmeric, used by Samoans, 50 129

Tutuila visited, 16, 51, 55, 129, 136

U.

Ulietea Island, 39

Ulukalala, Finau, letter left with, 52

Union Group, visit to, 11, 40

Upolu visited, 16, 50, 129

V.

Vanikoro sighted, 18, 68 note

Vanion, Mynheer, Governor of Timor, 159, 161

Vatoa, discovered by Cook, 14

Vavau visited, 16, 55, 57, 136

Victoria, Mount, 20

Victualling of Navy, 94, 100

Volcanic disturbance in Vavau, 59

Vreedemberg, voyage of, 24, 81, 83, 88

W.

Wallis Island visited, 17, 63 note

Wanjon, Governor of Timor, 79

War canoes, 114

Weapons of Tahitians, 115

Williams, Rev. John, 41 note

Whales, sperm, 99

Wheat, as anti-scorbutic, 100

White's patent ventilator, 95

Women, status of, 116

Wreck of Pandora, 21, 72; casualties at, 73 note; 142

Y.

Yaws, 165 note

Z.

Zimers, Surgeon-General, of Timor, 79

Zwan, voyage home, 83

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Notes in this chapter

Note 2 · [33-1] Morrison was Boatswain's Mate of the Bounty. He had previously served as midshipman in the navy, and by talent and education he was fNote 1 · They sighted Easter Island on March 4th, 1791, Ducie's Island on the 16th, Hoods' Island on the 17th, and Carysfort on the 19th. The latitudNote 7 · Executed at Portsmouth.Note 10 · Oatafu, one of the Union Group, discovered by Commodore Byron in 1765. If the mutineers had settled there they would have starved, for thereNote 11 · The northernmost island of the Cook Group, discovered by Bligh, April 11, 1798, a few days before the mutiny. In 1823 John Williams, the misNote 15 · Fakaafo or Bowditch Island, whence the present permanent inhabitants migrated.Note 18 · Savaii in the Samoa Group. If not the 'Beauman' Islands seen by Roggewein in 1721, they were discovered by Bougainville in 1768 and visited Note 21 · La Pérouse and Kotzebue call it Pola.Note 25 · Bougainville sighted Upolu on May 5th, 1760. A thick fog which came on that afternoon, and lasted all the following day, prevented him from Note 27 · Fatafehi is the hereditary title of one of the spiritual chiefs of Tonga. He had no executive authority, but his wealth, derived from his laNote 28 · Among the people who boarded the ship from Tofoa Lieut. Hayward recognized some of those who attacked Bligh's boat four days after the mutinNote 32 · Vavau.Note 33 · He might have added "in the Pacific," for it is a magnificent land-locked harbour, a little narrow for sailing ships to beat out of in a souNote 44 · Niuatobutabu, like Niuafoou, subject to the King of Tonga.Note 47 · This confirms the story of Kau Moala, a Tongan navigator, who returned to his native land in 1807 and related his adventures to Mariner. He Note 48 · Native name Fataka. The Russian Captain Kroutcheff, who landed upon it in 1822, found it uninhabited.Note 50 · This was Vanikoro in the Santa Cruz Group. It was probably seen by Mendaña in 1595, and again by Carteret in 1767, but the interest attachedNote 51 · This was the dangerous reef now known as Indispensable Reef, after the ship Indispensable commanded by Captain Wilkinson, who discovered it Note 53 · If he had kept this course he would have struck the New Guinea Coast again a little East of the Maikasa River.Note 57 · Two men were crushed to death; one by a gun that had broken loose, and the other by a falling spar. The whole ship's company seems to have bNote 59 · In his evidence before the court-martial Edwards said: "The double canoe, that was able to support a considerable number of men, broke adrifNote 2 · This suggests the Fijian Nanga, or 'bed of the ancestors,' a cult introduced by native castaways many generations ago. These castaways may hNote 1 · This seems to be the earliest description of Yaws (Frambœsia) in these islands. Originating in Africa this contagious disease is believed to
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