 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1849 apo California Gold Rush yakanga ichienderera mberi, John akaisa mari yaakanga achengeta muupenyu hwake inopfuura 6 000 kuti atenge shangu dzakawanda, uye akaitumira kuSt. Louis, Missouri. Aida kutengesa zvinhu zvake nemari yakawanda kuzviuru zvevatengesi vemotokari vaipfuura nomuSt. Louis. Pasina mhaka yake, akarasikirwa nemari yose yaakanga apedza kuisa mumoto weSt. Louis. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, baba vaJohn vakazviuraya; - kunobvira kuti vakanga vaisa mari yakawanda muchirongwa chaJohn. Panguva ino, John akanzwa kuti akanga asina chaaigona kurasikirwa nacho. Akanga ane pfungwa yokutsvaka ndarama uye aida zvikuru kuona zvinhu zvinoshamisa. Aiziva kuti kunyange kana akakundikana kuwanazve mari yaakanga arasikirwa nayo mumigodhi, aigona kuzvitsigira nokuvhima nokuteya zviteyeso mumasango asina kushandiswa eCalifornia. Akasiya mhuri yake nehama muMassachusetts ndokujoina 49ersvari munzira kuenda kuCalifornia. Parwendo rwake nomumugwagwa weSanta Fe neGila, akapona pazvirwere zvaida kumuuraya kaviri uye akasvika muminda yegoridhe yeCalifornia mukupera kwa1849. 