Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te Ope Taua o te Tirohanga i noho wawe hei Ope Taua o te Whakahaere. I runga i nga mara o
Palo Alto, Resaca De La Palra, a i Monterey, te wahi i maka ai e te puhipuhi puhipuhi o te Tuawha o ratou taputapu, hopukia he pākahiko marama Mexican, a ka hurihia e pā ana ki to ratou hoariri rere. E ai ki te korero mana, ko te taura o te honore i whakawhiwhia ki a raatau me o raatau uri he whero, te tae o te pu, hei whakaatu he tohunga ratou ki te patu patu hei hoia hiko. Ko nga rangatira o tana mana a General Taylor, penei i a Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant me Captain Robert E. Lee e mahi ana hei rangatira kamupene mo nga miihini. He nui te pānga o ēnei pakanga ki te whakatakoto i ngā kaiārahi o te Pakanga Ā-Iwi o Amerika, i whai ake.