 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - James Secord akashanda mu1st Lincoln Militia pasi paIsaac Brock apo Hondo ya1812akapukunyuka. Akanga ari pakati pevaya vakabatsira kutakura mutumbi waBrock mushure mekunge Brock aurayiwa mukurwisa kwekutanga kweHondo yeQueenston Heights muna Gumiguru 1812. James pachake akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa pagumbo nepfudzi muhondo yacho. Laura akanzwa nezvedambudziko rake ndokumhanyira kwaari. Mamwe manyuko anoratidza kuti akawana varwi vatatu vokuAmerica vachigadzirira kumurova kusvikira afa nemapfuti avo. Iye akavakumbira kuponesa upenyu hwomurume wake, sezvinonzi achipa upenyu hwake amene mukutsinhana, apo kaputeni weAmerica John E. Wool akawana mamiriro acho ezvinhu ndokutuka varwi. Iyi nhau ingave yakave yakashongedzwa gare gare uye ingave yakatanga nemuzukuru wake, James B. Secord. Apo vaSecord vakasvika kumba, vakawana kuti imba yakanga yapambwa Laura asipo. Achipedza nguva yechando ari muSt. Petersburg, Laura akapedza mwedzi inoverengeka yakatevera achiyamura murume wake akanga akuvara kuti apore. 