Mutiny on the Bounty first port of call. Christian therefore headed "Bounty" towards the small island of Tubuai, some south of Tahiti. Tubuai had been discovered and roughly charted by Cook; except for a single small channel, it was entirely surrounded by a coral reef and could, Christian surmised, be easily defended against any attack from the sea. "Bounty" arrived at Tubuai on 28 May 1789. The reception from the native population was hostile; when a flotilla of war canoes headed for the ship, Christian used a four-pounder gun to repel the attackers. At least a dozen warriors were killed, and the rest scattered.
Mutiny in the killing of one mutineer, the execution of another, and the marooning of others; on Henry Hudson's "Discovery" resulting in Hudson and others being set adrift in a boat; and the notorious mutiny on the "Bounty". Until 1689, mutiny was regulated in England by "Articles of War" instituted by the monarch and effective only in a period of war. In 1689, the first "Mutiny Act" was passed which passed the responsibility to enforce discipline within the military to Parliament. The "Mutiny Act", altered in 1803, and the "Articles of War" defined the nature and punishment of mutiny until the