 Silang was later assassinated by his own friends, and the revolt was aborted after his wife, who had taken over the leadership, was captured and executed together with the remaining rebel forces.Sultan Alimuddin I of Sulu, who had signed a treaty of alliance with the British forces after they had freed him from Fort Santiago in Manila, where he had been imprisoned accused of treason, was also taken with the evacuating forces, in the hope that he could be of help to the aspirations of the East India Company in the Sultanate of Sulu.A number of sepoys deserted the British forces and settled down in Pasig, Taytay and Cainta, Rizal.