And that led many to die from dysentery in the first few days. The situation quickly devolved into pure chaos. Now the freshly new guards set themselves up on the riverbanks with orders to kill anybody escaping. And some of the resettlers did construct rafts and attempt to flee, but the island was so far removed from any villages by design. The camp commanders did not want these criminals anywhere near local citizens. And when escaping, usually two gang members would recruit a third and they nicknamed them the cow. So when things got rough, they had a cow, they had a meal.