▁on ▁B entin ck ▁with ▁an ▁Ab original ▁woman ▁plus ▁a ▁f lock ▁of ▁sheep , ▁he ▁built ▁a ▁h ut ▁near ▁the ▁Kur umb ali ▁est u ary . ▁Although ▁the ▁K ai ad ilt ▁avoided ▁contact ▁and ▁ref rained ▁from ▁approaching ▁McK en zie ' s ▁property ▁he ▁is ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have ▁often ▁expl ored ▁the ▁island , ▁shooting ▁any ▁males ▁he ▁found ▁while ▁rap ing ▁the ▁women . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁McK en zie ▁organ ised ▁a ▁h unt ▁with ▁an ▁unknown ▁number ▁of ▁sett lers ▁from ▁the ▁main land ▁and , ▁beginning ▁from ▁the ▁northern ▁tip ▁of ▁the ▁island , ▁her ded ▁the ▁Ind igen ous ▁inhabitants ▁to ▁the ▁beach ▁on ▁its ▁southern ▁shore . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁K ai ad ilt ▁fled ▁into ▁the ▁sea ▁where ▁those ▁that ▁were ▁not ▁shot ▁from ▁the ▁shore ▁d rown ed . ▁Those ▁that ▁tried ▁to ▁escape ▁along ▁the ▁beach ▁were ▁h unted ▁down ▁and ▁shot , ▁with ▁the ▁exception ▁of ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁who ▁reached ▁nearby ▁mang ro ves ▁where ▁the ▁sett lers ' ▁horses ▁could ▁not ▁follow . ▁Several ▁young ▁women ▁were ▁ra ped ▁on ▁the ▁beach , ▁then ▁held ▁prisoner ▁in ▁McK en zie ' s ▁h ut ▁for ▁three ▁days ▁before ▁being ▁released . ▁As ▁the ▁K ai ad ilt ▁remained ▁isolated ▁throughout ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁mass acre ▁remained ▁unknown ▁to ▁the ▁authorities ▁until ▁research ers ▁recorded ▁accounts ▁given ▁by ▁surv iv ors ▁in ▁the