But between 1796 and 1809 was a long interval; no news had come to England of the mutineers to revive memory of the event, and the curious ignorance of the Pitcairners of the place of Christian's burial are all circumstances which leave the manner of the mutineer officer's ending by no means settled.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
In proof of this, says Bligh, Christian, when the boat was drifting astern, was asked by Bligh if this treatment was a proper return for his commander's kindness, to which the mutineer answered, That, Captain Bligh, that is the thing.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
The mutineer was soon lodged in the cockpit; but all hands-the watch below and the watch on deck-came aft as if obeying a signal, with threatening faces and clenched fists.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot