Captain Taylor, with his 15 able soldiers and about 5 healthy settlers, made ready for the expected attack.
The plan was to sail to Uruppu, one of the islands, with an expedition crew and about 40 settlers.
At this time, there were about 1,300 Spanish settlers in the area.
In all, the towns lost about 30 settlers.
In 1816 the two men chose the location, bought the land, and eventually brought over about 200 settlers from England.
As a result, by 1984, there were about 44,000 settlers outside East Jerusalem.
At the beginning it had 42 families, now it has grown into a place with over 1,100 households and about 4,000 settlers.
His warriors again killed about 350-400 settlers in the attack.
Bozeman led the first group of about 2,000 settlers on the trail in 1864.
Turkey maintains a garrison of some 30,000 soldiers in the north and has brought in about 50,000 settlers.