Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tiimata a Wokulski i tana mahi hei kaitoha i Hopfer's, he wharekai Warsaw. Ko te uri o tētahi whānau rangatira Poari rawakore e moemoea ana ki te ao pūtaiao. Whai muri i tana whai wāhi ki te whakamātautau kāore i tutuki
1863 I te whakaekenga ki te Emepaea o Ruhia, ka whiua ia ki te whakaraunga ki Siberia. I te hokinga mai ki Warsaw, ka noho ia hei kaihokohoko i te whare taonga o Mincel. I te marenatanga ki te pouaru o te rangatira o mua (e mate ana i te mutunga), ka whiwhi moni ia ka whakamahi ki te whakarite hononga ki tetahi kaihokohoko Ruhia i tutaki ia ia i a ia e noho ana i te whakarau. Ko nga kaihokohoko e rua ka haere ki Bulgaria i te Pakanga Russo-Turkish o 1877-1878, a ka nui te moni a Wokulski e tuku ana i te ope taua a Ruhia.