 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1859, Hunt akananga kumadokero ndokuguma muKansas City. Anorwisana nouranda sezvaaiva, aigara murutivi rweKansas rwomuganhu wenyika, uko aiita zvokurima. Gore iroro, akaroora Miss Nellie Hoyne. Nokutanga kweHondo yeVanhu muna 1861, Hunt akabatana neUnion Army semunhu oga. Akashanda kwemakore mana nemwedzi misere, achikwira nokudzika muzvikwata, uye pakupedzisira akapedza basa rake sacolonel. 