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Captain Folger relates upon landing upon Pitcairn's Island (or Incarnation of Quiros) in Lat.o25.02.S, Long.o130.00. W. (Lunar Observ.) he found there an Englishman by the name of Alexander Smith, the only Person remaining of nine, that escaped in His Majesty's late Ship Bounty Capt. W. Bligh.
Smith relates, that after putting Captain Bligh in the Boat, Christian the leader of the Mutiny, took command of the ship, and went to Otaheite, where great part of the Crew left the Ship, except himself, Smith, and seven others; who each took Wives, and six Otaheitian Men as Servants, and shortly after arrived at this Island, where they ran the Ship on Shore and broke her up.
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