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over her command. 43 How the Spanish crews reached Mexico again is unknown to me; doubtless a search in the Spanish archives would disclose the means; Col- nett had on the Argonaut the crew of the Princess Royal, who had been in captivity with him.

Again John Kendrick Jr. goes into eclipse and is not seen until June 1794. Doubtless he continued in the ser- vice of Spain, for on this date he appears at Nootka on the verge of sailing in charge of the transport Aranzazu for Monterey. Catala the missionary accompanied him to Mexico where they arrived on 2nd July 1794. Young Kendrick seems to have absorbed the Spanish reverence for the faith, as Martinez had already indicated; he re- fused to sail on the return voyage until another spiritual pastor had been found to take over and carry on Catalans work at Nootka. 44

This is the last reference to him that I have been able to discover; there are, however, one or two allusions which may or may not refer to him. In 1799 the Elisa, Captain Rowan, was on this coast in the fur trade. Her supercargo was a John Kendrick. 45 Whether this person was identical with our John Kendrick Jr.; and if so when he had left the Spanish service and where he had joined her, at the Hawaiian Islands or at her home port in Boston; and if the latter, when and how he had reached New England ; these are all questions remaining at present unanswered. Again, in 1802, the Juno, owned by the D'Wolfs of Bristol, was here in command of a Captain Kendrick. 46 Was this John Kendrick Jr.? He would at that time be only about thirty years of age.

These fragments show how much research is still necessary to piece together the biography of this eldest son of Captain John Kendrick.

43 Colnett's Voyage, London, 1798, p. 101; Vancouver's Voyage, 1801 Ed., Vol. 3, pp. 236 et seg.; and authorities cited in preceding note.

44 Bancroft's History of Northwest Coast, Vol. I, p. 296.

45 Id., p. 307.

46 Id., p. 311.