 Ordinances were passed by the Governor and Council to stop the wholesale destruction, but this did little to end the slaughter.Magistrates Thomas Crawley and George Moore, supported by thirty men of the 21st regiment, were subsequently dispatched to Cape North and later Ingonish in the spring of 1790 to deal with the situation.They found a number of men assembled at present-day Cape North, confiscated “a considerable quantity of skins” and dispersed the hunters while destroying their huts.