should be given up, and that the ship should be
taken to Otaheite, where those who chose to go on shore should be at
liberty to do so, and those who remained on the ship might take her away
to whatever place they should think fit.

In consequence of this final determination preparations were made for the
purpose and they sailed from Toobouai on the 15th and arrived at Matavy
Bay, Otaheite, on the 20th September 1789. The bull which they took from
Otaheite died on its passage to Toobouai, and they killed the cow before
they left that island, yet, notwithstanding this and the depredations
they committed there, the natives still derived considerable advantage
from their visits, as several hogs, goats, fowls and other things of
their introduction were left behind. These sixteen men mentioned before
were landed at Otaheite, viz.:--

Joseph Coleman [Armourer].[37-3]
Peter Heywood [Midshipman].[37-2]
George Stewart [Midshipman].[37-4]
Richard Skinner [A.B.].[37-4]
Michael Burn [A.B. Fiddler].[37-3]
James Morrison [Boatswain's Mate].[37-2]
Charles Norman [Carpenter's Mate].[37-3]
Thomas Ellison [A.B.].[37-1]
Henry Hillbrant [A.B.].[37-4]
John Sumner [A.B.].[37-4]
Thomas M'Intosh [Carpenter's Crew].[37-3]
William Muspratt [A.B.].[37-1]
Thomas Burkitt [A.B.].[37-1]
John Millward [A.B.].[37-1]

These fourteen were made prisoners by my people and Charles Churchill and
Matthew Thompson were murdered on that island. Previous to these people
being put on shore the small arms, powder, canvas and the small stores
belonging to the ship were equally divided amongst the whole crew. After
building the schooner six of these people actually sailed in her for the
East Indies, but meeting with bad weather and suspecting the abilities of
Morrison, whom they had chosen to be their captain to navigate her there,
they returned again to Otaheite on the night between the 21st and 22nd of
September 1789 and were seen in the morning to the N.W. of Point
Venus.[37-5]

Fletcher Christian, Edward Young, Matthew Quintall, William M'Koy,
Alexander Smith, John Williams, Isaac Martin, William Brown and John
Mills went away in the ship and they also took with them several natives
of these islands, both men and women, but I could not exactly learn their
numbers, only that they had on board a few more women than white men, a
deficiency of whom had formerly been one of their grievances and the
prin