▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁his ▁journey ▁between ▁San ▁Bart ol om é ▁island ▁and ▁the ▁port ▁of ▁La ▁Gu ai ra ▁( V enez uela ), ▁Duc oud ray ▁and ▁Ir v ine ▁confront ed ▁a ▁storm ▁and ▁rough ▁se as ▁which ▁caused ▁fail ures ▁in ▁two ▁ships ▁and ▁forced ▁them ▁to ▁change ▁their ▁plans . ▁ ▁The ▁own ers ▁of ▁vessels ▁decided ▁to ▁interrupt ▁his ▁traject ory ▁and ▁enter ▁the ▁port ▁of ▁C ura ça o , ▁where ▁they ▁arrived ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 8 2 2 . ▁The ▁Brig ▁E end racht ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Captain ▁Gold , ▁and ▁the ▁Brig , ▁the ▁Mary ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁captain ▁A aron ▁Burn s , ▁commission ed ▁by ▁Duc oud ray ▁as ▁captain ▁of ▁the ▁Bor ic ua ▁Navy . ▁Duc oud ray ▁and ▁Ir v ine ▁arrived ▁in ▁C ura ça o ▁in ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁a ▁manager , ▁five ▁colon els , ▁one ▁hundred ▁officers ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁French men ▁which ▁would ▁integrate ▁his ▁project ed ▁expedition ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁good ▁number ▁of ▁young ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁who , ▁as ▁mer cen aries , ▁would ▁form ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁expedition . ▁For ▁the ▁most ▁part ▁these ▁were ▁respect able ▁citizens . ▁Among ▁them ▁was ▁P . ▁Heil iger , ▁probably ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁He yl iger ▁family ▁from ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁San ▁E ust aqu io ▁which ▁was ▁very ▁prominent ▁in ▁Santa ▁Cruz ▁and ▁was ▁well ▁established ▁in