Haida leader Xhuuyaa (Koyah) attacks American sea captain John Kendrick

Sometime in June of 1791, the captain allowed at least 50 Haida traders onto his boat without arming his men. Haida leader Xhuuyaa is reported to have taken the keys to the arms chest and forced the crew below decks. This was an early example of many Haida raids on Europeans and Euro-American's in their lands and waters. Xhuuyaa is also credited with the 1794 attack which killed Simon Metcalfe and his crew. Metcalfe was a British-born American surveyor and one of the first American maritime fur traders to visit the Pacific Northwest coast.