Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupinda muuto rehondo muna 1837, pazera remakore gumi nemaviri, akatora chikamu muHondo yeSocabaya (1838), panguva yeHondo yeConfederation
iyo yakatungamirira kukuwa kwaMarchal Andrés de Santa Cruz. Zvadaro, akatsvaka nzvimbo yakakura, uye akaona basa rinoshanda muHondo yeOpium Yokutanga mubhodhi reBritish frigate HMS "Calliope" uye yechitatu yezvikepe zvegungwa HMS "Blenheim". Akataurwa mumashoko nokuda kwoushingi, uye akagamuchira giredhi re midshipman muRoyal Navy.