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Following the mutiny led by [[Fletcher Christian]], the ''Bounty'' was taken to [[Tahiti]] for a few days before being compelled to set sail. McCoy joined Christian and seven other mutineers. They took with them eleven Tahitian women and six men. After months at sea, the mutineers discovered the uninhabited [[Pitcairn Island]] and settled there in January 1790. McCoy had just one consort, Teio, and fathered two children, Daniel and Catherine. After three years, a conflict broke out between the Tahitian men and the mutineers, resulting in the deaths of all the Tahitian men and five of the Englishmen (including Fletcher Christian). McCoy was one of the survivors. |
Following the mutiny led by [[Fletcher Christian]], the ''Bounty'' was taken to [[Tahiti]] for a few days before being compelled to set sail. McCoy joined Christian and seven other mutineers. They took with them eleven Tahitian women and six men. After months at sea, the mutineers discovered the uninhabited [[Pitcairn Island]] and settled there in January 1790. McCoy had just one consort, Teio, and fathered two children, Daniel and Catherine. After three years, a conflict broke out between the Tahitian men and the mutineers, resulting in the deaths of all the Tahitian men and five of the Englishmen (including Fletcher Christian). McCoy was one of the survivors. |
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His life came to a tragic end after liquor was introduced to [[Pitcairn Island]]. By some accounts, McCoy himself was the one who discovered how to distill alcohol from one of the island fruits. He became an alcoholic along with [[Matthew Quintal]] and finally ended his life by jumping |
His life came to a tragic end after liquor was introduced to [[Pitcairn Island]]. By some accounts, McCoy himself was the one who discovered how to distill alcohol from one of the island fruits. He became an alcoholic along with [[Matthew Quintal]] and finally ended his life by jumping off a cliff in a drunken frenzy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Readings/writings |first1=Greg |last1=Dening |publisher=Melbourne University Publish |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-522-84841-0 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-7Wv2yUh4icC}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=-7Wv2yUh4icC&pg=PA181 Extract of page 181]</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed |first1=Kathy |last1=Marks |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4165-9784-1 |page=17 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aBl_hS0YgvIC}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=aBl_hS0YgvIC&pg=PA17 Extract of page 17]</ref> |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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William McCoy (c.1763 – 20 April 1798) was a Scottish sailor and a mutineer on board HMS Bounty.
Following the mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the Bounty was taken to Tahiti for a few days before being compelled to set sail. McCoy joined Christian and seven other mutineers. They took with them eleven Tahitian women and six men. After months at sea, the mutineers discovered the uninhabited Pitcairn Island and settled there in January 1790. McCoy had just one consort, Teio, and fathered two children, Daniel and Catherine. After three years, a conflict broke out between the Tahitian men and the mutineers, resulting in the deaths of all the Tahitian men and five of the Englishmen (including Fletcher Christian). McCoy was one of the survivors.
His life came to a tragic end after liquor was introduced to Pitcairn Island. By some accounts, McCoy himself was the one who discovered how to distill alcohol from one of the island fruits. He became an alcoholic along with Matthew Quintal and finally ended his life by jumping off a cliff in a drunken frenzy.[1][2]
Further reading
- Christiane Conway (2005) Letters from the Isle of Man - The Bounty-Correspondence of Nessy and Peter Heywood, The Manx Experience, ISBN 1-873120-77-X
References
- ^ Dening, Greg (1998). Readings/writings. Melbourne University Publish. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-522-84841-0. Extract of page 181
- ^ Marks, Kathy (2009). Lost Paradise: From Mutiny on the Bounty to a Modern-Day Legacy of Sexual Mayhem, the Dark Secrets of Pitcairn Island Revealed. Simon and Schuster. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4165-9784-1. Extract of page 17
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