Ka cika wannan magana: A cikin jirgin ruwa da ake kira USS "Java", da "Delaware" da kuma "Philadelphia" ne aka yi tafiye-tafiye na gaba a teku. An gabatar da shi zuwa matsayin kyaftin din na yau da kullum a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1830, sai aka sanya shi a Norfolk, Virginia. Bayan haka ya koma "Delaware" har zuwa Maris 1836. Watanni uku bayan haka ya shiga wani rukunin Marines a Fort Monroe, Virginia, don ya yi yaƙi tare da Sojojin a cikin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Indiya. A wannan lokacin ya yi aiki tare da bambanci a yakin Creek a Alabama da kuma a cikin
yaƙi da Seminole Indians a Florida. Kwamandan Kwamandan Archibald Henderson, wanda ke aiki a fagen a lokacin wannan yakin, ya bayyana a cikin wata wasika ga Sakataren Navy cewa "Kyaftin Harris yayin da yake Florida ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojan Ruwa kuma ya yi aiki mai kyau a wannan matsayi".