A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America January
23, 1790. The voyage of HMS Bounty ends at Pitcairn Island. A
Polynesian woman, Jenny, who arrives with the mutineers,
describes the event: [Fletcher] Christian got the vessel under a
rocky point and came to anchor. The mutineers began to discharge
the ship, by means of a raft made out of hatches. The property
from the ship was landed principally on the raft, by means of a
rope fastened to the rocks. When all they wanted was brought
ashore, they began to consider what they should do with the
vessel. Christian wished to save her for a while. The others
insisted on destroying her in the fore part. Shortly after two
others went off and set fire to her in different places. January
23, 1999. I watch Steve Christian (Fletcher's great, great,
great, great grandson) set this year's replica Bounty afire. An
old skiff has been fitted out with masts of scrap wood and sails
of cardboard, the whole drenched in kerosene to insure a
spectacular show. A flare t