waku died in about 1964. soon after, a man named lanti (or "joshua") joined the group and married the three widows. he had lived at balgo, but left there after getting into trouble with the catholic missionaries. he came across the group while walking south across the desert. he took waku's place as leader of the group. nanu was his main wife. they had three children: tamayinya, yalti and yukultji. lanti also had another child, walala, with watjunka. watjunka died sometime during the 1970s. when lanti died around 1980, there were nine left in the group.