 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 28, 1864, paHondo yeDallas, pakati pevarwi vaDawes paiva nemugwagwa waienda kuLost Mountain uyo wakasiyiwa wakavhurika. Zvaiva pachena kuna Dawes kuti maConfederate akanga achizomanikidzira nzira yavo kupfurikidza nomugwagwa uyu ndokutora zvitima zvokugovera zveMubatanidzwa. Dawes akaona kuti mutsetse weUnion waigona kuputsika panguva ino, saka akamhanyira kumugwagwa sezvo kufambira mberi kweConfederate kwaive mukati memamita makumi mashanu emutsara weUnion uyo wakatanga kuzununguka. Munguva yehondo Dawes akarohwa nebhora reMinié kurutivi rworuboshwe rwemukanwa wake wezasi. Rakabvarura muromo wake wapasi nechidzanga zvokuti rakarembera pasi, richibvisa mazino ake ose apasi ndokugura rurimi rwake. Sezvaakatakurwa, Dawes akakwanisa kunyora muguruva riri pasi pengoro, kuti, Zvakanaka nokuda kwezororo remazuva 60 here? Dawes gare gare akabudiswa basa nomufaro musi waOctober 31, 1864. Pashure pemwedzi yokurwadziwa nemhaka yoronda irori, Dawes akaita kuti shaya yake igadziriswe naDr. George Blackman, uye pakupedzisira akapora. Pasinei nokukuvara kwakakomba muchipfuva chake, Dawes gare gare akapfuurira kuva mukurukuri ari pachena ane chipo. 