On the following August 20, 1690 a battle arose in close proximity to the bodyguards between the Basque seamen and a family of natives. A seaman was wounded by a young boy who sister had been insulted. The intervention of M. de Parat and of several muskateers who had arrived meanwhile to restore order, so de Harnadel remained on his ship with all his armed equipment, spades, hatchets and daggers. The terrible Basque alerted the crews of all the other fishing vessels, and assisted by Hontabat and by Martin d'Hiribarn took possession of the young boy, notwithstanding the efforts of this governor. The Basques dragged the unfortunate creature by the hair of the head and forced him to go on board a small vessel where they threatened to hang him.