NEWS FROM PITCAIRN.
News of the Pitcairn islanders, the descendants of the mutineers of the Bounty, lias been received through the medium of the Glasgow barque Wendur, which arrived recently at Plymouth with a cargo of wheat from Tacoma. Whilst 16 miles off the Pitcairn Islands the Wendur was unexpectedly hailed at night by a sailing boat, in which were seventeen men and one woman, who had been sent out to intercept any passing vessel. The barque hove to, and the party was invited aboard. They stated that the population of Pitcairn was 150, females being in the majority. The oldest inhabitant is Mr Christian, who was born in 1819, and is a grandson of the original Christian, one of the Bounty mutineers. The visitors explained that about twenty ships are sighted annually. Once a year a trading schoner visits the island with supplies of clothes. Passing vessels frequently give the islanders money to purchase clothing, and there was a good deal cf bartering done, fruit and other edib]es being exchanged for clothing and books.
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Northern Advocate, 11 April 1911, Page 2
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175NEWS FROM PITCAIRN. Northern Advocate, 11 April 1911, Page 2
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