 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1756 akazvipira nokuda kwebasa rechiuto neboka reRhode Island. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, akabatana naColonel Frys Massachusetts regiment uye akabatira muRogers Rangers mukati mekurwisana katatu kwakaparadzana nemaIndia akabatana neFrance. Akava musungwa pashure pokukombwa kweFort William Henrymusi waAugust 9, 1757. Akapukunyuka kuurawa kwevasungwa vakawanda veBritain nevaIndia vaitsigira France vakatevera kukundwa kwehondo. Varwi vakanga vatapwa vakabviswa zvombo zvavo uye zvizhinji zvezvipfeko zvavo ndokuitwa kuti vabude munhare. Mumwe muNative American akanga akapakata tomahawk akabata Thayer nechipfeko chake chomukati ndokutanga kumukwevera kunzvimbo ine matope. Chipfeko chacho chakabvaruka, chichibvumira Thayer kutiza mutoreri wake. Iye nokukurumidza akabatana nomumwe musungwa uye vaviri vacho vakateverwa nomuIndia uyo akarova shamwari yake neshamhu kusvikira afa. Thayer akatanga kumhanya uye akasvika Fort Edward akachengeteka. Kuedza kwake kumhanya daro rakareba pazuva rinopisa kwakakanganisa utano hwake ndokumuita kuti asave akakodzera basa kwehondo yeFrance neIndia yose. 