Cika wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1898 da 1899 wani motsi na 'yan asalin ƙasar da ke adawa da baƙi ya taso a lardin Shandong. Ofaya daga cikin mishaneri a can, mai yiwuwa Smith, ya kira mahalarta, galibi manoma, <unk> Boxers <unk> saboda al'adun wasanninsu. Kungiyar Boxer ta yadu cikin sauri zuwa larduna da yawa a arewacin China kuma, a ƙarshe, ta sami goyon bayan gwamnatin China. Smith da matarsa suna halartar taron mishan a Tongzhou a watan Mayu 1900 lokacin da duk masu wa'azi a Arewacin China suka ga ya zama dole su nemi kariya daga 'yan dambe ta hanyar gudu zuwa Beijing ko Tianjin. Mai wa'azi William Scott Ament ya ceci Smith, wasu 'yan mishan Amurka 22 da kuma wasu Kiristoci na China 100 a Tongzhou kuma ya raka su zuwa Beijing. Sun sami mafaka a cikin Legation Quarter a lokacin
kewaye da ofisoshin daga Yuni 20 zuwa Agusta 14, 1900.