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ERRORS AND CORRECTIONS Your editor must cover himself with confusion and admit that there are two, if not more, errors in the article on "Narvaez" in Volume 3 No.2, dated February 1985. After writing the article, he read two more books and realized that his first account was wrong. Your editor had regretted that the Spanish did not name some point of land or water after Narvaez. But they did. In his book, "Spanish Explorations", Henry R. Wagner indicates in text and map that a bay on the west coast of Vancouver Island is named after Narvaez. The name, alas, did not survive with the coming of the British. The second error concerns the identity of Narvaez' vessel. When Martinez seized Meares' vessel, "the NorthwI^stL America", he renamed it "Santa Saturnina". When Narvaez set sail in a "Santa Saturnina" your editor assumed it was the same vessel. Not so. According to Wagner, there were three ships named "Santa Saturnina" to be found in Spanish Pacific waters. The first was undoubtedly the "Northwest America", built by Meares in 1788 and seized and re named in 1789. It was returned to Meares after the Nootka Convention was signed in 1790. But, according to Wagner, in 1789, Martinez built a vessel of his own at Nootka and named it the "Santa Saturnina", taking it with him to San Bias when he returned there in the fall. If Wagner is correct, Martinez had two vessels at Nootka with the same name. John Kendrick, in his recently published book "Men with Wooden Feet" offers an explanation. He suggests that Narvaez' boat is mistakenly thought to be a rebuilt version of Meare's schooner. It is possible therefore that Martinez repaired (rebuilt) Martinez' vessel before taking it with him to San Bias. That would explain the two boats with the same name. The third "Santa Saturnina" seems well authenticated. At San Bias, the Spanish had fabricated a ship which Eliza carried north with him in disassembled form in 1791. At Nootka, the pieces were put together and this became the "Santa Saturnina" which Narvaez commanded on his epic voyage of discovery in 1791. B.C. HISTORICAL FEDERATION A.G.M. It is interesting that a B.C. History convention should begin with two days of seminars under the auspices of the B.C. Museums Association. It is apparent that the two groups accept they are going to the same place by different roads, and that they see co-operation as more valuable than competition. Wednesday 1 May was given over to program planning. Shirley Cuthbertson, from the provincial museum in Victoria led the group through the planning of an educational program. She stresses the need for planning. She started the group on brain storming, having the group draw up a list of artifacts and having them consider how they might be used.. By the time the group had finished, it had decided on the objective of a program, selected artifacts to achieve that objective, and determined on a procedure to implement it. The objectives of Shirley's program had been achieved - to demonstrate that good programs are carefully planned, with a demonstration of one way to do the planning, Thursday 2 May continued the theme of program planning, this time using archeological sites as the basis. To make full use of the information given, a group would have to have a site near at hand, but there was much valuable information for all. In the evening there was an author's table. Among others, Jack Kendrick (The Men with Wooden Feet) and Philip Shackleton (The Marine Canoe in North America) displayed their books. Friday 3 May began the main thrust of the convention, with the theme - the Spanish in Perspective. Four speakers discussed the achievements of the Spanish and the consequences of their presence. The most compelling talk was one looking at the effect of the white man on the Indian civilization in the area. Indians had used the base for 4,300 years before the intrusion of the Spaniards, and had developed a life style well suited to their surroundings.