Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Scott i te wā o te pakanga o Mexico-Amerika. I te marama o Mei 1846, i whawhai ia i raro i a Major General Zachary Taylor i nga pakanga o Palo Alto
me Resaca de la Palma ka whiwhi i tetahi tohu (whakahonore whakatairanga) ki te rangatira. I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te rangatira nui i te Pipiri 29, 1846.