 Governor Philip Gidley King exiled him and a fellow "principal" in the raiding, "Bull Dog", to the convict colony on Norfolk Island.As part of the evacuation of Norfolk Island, Musquito was sent in January 1813 on the ship "Minstrel" with other convicts to Port Dalrymple in what was then called Van Diemen's Land.In 1814, Musquito's brother Philip convinced governor Lachlan Macquarie to allow Musquito to return to Sydney, but Musquito remained in Van Diemen's Land.