Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1866, i whakahaua e ia te whakaekenga kino a te Fenian ki Kanata
, i muri i tana mauheretanga mo te takahi i nga ture tuuturu i waenga i te United States me Peretana, engari i tukuna wawe mai. I whakahoutia ia me tana taumata o mua o te rangatira i muri mai i taua tau, a ka reti atu ia i te ope taua i te marama o Mei 1870 hei rangatira rangatira.