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Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
Christian ' s wife acted her part with most surprising sagacity , upon which her husband , apparently agitated at her supposed illness , requested her to lie down : after some seeming reluctance she consented ; and the rest of the women ( who were partly acquainted with the business ) agreed to stay with the sick lady . In the evening , Christian intimated his design of sleeping on board all nig ht with their astonishmentand
the women . The natives expressed , repeated their wish to remain that nig ht on board : but Christian , seemingly distrest at his wife ' s counterfeited groans ,, declared that it was impossible to-nig ht , but that ' to morrow nig ht they and their friends mig ht . This occasioned much apparent confusion ; tlie ' natives were now going backwards and forwards , talking and whispering under
among themselves , which Christian soon put a stop to pretence ° that his wife was very much disturbed with their noise ; he therefore requested that they would be so kind as to let her sleep tor a while , which he was in hopes would recover her from her indisposition . He likewise expressed an eagerness to return on shore , and therefore seemed anxious that his wife mig ht be able to With these and similar tences
attend him as soon as possible . pre he prevailed upon the natives to depart , but retained all the women , except one of his other wives , who was a confederate in the plot , and followed the natives on purpose to watch their motions and report their intentions . Coleman and Norman , who were now on board , were sent on shore by Christian upon some frivolous excuse ; for these men Chris- '
tian had no confidence in .-Some short time after the wife who followed the natives returned , and informed Christian that her countrymen seemed very much displeased at what had happened ; they . had however procrastinated their intention of seizing the vessel till a more favourable opportunity arrived , and agreed among themselves to behave to the English with their usual good-nature , in order to disguise
their purpose . The inferior chiefs were only concerned in this plot , as the mutineers had fortunately acquired the tyoship of all those of conse-, querice , and were therefore in no danger of being betrayed by them ; . it being deemed unpardonable treachery to deceive or abandon any of their chosen friends . lot which
Christian , not a little elate at having baffled the p was contrived against him , found it absolutely necessary to take advantage of the present time , and quit the island . There being but few of his party in whom he could confide , he made the women his chief confederates . He intended to retain a few of his own people , and chosein his own mind those who were the most illiterateand
con-, , , sequently the least ambitious ; the rest were . dismissed on some idle pretences . The ladies were employed in bringing on boardas much stores as thev could possibly provide with secrecy , while Christian observed to the men , that he " wished to move . the Bounty to a more elig ible situation . At this time there was a native on board , and Chris-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Authentic And Interesting Narrative Of The Adventures Of The Mutineers
Christian ' s wife acted her part with most surprising sagacity , upon which her husband , apparently agitated at her supposed illness , requested her to lie down : after some seeming reluctance she consented ; and the rest of the women ( who were partly acquainted with the business ) agreed to stay with the sick lady . In the evening , Christian intimated his design of sleeping on board all nig ht with their astonishmentand
the women . The natives expressed , repeated their wish to remain that nig ht on board : but Christian , seemingly distrest at his wife ' s counterfeited groans ,, declared that it was impossible to-nig ht , but that ' to morrow nig ht they and their friends mig ht . This occasioned much apparent confusion ; tlie ' natives were now going backwards and forwards , talking and whispering under
among themselves , which Christian soon put a stop to pretence ° that his wife was very much disturbed with their noise ; he therefore requested that they would be so kind as to let her sleep tor a while , which he was in hopes would recover her from her indisposition . He likewise expressed an eagerness to return on shore , and therefore seemed anxious that his wife mig ht be able to With these and similar tences
attend him as soon as possible . pre he prevailed upon the natives to depart , but retained all the women , except one of his other wives , who was a confederate in the plot , and followed the natives on purpose to watch their motions and report their intentions . Coleman and Norman , who were now on board , were sent on shore by Christian upon some frivolous excuse ; for these men Chris- '
tian had no confidence in .-Some short time after the wife who followed the natives returned , and informed Christian that her countrymen seemed very much displeased at what had happened ; they . had however procrastinated their intention of seizing the vessel till a more favourable opportunity arrived , and agreed among themselves to behave to the English with their usual good-nature , in order to disguise
their purpose . The inferior chiefs were only concerned in this plot , as the mutineers had fortunately acquired the tyoship of all those of conse-, querice , and were therefore in no danger of being betrayed by them ; . it being deemed unpardonable treachery to deceive or abandon any of their chosen friends . lot which
Christian , not a little elate at having baffled the p was contrived against him , found it absolutely necessary to take advantage of the present time , and quit the island . There being but few of his party in whom he could confide , he made the women his chief confederates . He intended to retain a few of his own people , and chosein his own mind those who were the most illiterateand
con-, , , sequently the least ambitious ; the rest were . dismissed on some idle pretences . The ladies were employed in bringing on boardas much stores as thev could possibly provide with secrecy , while Christian observed to the men , that he " wished to move . the Bounty to a more elig ible situation . At this time there was a native on board , and Chris-