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106 ^ 106 ' VIRTUE REWAEDBD. away from the ship and remained. Taike the mutiny of the Bounty. This vessel was sent to Tahite in the Pacifie in 1787 by the British Government to collect plants. While the crew were gathering the cargo they took up with the females, and became so carried away that after they had left for home they concluded to mutiny; so putting in a boat the captain and eighteen of the men, the remainder returned to the island where they had left their en- chantresses. The Good Book appears to put the blame on the poor women but all honest, manly, pure men will have to concede that this is a mistake, at least in the year of Our Lord 1908. , Another incident happened while wintering at Tigues which showed the stuff of which Alonso was made. The commanding ofEicer demanded of the chief 300 cloaks, but he did not have that many: so the Spaniards went from viUage to village taking by force, if necessary, aU the cloaks they wanted, even compelling the natives to hand over the one which they might be wearing. This was only one of the incidents that caused the Indians to feel the yoke of the invaders. So unreasonable were the Spaniards that the natives would not have been men if they did not resist the ill treatment. But Alonso intimated to Coronado that if he Vv'as compelled to resort to steal- ing, — and he considered it nothing else, — ^that he would not remain with the expedition; he, therefore, tpo!^ no part in the raid for cloaks. This also made a f;vorable impression on the natives, for they ob- .>f."'.'..'cl he was not wearing one of thetr^ garments. ^
 * I L wtis after this episode that the Spasiardsso