They called at Sendai Port to pick up the remaining powers of the Ouetsu-reppan alliance and the samurai of the former Shogunate forces such as; Keisuke OTORI and Toshizo HIJIKATA, and then left for Ezochi (Hokkaido).
仙台港に寄港し、奥羽越列藩同盟の残党勢力及び大鳥圭介・土方歳三等の旧幕府軍を収容し、蝦夷地（北海道）へと向かった。