 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chigot ane makore 18 okukura akanyoresa muuto reChasseurs à Pied, chiuto chechiuto muna 1842. Yakanga iri nguva inokosha muupenyu hwake. Makore mazhinji pashure pokunge abviswa muzvikwata zvavapanduki akanga achiri kupfeka mativi eunifomu yechiuto. Chigot akashanda muAlgeria nemauto eFrance pasi paGavhuna-mukuru Maréchal Bugeaud muna 1844 uye akaona chiito muHondo yeIslymusi waAugust 14, 1844. Mauto eFrance akaparadza mauto eMorocco akanga akakura asi asina kurongeka zvakanaka aitungamirirwa naSultan Abderrahmane. Chigot akaita noushingi achiwana chikwereti uye kukwidziridzwa kunzvimbo yepamusoro isiri yekomisheni. Akanga aripowo pakudzorerwa kweMarabout yeSidi Brahim, kubva kumauto eAlgeria aAbdelkader El Djezairi musi waZvita 23, 1847. Somupendi Chigot aizodzokera kumakore aya ndokupenda mifananidzo yeAcademic Orientalist. Akaramba achifadzwa muupenyu hwake hwose ne... zviitiko zvoupenyu hwokuMabvazuva, fungidziro dzinopenya, matombo endarama anopisa muchiedza chinodziya... kunyura kwezuva kutsvuku murenje... 