"Columbia Rediviva" arrived soon after and the two ships wintered at Nootka Sound, near what is now known as Vancouver Island. They were still in the vicinity when Esteban José Martínez arrived in early May 1789, to assert Spanish sovereignty. A number of British merchant ships soon arrived, as well, and conflict between the Spanish and British resulted in the Nootka Crisis, which almost resulted in war between the two nations. Martínez seized a number of ships, including . The two American ships were left alone, although Martínez captured a third American ship, , when it arrived at Nootka Sound in the fall of 1789. Robert Gray witnessed much of the Nootka Incident.