In March 1810, sailors from five whaling ships launched a revenge attack. Their target was the Motu Apo pa at Rangihoua Bay belonging to Te Pahi, the chief who tried to rescue the "Boyd" survivors and then saw them killed. Te Pahi had later accepted one of the "Boyd's" small boats and some other booty, and his name was confused with that of Te Puhi, who was one of the plotters of the massacre. This was the belief of Samuel Marsden, the prominent early missionary who said it was Te Ara (George) and his brother Te Puhi who took the Boyd as revenge. In the attack between 16 and 60 Māori and one sailor were killed.