After the Curonians began their rebellion, The Danes, seeing an opportunity to make them pay tribute to them instead, collected a large number of ships, most likely under the command of a man named Hasting[1] proceeded to the country, prepared to seize their goods and to subject them to themselves.

The Curonian proposal included offering all the gold and plunder taken from the Danes the previous year in exchange for an agreement.

[9] They would also resume tribute payments and furnish hostages, signifying their commitment to Swedish authority,[10][3] as in the past.

Despite this offer, the younger soldiers, driven by their will for battle, remained unappeased, insisting on capturing the town by force and taking its inhabitants as captives.

[11] In 862, the Curonians rose up again and expelled the Swedes, however this did not stop the Swedish ambitions, since they returned later and began constructing several forts in Courland.