Transcriber’s Notes
Hyphenation has been standardised.
Changes made are noted at the end of the book.
Footnote anchors are denoted by [number] instead of the letter A which was used throughout the book.
The hand-drawn chapter header illustrations have been replicated asshown in the original.
PITCAIRN ISLAND.
Mutiny of the Bounty
and
Story of Pitcairn Island
1790-1894
By
Rosalind Amelia Young
A Native Daughter
Seventh Printing
PUBLISHED BY
PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING ASSN.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL.
Kansas City, Mo.——Calgary, Alberta——Portland, Ore.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1894, by
Pacific Press Publishing Co.
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
TO
CLARA FREEMAN CROCKER,
OF AMERICA,
LAURA P. WHITE,
OF ENGLAND,
And to the many dear friends who have ever shown an interest in the history of Pitcairn Island, this little work is
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
by the Author.
Many books have been written on the history of PitcairnIsland, while magazine articles and newspaper sketches almostwithout number have appeared from time to time, treating onsome feature of the island or its history. While there are somepoints of disagreement between the different writers, they havein the main given a fairly good history of the island, and of itscondition many years ago, though some of their statementshave been somewhat exaggerated. That it is inevitable thatsome errors should creep into such histories may be clearlyseen from the fact that very few of the writers have ever visitedthe island, while those who have done so, remained but a shorttime, and so could see but one side of life on that isolated spot.
The present work is written by a native of the island, andone who has practically spent her whole life on the island, afew years of her childhood only having been spent on NorfolkIsland. While her lifetime does not cover quite one-half of thetime covered by the history of the island, she had access formany years to one at least who remembered events that occurredbefore the begi