I te tau 1847, i a ia e mahi ana i runga i te kaipuke i te Moana o Mexico me te takutai o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te Pakanga o Mexico, i uru ia ki te whakapae me te hopu i a Vera Cruz
i te hopu i a Tuxpan, i te tau 1848, i te wā i noho ai te ope moana ki Mazatlán, i whakahaua e ia tētahi o ngā pā.