After the six days were up Kendrick prepared to leave, but heavy winds from the north forced "Columbia" to remain at anchor until June 3. Meanwhile the packet boat had reached Valparaíso, where news of "Columbia" resulted in orders to seize the ship. On June 12 a merchant brig, the "San Pablo", was armed and sent to capture the "Columbia". Shortly after the warship "Santa Maria" followed. By then "Columbia" was sailing north far off the coast and the Spanish ships did not find her. After a few days the "San Pablo" put into Lima with the news, prompting the Viceroy of Peru, Teodoro de Croix, to send another ship in pursuit of "Columbia". After the pursuit ships returned without having found the "Columbia" Don Blas Gonzales was stripped of his office. Gonzales defended his actions in a court case that continued for years. Later, Kendrick enlisted Thomas Jefferson to try to help Gonzales.