 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1777, St. Clair akatumwa kunodzivirira Fort Ticonderoga. Nhamba yevarwi vake yakaderera yakanga isingakwanisi kurwisa uto guru reBritish General John Burgoyne muhondo yeSaratoga. St. Clair akamanikidzwa kudzokera shure paKukombwa kweFort Ticonderogamusi waJuly 5, 1777. Akabvisa mauto ake uye haana kuzopindazve muhondo yacho. Muna 1778 akatongwa nedare rehondo nokuda kwokurasikirwa neTiconderoga. Dare rakamuregerera uye akadzokera kubasa, kunyange zvazvo akanga asisiri kupiwa mirairo ipi neipi yenhandare yehondo. Zvisinei, akanga achiri kuona chiito, semubatsiri-de-musasa kuna General Washington, uyo akachengetedza pfungwa yakakwirira pamusoro pake. St. Clair akanga ari paYorktown apo Ishe Cornwallis vakapa hondo yavo. St. Clair akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yeAmerican Philosophical Society muna 1780 panguva yaaiita basa rake rechiuto. 