On certain Pacific islands, settlers did not bring dogs, or the dogs died out after original settlement, notably: the Mariana Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Marquesas, Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Rapa Iti in French Polynesia, Easter Island, Chatham Islands, and Pitcairn Island (settled by the "Bounty" mutineers, who killed off their dogs in order to escape discovery by passing ships).