The Kilts story presumably took place shortly after the settlers first reached the Island, i.e. late '38 or early '39. Gallagher would probably not have set up island to island transportation yet. The distance to Suva was about 900 miles and the boat probably could be sailed and/or paddled. The troubling thing about the Kilts story is that it tells about the bones being tossed overboard by the natives. If true and if the bones were of a female (Amelia's?) they were dispatched to the deep somewhere near Suva. Sounds like a variation on the Gallagher Bones.