 Meanwhile, in Tonga, King George Tupou I, having heard of the kidnappings, sent three schooners to Ata to evacuate and to resettle the remaining population of Kolomaile (about 200 people) to Eua, where they would be safe against future attacks.Until modern times, the Vehi family were wrongfully dogged by rumours they had sold the villagers into slavery.McGrath was arrested in Bluff, New Zealand for tax evasion at the end of November 1863, and the owner of the "Grecian" laid additional charges that McGrath had disappeared with the ship after being commissioned in 1861 for a whaling expedition.