tried to convince the authorities to allow the priests to return to the island. After negotiations proved futile, they blockaded the harbor, boarded the Clémentine, and brought Bachelot and Short ashore. The La Vénus sent 300 sailors to escort them from the harbor to the French mission. King agreed to allow the priests to stay in Honolulu until they could find a ship to transport them elsewhere, under the condition that they refrain from proselytizing. That year, Bachelot, who suffered from a form of rheumatism, became very sick. By November 1837, he had recovered sufficiently to leave Hawaii. He purchased a ship and sailed toward Micronesia, intending to work on a mission. Bachelot's health significantly worsened after leaving Hawaii and he died at sea on 5 December 1837. He was buried on an islet off the coast of Pohnpei. In 1838, a small chapel was built near his grave. Owing to the persecution of Bachelot and his fellow priests, the government of France sent the frigate L'Artémise'' to Hawaii in 1839. Its captain, Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace, had been instructed to force the government to stop persecuting Catholics. In response to this show of force, King granted Catholics freedom of religion. References Bibliography 1796 births 1837 deaths 19th-century French Roman Catholic priests Apostolic prefects Burials in the Federated States of Micronesia Roman Catholic missionaries in Hawaii Roman Catholic missionaries in Mexico Hawaii Catholic priests Irish College, Paris alumni People from Orne People who died at sea Picpus Fathers French Roman Catholic missionaries French expatriates in the Hawaiian Kingdom 19th-century American Roman Catholic priests French expatriates in Mexico