Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ịbanye n'ụgbọ mmiri na 1837, mgbe ọ dị afọ iri na abụọ, o sonyere n'agha nke Socabaya (1838), n'oge
Agha nke Confederation nke dugara ọdịda nke Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz. Ọzọ, ọ chọtara ebe sara mbara, ma hụ ọrụ na-arụsi ọrụ ike na Agha Opium nke Mbụ n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị Britain bụ HMS "Calliope" na ụgbọ mmiri nke atọ nke akara HMS "Blenheim". A kpọtụrụ ya aha n'akwụkwọ ozi maka obi ike, ma nata ọkwa nke midshipman na Royal Navy.