ku dhameystir weedha soo socota: Mareykanka ayaa badalay qaabka dagaalka asagoo ku soo duulay gudaha Meksiko Veracruz iyo ugu danbeyn qabsashada Mexico City, kadib dagaal adag. Bishii Maarso 1847kii, Scott wuxuu degay Veracruz, si deg deg ahna
waxay ku guuleysteen inay qabsadaan magaalada. Dadka reer Mexico waxay filayeen in qandhada huruuda ah iyo cudurada kale ee kulaylaha ay daciifin doonaan ciidamada Mareykanka. Markii la qabsaday Veracruz, Polk wuxuu diray Nicholas Trist, oo ahaa madaxa xafiiska Buchanan, si uu ula socdo ciidanka Scott unagala xaajoodo heshiis nabadeed hoggaamiyeyaasha Mexico. Trist waxaa lagu faray inuu dalbado in la siiyo Alta California, New Mexico, iyo Baja California, aqoonsiga Rio Grande oo ah xadka koonfureed ee Texas, iyo marin u helka Mareykanka ee Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Trist waxaa loo oggolaaday in ay bixiso lacag gaareysa 30 milyan oo doolar si ay ugu badasho rukhsadahaas.