 One-eyed John Reid used a Cadillac to chase down and shoot a cheetah.Ryan, an Australian, was often drunk and filled his water bottles with Arak, a Local spirit.Although the convoys were always armed and were often attacked, the Nairns preferred to give the raiders what they wanted rather than risk the death of a passenger and no passenger ever died on a trip, though one was wounded and a driver was shot and later died from his wounds.