 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1855, Redpath akatamira kumuganhu weKansas-Missouri ndokushuma nokuda kwepepanhau reFree Soil, Missouri Democrat, panhaurirano pamusoro poutapwamunharaunda yeKansas. Kwemakore matatu akatevera, akanga achishanda munyaya dzeKansas, achibatanidzwa mune zvematongerwo enyika, achinyora zvinyorwa, achivimbisa rutsigiro muNew England kune vagari veFree Soil, uye achinyora nhetembo pamusoro peKansas. Muna 1856, akabvunzurudza John Brown mazuva mashomanana pashure pokuurayiwa kwevanhu paPottawatomie Creek. Redpath naBrown vakagoverana mirangariro imwe cheteyo yokurambidza basa rokurambidza kuchata, uye akava mutsigiri anoshingaira zvikurusa waBrown. Kuwedzera pakuona kwake kurambidzwa kwehuranda, akatsigirawo kuripwa kwehuranda. 