I roto i te San Francisco, i mahi a Flora hei kaiako waiata me te wairua, e kii ana ki te arahi i te wairua o te rangatira Sauk, Black Hawk. Biographer Clarice Stasz me etahi atu e whakapono ana ko te papa o Rānana ko te tohunga whetu a William Chaney. I noho tahi a Flora Wellman me Chaney i San Francisco i te wa i hapu ai ia. E ai ki a Wellman me Chaney, kaore i te mohiotia. Ko te nuinga o nga tuhinga a-iwi i San Francisco i whakangaromia e nga ahi nui i muri i te ruu whenua; kaore he tangata i marena i te mea i puta i te ingoa o tana tama i te Massachusetts Bay Colony. I muri i te mate o tona whaea i te tau 1875, i kii a Flora Wellman i te korero a John Chaney, "I muri i te whanautanga o te tamaiti i roto i te whare wananga o te whanau, i tukuna a Flora Wellman hei wahine kua mate i te mate i te wharekai i te wharekai i mua i te whanau o tana tama i te ra whanau o John Chaney, i muri mai i te whanau o
Ko te tau 1876