VaMissourians vakasara vakaumba mapoka maviri evanozvipira, pamwe neimba yekuchengetedza. Kunyangwe vaiita kunge vakagara kumucheto kwemitambo yehondo, mapoka eColorado akazviwana ari munzvimbo yakakosha muna 1862 mushure mekupinda kweConfederate muNew Mexico Territory naGeneral Henry Sibley uye simba revaTexans. Hondo yaSibley yeNew Mexico yaive nechinangwa sekutanga kwekupinda muColorado Territory kuchamhembe kuenda kuFort Laramie, kucheka mitsara yekupa pakati peCalifornia nedzimwe nhengo dzeMubatanidzwa. VaColorado, vachitungamirwa naGeneral Edward Canby weUnion Army naJohn P. Slough, Lt. Col. Samuel F. Tappan uye Major John M. Sibley, vakakundwa pamitsara miviri yeConfederate paBattle of Santa Fe Trail.
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