 During the 1849 evictions rioting broke out in which the Uist women played a prominent role.During the 1830s, tenants were cleared from his estates on Skye; and during the years 1838 and 1843, 1,300 people were removed from their homes in North Uist, to be replaced by sheep.Several of the Sollas rioters were arrested and eventually found guilty, yet the jury made the following written comments afterwards