Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Trenchard akanga ari mungarava ye"Powhatan" panguva yeHondo yeTaku Forts muna June 1859, apo Commodore Tattnall, achicherechedza mamiriro ezvinhu asina tariro emauto eBritain neFrance achiedza kumanikidza nzira yavo kumusoro kwerwizi Peiho, akati "Ropa rakakora kupfuura mvura!" uye akaenda kunovabatsira pasinei nokusava nedivi kweUnited States mu
kunetsana. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, apo United States yakapedzisa chibvumirano neChina, Trenchard akanga ari rutivi rwomuperekedzi waAmbassador John Elliot Ward uyo akaenda kuPeking uko zvibvumirano zvakashandurwa nenzira yapamutemo. "Powhatan" ipapo akadzokera kuUnited States.