 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna July 1859, Hondo yeNguruvekwakatanga pachitsuwa cheSan Juan apo mumwe mugari weAmerica, Lyman Cutlar, akapfura nguruve yeHudsons Bay Company. Brigadier General William S. Harney, mukuru mukuru weDhipatimendi reOregon, akaziva kuti zviremera zveBritain muVictoria zvakanga zvati zvaizosunga kusunga Cutlar ndokutumira boka raPickett kubva kuFort Bellingham kuenda kuchitsuwa ichi kuti vadzivirire zvido zveAmerica. Kuti vapindure, vokuBritain vakatumira ngarava dzehondo neboka revarwi vomugungwa. Apo mauto anopikisa muzhizha iroro akanga achitarisana paSan Juan Island, varume vaPickett vakadzoka ndokubvisa zvikamu zveFort Bellingham kusanganisira imwe yemabhuroko uye vakazviunganidzazve pamhenderekedzo yekumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa ichi Camp Pickett yakazonzi Post of San Juan. 