Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - US gbanwere usoro agha ahụ site na mbuso agha ya na Mexico site na Veracruz na n'ikpeazụ ijide Mexico City, na-eso ọgụ siri ike. Na March 1847, Scott rutere Veracruz, ma chịkwaa ya n'egbughị oge
nke obodo ahụ. Ndị Mexico tụrụ anya na ahụ́ ọkụ na-acha odo odo na ọrịa ndị ọzọ a na-arịa n'ebe okpomọkụ ga-eme ka ndị agha United States daa mbà. Mgbe e weghaara Veracruz, Polk zigara Nicholas Trist, onye isi odeakwụkwọ Buchanan, ka o soro ndị agha Scott wee kwurịta nkwekọrịta udo na ndị isi Mexico. E nyere Trist ntụziaka ka ọ chọọ inyefe Alta California, New Mexico, na Baja California, nkwenye nke Rio Grande dị ka ókèala ndịda nke Texas, na ohere US gafere Isthmus nke Tehuantepec. E nyere ikike ka Trist kwụọ ihe ruru nde $30 iji nweta ihe ndị a.