Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki ia ki Columbia ki te whakaora, a, i manakohia ia hei toa whawhai. I te marama o Hanuere 1848, i te wa i ora ai tana whara, ka hoki ia ki te mahi, ka whakaae ki te komihana hei tuarua tuarua i te 11th U.S. Infantry Regiment e mahi ana i raro i a General Winfield Scott i te pakanga o te United States ki te United States.
Ko te pakanga o Vera Cruz. Heoi, kāore i tino ora tōna whara waewae, ā, i te marama o Mei 1848, ka tukuna ia ki te kāinga i runga i te hararei hauora.