 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shelby akanga achiongorora nyika muKentucky muna 1780 paakanzwa nezvokukundwa kwavagari vomunyika yacho paCharleston. Akakurumidza kuenda kuNorth Carolina, kwaakawana chikumbiro chokubatsirwa naGeneral Charles McDowell kuti adzivirire miganhu yeNorth Carolina kubva kuBritain. Shelby akaunganidza mauto mazana matatu akabatana naMcDowell paCherokee Ford muSouth Carolina. Mangwanani aJuly 31, 1780, akakomberedza nhare yeBritain paThickety Fort paRwizi Pacolet nevarume 600. Iye pakarepo akada kuzviisa pasi, asi vaBritain vakaramba. Shelby akaita kuti varume vake vave pedyo nepfuti dzake ndokuvakumbirazve kuti vazviise pasi. Kunyange zvazvo nhare yacho ingadai yakadzivisa kurwiswa, mutungamiriri wehondo yeBritain akatya ndokubvuma. Vasina kupfura pfuti, varume vaShelby vakabata vasungwa 94. 