[6][7] The Fenis and St. Joseph spent part of the summer of 1792 in the Queen Charlotte Islands, trading with the indigenous people for sea otter pelts.
[6] In mid-September, having gathered about 700 sea otter pelts, Fenis and St. Joseph arrived at Nootka Sound.
The point was central to whether Bodega y Quadra would or would not turn over the Spanish settlement at Nootka Sound to Vancouver.
Maquinna came before a group assembled at Bodega's house, including Barros Andrade, the captain of the San José el Fénix (Fenis and St. Joseph), and a number of others, all of whom were to serve as witnesses for an affidavit.
[8] Mudge took passage from Canton on the East Indiaman Lord Macartney in January 1793, arriving in England in June .