 On their way towards the Kingdom of Hungary with other refugees from Old Herzegovina and Old Montenegro, they stopped in Podgorina, at the foot of the Medvednik mountain (probably because the impassable hinterland provided security from the Ottomans).The hill beneath which the "Simić Hamlet" is still located today is called the "Simić peak" ().It is known that he was a "buljukbaša" (hajduk commander) under the famous "obor-knez" beneath the Medvednik mountain, Ilija Birčanin.