 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuwana mari yechikamu chechipiri chokutama kwemapiyona eBrooklyn kwakaitwa kuti kubvire nokuwanikwa kwegoridhemuzvikomo zveCalifornia. Pana January 24, 1848, mwedzi mitatu pashure pokugamuchira shoko rokuti Brigham Young navapfuuri vomumhenderekedzo yegungwa vakanga vasingauyi, ndarama yakawanwa muRwizi rweAmerica pedyo nomuchina wokugadzira matanda waSutter paColoma. Vamwe vevakwegura veMormon Battalion vanowanzonzi vakomana vebattalion vakanga vachivaka chigayo chinotyairwa nemvura ipapo apo James Marshall akaona ndarama mumutsetse wokupedzisira waivakwa. Chakavanzika chisina kunyatsochengetwa, shoko rakapfuudzwa pakati pavaMormon navamwe pamusoro peizvo zvaifanira kutsvakwa. Mukuvamba kwaMarch, vakwegura veBataillon Sidney Willis, Wilford Hudson, naLevi Fifield vakawana chimwe chinhu chakapfuma zvikuru makiromita gumi namaviri pasi porwizi paMormon Island. Samuel Brannan akawana shoko kupfurikidza nenzvimbo yake yokutengesera paFort yeSutter. Iye akazivisa vagari veBrooklyn muSan Francisco, achivakurudzira kuenda pakarepo kumigodhi. VaMormon vanenge 150 vakagoverana zvikwereti pamwe chete nevakomana vebattalion pamari iyoyo inobereka zvikuru. Nguva refu nyika yose isati yapinda, mapiyona eBrooklyn nevamwe vaMormon vakanga vatova muCalifornia vakanga vava kuchera simbi muSalmon Falls, Murderers Bar, kumaodzanyemba kworwizi rwaCosumnes, uye kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzakapfuma. 