gree prudent to trust; those three being the negro, the
Swede, and Barr, one of the Americans. These three we accordingly gave
the benefit of the doubt, for the moment; and, that point settled, we
next proceeded to draw up a list of such articles as we deemed
absolutely necessary to the welfare of the men whose conduct had
rendered it imperative that we should maroon them.

After some consideration, the contents of this list resolved themselves
into: each man's personal effects in their entirety, including weapons
and ammunition, the latter, however, to be securely screwed up in a
stout wooden case, so that it might not be got at and used against us
whilst effecting the transfer of the mutineers to the shore; a saw,
hammer, chisel, and an assortment of nails; half a dozen barrels of
beef, and the same of bread; a half-chest of tea, a few pounds of
coffee, and some sugar; a cock and three hens; some cooking utensils; a
little crockery; matches; and an old main-course; which, with the axes,
shovels, picks, rope, blocks, and spars used in securing the treasure,
and which still remained on shore, ought, we considered, to furnish them
with the means to make themselves fairly comfortable until they should
be taken off. This important matter decided, the next thing was to get
everything up and passed into the boat--a task which fully occupied us
until daylight; by which time the effects of the carouse showed signs of
passing off, and the men began to awake in a measure to a consciousness
of their situation. A few of them--Rogers, Moore, and O'Connor
especially--gave vent to their indignation and disgust in a continuous
flood of the vilest language, mingled with blood-curdling threats of the
vengeance that they would wreak upon us some time in the future; but the
rest accepted their impending fate with sullen stoicism. We, meanwhile,
comfortably conscious that, for the present at least, they were utterly
powerless to fulfil any of their threats, or otherwise work us any evil,
went composedly on with our work; first conveying to and landing all the
baggage on the sandy beach of the creek, and then ferrying the marooned
men ashore, with their hands securely lashed behind them. We had
determined to land only eight of them; and when this had been done, and
we were all ready to leave them, we cut the bonds of the last man
ashore, and left him to free his companions at leisure, thus effectually
insuring ourselves against any trou