Revised Jun 5 2021

COURT. Inform the court what you know of the prisoners being taken and carried on board the Pandora.

A. Norman, Morrison, and Ellison, Came to me in company with another person named Brown, (who had been left at Otaheite) at Papara, when I was going in search of the schooner. I landed about two o'clock in the morning; they were armed with hatchets, and instruments, that Brown had given them to defend themselves from the Indians, I confined them in the boat and went to secure the rest.

Q. Was you sent in pursuit in the Pandora's boat?

A. I was sent in pursuit of the schooner the evening the ship arrived—I got within about a mile of her, when the schooner avoided us; we chased her, but I cannot say who was on board.

Q. Was the schooner in your possession before the prisoners surrendered themselves?

A. No.

Q. Did Norman, Morrison, and Ellison, voluntarily surrender themselves?

A. They made no resistance; they came voluntarily with Brown.