Tusi se faʻaauau mo lenei palakalafa - Fort Gates, o se United States Army fort na faʻatuina ia Oketopa 26, 1849 o Camp Gates e Kapeteni William Reading Montgomery ma lua kamupani o le Eighth United States Infantry. O le nofoaga malupuipuia sa i le itu i mātū o le vaitafe o Leon e tusa ma le lima maila i sasaʻe o le nofoaga o Gatesville, i Texas i aso nei. Na faaigoaina le nofoaga ona o le Brevet Major Collinson Reed Gates o Niu Ioka, o se taʻitaʻiʻau iloga i le Taua o Palo Alto
ma le Taua i Resaca de la Palma. Na faavaeina le ʻolo ina ia puipuia ai tagata na nonofo i le tuaoi o Texas mai tagata Initia. Na puipuia le ʻautau e kamupani D, I, F, ma le H o le 8th United States Infantry. I le masina o Aperila 1851, e 256 fitafita ma ofisa e toʻafā sefulu lima na tofia i Fort Gates, o le aofaʻi lea e sili ona tele i se masina e tasi.