# Endnotes explained — Treasure Island

> Chapter companion for Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

## What happens

A brief endnote noting that one of the mutineers shot by Squire Trelawney died of his wound that evening, though this was not known until later by the loyal party.

## Character check-ins

### Squire Trelawney

Shot a mutineer on board the schooner, who later died of his wound.

## Key lines

> The mutineers were soon only eight in number, for the man shot by Mr. Trelawney on board the schooner died that same evening of his wound.

The number of mutineers dropped to eight because the man Trelawney shot on the schooner died that night.

_Clarifies the reduction in mutineer count due to a death from a gunshot wound._

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