Many chiefs gathered at Marvinas Bay. Kendrick entertained them with Chinese fireworks, after which he launched into a speech claiming that the Europeans were coming to the region with the intention of establishing settlements. He told them that if he held the deeds to their land it could prevent the Europeans from gaining a permanent foothold in the region. Kendrick promised that they would retain all their traditional rights and that he was essentially asking for the right to use the region as one of the Nuu-chah-nulth. Additionally, he promised to defend the lands against incursions from European traders and other tribes outside their confederation. But the most important thing he offered, from the Nuu-chah-nulth perspective, was firearms. If they were well-armed they could defend themselves against traders who previously had felt free to raid villages at will. The memory of Maquinna's brother Callicum being shot to death by the Spanish was still fresh.