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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
« ian once set my foot upon English ground to be called to an account and bear the reproaches that I should surely meet ' . " From this time Christian began to suspect the fidelity of Heywood , and continual jarrings between them took place . Notwithstanding ' Heywood still urged the propriety of their returning to England , and endeavoured by the most persuasive arguments to prevail upon him to l
compy : but Christian was still inexorable . " I have considered it well , " says he , " and by G —• I'll die before I agree . " "Considered ! ( echoed . Heywood)—would to Heave n you had considered before you had acted at all . " This keen reproach stung Christian ' s soul , and he was never afterwards on friendly terms with Heywood ,
The natives were now constantl y on board the Bounty , and as Christian ' s authority had very much decreased , there were no means employed to prevent it ; the consequence of which was , that several depredations were committed , and the seamen who remained on board were exceedingly incommoded by the frequent visits ther received . } Several of the natives now expressed a desire to sleep in the ship and Ellison hastened to Christian to communicate
to him their request : at this time Christian had sent one of his wives with a message to M'Intosh the carpenter . . - . Christian was b y no means surprised at the natives' request , for during their stay in the island several of the chiefs had already slept on board ; and it was a common practice while Captain Bligh was there , who frequently entertained Tinah and his wife Iddeah the whole night .
Christian ' s wife having returned from M'Intosh , appeared very much distressed ; her uneasiness soon alarmed Christian , who requested an explanation . From her he understood that the natives had formed a design to seize the ship , and that those who were to sleep on board were to assist in the plot . The intelligence alarmed Christian exceedingly , and he was for some time doubtful whether not the desi b
or gn was planned y Heywood ; but a few minutes consideration-assured him of the contrary . Heywood ' s anxiety to return to England would never admit of his being a confederate of the natives . Of course it was as bad for the one as for the other However , as there were more of his party that he could confide in * he resolved . on both devising and executing a project himself to destroy that of the natives
. Accordingly he requested this his most favourite wife , and who on every occasion evinced the greatest sincerity and affection for her husband , to return to the vessel and fei gn herself exceedingly ill This she did , and Christian in a short " time after followed , and brought thirteen other females on board with him . None o ' f the other mutineers at this time had the least suspicion of either the natives design to seize the vessel , or Christian ' s intention to defeat Sheir purpose .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
« ian once set my foot upon English ground to be called to an account and bear the reproaches that I should surely meet ' . " From this time Christian began to suspect the fidelity of Heywood , and continual jarrings between them took place . Notwithstanding ' Heywood still urged the propriety of their returning to England , and endeavoured by the most persuasive arguments to prevail upon him to l
compy : but Christian was still inexorable . " I have considered it well , " says he , " and by G —• I'll die before I agree . " "Considered ! ( echoed . Heywood)—would to Heave n you had considered before you had acted at all . " This keen reproach stung Christian ' s soul , and he was never afterwards on friendly terms with Heywood ,
The natives were now constantl y on board the Bounty , and as Christian ' s authority had very much decreased , there were no means employed to prevent it ; the consequence of which was , that several depredations were committed , and the seamen who remained on board were exceedingly incommoded by the frequent visits ther received . } Several of the natives now expressed a desire to sleep in the ship and Ellison hastened to Christian to communicate
to him their request : at this time Christian had sent one of his wives with a message to M'Intosh the carpenter . . - . Christian was b y no means surprised at the natives' request , for during their stay in the island several of the chiefs had already slept on board ; and it was a common practice while Captain Bligh was there , who frequently entertained Tinah and his wife Iddeah the whole night .
Christian ' s wife having returned from M'Intosh , appeared very much distressed ; her uneasiness soon alarmed Christian , who requested an explanation . From her he understood that the natives had formed a design to seize the ship , and that those who were to sleep on board were to assist in the plot . The intelligence alarmed Christian exceedingly , and he was for some time doubtful whether not the desi b
or gn was planned y Heywood ; but a few minutes consideration-assured him of the contrary . Heywood ' s anxiety to return to England would never admit of his being a confederate of the natives . Of course it was as bad for the one as for the other However , as there were more of his party that he could confide in * he resolved . on both devising and executing a project himself to destroy that of the natives
. Accordingly he requested this his most favourite wife , and who on every occasion evinced the greatest sincerity and affection for her husband , to return to the vessel and fei gn herself exceedingly ill This she did , and Christian in a short " time after followed , and brought thirteen other females on board with him . None o ' f the other mutineers at this time had the least suspicion of either the natives design to seize the vessel , or Christian ' s intention to defeat Sheir purpose .