 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - John DeCew akabata chinzvimbo chaKaputeni ndokutungamirira kambani ye2nd Lincoln Militia. Akabatwa nemauto eAmerica muna Chivabvu, 1813 achidzokera kumusha zvichitevera kukundwa kweBritain paHondo yeFort Georgeuye akaiswa mujeri muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. Akapukunyuka kubva mukutapwa kwake muna Kubvumbi 1814 ndokudzokera kuNiagara kunotora chikamu mune zvakasara zvehondo, kusanganisira Hondo yeLundys Lane. Munguva yaakasungwa, imba yake muThorold township DeCou House yakashandiswa neuto reBritain sehofisi huru uye zvitoro. Ikoko ndiko kwakaenda Laura Secord kunonyevera mukuru mukuru, James Fitzgibbon, nezvokufambira mberi kweAmerica pamberi peHondo yeBeaver Dams. DeCew aizochengeta basa rake mumapoka kusvikira muna 1823. 