With this injunction he readily complied, and the prisoners were restored without the least opposition.

On the next day they were brought back to the ship, upon which the chiefs were released from their confinement.

Thus ended an affair which had given the lieutenant a great deal of trouble and concern.

It appears, however, that the measure which he pursued was the result of an absolute necessity; since it was only by the seizure of the chiefs that he could have recovered his men.

Love was the seducer of the two marines.