 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Horatio Gates, chizvarwa cheEngland, akabatira muuto reBritain mukati meFrance neIndia Hondo, asi akadziviswa kubva pakufambira mberi mushure mehondo nekushaikwa kwemari kana kubatana kwezvematongerwe enyika. Gates nemhuri yake vakabva kuEngland vachienda kuVirginia muna 1772 ndokutenga paRwizi rwePotomac pedyo neShepherdstown munharaunda yava kunzi West Virginia. Akavaka imba iyi yematombo uye akava muridzi wevaranda, mutongi womunharaunda, uye mukuru mukuru muuto revarwi. Apo Hondo yeAmerican Revolution yakatanga, Gates akabatsira kuronga Continental Army, uye akaenderera mberi kuva mukuru wayo ane nharo, achiwana kukunda kunokosha paSaratogamuna 1777 uye kurasikirwa kunonyadzisa paCamden muna 1780. Pashure pehondo, Gates akadzokera kuTravellers Rest. Muna 1790, akatengesa musha wacho, akasunungura varanda vake ndokutamira kuNew York City. 