 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - iyo yakanga ichidzidziswa naPurdie nokuda kwebasa rokudhinda. Nguva iri kuratidzwa chitubu cha 1775. Mutambo wacho unoratidza mukomana wacho achidzoka usiku achibva kunotakura mabhuku uye pfungwa dzake dzinokwezva nemutinhimira unobva muimba yokuchengetera magazini yemagandanga okushandisa pakudzivirira koloni yacho. Anoona varwi vemumvura vaGavhuna voumambo vachitungamirirwa naIshe Dunmore vachitora pfuti yevaColonists kubva muchivako chekuchengetera uye vanoudza mudzidzisi wake. Purdie anodudzira chiito chaGavhuna sokuputsa kodzero dzokudzivirira dzevaColonists uye kunyengera. Anoziva kuti nokudhinda chiitiko chakadaro mupepanhau rake uye kufumura chiremera choumambo cheBritain, achaisa pangozi nzvimbo yake somudhindiri wehurumende. Purdie anonzwa kuti ane mutoro worusununguko rwekudhinda uye anodhinda nhau yacho. Kwakabvumikisa kuti ushingi hwake hwokuparadzira nhau hwakanyandurira vagari vomunyika gumi nenhatu. Mumazuva mashomanana hondo yokutanga yakaitika pakati pevarwi veLexington nemasoja eBritainuye hondo yokuwana rusununguko yakanga yatanga. 