Ku sii qor faqradan - Maraykanku wuxuu bedelay qaabkii uu dagaalku u socday markii uu ku soo duulay bartamaha Mexico isagoo maraya Veracruz iyo ugu dambeyntii qabsashada Mexico City, kadib dagaal adag. Bishii Maarso 1847kii, Scott wuxuu soo degay Veracruz, si degdeg ahna wuxuu ula wareegay
Magaalada dhexdeeda. 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.