ces I conceived the taking of the
Otoo and the other chiefs attached to his interest into custody would
alarm the faithful part of his subjects and operate to our disadvantage.
I therefore satisfied myself with the assistance he offered and had in
his power to give me, and I found means at different times to send
presents to Tamarie (and invited him to come on board, which he promised
to do, but never fulfilled his promise), and convinced him I had it in my
power to lay his country in waste, which I imagined would be sufficient
at least to make him withhold that support he hitherto, through policy,
had occasionally given to the pirates in order to draw them to his
interest and to strengthen his own party against the Otoo.

I probably might have had it in my power to have taken and secured the
person of Tamarie, but I was apprehensive that such an attempt might
irritate the natives attached to his interest, and induce them to act
hostilely against our party at a time the ship was at too great a
distance to afford them timely and necessary assistance in case of such
an event, and I adopted the milder method for that reason, and from a
persuasion that our business could be brought to a conclusion at less
risk and in less time by that means. The yawl was sent to Papara with
spare hands to bring back the launch which was wanted to water the ship,
and on the 29th the launch returned to the ship with James
Morrison,[33-1] Charles Norman, and Thomas Ellison, belonging to the
_Bounty_, and who had been made prisoners at Papara on the 7th April. The
companies returned with the detachment from Papara, and brought with them
the pirate schooner which they had taken there. The natives had deserted
the place, and I had information that the six remaining pirates had fled
to the mountains.

On the 5th I sent Lt. Hayward with 25 men in the schooner and yawl to
Papara, the old Otoo and several of the youths, &c., went with him. On
the 7th, in the morning, Lt. Corner was landed with 16 men at Point Venus
in order to march round the back of the mountains, in which the pirates
had retreated, to cooperate with the party sent to Papara. Orissia, the
Otoo's brother, and a party of natives went with him as guides and to
carry the provisions, &c.

On the 9th Lt. Hayward returned with the schooner and yawl and brought
with him Henry Hillbrant, Thomas M'Intosh, Thomas Burkitt, Jno.
Millward, Jno. Sumner and William Muspratt, the six remaining pir