Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pawakabatanidzwa, gavhuna wekoloni akapa guta racho zita rokuti "Amherst" pashure paJeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst. Vazhinji gavhuna vekoloni panguva iyoyo vakaparadzira zita rake panguva yekuyerera kwemaguta matsva ekushandisa, ndosaka maguta akati wandei kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva aine zita iri. Amherst akanga ari Mutungamiri Mukuru wemauto eNorth America munguva yeHondo yeFrance neIndia uyo, maererano nengano yakakurumbira, akawana Canada yeBritain uye akadzinga France kubva kuNorth America. Kudavira kwakakurumbira kunotaura kuti akatsigira rutivi rweAmerica muHondo yeRusununguko ndokubva arega basa rake pane kuti arwire vaBritain. Baron Amherst chaizvoizvo akaramba ari mubasa roumambo mukati mehondo - kunyange zvazvo muGreat Britain panzvimbo peNorth America - uko akaronga kudzivirira kurwisana neFrance neSpain
Armada ya1779. Kunyange zvakadaro, basa rake rokutanga muHondo yeFrance neIndia raireva kuti akaramba achizivikanwa muNew England. Amherst ane mukurumbira wakashatawo nokuda kwokurumbidza, mutsamba kumutevedzeri, kushandiswa kwemabhanhire akafukidzwa nedenda muhondo mukurwisana navaNative Americans pamwe chete ne"imwe nzira ipi neipi inogona kubatira kuparadza Rudzi urwu Rwakaipa". Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, kwave kune dzimwe nguva ad hoc kufamba kuti vatumidzezve guta. Mazita matsva akakurudzirwa akabatanidza "Emily", pashure paEmily Dickinson.