Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa i tonoa ai ia e Gates ki te Kaunihera me nga karere mana mo te wikitoria i te Pakanga o Saratoga i te tau 1777, i mau tonu a Wilkinson i te
E tatari ana te Kaunihera Continental i a ia e mahi ana i ana mahi whaiaro. I te mutunga ka puta mai ia, ka whakapaipai i tana ake mahi i te wikitoria, a, i whakamanahia ia hei rangatira rangatira (ahakoa he 20 noa iho ona tau i taua wa) i te Noema 6, 1777, ka tohua ki te Poari Pakanga hou. Ko te whakatairanga i runga ake i nga koroneela nui ake i raru ai nga rangatira o te Continental, ina koa na te mea ko nga korero a Wilkinson e tohu ana he kaiuru ia i roto i te Conway Cabal, he whakapae ki te whakakapi i a George Washington me Horatio Gates hei rangatira rangatira o te ope whenua. Kaore i roa ka ngenge a Gates i a Wilkinson, a, i akiakihia te rangatira taiohi ki te whakarere i te Poutu-te-rangi 1778. I te Hōngongoi 29, 1779, i tohua ia e te Kaunihera hei kaitiaki kakahu mo te ope taua, engari i wehe ia i te Poutu-te-rangi 27, 1781, na te mea "kaore ia i pai ki te mahi".