Talk:History of the Pitcairn Islands

Polynesian background
The six Polynesian men who accompanied the Bounty mutineers to Pitcairn including three Tahitians, two Tubians and one Raiatean. One aspect usually omitted from the Bounty mutiny, is a failed attempt to settle on Tubai. Here the clashed with the local chief, because they undermined his authority. When Fletcher Christian abandonned this settlement and returned to Tahiti, some Tubains accompanied him, because they had already fallen out with their chief by allying with the Europeans. Sources include: Barrow, Mutiny on the Bounty, Fragile Paradise by Glyn Christian, London 1982 Pitcairn: what happened, by Brian W Scott, in Mutiny on The Bounty 1789-1989, published London 1989

It is also interesting to note that all dates from the Mutiny are all out by one day from modern reckening, for what we now call the International Dateline, at the time referred to as Western or Eastern Meridiannial time. The Bounty had sailed east to Tahiti, and it appears that Capt Bligh had never adjusted, and this error was carried to Pitcairn with the mutineers, where Fletcher Christian's eldest son was know as Thursday October Christian until he was about 18 and it was found that he should be known as Friday October Christian. Noel Ellis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Noel Ellis (talk • contribs) 08:55, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Unreliable source
Facts referenced to Coenen (1997) are suspect because they are drawn from events in Nordhoff and Hall's novel, which even Coenen admits is speculative. Goustien (talk) 19:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)