 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1876, Mutungamiri Ulysses S. Grant akagadza Cameron muhurumende yake seMunyori weHondo, chinzvimbo chaimboshandiswa nababa vake panguva yehutungamiri hwaLincoln, kuti atsive Alphonso Taft, uyo akava Gweta Guru, uye akashanda saizvozvo kusvikira pakuguma kwehutungamiri hwaGrant. Mutungamiri waCameron, Alphonso Taft, akanga atanga kutora nzvimbo yaWilliam W. Belknap, uyo akanga achangobva kusiya basa pamusoro pekubhadhara mari kubva kuFort Sill. Munyori weHondo akanga apiwa kudzora ngarava dzose dzokutengesa dzeIndia muna 1870. Belknap akapomerwa mhosva neImba, uye munguva yezhizha ra1876 akatongwa ndokusunungurwa neSeneti. Kugadzwa kwaCameron soMunyori weHondo kwakanga kuri rutivi rwekugadziriswazve kunoshamisa kwematanho matatu kwakaitwa naPurezidhendi Grant. Gweta Guru reU.S. Edwards Pierrepont akagadzwa kuva Gurukota kuEngland; Munyori Taft akagadzwa kuva Gweta Guru reU.S.; uye Cameron akagadzwa kuva Gurukota reHondo, pane zano rababa vake, Senator Simon Cameron. Cameron akanga asina kutongobatira chinzvimbo chezvematongerwe enyika kusvikira agadzwa kuva Munyori weHondo. Cameron aifanira kukurumidza kuzvizivisa amene neDhipatimendi reHondo iro rakanga riri pakati pokurwa Hondo Huru yeSioux. Pashure pesarudzo ya1876 yaipokanwa nevakawanda, Cameron aifanira kurwisana neSouthern States iyo yaityisidzira kuti yaizoparadzana neUnited States kechipiri. Maererano naGeneral William T. Sherman, mauto eU.S. mukati ma1876 akanga achishingaira sezvaakanga ave ari chibviro cheHondo yaVagari vemo. 