A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824: And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave; Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of; the inhabitantsLay, William
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A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824: And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave; Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of; the inhabitants
Lay, William
Globe Mutiny, 1824; Mili Atoll (Marshall Islands)
_Ans._ Thomas Worth, Captain; William Beetle, first mate; John
Lumbert, second mate; Nathaniel Fisher, third mate.
_Q._ Where was you born?
_A._ In the town of Edgarton, State of Massachusetts.
_Q._ Did you sail from thence in the ship Globe of Nantucket, 20th
Dec. 1822, and in what capacity?
_A._ Yes; as a boat-steerer.
_Q._ Was there any thing like mutiny on board the ship during her
passage to the Sandwich Islands?
_A._ No.
_Q._ How many men belonged to the ship on sailing from Nantucket?
_A._ Twenty-one in all.
_Q._ Did any run away at the Sandwich Islands?
_A._ Six men ran away, and one was discharged.
_Q._ How many men were shipped in their places?
_A._ John Oliver, of Shields, England; Silas Payne, of Rhode Island;
Thomas Lilliston, of Virginia; William Steward, of Philadelphia,
(black;) Anthony Henson, of Barnstable; and a native of the Sandwich
Islands.
_Q._ On what day or night did this murderous mutiny take place?
_A._ On Sunday night the 26th of January, this year; in the morning of
that day there was a great disturbance, in consequence of Joseph
Thomas having insulted the Captain, for which he was whipped by the
Captain, with the end of the main buntline. The part of the crew not
_stationed_ stood in the hatchway during the punishment.
_Q._ Did any thing happen in consequence, during that day?
_A._ No: I lived aft; I heard nothing about it; Capt. Joy of the Lyra,
was on board nearly all day.
_Q._ How were you stationed during the night?
_A._ The Captain, first and second mates, kept no watch during that
night; the rest of the crew were stationed in three watches, in charge
of the third mate and boat-steerers.
_Q._ Who had charge of the first watch during that night?
_A._ I had charge of the watch from 7 to 10 o'clock. At 8 the Captain
came on deck, and had two reefs taken in the topsails, and at 9 went
down, leaving me the orders for the night, to keep the ship _by the
wind_, until two o'clock, and not to tack until the other watch came
up; and on tacking, a light to be set for the Lyra who was in company,
to tack also.
At 10 o'clock I went below, being relieved by the boat-steerer Comstock,
to whom I passed the orders given me by the Captain,----(Here follows a
detailed account of the mutiny, with which the reader has already been
made acquainted.)
_Q._ Do you believe that Joseph Thomas had any knowledge of Comstock's
intent to commit murder that night?
_A._ I think he must have known something about it, according to his
talk.
_Q._ Do you believe that any other person in the ship, besides those
persons who committed the murder, knew of the intention?
_A._ Thomas Lilliston knew about it, because he went to the cabin door
with an axe, and a _boat knife_ in his hand, in company with the
murderers, but he did not go below.
_Q._ Did you live with them aft, afterwards?
_A._ No: I lived in the forecastle, but all on board eat in the cabin.
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